It is. Just to check, it’s the British citizen who needs to be earning £29k? Your above comment makes it sound like that is the case, but earlier you said:
You need to be earning at least £29k before they’d even consider giving you a visa
Which suggests it’s the immigrant who needs to be earning that much.
It’s the two of them combined. The issue is if the immigrant is in another country, it doesn’t count. They cannot get a visa because they don’t have a job in the UK that meets that threshold. They cannot get a job because they don’t have a visa. You can’t even apply for a visa if someone is willing to immediately give you a job either that’ll put you above the threshold
It is. Just to check, it’s the British citizen who needs to be earning £29k? Your above comment makes it sound like that is the case, but earlier you said:
Which suggests it’s the immigrant who needs to be earning that much.
It’s the two of them combined. The issue is if the immigrant is in another country, it doesn’t count. They cannot get a visa because they don’t have a job in the UK that meets that threshold. They cannot get a job because they don’t have a visa. You can’t even apply for a visa if someone is willing to immediately give you a job either that’ll put you above the threshold