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Family immigration financial requirement—quick reference checklist

Family immigration financial requirement—quick reference checklist This is a quick reference checklist to assist with calculating whether an applicant will meet the relevant thresholds for eligibility under family immigration routes. In particular, it assists with assessing both the main financial requirement and the adequate maintenance requirement for routes under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules. Which financial requirement applies? Type of application Financial requirement New application from 11 April 2024 £29,000 Renewal or extension from 11 April 2024 (including fiancés converting to partner) £18,600 (plus applicant child increment*, capped at £29,000) Pending application made before 11 April 2024 £18,600 (plus applicant child increment, no cap) Sponsoring applicant in receipt of a specified benefit or applying on a specified route (eg as a parent) Adequate maintenance based on current income support rates (see below) *The child increment/s, where they apply are as follows: +1 child = +£3,800 for the first child and +£2,400 for each additional child, so eg +1 child = £22,400, +2 children = £24,800, +3 children =...

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Visitor (standard): avoiding common pitfalls

Visitor (standard): avoiding common pitfalls This Practice Note highlights some common pitfalls associated with applications under the visitor (standard) immigration category that may lead to additional scrutiny of an application and/or its refusal. These often involve issues that may cast doubt on an applicant's credibility as a genuine visitor. Credibility Many of the requirements of this category refer to a person's subjective intentions as a genuine visitor, not to take employment, to leave at the end of the visit and not to base themselves in the UK. Establishing credibility is key for the business visitor and for one intending to undertake study. The Home Office will look at the person's overall circumstances to see if what they propose to do in the UK is consistent with other evidence. The Home Office's visit guidance provides information to Home Office officials on how to assess if an applicant is a genuine visitor. It states that the factors to be considered can include: • the applicant's immigration history in the UK and...

Standard orders—immigration

Standard orders—immigration This Practice Note provides information about, and access to, immigration standard orders issued by the standard orders group with the authority of the President of the Family Division, comprising a request for information from the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal and an order for disclosure of information to the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal. On 17 May 2023, Mr Justice Peel, the judge in charge of standard orders, announced that, with the authority of the President of the Family Division and following the review process and consultation period, the standard orders have been updated to reflect changes in law, practice and procedure and to achieve consistency. See: LNB News 17/05/2023 88. Updated house rules were also published by Peel J on 17 May 2023 to be read alongside the standard orders. The house rules set out: • the content of the orders, including recitals (paras 3–7) • the format of the orders including, inter alia, font size, spacing and numbering that is required (paras 8–16), and •...

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Children of a parent with limited leave as a partner under Appendix FM: grant of limited leave to remain—information sheet

Children of a parent with limited leave as a partner under Appendix FM: grant of limited leave to remain—information sheet You have now been granted limited leave to remain in the UK until [insert date] as the child of a parent with limited leave as a partner under Appendix FM. This information sheet outlines some of the key conditions of your stay in the UK, as well as your responsibilities to the Home Office. It is important that you understand these conditions. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries. Please note that while the information below is correct as at today’s date, UK immigration law is subject to regular change. Accessing your eVisa Your leave to remain (visa to stay in the UK) will be valid until [insert end date] and is issued in digital format (also known as an ‘eVisa’). [If you do not already have a UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) online account, you will need to go to...

Spouses, civil partners and unmarried partners under Appendix FM: in—country switch—letter in support from applicant partner

Spouses, civil partners and unmarried partners under Appendix FM: in—country switch—letter in support from applicant partner [Insert your current residential address] [Insert Home Office address to which the application is being sent] [Insert date] Dear [insert organisation name] Application for leave to remain as a [spouse OR civil partner OR unmarried partner] under Appendix fm of the Immigration Rules I confirm that I am a [insert nationality] national and am the [spouse OR civil partner OR unmarried partner] of [insert name of sponsoring partner]. My date of birth is [insert date of birth] and I am currently [insert age]. I confirm that I am not related to [insert name of sponsoring partner] in a way that is prohibited for [marriage OR civil partnership] in the UK. [I am currently living in the UK with leave to [enter OR remain] as [insert current immigration status] OR My last granted leave to remain as [insert last granted immigration status] expired on [insert date of expiry of leave,...

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Where an applicant is relying on cash savings in relation to the minimum income threshold in Appendix FM, does the most recent of the bank statements covering the last six months have to be dated with a certain time frame (eg 31 days)?

Where an applicant is relying on cash savings in relation to the minimum income threshold in Appendix FM, does the most recent of the bank statements covering the last six months have to be dated with a certain time frame (eg 31 days)? Details of the specified evidence required when making an application under Appendix fm is contained at Appendix FM-SE. In particular, the required specified evidence to be provided when relying on bank statements which show cash savings to meet the minimum income requirement is set out at Immigration Rules, Appendix FM-SE, para 11: ‘11. In respect of cash savings the following must be provided: (a) personal bank statements showing that at least the level of cash savings relied upon in the application has been held in an account(s) in the name of the person or of the person and their partner jointly throughout the period of 6 months prior to the date of application. (b) A declaration by the account holder(s) of the source(s)...

Can you combine income from salaried and non-salaried employment under category A in order to meet the financial requirement in Appendix FM?

Can you combine income from salaried and non-salaried employment under category A in order to meet the financial requirement in Appendix FM? Depending on how an applicant (only when in the UK with permission to work) or a sponsor intends to meet the financial requirement in the Immigration Rules, Appendix fm, they must consider which category their income will fall under. Categories A–G are explained by the Home Office in their accompanying guidance document: Immigration Directorate Instruction Family Migration: Appendix FM Section 1.7 Appendix Armed Forces Financial Requirement. The guidance clarifies how income is to be calculated and evidenced within each category, as well as which categories can and cannot be combined. Care should be taken in regard to the financial requirement, as it is a common reason for refusal in Appendix FM applications. Where the financial requirement is being met through earnings from employment, and the person has been earning that level of income from the employment for longer than six months, this income will...

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Immigration weekly highlights—12 June 2025

Welcome to the 12 June 2025 highlights from the Immigration team, which provides links to key news stories from the last week, as well as a round-up of new and updated content in Immigration.

Immigration White Paper heralds significant changes to UK immigration system

The government has published its long-anticipated White Paper on legal migration ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration system’, which announces some very significant changes across the immigration system, with the state aim of reducing net migration and ‘bringing back control’. In the work sphere this includes raising the skill level for Skilled Worker back to the Tier 2 graduate level and making all ‘Points-Based System’ routes ten-year routes to settlement (with a new ‘points-based’ approach for reducing this based on ‘contributions to the economy and society’). There are various measures aimed at reducing the level of work immigration generally, with strategies for forcing employers to train and invest in the domestic labour market rather than ‘rely on’ overseas workers. The paper also announces wide-ranging reforms to study routes, English language requirements, ‘earned’ settlement/citizenship, and enforcement. It also provides that a new family immigration policy will be set out at the end of the year (including extending financial requirements to other dependant visas), and that new legislation will be brought forward in an attempt...