Spouse visa extension

According to the BRP the visa expires mid March. From my understanding the application can be submitted any time before the expiry date. Is that correct?

The financial requirement will be met through my husband's job alone. He is in full time salaried employment and receives minimum wage. This means he does meet the minimum annual income of £18,600. The proof of employment letter has all the relevant information but there are two areas I'm worried about. Instead of annual income they mentioned the hourly rate. And although he works 40 hours, the employer has only confirmed that the contract is a minimum of 20 hours for all employees. The payslips will show he is being paid for 40 hours but I'm concerned this letter may not satifsy the case worker.

We currently live with my parents in their council house. This is the same accommodation I showed last time with a letter from the housing association. Do we need to request another letter from them or can the first one be used again as its the same property?

And lastly I'd like to know if applying for a fee waiver negatively impacts the application. As I mentioned my husband is on a low income and we have two young children so it's really difficult to pay the visa fees.

Correct. But key question, when did he enter the UK on a spouse visa? Or if he switched within the UK, what date was it valid from? What you do not want to do is apply too early and end up with a shortfall later for ILR.

You need to plan accordingly as the IHS fees will still be payable and they are increasing substantially next week on 6th February.

urizwi wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:14 pm

Correct. But key question, when did he enter the UK on a spouse visa? Or if he switched within the UK, what date was it valid from? What you do not want to do is apply too early and end up with a shortfall later for ILR.

He entered the UK in July 2021. If we submit the application this week, he will have been here almost 31 months. I believe he needs a total of 60 months before he can apply for the ILR is that right? Correct

There's a question in the application about the visa start date. This visa was approved in May 2021, BRP was issued in June, but he entered the country in July. So which of these dates is considered the start date? The end date is the BRP expiry date I assume. On spouse route, the count starts from date of entry into UK

You need to plan accordingly as the IHS fees will still be payable and they are increasing substantially next week on 6th February.

I'm so thankful you informed me of this! I had absolutely no idea. I only knew the financial requirement was due to increase in spring.

urizwi wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:05 pm

Thank you CR001 and AmazonianX

After reading and re-reading the Appendix FM guidance I'm unsure if we meet the financial requirement now. However since the visa is due to expire next month we had no choice but to submit the application.

My husband's usual pay meets the minimum threshold because he earns £10.42/hour and usually works 40 hours a week, as well as overtime. (I think his is a non-salaried employment because although he has a minimum 20 hour permanent contract, his income varies month to month but is usually between £1500-1700).

Based on that he was above the minimum threshold every month except for the last 2 months prior to the application being submitted. In December and January his company paid him for half the hours he usually works. This was because they were hiring additional staff and were readusting the rota. He is back to full time again.

But I believe the damage has been done. Is there any possibility of them overlooking the last 2 months and use the 6 months prior to them as the basis to check the income. Or would supporting letters to explain this help in any way?

I'm hoping the fact we have two children (both British) might support our case. My youngest who is a few months old has been diagnosed with a life-long health condition. I have mentioned this in the application too. Do you think these reasons will help us?

Any advice on this would be appreciated. We have some time to submit the documents before the appointment. If there's anything we can add to the evidence that can help please let me know.

I haven't yet booked the appointment. Is there a deadline for that? The application was submitted on 5th February.

urizwi wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:56 am

About the bank statements, when I asked Barclays for original statements they said the online PDF ones are now the same. I mentiond we need them for a visa application and they said the Home Office will accept these.

I'm taking their word for it but the guidelines say electronic statements should be certified. Does anyone know about this?