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Hello all,
I searched the other threads and didn't find quite the answer I was looking for, so apologies if this has been answered elsewhere and I missed it.
I moved to the UK from the US in August on a 3-year Tier 2 visa with my wife and 2 children all on dependent visas. In December we had our third child. I am registering her with the US embassy later this month so we can get her SS number and tax reasons, etc. My question is two fold:
Does she have to get a visa to stay in the UK if we aren't planning on leaving before our visas expire?
Are the maintenance requirements the same for a dependent once you are already inside the UK?
We are getting by on my salary, but only just, and there is no way we meet the minimum maintenance requirements that we had to meet to get into the country. The move across the pond depleted our savings and it is going to take a while to build back up those funds. Which is also the reason we won't be taking any vacations out of the country anytime soon. So if we can avoid the £400 fee for her visa than that would be hugely helpful.
Thanks for your help guys!
I searched the other threads and didn't find quite the answer I was looking for, so apologies if this has been answered elsewhere and I missed it.
I moved to the UK from the US in August on a 3-year Tier 2 visa with my wife and 2 children all on dependent visas. In December we had our third child. I am registering her with the US embassy later this month so we can get her SS number and tax reasons, etc. My question is two fold:
Does she have to get a visa to stay in the UK if we aren't planning on leaving before our visas expire?
Are the maintenance requirements the same for a dependent once you are already inside the UK?
We are getting by on my salary, but only just, and there is no way we meet the minimum maintenance requirements that we had to meet to get into the country. The move across the pond depleted our savings and it is going to take a while to build back up those funds. Which is also the reason we won't be taking any vacations out of the country anytime soon. So if we can avoid the £400 fee for her visa than that would be hugely helpful.
Thanks for your help guys!