income requirements for spouse visa and using tourist visa for spouse visit

[HappyHappyFeet]

Originally Posted by 2farapart

I'm not so sure...

It must be that Imran is already registered as self-employed with HMRC and is already paying his taxes from his overseas income to HMRC. However, as a UK citizen have you been doing the same? If so, yes absolutely (and presumably this also means you're registered as self-employed).

The requirements for evidence include:

(both are required)

I know what you mean, the scenario does seem to directly contradict the requirements.

My interpretation is that the self-employed requirements apply if you are already working in the Uk. If you are returning (like Imran and I) then you won't fulfill any of those requirements as you haven't been working in the UK. But you should still be able to use your income as evidence of support. I suspect it then comes down to a matter of how trustworthy your paperwork is and maybe how similar your country's tax etc system is to the UK.

I asked a call centre immigration agent and he said that no one really knows how the UKBA will handle these sorts of situations but that you can definitely include foreign income under the rules so by extension this should include self-employed earnings.

Only one way to find out.

[samantha1986]

Hey im gettin confused over here, right iv read on the UKBA Australians are usualy allowed to enter the Uk up to 6 months without a visa..... right ..... our solicitor advised we would be better off applying for a family visa for a 6 months stay..... has anyone els come accross this with their Australian Partners? If he has his return flight, and proof of were he is staying and that he can support himself....

[Ley]

Hi , I am Australian married to a British. We live in Spain.I have been travelling to Uk for the last 15 years to c family and friends. On arrival I get a visa for 6 months not allowed to work. Sometimes i have been asked if i have a return ticket . ( I normally get a return ticket)
I do have Spanish residence and the immigration officer usually will ask to look at it. (Depends who u get on the border) .I haven't had a problem greeting a visa on arrival. We applied online for my settlement visa in Jan 2013 n I just got my spouse visa C/P .

[samantha1986]

Hey kewl thanx for that, yeah i mean i dont see the problem if he has his return ticket n that, people keep saying different things and it just meses up your head and worrys the hell put of you! so was ur passport an australian one 2?

so when you did your settlemnt this yr, did u have financial requirements to meet? r is Spain not like that? we wanted to settle in Uk but it depends if we can meet the financial side of it which is just shocking, there are many Uk familys being split up due to this new law now. so if i cant meet it i will have to think about moving to ozi! i have such commitments at home tho it would be hard to just up n leave!

See i need to go home to see if i can meet these requirements and if i can it will be 6 months before we can send the spouse visa in, and of course my husband will have to return home while its being prossesd. ... but yeah we dont want to be apart to long, 2 weeks in 3,5 years is the longest we have been apart...

[Ley]

Originally Posted by samantha1986

Hey kewl thanx for that, yeah i mean i dont see the problem if he has his return ticket n that, people keep saying different things and it just meses up your head and worrys the hell put of you! so was ur passport an australian one 2?

so when you did your settlemnt this yr, did u have financial requirements to meet? r is Spain not like that? we wanted to settle in Uk but it depends if we can meet the financial side of it which is just shocking, there are many Uk familys being split up due to this new law now. so if i cant meet it i will have to think about moving to ozi! i have such commitments at home tho it would be hard to just up n leave!

See i need to go home to see if i can meet these requirements and if i can it will be 6 months before we can send the spouse visa in, and of course my husband will have to return home while its being prossesd. ... but yeah we dont want to be apart to l ong, 2 weeks in 3,5 years is the longest we have been apart...

Hi Samantha, I have a Australian passport , I have been travelling to Uk for the last 15 years and as I said get my visa at the immigration. It is issued for 6months but not allowed to work. I do have a return ticket and hold Spanish residence card which I need to show .(depends who u get on the border and what questions they ask you etc ) I have had some nasty experience . I guess the immigration officers are doing their job?... I applied for my spouse visa online Jan 6th 2013 ,had a appointment on 12Feb 2013 at the British embassy to get my biometric ,lodged my application etc and received my spouse visa C/P on the 19th Feb 2013. Yes we had to fill in all the financial requirements n my husbands earns more than £18.000 .My husband is self employed and has his own company ,we had to include his earnings ,tax returns ,bank statements etc. We have 3 children . They were not part of the application as they are British . Good luck .