Hi all,
I have been going over the new financial requirement and can't seem to find an option that works for our situation. My partner and I are planning to move back to the UK in just over a year. We meet all the requirements for proving we are in a genuine unmarried relationship, but are having some difficulty with the financial requirement.
We are moving to Australia together this year in order for my partner to make the required income threshold to sponsor me (minimum wage is higher there). After the year in Australia We had planned for him to move back to the UK ahead of me to start working there and find us an apartment, while I move back to Canada to complete my application. The financial requirement gives different options for people with sponsors already in the UK and people who are returning to the UK with their sponsors to settle:
If you are returning with your spouse to the UK, you can prove your sponsor made the required amount with overseas employment with the same employer for 6 months or with different employers over a year and has a job offer in the UK.
If you are applying to join your spouse who is already in the UK, you can meet the requirement by proving your sponsor is making the required amount in the UK with the same employer for the last 6 months or has made the required amount with different employers over the last year IN THE UK.
But what about people who's sponsors have made the required amount OVERSEAS for the last 12 months, and have just begun (less than six months) work in the UK at the required level. Is this a valid way to meet the financial requirement? Or will my spouse have to defer starting employment in the UK until after I get my visa in order to avoid the six months with the same employer requirement?? It seems like it should be ok, but it doesn't give you the option on the application to mix UK and foreign incomes on the application form...
Any help is greatly appreciated!
I have been going over the new financial requirement and can't seem to find an option that works for our situation. My partner and I are planning to move back to the UK in just over a year. We meet all the requirements for proving we are in a genuine unmarried relationship, but are having some difficulty with the financial requirement.
We are moving to Australia together this year in order for my partner to make the required income threshold to sponsor me (minimum wage is higher there). After the year in Australia We had planned for him to move back to the UK ahead of me to start working there and find us an apartment, while I move back to Canada to complete my application. The financial requirement gives different options for people with sponsors already in the UK and people who are returning to the UK with their sponsors to settle:
If you are returning with your spouse to the UK, you can prove your sponsor made the required amount with overseas employment with the same employer for 6 months or with different employers over a year and has a job offer in the UK.
If you are applying to join your spouse who is already in the UK, you can meet the requirement by proving your sponsor is making the required amount in the UK with the same employer for the last 6 months or has made the required amount with different employers over the last year IN THE UK.
But what about people who's sponsors have made the required amount OVERSEAS for the last 12 months, and have just begun (less than six months) work in the UK at the required level. Is this a valid way to meet the financial requirement? Or will my spouse have to defer starting employment in the UK until after I get my visa in order to avoid the six months with the same employer requirement?? It seems like it should be ok, but it doesn't give you the option on the application to mix UK and foreign incomes on the application form...
Any help is greatly appreciated!