My partner and I are applying for the unmarried partner visa.
She is a Canadian citizen and has been living here (youth mobility visa) with me for 22 months, I'm British, before this we were living together in Japan for 18 months.
Last year I undertook a PGCE (teacher training programme) I wasn't earning, but I did inherit 12,500 and lived from that (as well as a student loan).
She works at a nursery and earns approx 10,000 a year.
I now have a job (begins in September) teaching secondary English and will earn over 21,000, she is still in employment.
We have about 2,000 in savings.
Am I right in thinking that, according to, "5.3.2 Category B: salaried employment for less than the last 6 months"
First, where the applicant’s partner and/or the applicant (if they are in the UK with permission to work) is in salaried employment at the date of application and has been with
the same employer for less than the last 6 months, the applicant can count the gross
annual salary at the date of application towards the financial requirement.
Second, the couple must in addition have received in the 12 months prior to the
application the level of income required to meet the financial requirement applicable to it,
based on:
• The gross salaried employment income of the applicant’s partner and/or the
applicant (if they are in the UK with permission to work);
• The gross amount of any specified non-employment income received by the
applicant’s partner, the applicant or both jointly;
Do we apply, does my inheritance count as non employment income enough to float my girlfriend's 10,000. does the fact that I begin employment in September count as gross annual salary at the date of application?
All advice gratefully accepted.
Also is there a helpline for this sort of question?[/b]