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Lost horizons I may never live in the same country as my kids again

he news I had feared arrived like a thunderbolt with the announcement that the salary threshold for a spousal visa is to rise to £ 38,700 ($48,550). My two children are both in long-term relationships with partners who are not British, but who were blown into the UK by a spirit adventure and the freedom to find love where it falls. It

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