Adequate maintenance requirement

[Cloverfield]

Hi Guys,

I'm British and wish to apply for a visa for my wife from Afghanistan. We have one son together.

I'm a carer for my father who receives enhanced rate Personal Independence Payment. I believe I need to show I have adequate maintenance and accommodation and don't need to show that I earn the £18,600.

I don't think my calculations are correct and was wondering whether anyone could help.

From what I have read online I need to show A minus B is greater than or equal to C.

A - Income received (weekly figures)

£21.05 - Child benefit

£112 - Universal Credit

£67.25 - Carer's allowance

= £200


B - Accommodation

I live with my father who receives income support for accommodation. I do not pay for anything. Do I need to add the figure my father is paying?

No council tax as I am a full-time carer.



C- Income support amount

I looked at the figures on rightsnet 2020 - 2021 (not sure if it is right?):

Couple – both over 18 - £116.80

Children-family premium- £17.60

Children-personal allowance- £68.27

= 202.67


It doesn't look like I can make it would be greatful for any help!

[seagul]

Meeting the financial requirement through ‘adequate
maintenance’
Where the applicant’s partner is in receipt of any of the following benefits or
allowances in the UK, the applicant will be able to meet the financial requirement at
that application stage by providing evidence of “adequate maintenance” rather than
meeting an income threshold:
• Carer’s Allowance
• Disability Living Allowance
• Severe Disablement Allowance
• Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
• Attendance Allowance
• Personal Independence Payment
• Armed Forces Independence Payment or Guaranteed Income Payment under
the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
• Constant Attendance Allowance, Mobility Supplement or War Disablement
Pension under the War Pensions Scheme
• Police Injury Pension
If the applicant’s partner is in receipt of one of the above benefits or allowances on
behalf of their child, the applicant will be able to qualify by meeting the financial
requirement through ‘adequate maintenance’, with
evidence specified in Appendix FM-SE:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... gov-uk.pdf

[Cloverfield]

Thank you.

Do I need to include what my father us paying for rent in the calculation under B?

[seagul]

I'm a carer for my father who receives enhanced rate Personal Independence Payment. I believe I need to show I have adequate maintenance and accommodation and don't need to show that I earn the £18,600.

Despite you might have been receiving the above mentioned benefit on behalf of your father but since it is not being extracted out of your/your child's circumstances, therefore, that wouldn't meet the adequate maintenance criterion for immigration purposes. You can read the previously given official guidance to know more about it, and also relating to other ways of meeting the financial requirement.

[Cloverfield]

Oh so even though I'm receiving that benefit I can't rely on it because it doesn't relate to my son?!?!

[Cloverfield]

I'm a carer for my father who receives enhanced rate Personal Independence Payment. I believe I need to show I have adequate maintenance and accommodation and don't need to show that I earn the £18,600.

Despite you might have been receiving the above mentioned benefit on behalf of your father but since it is not being extracted out of your/your child's circumstances, therefore, that wouldn't meet the adequate maintenance criterion for immigration purposes. You can read the previously given official guidance to know more about it, and also relating to other ways of meeting the financial requirement.

I received carers allowance as the carer for my father.

[TODMATT]

Hi Guys,

I'm British and wish to apply for a visa for my wife from Afghanistan. We have one son together.

I'm a carer for my father who receives enhanced rate Personal Independence Payment. I believe I need to show I have adequate maintenance and accommodation and don't need to show that I earn the £18,600.

I don't think my calculations are correct and was wondering whether anyone could help.

From what I have read online I need to show A minus B is greater than or equal to C.

A - Income received (weekly figures)

£21.05 - Child benefit

£112 - Universal Credit

£67.25 - Carer's allowance

= £200


B - Accommodation

I live with my father who receives income support for accommodation. I do not pay for anything. Do I need to add the figure my father is paying?

No council tax as I am a full-time carer.



C- Income support amount

I looked at the figures on rightsnet 2020 - 2021 (not sure if it is right?):

Couple – both over 18 - £116.80

Children-family premium- £17.60

Children-personal allowance- £68.27

= 202.67


It doesn't look like I can make it would be greatful for any help!

It does look like you made it because

116.80 + 68.27 for per child + Family premium 17.60 = 202.67 left each week

[seagul]

Oh so even though I'm receiving that benefit I can't rely on it because it doesn't relate to my son?!?!

If that benefit you are claiming & receiving for yourself then should be fine. But do wade through the official source provided.