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A Guide to Home Office Marriage Investigations 
By David Zuther - Legal Associate

In This Article 1. Understanding Home Office Marriage Investigations 2. Referral and Investigation Criteria Under the Immigration Act 2014 3. What Are Sham Marriages? 4. The Marriage Investigation Process:...

 What to Expect 5. Obligations During an Investigation: Compliance Is Key 6. The Compliance Decision and Its Implications 7. Consequences of Non-Compliance  8. Key Takeaways on Home Office Marriage...

UK Partner and Family Visa Financial Requirements Explained
By Rosanna Atkinson - Legal Associate

In This Article 1. Understanding the Financial Requirement for UK Partner and Family Visas 2. Category A: Financial Requirement for Salaried and Non-Salaried Employment 3. Returning Sponsors/Partners: Financial...

 Requirements for Overseas Sponsors Returning to the UK 4. Category B: Salaried and Non-Salaried Employment Requirements 5. Less Than 6 Months with Current Employer or Variable Income – Returning Overseas...

Criminal Convictions and UK Partner & Family Visa Applications
By Emilia Cieslak - Legal Associate

In This Article 1. Impact of Criminal Convictions on Appendix FM Applications 2. General Rules on Criminality in UK Immigration and Appendix FM 3. Criminality Under Appendix FM – How It Differs from General...

 Rules 4. Mandatory Refusals for Criminal Convictions in Family Visa Applications 5. Home Office Discretion in Appendix FM Criminality Cases 6. Impact of Past Convictions on UK Family Visa Applications 7....

UK Family Visa Financial Requirement: State Benefits and Entitlements
By Geraldine Peterson - Immigration Barrister

This post explores the requirements for a Sponsor who wishes to sponsor family members to join them or remain with them in the UK, but relies on income from certain entitlements or benefits received due to disability,...

 illness, injury or caring responsibilities.   It is important to understand which benefits or entitlements the Sponsor can rely upon to meet the financial requirements for sponsorship, and which they...

Appendix FM Financial Requirement: Less Than 6 Months’ Payslips?
By Richmond Chambers -

It is a common misconception that an application by a spouse, civil partner, unmarried partner or fiancé under Appendix FM, which relies on the UK-based Sponsor’s income from employment (or the...

 partner’s income from employment where he/she is in the United Kingdom with lawful leave to work and is applying for further leave to remain), can only be made if the Sponsor can produce wage slips covering a full 6...

Meeting the Spouse Visa Financial Requirement as a Director of a Limited Company
By Richmond Chambers -

In July 2012, following on from the report from the Migration Advisory Committee, a minimum income threshold was introduced in respect of sponsorship under the family migration route as set out within Appendix...

 FM of the Immigration Rules. A minimum threshold of £18,600 was set, with additional amounts for any ‘relevant’ children.  On 11 April 2024, the minimum income requirement for a UK spouse, partner or...

Appendix FM Financial Requirement: Variable Income From Non-Salaried Employment
By Bernard Wood - Immigration Barrister

Following previous posts about meeting the financial requirement of Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules through cash savings and through self-employment, this post will focus on meeting the income requirement...

 through employment – specifically through variable income from non-salaried employment. The Immigration Rules set out the general financial requirement of a gross annual income of at least £29,000....

Using Cash Savings in UK Spouse & Partner Visa Applications
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

For those applying for entry clearance or leave to remain in the UK as a Partner under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules the applicant is required to satisfy a financial requirement. The minimum income threshold...

 increased from £18,600 to £29,000 for new  applications on 11 April 2024.  There is no longer a separate child element to the minimum income requirement. There are a number of ways in which the...

Spouse & Partner Visa Financial Requirement: Sponsor Not Working
By Richmond Chambers -

If your Sponsor is not working, or no longer working, perhaps because he or she is retired, it may initially appear difficult to meet the financial requirement for a UK spouse visa or UK partner visa set out in...

 Appendix FM (this is the requirement to show an income of at least £29,000 per year).  In this post, we look at some of the ways in which it may still be possible to satisfy the spouse and partner visa...

UK Partner & Family Visa Financial Requirement: Employment Income
By Anna Bregstein - Immigration Barrister

Navigating the intricate landscape of UK immigration law can be a daunting task, especially when it comes to meeting the stringent partner and family visa financial requirements outlined in Appendix FM of the...

 Immigration Rules. For individuals seeking entry clearance or leave to remain under Appendix FM by relying on employment income (Categories A and B), understanding and providing the correct evidence is...

Spouse & Partner Visa Financial Requirement: Company Director
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

When applying for entry clearance or leave to remain as a spouse, civil partner, unmarried partner, fiance or proposed civil partner, an applicant has to show how they meet the partner visa financial requirement...

 of Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules.  There are many ways in which the Appendix FM financial requirement can be met, one of which is through earnings from being a director or an employee of a specified...

Family & Partner Visa Financial Requirement: Cash Savings
By Bernard Wood - Immigration Barrister

The financial requirement for partner, parent and child visa applications is set out in Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules as a  gross annual income of at least £29,000. One way in which the financial requirement...

 can be met is through reliance on cash savings, under Category D. The level of cash savings required may vary if cash savings are to be combined with another permitted source of income or if it is an...
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