बेलायतमा विदेशीलाई झन् गाह्रो

Minimum salary for sponsorship under family route should be raised )बेलायतमा डिपेन्डेन्ट भिषामा आउने बिदेशीहरुको संख्या बढ्दै गएपछि सरकारले गरिव दम्पतिलाई सँगै बस्न नपाउने नीति ल्याउने भएको छ ।

बिदेशीको जनसंख्या घटाउन खोजिरहेको बेलायतले बाषिर्क २६ हजार पाउण्डभन्दा कम कमाउने दम्पत्ति सँगै बस्न नपाउने नीति ल्याउन लागेको आजको समाचारपत्र दैनिकले छापेको छ । आफ्नो जोडीलाई बेलायत राख्न चाहानेले बाषिर्क २६ हजारभन्दा बढी आम्दानी देखाउनुपर्ने हुन्छ ।

तोकिएको रकम नकमाउने बिदेशी नागरिक बेलायतका लागि भार हुने भन्दै त्यस्ता बिदेशीलाई बेलायतबाट फर्काउन वा बेलायत पस्नै नदिने नीति ल्याउन सक्ने बेलायतले जनाएको छ ।

यो योजनाले बेलायतमा बसिरहेका करिव दूईतिहाई बिदेशीलाई प्रभाव पार्ने डेली मेल पत्रिकाले जनाएको छ । त्यहाँका बसाइसराईसम्बन्धी सल्लाहकारलाई उदृत गर्दै पत्रिकाले भनेको छ– बिदेशी नागरिकले आफ्ना श्रीमती बेलायत ल्याउन अहिलेको कमाईलाई दोब्बर बनाउनुपर्ने हुन्छ ।

यो नीतिअनुसार आधाभन्दा बढि बिदेशी सरकारी सुरक्षाण कार्यक्रममा भर नपरी बेलायतमा आफ्नो जोडी ल्याउन असमर्थ हुन्छन् । गतबर्ष बेलायतमा चालिस हजार बिदेशी दम्पत्तिले भिषा पाएका थिए, नयाँ प्रस्तावले उनीहरुमध्ये ६३ प्रतिशतलाई बेलायतबाट हटाउने प्रस्ताव गरेको छ । जसको प्रत्यक्ष असर बेलायतमा बसोबास गरिरहेका नेपालीमा पनि पर्ने भएको छ ।

बसाइ सराई समितिको बिबरणअनुसार चालिसहजार भन्दा बढी जोडी युरोपभन्दा बाहिरबाट ल्याएका छन् । तीमध्ये एक तिहाई भारत, पाकिस्तान र बंगलादेशबाट, ६ प्रतिशत अमेरिकाबाट र ५ प्रतिशत नेपालबाट ल्याइएका छन् । साथमा बच्चा पनि राख्न चाहाने बिदेशीले तोकिएभन्दा अझै बढि कमाउनुपर्ने छ । Source: ईमेल

UK mulls stiff curbs on family visa

London, Nov 16 (bdnews24.com) — The UK government's migration advisors have suggested a minimum yearly income between £18,600 and £25,700 for the UK residents trying to bring a partner or dependent to the country.

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) advised the government that this will cut family visas by two-thirds.

The committee was asked to identify a salary that would prevent any sponsor, their spouse or their dependents from becoming a burden on the state.

Last year, some 40,000 foreign wives, husbands and partners were granted visas to join their families in the UK. One third of them were from the Indian sub continent.

Advisors believe these numbers would be cut by between 45 percent and 63 percent if the proposals go ahead. Last year, 1,670 Bangladeshi nationals took the UK family visa.

The MAC was asked by the government to consider what the minimum income threshold should be for a British resident sponsoring a spouse, partner or dependent for settlement in the UK under the family route. This was part of the government's review of the family migration routes.

At present, the threshold is an annual income of £5,500 after tax, excluding housing costs. This is equivalent to £13,700 before tax and including housing costs.

The thresholds are based on the income levels at which a family is not entitled to state benefits or contributes at least as much to the public finances as it consumes services.

Prof David Metcalf, chairman of the MAC, said, "A minimum salary threshold of £18,600 would reduce settlement through the family route by 45 percent, while a minimum of £25,700 would reduce it by 63 per cent."

"The current threshold of £5,500 seems low considering the government's desire to ensure that new migrants settling in the UK are not a burden on the state. Our recommendations are made on a purely economic basis and we recognise that family migration is not determined by economics alone. However, our analysis suggests there is justification for raising the pay threshold," Metcalf said.

Four-fifths of the 45,000 entry clearance visas issued last year were to sole main applicants without children, and two-thirds of these were women, the latest figures show.

The data suggests, one in six of the 40,495 family visas issued for spouses or partners was for those from Pakistan - 6,460 or 16 percent, 3,940 or 10 percent for India, 2,490 or about 6 percent for the United States and 2,050 or 5 percent from Nepal. Similarly, nearly 4 percent (1,670) came from Bangladesh, and about the same number from Thailand, the MAC report showed.

The report added that while 94 percent of the UK migrants wanted their partner to join them, half earned less than £20,100 and three in four less than £30,500.

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