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

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 blog 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 £18,600....

How to Get Married in the UK: Choosing the Right Visa for Marriage
By Gillian McCall - Immigration Barrister

Within the Immigration Rules, there are a number of different options for individuals who are settled or British and who want to get married in the UK. But at a time when you are planning rings and venues, there...

 is some sense in taking time to review the relevant immigration options to make sure that your dream day is possible. Making mistakes as to the visa application could cause the application to be refused or...

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 £18,600. 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 there are additional dependent children on the application,  if cash savings are to be...

Partner Visa Extension & ILR Application Top Tips
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

When you have just been granted leave to enter or remain as a partner, an extension or ILR application is probably the last thing on your mind, but  33 or 30 months can pass very quickly! Considering preparatory...

 steps throughout the period of leave can reduce the stress at the end of the process and the need to search for or obtain the documents required by the Immigration Rules, particularly Appendix...

Third Party Support in Appendix FM Applications
By Stefania Patuto - Immigration Barrister

For those applying for entry clearance or leave to remain in the UK as a partner under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules (which includes spouse visas, civil partner visas, unmarried partner visas and...

 fiance visas), the applicant is required to satisfy a financial requirement. Appendix FM provides very strict requirements as to how the financial requirement may be satisfied. Many of our previous blog posts have...

New Coronavirus Policy for UK Spouse & Partner Visas
By Zarina Rahman - Immigration Barrister

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to have a major impact on the UK and worldwide, the Home Office has updated its Covid-19 policy, coinciding with the start of a 4-week ‘lockdown’ in England on 05 November...

 2020.  In this post I look at the implications of the updated Coronavirus policy for UK Spouse and Partner Visas.  The earlier coronavirus policy measures were discussed in detail by my colleague in this...

Fiancé(e) visa - what do I need to know?
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

If you want to join your partner in the UK and you intend to get married within six months of entering the UK, you may want to consider applying for a fiancé(e) visa. Your partner must be a British citizen in...

 the UK, present and settled in the UK, or in the UK with refugee leave or with humanitarian protection. It is important to note that this category is different to the marriage visitor visa. The marriage...

Implications of Coronavirus for UK Spouse Visas
By Gillian McCall - Immigration Barrister

The Coronavirus and Covid-19 disease are causing a devastating effect across the world. The situation can be especially stressful for individuals who are separated from family members or for those who are worried...

 that their partner may be separated from them if an application to remain in the UK is refused. In this post we will look at some of the key issues that individuals applying to remain with spouses and...

Residence requirements for Partners
By Zarina Rahman - Immigration Barrister

Unlike most visa routes, partner visas do not have any specific residence requirements or prescribed limits on the number of days of absences from the UK.  However, despite the absence of a residence requirement...

 for partners, there are some factors to be aware of to ensure that applications for further leave to remain and indefinite leave to remain will be successful.  Partner applications require the applicant...

Property rental income and the partner visa financial requirement
By Gillian McCall - Immigration Barrister

Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules is family members of British nationals such as unmarried partners, fiance(e)’s, spouses or children coming to the UK. Most people in this category will need to meet a financial...

 requirement as part of their application and the rules set out some specific ways in which those requirements can be met. In this article we will look at how someone with property rental income can meet...

Who is a ‘partner’ in Appendix FM?
By Zarina Rahman - Immigration Barrister

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...
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