Dependant application queries

[Kumara]

Guys I am new to the forum....
I am staying in UK for more than 4years on tier1 visa and want to bring my wife who is currently in India.Please solve some of the issues which are confusing me for dependent visa.

1. I am maintaining £1700.00(for both of us).....are these enough?
2. Do I need to verify my passport through royal mail before I send my passport and visa photo copies to my wife.

Please someone reply to this......


Thank you all for the support.....

[rajesh9pl]

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/worki ... ent-funds/

Dependants' maintenance

This page explains the requirements for maintenance (funds) that you must meet if want to apply for permission to enter or remain in the UK as the dependant of a migrant under Tier 1 (General) of the points-based system.

To qualify for a visa or permission to stay as a dependant of a Tier 1 (General) applicant or migrant, you must show that you have enough personal funds to support yourself for the entire period of your stay.

You and the main aplicant should have already assessed your potential living costs to ensure that you have enough funds to support yourselves. Your application will not succeed if you are unable to meet the maintenance requirements.

If the main Tier 1 (General) applicant or migrant has been in the UK for less than 12 months, you must show that you or they have at least £1,600 to support you, in addition to the funds needed to support them.

If the main applicant or migrant has been in the UK for 12 months or more, you or they must have at least £533 to support you.

[innocentdevil]

simple to understand. If you are in UK for more than 12 months then you need 800+533 = 1333 in your bank account for last 3 months. You will be fine then.

[rajesh9pl]

Policy guide has very a good illustration.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... olicy1.pdf

42. For example, the Tier 1 Migrant has been in the UK for 6 months and is making an application at the same time as his/her spouse and two children. He/she must show that he/she has £1600 for his spouse and a further £1600 for each child, in addition to £800 required for his/her own support. In total the family will require evidence that they hold £5600 in available funds (£1600 x 3 = £4800 + £800).

43. If the same Tier 1 Migrant and his family had been present in the UK for two years, they would require evidence that they held £2399 (£533 x 3 = £1599 + £800) in available funds.

44 .If a family member applies separately from the Tier 1 Migrant, there must still be enough funds to support each member of the family. Therefore in the example above, if the family has a third child, the main applicant has been in the United Kingdom for two years and the family applies for leave to remain for the third child

[Subbarao]

simple to understand. If you are in UK for more than 12 months then you need 800+533 = 1333 in your bank account for last 3 months. You will be fine then.

Hi friend,

when you say, more than 12 months ? is it on Tier1 visa or just in UK for more than 12 months ( including tier2 and tier1 visa ? ).

can you please clarify ?

thanks
subba

[tier1_applicant]

"just in UK for more than 12 months"
as you can read above-
it is not mentioned that category should be same in the last 12 months

[glasgow15]

there is no such requirement to certify copy of passport or visa...this is something in addition people have done...two of my friends just send the xerox copies n they got visas of their wife without any issue..but again..don't quote me on that.. i wud imagine that UKBA must have a database where they can chek if the main application got valid leave to remain...if they had to depend on notary public thing then we know how things can happenn.

cheers