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bilalbilal
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Financial Requirement Help PLEASEEEE

Post by bilalbilal » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:59 pm

Hi, Thanks in advance, I need some help for my spouse visa extension.

I have a 2.5 years visa which will finish in may 2016 i have to extend it for further 2.5 years. My wife is british and i'm pakistani.
My doest work, but i work full time my basic salary is £14000 plus commission which is variable month to month but annual income comes to £42000 or even more.

my question is what category shall i apply for?
would my commission be calculated or not?

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Re: Financial Requirement Help PLEASEEEE

Post by Amber » Thu Jul 02, 2015 7:02 am

Yes, example:

5.5.9 -The applicant’s partner is employed at the date of application and is relying on Category A. He works as a car salesman in Thailand in salaried employment. In the 6 months prior to the date of application his gross annual salary was £15,000. He also received commission based pay for each of the 6 months prior to the date of application which varied as follows:
£500, £1000, £400, £200, £200, and £800.
The income from commission based pay that can be added to the salaried employment = (total commission earned over the last 6 months, divided by 6) multiplied by 12
= ((500+1000+400+200+250+800) ÷ 6) x 12
= (3150÷ 6) x 12
= £6,300
This annualised income from commission based pay can then be added to the salaried
income of £15,000 to provide a gross annual salary at the date of application of £21,300.
In addition, the applicant’s partner has a confirmed job offer with a car dealership in the UK to start within 8 weeks of his return to the UK. The annual starting salary for this job is
£18,000. His signed contract of employment sets out that gross “on-target” earnings of £2,000 may be expected from satisfactory performance in the standard hours of work.
The addition of the on-target earnings means that the applicant’s partner meets the financial requirement using Category A as the income from this job offer that counts under the Immigration Rules will be £20,000.
The contract also indicated that the applicant’s partner would earn future commission of 10% on all sales. However this future commission cannot be included towards the financial requirement.
And
5.5.24 -(b) Overtime, commission-based pay and bonuses (which can include tips and gratuities paid via a tonc scheme registered with HMRC) will be counted as income, where they have been received in the relevant period(s) of employment or self-employment relied upon in the application.
Do see - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... pdf#page23
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Re: Financial Requirement Help PLEASEEEE

Post by bilalbilal » Thu Jul 02, 2015 7:18 pm

Thanks
Last edited by bilalbilal on Thu Jul 02, 2015 7:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: Financial Requirement Help PLEASEEEE

Post by bilalbilal » Thu Jul 02, 2015 7:21 pm

Amber wrote:Yes, example:

5.5.9 -The applicant’s partner is employed at the date of application and is relying on Category A. He works as a car salesman in Thailand in salaried employment. In the 6 months prior to the date of application his gross annual salary was £15,000. He also received commission based pay for each of the 6 months prior to the date of application which varied as follows:
£500, £1000, £400, £200, £200, and £800.
The income from commission based pay that can be added to the salaried employment = (total commission earned over the last 6 months, divided by 6) multiplied by 12
= ((500+1000+400+200+250+800) ÷ 6) x 12
= (3150÷ 6) x 12
= £6,300
This annualised income from commission based pay can then be added to the salaried
income of £15,000 to provide a gross annual salary at the date of application of £21,300.
In addition, the applicant’s partner has a confirmed job offer with a car dealership in the UK to start within 8 weeks of his return to the UK. The annual starting salary for this job is
£18,000. His signed contract of employment sets out that gross “on-target” earnings of £2,000 may be expected from satisfactory performance in the standard hours of work.
The addition of the on-target earnings means that the applicant’s partner meets the financial requirement using Category A as the income from this job offer that counts under the Immigration Rules will be £20,000.
The contract also indicated that the applicant’s partner would earn future commission of 10% on all sales. However this future commission cannot be included towards the financial requirement.
And
5.5.24 -(b) Overtime, commission-based pay and bonuses (which can include tips and gratuities paid via a tonc scheme registered with HMRC) will be counted as income, where they have been received in the relevant period(s) of employment or self-employment relied upon in the application.
Do see - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... pdf#page23


Hi Amber, Thank you so much for the quick reply.

Just one more thing I wanted to clarify, on the actual application form where ever the question asks me about my annual income shall I put the figure of my basic + total 6 months commission divided by 6 months, multiply by 12 months?

Or shall I put the figure of last 12 months salary?

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Re: Financial Requirement Help PLEASEEEE

Post by giorawr » Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:58 am

Hello, bilalbilal

I was wondering if you could tell me how your visa application went. I'll be applying for mine soon and my partner's income is similar to your: base salary + bonuses
Were the annualised bonuses considered and added to the base salary to calculate the total income?
I'm worried because I've been told that it wouldn't work that way for salaried employees, that the home office would just use the lowest month pay and multiply it by 12.
Anyway, it'd help me if you could tell me how it went for you.
Also, what did you end up putting in the application form for the yearly income? Only the base or the base + bonus?

Thanks in advance

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Re: Financial Requirement Help PLEASEEEE

Post by bilalbilal » Wed Feb 17, 2016 6:19 pm

i havent applied yet, i am due to apply next month, as far as i know it will be considered.

It will be great if someone can clear this.

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