Actual Salary versus Employment Contract - To meet salary threshold

You need evidence for two years for BOTH of you, if individually addressed, 6 sources/items each, spread evenly for every 3 to 4 months.

Many thanks CR001.

Apart from myself and my spouse, is this rule applicable for my 18+ year old son as well?

seagul wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:16 pm

Globe Trotter wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:06 pm

Hello,

After the dependant family reaches UK, is there any minimum time limit that is required for them to stay in the UK?

Or they are not bound by any time frame, as in case of Entrepreneur visa where the applicant had to stay in UK for not less than 180 days.

Regards

No limit and as soon as they collect their BRP cards from the designated post office they can leave the UK. Also, there is no absence limit for visas issued under family route.

Keep in mind that while there may be minimal absence requirements for this route, if there are any plans for naturalising as British citizens in future, the absence requirements for that process are far more stringent. And there is a non-discretionary/mandatory requirement to be physically present in the UK five years before the date of any future naturalisation application. So if there are long absences from the UK, that may adversely impact or make difficult any future naturalisation application years down the line.

And your 18 year old son will need to naturalise in their own right and meet all the requirements (absences, physical presence, English language, LITUK, etc) on their own, as an adult.

Globe Trotter wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 29, 2020 6:16 pm

is this rule applicable for my 18+ year old son as well?

I think not and who can even be included in same dependant application provided of him not have commenced any independent life.

If you’re over 18
Your parent can only include you in their application as a dependant if you:

got permission to come to or stay in the UK (‘leave to enter or remain’) on a family visa when you were under 18
do not live an independent life
are applying from inside the UK
You’re living an independent life if, for example, you’ve left home, got married and had children.

https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/child

Many thanks for your valuable advice.

Evidence of cohabitation (documents from at least six different sources addressed to the applicant and the sponsor either jointly or separately for every year since the applicant entered the UK).

What if the family entered the UK in the month of October 2020? Shall 2020 be still counted as a whole year and will they have to provide documents from six different sources for the year 2020?

Regards.

Globe Trotter wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:23 am

Many thanks for your valuable advice.

Evidence of cohabitation (documents from at least six different sources addressed to the applicant and the sponsor either jointly or separately for every year since the applicant entered the UK).

What if the family entered the UK in the month of October 2020? Shall 2020 be still counted as a whole year and will they have to provide documents from six different sources for the year 2020?

Regards.

Definitely the reference will be October 2020 to October 2021 to count as a whole year. You can not bring something from nothing and HO will not expect evidence to be manufactured for a period you were not around for.

Globe Trotter wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:23 am

Many thanks for your valuable advice.

Evidence of cohabitation (documents from at least six different sources addressed to the applicant and the sponsor either jointly or separately for every year since the applicant entered the UK).

What if the family entered the UK in the month of October 2020? Shall 2020 be still counted as a whole year and will they have to provide documents from six different sources for the year 2020?

Regards.

Usually the first 6 months can safely be skipped because only the cohabitation evidences from the last 2 years are needed.

Many many thanks for your valuable advice.

Bless you all!!