I'll be applying for spouse visa soon (need your help and or thoughts)

[cherrieclifford]

Hi cherrieclifford,

Since your husband is exempt from the Financial Requirement, he'll need to prove he is able to provide adequate maintenance.
In calculating whether he can provide adequate maintenance, the ECO will apply the following steps:-

- Establish your husbands current net income.
- Establish your husbands current housing costs from the evidence provided.
- Deduct the housing costs from the net income.
- Determine how much your husband would receive if you both (as a couple) were on Income Support.
- Compare your husbands net income (after deduction of housing costs) with the current equivalent Income Support rate.

For your information the current Income Support rate is £113.70 per week

Just make sure that this maintenance minimum can be evidenced.

Also be sure you submit sufficently strong evidence supporting a genuine relationship.

There's normally no requirement to submit utility bills or sponsorship undertaking form.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPLY TERPE..

I have one more questions, please. Do I have to prepare extra copy or photocopy of my documents?

Housing costs means his council rent and tax, right??

And in the forms that I have to fill up, theres living cost. what does it cover? council rent? council tax? bills? gas? electric? does it also includes the cost of his meals??

THANKS

[Terpe]

...I have one more questions, please. Do I have to prepare extra copy or photocopy of my documents?..

UKVI generally ask for photocopy of all submitted documents. Always a good practice to do that IMO
I'd also recommend you keep a photocopy of everything submitted for your own record.

...Housing costs means his council rent and tax, right??

Yes that's it.

...And in the forms that I have to fill up, theres living cost. what does it cover? council rent? council tax? bills? gas? electric? does it also includes the cost of his meals??

Yes, just an estimate of the money he spends on essential 'living'

Good Luck

[cherrieclifford]

Thanks a lot Terpe.. you have been a great help to us.. But there's another problem now.. payment online is always unsuccessful..im using my sisters cards. there were 3 cards but all of them failed. cant i use my sisters card?? is that why its failing?