British immigrants: a steady stream of China brides

Brides from Britain immigrated to China continuously. According to the British "China Business Daily" report, on July 13, the British Home Secretary released a consultation document to the public, planning to substantially revise the law of applying for permanent residence through marriage channels to further reduce the number of immigrants. How many China people have married British people, and what is their marriage? How much impact will this legal provision, which is likely to be implemented early next year, have on Chinese people?

30% of China permanent residents are women married to Britain.

According to the British Immigration Act 1970, foreigners who have obtained a British spouse visa can apply for permanent residence status (that is, green card) as long as they have lived in the UK for two years and spent less than 90 days abroad each year.

According to the statistics of the Border Agency, foreigners who have obtained permanent residency in Britain by marrying British people account for 17% of the total number of permanent residents. However, from the Chinese point of view, it is much higher than this figure. In 2009, 9,370 people from China (including Taiwan Province Province) obtained the permanent residency in the UK, and 32% of them were married and signed the permanent residency, almost twice the average level in the UK.

In the past five years, the number of China people applying for permanent residence in the UK on the basis of spouse visa has greatly increased. Many people who have been married for many years and have no plans to live in Britain have recently applied for permanent residence. The frequent changes in British immigration policy in recent years have made China people worry that future laws and regulations will be unfavorable to them.

In terms of the ratio of men to women, China women who are married to Britain account for an absolute majority, and the ratio of men to women in the past decade was 9:/kloc-0:. In 2009 and 20 10, 92% of China people who married British people in Chinese mainland (including Taiwan Province Province) were women. The reporter learned that nearly one third of them are divorced, 12% have children, and 52% of the brides are over 3 1 year old.

On average, 2000 China people marry British people every year.

According to the statistics of the Border Agency, in the past 65,438+00 years, thousands of foreign Chinese married British people (including British whites and more British Chinese) every year, most of whom came from Chinese mainland.

In 2009, 2,220 China people in Chinese mainland, Taiwan Province Province and Hongkong married British people and obtained spouse visas, accounting for 3% of the total number of such visas in Britain. Over the years, India, Pakistan and Nepal have married more than one-third of the total number of British people. In 2006, the number of people who got married with British nationals was the highest, with 3025.

There will be a steady stream of brides in China.

According to China's lawyer, if the previous case was marked by unemployment or income of 5,000 pounds, at least 20% of China people could not apply for permanent residence. If you draw a line below 1 10,000 pounds, one third of the people will not be able to live permanently. However, lawyers also pointed out that after the implementation of the new law next year, I believe that most people will actively look for jobs for their families, and only a few may not be able to live permanently. Moreover, about 20% of China women are married to British whites, and the rest are local Chinese, including old overseas Chinese from Hong Kong, mainlanders who stayed in the UK after graduation, and Fujian people who have obtained status in recent years.

The recent census shows that the number of Chinese in Britain is gradually expanding, estimated to exceed 600,000, and the number of men and women who urgently need to remarry or get married is considerable. It can be expected that the phenomenon of British Chinese looking for spouses in different places will continue, and the new restrictions may not prevent the arrival of China brides.

Regarding the proposal of the Ministry of the Interior to change the spouse visa from two years to five years, many Chinese lawyers said that these will not fundamentally change the status quo, and people who want to get married will not shrink back.

The focus of the new law is to restrict the unemployed from marrying foreigners.

Many immigrants who have lived overseas for a long time have embarked on a long road of naturalization for the convenience of life or travel. Some people jokingly call this process "immigration prison", and have endured it for many years, hoping to have a "passport that can travel around the world".

In the revised consultation document published in July 13, the Home Office requires that British nationals who marry foreigners in the future will not be eligible to apply for permanent residence for foreign spouses and their children if they are unemployed or earn less than 5,000 pounds a year (this figure is not final, and the Home Office has instructed the sliding door expert committee to put forward a plan).

According to the data provided by the Border Agency to reporters, in the past five years, among the British people who applied for permanent residence for their spouses, 7% earned less than 5,000 pounds, 13% earned less than 10000 pounds and 7% earned less than 15000 pounds.

The data also shows that the employment rate of Britons who have married China people in the past five years is only 83%, and the average annual salary is1.4000. Compared with other ethnic groups, the unemployment rate is quite high.

British Immigration Minister Green pointed out on July 13 that Britons who marry foreigners must realize that if you can't support your spouse, don't expect taxpayers to help you support you.

Many British immigrants think that many Chinese mainland immigrants are always in the dilemma of "naturalization". According to the laws of China, citizens are not allowed to have dual nationality. After obtaining British citizenship, although you can enjoy welfare benefits and travel around the world, there are restrictions on returning to China to visit relatives and stay for a long time. Therefore, many people choose to stay permanently and keep their China passports to "leave a way out" for the future.

For those who wander between green card and naturalization, how many people will be "forced" to give up their China passports in order to catch the last bus stipulated in the old law?

The new law accelerates naturalization and slows down permanent residence.

According to the new law, foreigners who have not obtained permanent residency or British nationality are temporary residents. Among those who hold temporary visas, there are three types of visas that can be further applied to become permanent residents or become British citizens: immigrants who temporarily live in the UK due to work factors mainly apply for tier 1 (high-tech immigrants, investment immigrants or entrepreneurs) and tier2 (skilled workers) under the scoring system; Temporary residence in Britain due to family factors, and their close relatives have obtained permanent residency or British citizenship; People in need of refuge and their families.

At present, holders of a British work visa can apply for permanent residency after working for five years. The second type of family immigrants need to live in the UK for two years before they can apply for permanent residency.