Adequate maintenance
Produced in partnership with Jo Renshaw of Turpin Miller
Practice notesAdequate maintenance
Produced in partnership with Jo Renshaw of Turpin Miller
Practice notesFor partners and children applying under Appendix FM where the sponsoring partner is receiving one or more specified benefits, there is no minimum income requirement for the five year route to settlement, and the relevant financial test is that of ‘adequate maintenance’. An adequate maintenance requirement is also the requirement for parents applying under Appendix FM, other family members applying under Appendix Adult Dependent Relative and children of settled parents who are applying under Part 8 of the Immigration Rules, although there are key differences in relation to the treatment of third party support and offers of employment under Part 8. It is unlikely that there will be partners or other family members applying now under Part 8 of the Immigration Rules, but it is possible advisers may come across someone who has somehow remained on that route without obtaining settlement and so may still be able to benefit from the transitional provisions. For more information on the surviving sections of Part 8 see: Finding your way around Appendix FM.
Specified benefits
The 'specified benefits' listed in the partners
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