Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
I hope you've completed the right forms, as your partner isn't required to have a brass farthing (or even a bank account) if she is being sponsored by YOU for a spouse visa.

Visitor Visa...yes.
true, but it might help some people if your partner has pera ..

7.2. Cash Savings
–further guidance
7.2.1.
Savings must be held in cash
in a personal bank/savings
account in the name of the
applicant, their partner or the couple jointly
. The savings can be from any legal source,
including a gift from a
family member or other third party, provided
the source of the cash savings is declared
.
The applicant and/or their partner
must confirm that the money, which
cannot be borrowed, is under their control
and evidence that it
has been held in their bank
account for at least
the 6 months prior to the date of application
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/si...df?view=Binary