Financial Threshold For Partners  to Remain At £18600

Towards the end of February 2017, the long-awaited Supreme Court judgement in the case of MM upheld the financial threshold that has kept many spouses and other partners apart from their British sponsors. This disappointing outcome does though have a silver lining as the Court was critical of the harm the rule is doing to children, and of the inflexibility over sources of income and financial support. Some changes for the better are expected.