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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...

Satisfying the Appendix FM Partner Visa Financial Requirement Based on Employment Income (Part 2)
By Anna Bregstein - Immigration Barrister

In Part 1 of this comprehensive guide to the Appendix FM Partner and Family Visa financial requirement, we delved into the evidential standards that must be met by applicants relying on Category A employment income...

 – that is where the individual has been working with their employer for 6 months or more.  In Part 2, we look at the Home Office requirements where an individual has been working with their current...

Navigating the New UK Unmarried Partner Visa Rules
By Richmond Chambers -

To enter the UK as a “partner” under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules (“FM” being short for “Family Member”), there are three possible ways to qualify as a “partner”. First, as a “spouse”....

 Second, as a “civil partner”. Third, as an “unmarried partner”.  The way that this third category – “unmarried partner” – is defined in the Rules has recently changed. Against the tide of...

Choosing the Right UK Partner Visa: Marriage Visit, Spouse, Unmarried Partner, or Fiancé?
By Eve Loveman - Legal Associate

Given the government’s intention to increase the minimum income threshold for family visas in “Spring 2024”, many people are looking to make a visa application before these changes come into effect. If you...

 are considering applying for a visa so that you can stay in the UK with your British or settled partner, the differences between the marriage visit visa, fiancé, unmarried partner and spouse applications...

Exceptions to Appendix FM Partner & Parent Visa Requirements
By Rosanna Atkinson - Legal Associate

As we have set out elsewhere, the Partner routes (including the Spouse Visa, Civil Partner Visa, Unmarried Partner Visa, Fiance Visa and Proposed Civil Partner Visa) and Parent route of Appendix FM of the Immigration...

 Rules all contain strict eligibility requirements for a grant of leave to remain on a 5-year route to settlement.  However, the Immigration Rules also provide for certain exceptions to these strict...

What is a Genuine and Subsisting Relationship?
By Richmond Chambers -

If you are a spouse who wishes to join your partner in the UK, who is British or settled, the specified evidence for the relationship requirements set out in Appendix FM, including in relation to the genuine and...

 subsisting relationship requirement, can seem scarce when compared to the financial requirements rules. The latter set out mandatory evidence that must be provided in order to prove that you meet or exceed...

Meeting the financial requirement under Appendix FM with children
By Stefania Patuto - Immigration Barrister

This post was written prior to the amendment to the Appendix FM financial requirement on 11 April 2024 which removed the separate child element to the minimum income requirement. To discuss a UK visa...

 application with a child, contact our immigration barristers on 0203 617 9173 or complete the contact form below. There are many different ways to meet the financial requirement under Appendix FM. This post will explore...

Who is a ‘partner’ in Appendix FM?
By Richmond Chambers -

Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules allows British Citizens and settled persons to bring their ‘partner’ to join them in the UK.  A ‘partner’ is defined as the applicant’s spouse, civil partner, fiancé(e),...

 proposed civil partner or a person that has been living together with the applicant for at least two years prior to the date of application.  Spouse A marriage in the UK must be evidenced by a valid...

What is a ‘relationship akin to marriage’?
By Gillian McCall - Barrister Partner

Under the Immigration Rules, a person who is British or Settled in the UK can bring their unmarried partner to the UK. This is sometimes referred to as a ‘partner visa’ or ‘de facto visa’. This is an option...

 that more couples are currently considering, partly due to the ongoing restrictions around the world on wedding ceremonies due to covid-19.  In some cases, it will be a better option for a person to...
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