ILR for Spouse after FLR
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 11:25 am
Hello,
I got advice for my wife's FLR here and I thought it would be best to create a new thread for her ILR application in late 2019. I had some questions which I would appreciate if could be clarified.
1) Is it correct that she will need to pass the B1 English test as well as Life in the UK to meet the English language requirement?
2) We have two children who have British passports, so I assume the financial requirement to be met is £18,600 and not the higher amount when including children as dependents.
3) We are meeting the financial requirement through cash savings and her salary. She has been with the employer for more than 6 months and has been paid around £6,000 to £7,000 off the top of my head. The cash savings source is from savings over time and from a property sale which I have a letter from a solicitor mentioning completion of sale. I think it will be around £40,000 or a little higher depending on when the application will be made. I was checking the appendix for financial requirement I think the cash savings will be enough but I thought adding salary will be good to strengthen the application. Is it okay for these two sources to be combined?
I haven't included my salary as it is foreign income and I thought it would be easier to do it using the above.
4) When using cash savings should the amount used to meet the financial requirement be the balance amount 6 months before application? For example, say in one account I know there has been £33,000 in the account 6 months before application and another account there has been £10,000 6 months before application. Does that mean I can put down £43,000 for the cash savings portion? I'm guessing the amount of cash in the account can't go below as listed in the application 6 months before application.
5) Her visa on the biometric card expires in April, 2020. Should we apply 3 months before her visa expiry like the FLR application?
I think gathering and sorting the required documents should be okay, but I will ask if I have any confusion.
Thanks.
I got advice for my wife's FLR here and I thought it would be best to create a new thread for her ILR application in late 2019. I had some questions which I would appreciate if could be clarified.
1) Is it correct that she will need to pass the B1 English test as well as Life in the UK to meet the English language requirement?
2) We have two children who have British passports, so I assume the financial requirement to be met is £18,600 and not the higher amount when including children as dependents.
3) We are meeting the financial requirement through cash savings and her salary. She has been with the employer for more than 6 months and has been paid around £6,000 to £7,000 off the top of my head. The cash savings source is from savings over time and from a property sale which I have a letter from a solicitor mentioning completion of sale. I think it will be around £40,000 or a little higher depending on when the application will be made. I was checking the appendix for financial requirement I think the cash savings will be enough but I thought adding salary will be good to strengthen the application. Is it okay for these two sources to be combined?
I haven't included my salary as it is foreign income and I thought it would be easier to do it using the above.
4) When using cash savings should the amount used to meet the financial requirement be the balance amount 6 months before application? For example, say in one account I know there has been £33,000 in the account 6 months before application and another account there has been £10,000 6 months before application. Does that mean I can put down £43,000 for the cash savings portion? I'm guessing the amount of cash in the account can't go below as listed in the application 6 months before application.
5) Her visa on the biometric card expires in April, 2020. Should we apply 3 months before her visa expiry like the FLR application?
I think gathering and sorting the required documents should be okay, but I will ask if I have any confusion.
Thanks.