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[joebloggs]

when we applied for the fiancee visa in 2007. the advise on the forum was to have a few thousand pound in the bank and a regular income every month to show that you can support your partner when they arrive in the uk, without the need for recourse to public funds.

as we are all aware the cost of living in the UK has dramatically risen this year, cost of food, gas, electricity, petrol etc.

question
has the amount that the ECO would like to see in the bank increased proportionally to the rate of inflation ?

surely the amounts must go up if the sponsor is to support the spouse, if the goverment figures of inflation is just under 5% (i think inflation is much higher)

there is no set figure that you need, the only thing we do know is that in some AIT cases, the figure of what you would get in unemployment benefit has been mentioned as a minimum. (£60.50 a week).

so if you have no savings but £240 a month spare of your wages, you should be ok, then if you have none of your wages left but a few £k in savings, then that should last a year, so you should be ok.

like a said b4 some people have managed to get a visa while having nothing and on benefits, granted many have also been refused, so sometimes its seems to be at the discretion of the case worker.

but, why on here we say have a job and some savings is, because, most if not all on here, who had that, got their visa. maybe a couple haven't but for other reasons. so to minimise your risk make your app look as good as possible.

and remember on a fiancée visa, your g/f can not work until she has FLR, but you was allowed 3rd party financial support, but i think that's not allowed now, so that's a reason why you should have savings.

[AJS]

Thanks guys,

hope you help works