Re: new spouse visa -uk anyone applied?
You can’t get any clearer than this document:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/IDIs/chp8-annex/section-FM-1.7.pdf?view=Binary
*In respect of the use of cash savings to meet any shortfall against the income *
*threshold under the financial requirement: *
*• To be counted, the applicant’s partner, the applicant or both jointly must have cash *
*savings of more than £16,000 (the level of savings at which a person generally *
*ceases to be eligible for income-related benefits), held by the applicant’s partner, *
*the applicant or both jointly (but not with a third party) for at least 6 months at *
*the date of application and under their control. *
*• The amount of cash savings above £16,000 can be counted against any shortfall *
*against the £18,600 income threshold (or the relevant higher figure where a child or *
*children are also being sponsored). *
*• This will be done on a basis that either multiplies the amount of the shortfall by 2.5 – *
*the probationary period (30 months or 2.5 years) to be served before the applicant *
*has to apply for further limited leave or for indefinite leave to remain – or, at the *
*indefinite leave to remain stage, is equal to the amount of the shortfall. *
*• F**or example, where the applicant’s partner and applicant have no income which may ***
***be counted towards the financial requirement, £62,500 in cash savings will be ***
***required for the financial requirement to be met at the entry clearance/leave to remain ***
***stage or at the further leave stage, i.e. the ‘floor’ amount of £16,000, plus 2.5 times ***
***the shortfall of £18,600. **At the indefinite leave to remain stage, the same couple will *
*require £34,600 in cash savings to meet the financial requirement by that means *
*alone, i.e. the ‘floor’ amount of £16,000, plus the shortfall of £18,600.
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Basically what I told nadz before - if she does not have a job and wants to apply, she needs over £60K in savings for at least 6 months.