Financial requirements

[mick foreman]

Hi all .
I just want a little advice if possible
My wife and myself will be applying for her uk visa early January . I have 2 children aged 12 and 10 years old from my previous marriage here in the uk . I know the minimum income is 18,600 that is required and If you are sponsoring a child as well as a partner you will need an income of at least £22,400.

For each additional child being sponsored you will need an additional income of £2,400. For example, if you are you are bringing 2 children with you to the United Kingdom, you must have and income of £22,400 and £2,400 for the additional child, so a total of £24,800.

As my children are in the uk does the minimum income apply as my children are here and living with my ex wife . My basic salary is 24,700 plus overtime which takes that up to 28,000 to 29.000 a year the problem I have is when I take holiday there is no overtime so for 4 weeks of the year I earn my basic wage . I have savings of around 12.000 pounds will that be taken into account ?

The reason I ask this question it says on the uk border page If you are sponsoring a wife and child to come into the country you require to earn the salary syated above , but I cant see anywhere that mentions if they are already uk citizens ..


Hope someone can make this clear for me .........otherwise I will be going into the office at work demanding a wage rise !!!!

[marksroomspain]

The answer is no you only require the £18600 minimum income to sponsor your new wife as your other children are already settled here in the UK and has no relevance to your wifes visa.

Hope that helps...

[mick foreman]

Thanks I was beginning to sweat a little !!!!

[Terpe]

Thanks I was beginning to sweat a little !!!!

Nothing to worry about there Mick.
Mark has given you the correct answer.
You'll still need to include your children on the application form for completeness in answer to the questions. BUt this will in no way impact your application.
(unless the form gets changed)