Rory Rory Rory please mention this… If I have to leave the U.K. then I have to leave. I just want answers because once I close down my business and sell my house there is no going back. I have written to my MP Rishi Sunak, His reply was unsatisfactory and now I get no response. Due to the government’s cruel new financial requirements for a U.K. spouse visa (£29,000 soon to be £38,000 I will have to leave the U.K. I am a British citizen Anna is not. Anna and I have been together 8 years. Married. I am self employed, I own my house outright. Anna is a university graduate, freelance artist,illustrator, speaks 3 languages. I don’t meet the new U.K. financial requirements. I visit Anna several times a year, (Anna has visited me in the U.K. many times but as the U.K. government are on this drive to get the numbers down we dare not risk getting a refusal on a tourist visa now that we are married) When I’m visiting Anna I’m not working so I’m not earning. I also live in the north of England, wages are lower than London. We are also paying rent on an apartment overseas! We are tied up in the governments game to get the numbers down. To apply for the spouse visa it cost £1800+ if it is refused that money burns and we would have to pay another £1800 to reapply. The total cost of a spouse visa including the language test would be £5000+. This money may be needed to start our lives together in another country so could I please get some answers from someone in government.