is that enough?

[marylen]

we are preparing for my spouse visa application to be pass soon nxt mos right after done changing my passport into married name. As for end of this week my hubby going to order a 6mos bank statments to be ready for nxt mos and the available balance for his current is only i guess 1,500pound, while hes having a savings separate account for at least 2,000 pound...do u think is that enough to show?I am on my 3mos pregnancy nxt mos...do u think is that enough to prove that he is capable of supporting me without recourse to public funds...or we still need to aim for more cash...gosh but we so badly want to pass soon nxt mos and i am pregnant...


He came all way here last April and stayed for one month and returning back in uk just last month...so it is being expected that we used the cash mainly for all the expenses while hes here that is why we got to have few left.......hope it won't be the barrier and we can still go further..........................

[Piamed]

Magandang hapon amiga! Good afternoon amiga.

I think I read somewhere, perhaps a posting by joebloggs (apologies if I'm wrong Joe), that £3,000 should be enough. Unfortunately, the Embassy and Visa Office dont seem to publish data on how much is expected to be in the bank so assumptions have to be made on the basis of how much was in the bank prior to previously successful visa applications.

I think the key thing is that the evidence provided illustrates that the income of your hubby exceeds his outgoings and can support you also without recourse to public funds.

I think it is also important to explain with evidence that unusually high amounts of money have been spent visiting you, organising the wedding etc. I think you can explain this all in a supporting letter.

Good luck amiga.

[KeithD]

£3000 is generally a ball park figure for a Visitor visa.......for the Spouse one, around a consistent £1000 over the last few months with it going upwards should do it. You only have to prove money is available to live on, and the UK based folk are not struggling for cash on there own already.

[winner]

yes your right keith thay only look to see if he has money coming in and out and you has enough to live on not need to have big savings in bank

[tomm]

There is a website which does actually publish the amount of money needed but I can't find the link right now.

The important thing seems to be the income. This should be equal to or exceed the amount that that would be received from income support, after rent or mortgage.

[islander]

hey sis!

don't worry much about it! when i submitted my docs, the bank statement of my hubby doesn't show big savings also, although I've explained it well in the application form, stating that most of his savings were used in his frequent visits, wedding & honeymoon.

aside from that, i have also submitted his 12months/1year payslips, showing good salary, maybe, that helped in approving my visa, hehehe!

good luck!

[joebloggs]

There is a website which does actually publish the amount of money needed but I can't find the link right now.

The important thing seems to be the income. This should be equal to or exceed the amount that that would be received from income support, after rent or mortgage.

there is no set figure, the only guidence, i think comes from an appeal case, where a judge said that the minimum amount should be, the figure that the gov sets for unemployment benefit/social security.. so thats around £60wk, times that by 4 = £240 a month.. but i dont think the case workers use this

[andypaul]

there is no set figure, the only guidence, i think comes from an appeal case, where a judge said that the minimum amount should be, the figure that the gov sets for unemployment benefit/social security.. so thats around £60wk, times that by 4 = £240 a month.. but i dont think the case workers use this

I seen that figure and i made sure that i showed i had over that avaiable each month in all the paperwork.

Many others have done the same but as you say there is no definte proof that this is what the ECO will look for.

But imo it would be enough if accomdation and proof of a relationship were all met.

From a practical view at least this needs to be avaiable if you are both going to live at a decent level anyway.

Its not just about getting the ok from the ECO you still have to survie and for a person coming from a different culture and enviroment (ie heating, food, telephone bills etc)

[Eljohno]

I had started a new job when i sent of the Spouse Application and had about 2000 in the bank and everything went fine with no problems at all!!

[tomm]

there is no set figure, the only guidence, i think comes from an appeal case, where a judge said that the minimum amount should be, the figure that the gov sets for unemployment benefit/social security.. so thats around £60wk, times that by 4 = £240 a month.. but i dont think the case workers use this

Surely this figure should be the allowance for a couple which would be about £95 per week

I have no inside knowledge of how the approval system works, so this is just my opinion. One has to assume, case workers are trained and have guidelines to work to... particularly regarding financial matters. Although not an interpretation of the law, a case won on appeal would set a precedent.

From the information I've seen on various websites, it would also appear, if the spouse can demonstrate realistic employment prospects in the UK, her potential salary will be taken into account.

[silver13]

I believe that as long as you can prove a stable income each week / month they do not or cannot expect you you have huge savings, I proved that I could save but did not have much money left in savings when I applied for a Fiancée Visa, most was spent on the application flights home as Anilyn was here on a Visit Visa before, as long as you prove you have disposable income each month to be able to support your new spouse and pay for flights etc then all should be well, hope this helps

[marylen]

thank you for all your thoughts guys...it do helps to enlighten up some......

[joebloggs]

Surely this figure should be the allowance for a couple which would be about £95 per week

well if you have nothing left of your wages each month, you can hardly support yourself nevermind your wife. so ideally if you could save £240 from your wages every month to support your wife, you shouldn't have any problems, but there is no clear set figure, and of course it also depends on other factors, savings,shares, the case worker, if its a border line refusal they could take your other evidence into consideration. thats why you see some people saying i had no savings and they got a visa, and others saying i had savings and got refused..

a case won on appeal would set a precedent.

i don't think always so, if that was so, then there would be hardly any refusals, i think i saw a figure of 1/3 of appeals is won, and i don't think even then the judge can order the HO to issue a visa, he instructs the HO to look at the app again and not refuse it for the orginal reason, and if a certian amount of time has passed since you applied, the HO can ask for more upto date evidence and could refuse you on that evidence..

From the information I've seen on various websites, it would also appear, if the spouse can demonstrate realistic employment prospects in the UK, her potential salary will be taken into account.

If the financial standing is marginal, and if the applicant has plans to work in the UK, a job offer letter can be included to bolster the application's strength; and failing all other evidence, the applicant may attach a CV (or academic credentials) which demonstrate favorable prospects. Note however, that this is generally the weakest form of evidence.