Man to be deported as UK wife's pay too low

[The Don]

Man faces deportation as UK wife's salary too low

A man faces deportation from the UK after a judge said his British wife's salary was not high enough.

Michael Engel, from South Africa, said the "bizarre" immigration system rules were "attacking British citizens".

Mr Engel, a 31-year-old yacht engineer living in Cornwall, said he and wife Natalie plan to go back to South Africa with 18-month-old daughter Nyana.

A Home Office spokesman said the rules were designed to stop foreign spouses becoming reliant on UK taxpayers.

'I'm gobsmacked'
The couple were told of the immigration tribunal's ruling after they had appealed on human rights grounds in a bid to protect their family life.

UK top three and bottom three areas average gross full time pay (ONS figures April 2014) - Cornwall was in the lowest 10% of 410 authorities
But under rules introduced in 2012, British citizens who want to bring a foreign spouse to the UK must earn £18,600 a year and a further £3,800 - a total of £22,400 - if the couple have a child.

Mrs Engel's craft-making business made £19,786 in 2014 which was deemed not enough by the tribunal panel, which met on 3 December.

She said the decision made her feel like her family was being "kicked out" of the country.

source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-30439592

Absolutely disgusting.

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Is the lady a British subject? If so, not sure I can agree with the decision to have him deported.

Yet another example of our stupid immigration system which allows absolutely everybody in from Europe yet strange restrictions on the Commonwealth.