Financial Requirements for Spouse/Partner Visa and ILR

Howdy everyone,

Finally, finally, finally.........I have 12 months of accounts from April 2015 to April 2016, all signed off by a chartered accountant, and I have everything needed to fulfill the financial requirements.

Everything that is apart from 'evidence of ongoing self-employment through evidence of Class 2 National Insurance contributions, as since 2015 HMRC now collects this via self-assessment rather than by quarterly direct debit, so there will be no evidence of any Class 2 payments until I pay the tax bill when it arrives.

I can however provide every other conceivable evidence of ongoing self-assessment such as quarterly VAT payments, monthly franchise payments to the parent company, business insurance, business vehicle payments, payments to the company stores for consumable products used in the business etc.

I did manage to log into my HMRC homepage and order a statement of National Insurance contributions, only to receive a statement of Class 1 contributions, and an hour ago I rang the HMRC helpline to be told by a robot they were too busy to answer.

Has anyone successfully applied for a visa without supplying the Class 2 contributions proof?

Thanks in advance.

Hello all! I just want to clarify something, I'm currently processing/acquiring documents for a fiancee visa. I would like to ask if my fiancee needs to have a big savings in his bank account? He is currently employed so I think we are able to provide the last 6 months of payslips that will meet the 18,600 annual salary. I'm not sure about the savings aspect though.

No savings required if he meets the financial requirement of £18,600.

Thank you very much for the quick reply!

You probably already have this covered, but you need to make sure your English Language qualification is one of the fairly recent 'IELTS for UKVI' certificates. Older IELTS certificates are now invalid.

just to extend....
and must be covered by the British Council at one of their dedicated sites in Manila or Cebu

I haven't taken the IELTS exam yet. If I'm not mistaken, one option in their website suggests IELTS for UKVI and LIFESKILLS, is this what you're referring to?

@tipipay some info for you. Just make sure you take the test at one of the UKVI accredited test centres

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...g-for-uk-visa-approved-english-language-tests

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigra...es-appendix-o-approved-english-language-tests

Thank you for the help! Will surely check the links.

To extend even further, here's the link to use once you are ready to book.
Just select the country you want to book the test in (I assume Philippines...) from the drop down box.
You have to register with IELTS for UKVI, but if you're not already registered you'll be able to during the booking process, and then carry on after signing in.
https://ieltsukvisas.britishcouncil.org/?_ga=1.68642449.1000903045.1470408159#/select-country

Hi folks. Waiting on outcome of 6 month visitor visa to allow my gf to come here to meet me / vacation etc. Assuming things go to plan we may (crazily I know) decide to apply for a fiance visa next year ( I'm not stupid and am cognisant of the risks so I'd prefer to park those for now please!) Really just trying to arm myself with all options to discuss with GF.

My question is (hopefully) very straightforward. If I wanted to sponsor my Filipina gf to bring her over next year and to get married within 6 months (followed by ILR) would my earnings of around 45k (full time salaried) be sufficient to meet the requirements to bringing my gf plus her 14 year old son over. I have some savings to but if I've followed things correctly I don't think they need brought into the calculation. My gf has negligible savings.

Many thanks!

G

income requirement for future wife + one child is £22400.---so you earn double that . no need for any savings.

the big question is--has she ever been married --??

Music to my ears my friend! Thanks for this welcome confirmation. No - she's never been married! Regards, Gerry

Sorry - should apologise to original poster for hijacking thread! Best of luck!

G

Folks - I know it's probably obvious to many but for a simple soul like me can someone please tell me what happens once the ILR (after marriage and 2 FLRs) has been applied for and granted?

I know of course the process takes 5 years in total (with periodic plundering of my bank account) but what document or status would Kris (@inaroiles ) be issued with attain then?

If she wanted a British passport I'm assuming she would have to undertake the British citizen test - is this correct?

Also - I understand that the UK allows dual citizenship for a number of countries - including the Philippines - so if Kris and her son went through the British citizen process they would have dual citizenship.

Grateful for confirmation of this please.

Many thanks.

Gerry

Im interested to know this part as well, it makes planning easier if you know the obstacle course you have to go through.

As far as i know, ph allows dual citizenship with the UK. So after she acquired the UK citizenship, she will need to reacquire her ph citizenship by going to the ph embassy in london (or in the embassy outreach locations) by filling up a form and making an oath.

Once your missus has got to the ILR stage she will have already taken the Life in the UK test which is part of the ILR requirement. On the settlement visa route your loved one can apply for British citizenship as soon as she has the ILR, on some other visa routes you have to wait till you have had the ILR for one year. Dual citizenship is the way to go of course.

If I was you I'd just get the first visa out of the way first, there will be lots of us going through the British citizen route long before you so there will be a wealth of information here on the forum long before you get to that stage

https://www.gov.uk/browse/citizenship/citizenship

If you become a British citizen you lose the Filipino citizenship and have to re-apply for it within a certain timescale.

THis will involve a trip to the Filipino Embassy, taking the oath and so on.

Many thanks @Maley - helpful.

Are you in Scotland too? (The Kelpies provides the clue!)

Yep, glasgow right now. And im still learning the accent. And adjusting to the weather.