Spouse Visa - Sufficient funds & Accomodation question..

[leginj]

Hi all,

I found this forum very helpful and am posting this hoping that someone
here will be able to point me at the right direction.

I am a British Citizen applying for a spouse/dependent visa for my Indian wife.

Regarding sufficient funds,

1) How much is sufficient funds? I see that most of the posts are for Tier 1 & Tier 2 dependents.. Is this different for British Nationals.? Also, should I've maintained this balance over a period of time.. (3 months??)
(Any official guidance link for the above will be greatly appreciated)

2) I'll be moving into a new address and have recently signed tenency agreement.. So all my bills and bank statements are from the old address.. Will this be okay? Will a letter explaining the same be enough?

Thanks in advance...

[Casa]

You need to show that you have a minimum of £100.25 left a week after paying rent or mortgage, utility bills and council tax. You don't need include food or personal spending.
It won't matter that you have recently moved to a new address.

[batleykhan]

Whilst I agree with what Casa has said, I have known many people from Indian subcontinent who have been refused because of lack of funds in their bank when they are sponsoring their spouse.

Whilst the £100.25 is the amount that a couple needs to live on in the UK, a decent amount of money in the bank at the time of the application would greatly assist your spouse application form.

I would say a figure of between £2000- to £3500 accumulated in your bank over the last 12 months or so would be ideal. You will need to provide at least 6 months bank statement that will hopefully show this.

If you work and have a decent wage going into your account, and after all the expenses, you still can save money (and show it)means you will be not dependant on others ( as you have some savings) if something unfortunate befalls you in the future.

The rules for Tier 1&2 are different to a spouse visa, so ignore those.

Your point No 2. don't worry about this, it should be ok.

Remember you will also need 3 months wage slips, letter from your employers, tennancy agreement, housing report to support your wife's application.

Hope this has answered your query

[Casa]

And you both have to be over 21 at the time of application.