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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...

Meeting the Financial Requirement for a UK Spouse Visa as a Returning Spouse - Part 2
By Olivia Waddell - Immigration Barrister

This post follows our previous post about meeting the financial requirement for a spouse visa for couples returning from overseas to live in the UK. In this follow-up post, we take a more detailed look at how the...

requirement can be met through the Sponsor’s employment or self-employment. The rules are both forward-looking and backward-looking.  Meeting the Financial Requirement for a UK Spouse Visa as a Returning...

Spouse Visa Financial Requirement for Spouses Returning to the UK - Part 1
By Olivia Waddell - Immigration Barrister

For a British or settled individual who is relocating to the UK with their non-British or settled partner after spending time overseas, the financial requirement for a spouse visa can be trickier than for couples...

where the sponsor is already in the UK. In this post, we take a look at the specific rules concerning the financial requirement for couples preparing to return to the UK together.  In a subsequent post we...

Partner & Family Visa Financial Requirement: Non-Employment Income
By Bernard Wood - Immigration Barrister

Following previous posts in the Knowledge Centre about meeting the financial requirement of Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules through cash savings, self-employment, variable income and third-party support,...

this post will focus on meeting the income requirement through non-employment income – such as property rental income, income from dividends, and maintenance payments.  This post may be of particular...

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...

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...

Legal Implications of Doubling the Family Visa Income Requirement
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Immigration Barrister

As many readers will be aware, part of the Home Secretary’s recently announced “five-point plan” on immigration included a significant increase to the minimum income threshold for family visas under Appendix...

FM of the Immigration Rules. Whereas currently those eligible under Appendix FM (ordinarily the partners of British citizens or individuals settled in the UK) need to demonstrate that they meet a minimum...

Adequate Maintenance Requirement - Appendix FM
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

In July 2012, the Immigration Rules were changed to implement new requirements for non-EEA nationals applying to enter or remain in the UK under the family migration route. Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules was...

subsequently introduced, incorporating an adequate maintenance requirement. What is the adequate maintenance requirement? Appendix FM brought with it a new financial requirement based on a minimum income...

Family Life as a Partner Based on Insurmountable Obstacles
By Rosanna Atkinson - Legal Associate

Partner applications under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules contain strict eligibility requirements for a grant of leave to remain on the 5-year route to settlement. If a partner is unable to meet the strict...

requirements of the 5-year partner route they may be able to rely on the exception set out in EX.1. of Appendix FM to extend their stay and eventually settle in the UK on the 10-year route.  Article 8 of...

Settlement for Dependent Parents: Appendix EU v. Appendix FM
By Richmond Chambers -

Both Appendix EU and Appendix FM provide routes to settlement in the UK for dependent parents. Whilst the focus of this post will be on dependent parents, it should be noted that Appendix EU contains provisions...

relating to other types of dependent relatives and that Appendix FM relates, not just to dependent parents, but the broader concept of ‘adult dependent relatives’. As will be explored in this post, the...

Understanding Sole Responsibility in Immigration Law
By Richmond Chambers -

The concept of ‘sole responsibility’ is found in Appendix FM and Part 8 of the Immigration Rules. Careful analysis of the circumstances of a child’s upbringing is essential to work out whether this can be...

demonstrated. When is ‘sole responsibility’ required? You must demonstrate that you have ‘sole responsibility’ where you want to bring a non-British child to the UK to live with you and: You are...

Family & Partner Visa English Language Requirement
By Richmond Chambers -

In this post we look at the English language requirement for UK family and partner visas.  Whether you are applying for a spouse visa, civil partner visa, unmarried partner visa, fiance visa or proposed...

civil partner visa you will need to satisfy an English language requirement. When does the English language requirement apply? You must satisfy the Home Office that you meet the English language requirement when...
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