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Meeting the Appendix FM financial requirement with an income of less than £18,600
By Emma Greenwood

In light of the Supreme Court judgment in MM (Lebanon) & Others v SSHD [2017] UKSC 10 the financial requirement set out in Appendix FM has changed substantially. The Supreme Court held that the minimum income threshold itself was lawful but that...

 exceptions should be made in some circumstances. Previously, it was possible to meet the threshold (£18,600 for a couple with no children) only by relying on the Sponsor’s income from a specified source. The ‘specified sources’ are: Salaried or non-salaried...

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. Payslips showing salary payments during the company’s most recent financial year; Dividend vouchers in respect of dividend payments declared in their favour during the company’s...

Meeting the financial requirement within Appendix FM by reference to adequate maintenance
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. Entry clearance or leave to remain as a partner whose partner is in receipt of a ‘specified benefit’; Entry clearance or leave to remain as a child of a parent with limited leave...

Cash Savings - Appendix FM – Partner Applications
By Alexandra Pease

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 was set at £18,600 in July 2012 after the Government...

 had considered advice from its Migration Advisory Committee (MAC). The account is held is a financial institution regulated by the appropriate regulatory body for the country in which that institution is operating; The financial institution is not...

Variable income and the financial requirement under Appendix FM
By Richmond Chambers

In applications made under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules for entry clearance or leave to remain as a partner the applicant is required to satisfy a financial requirement. The Rules require an applicant to demonstrate, by reference to specified evidence,...

 a gross annual income of at least £18,600. Where the applicant and their partner have children (who are not British or a citizen of an EEA country), the income threshold is increased by £3,800 for the first child and an additional £2,400 for each child...

Cash savings and the financial requirement under Appendix FM
By Richmond Chambers

Cash savings may be relied upon to meet the whole or part of the financial requirement under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules.

 Cash savings may be relied upon to meet the whole or part of the financial requirement under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules.

Case comment: Hameed (Appendix FM – financial year) [2014] UKUT 00266 (IAC)
By Richmond Chambers

For self-employed individuals wishing to bring their partners or other family members to the UK, note should be taken of the recent judgment in the case of Hameed (Appendix FM – financial year) [2014] UKUT 00266 (IAC).

 For self-employed individuals wishing to bring their partners or other family members to the UK, note should be taken of the recent judgment in the case of Hameed (Appendix FM – financial year) [2014] UKUT 00266 (IAC).

Update on the challenge to the financial requirement under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules
By Richmond Chambers

UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) has today released guidance regarding applications that are affected by the financial requirement imposed by Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules, requiring applicants to provide evidence of a gross annual income of at least...

 £18,600. UKVI state that they are continuing to put on hold decisions in some applications for entry clearance/leave to remain as a partner or child until the legal challenge to the financial requirement has been finally determined by the courts.

Meeting the financial requirement of Appendix FM through self-employment
By Richmond Chambers

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. Appendix FM provides...

 very strict requirements as to how the financial requirement may be satisfied. The financial requirement may be met in a number of ways, including by relying upon income from self-employment.

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