Tier 1 extension: Do I need to still maintain funds while..

[tirfk]

hi

A quick question- I recently applied for tier 1 extension for me along with 2 dependents
The question while i wait for the reply from home office, do i have to still maintain the funds? Guidelines say The funds for dependents to be maintained throughout. please shed some light if anyone have any experience in this regard.
Thank you

[Lucapooka]

If you are refused and need to re-apply (rather than appeal) you will not have sufficient maintenance over the required period. Otherwise you can use the money at any time.

[tirfk]

I meant to say during theapplication process, theywill call the bank and check about the genunity of the statements- but do they also enquire if the funds are still available? If not available- will that be a ground for refusal?

[Lucapooka]

They won't call the bank; if the statement is not, or does not appear to be, genuine or in a format prescribed in the guidance, they will refuse the application. More important is the issue of confidentiality; the bank would never (due to legal obligations) entertain the notion of giving out the personal information of its clients to a govt. agency unless ordered to do so by a judge in a criminal investigation.