Minimum income threshold: Categories A and B: employment—general principles

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Practice notes

Minimum income threshold: Categories A and B: employment—general principles

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis

Produced in partnership with Jo Renshaw of Turpin Miller

Practice notes
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This Practice Note looks at the general principles as to whose and what income can be relied on in order to meet the minimum income threshold under the five-year route when relying in whole or in part on employment income. It should be read in conjunction with the Practice Notes: Minimum income threshold: Categories A and B: employment—step by step and Minimum income threshold: Categories A and B: employment—specified evidence.

Whose income can be relied upon?

For entry clearance applications for applicant partners, only the employment income of the sponsoring partner can be relied on. The same applies to an entry clearance application by any child of the applicant partner who is applying at the same time as them.

If a child is applying for entry clearance after the applicant partner has already obtained limited leave and is in the UK and working legally, the applicant partner's income from employment can be included, as can the employment income of any other dependent child of the applicant partner provided that certain circumstances

Jo Renshaw
Jo Renshaw

Turpin Miller

Jo has practised exclusively in Immigration law since qualification in 1993. She is qualified to practice in both Australia and the United Kingdom and has worked as an immigration solicitor for many years in both jurisdictions.

She joined Turpin and Miller Solicitors in 2005, becoming a Partner in 2008. She has been head of the firm's large Immigration Team since 2007. She has worked as a Peer Reviewer in the Immigration category and is one of only a small number of Immigration practitioners accredited by the Law Society at Advanced Level.

Jo's practice is broad based and covers all aspects of immigration and asylum law. She is a member of the firm's specialist Skilled Migration Team and has a particular interest in Points Based matters. Throughout her career she has also had a keen interest in Asylum work, heading the Refugee Advice Service at a national level in Australia prior to returning to the UK. She has maintained this expertise at Turpin and Miller, acts as external legal advisor to an asylum charity based in Southampton and gives training on all aspects of asylum law to charities, social services departments and other voluntary bodies.

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