Is child who is a British citizen but lives abroad considered a dependant?

I work in hospitality and it will be 6 month with the same employer in September. I am going to bring my wife and our baby to the UK as soon as we have enough money for visa fees. My contract is currently £15 per hour (40-45 hours per week) so apparently I am making above 29K per year gross, which is great. However since September my employer is planning to offer everyone new contracts with UK's Minimum wage (let's say £11.44) and top it up with tronc promising that this will boost everyone's income. Tronc apparently is going to be calculated from the service charge plus credit card tips. As he says the tronc supposedly will beat our £15 per hour income bringing us more money as well as it allow us to pay less taxes. According to him tronc will appear on the payslip. Will tronc be counted towards that £29,000 per year minimum requirement or not? If Home Office only look at the actual per hour figure and don't care about extras on your payslip then I am just thinking of refusing to switch to that new contract (it looks like I will have an option to keep my current type of contract) but I fear I will be missing on that extra income which will be much needed in the long run for my family. Anyone here who had expereience earning tronc and bringing their family to the UK?

I am trying to bring my wife and child to the UK. I have been working full-time since March with my payslips exceeding £29k as per current requirement. However since March I have received Universal Credit payments called ''Limited capability for work and work-related activity''. I notified UC in due course when I began working full-time and they cut all of my other payments including housing obviously but they kept this one. Can my wife's spouse visa be denied because of that? Should I close my UC claim completely before we apply which we plan to do soon in November? I calculated several times and I earn above £29k per year without taking into account any UC payments I have received (£15 per hour rate gross doing 43+ hours per week). I feel kinda stressed only having remembered about it now..

I just wanted to know how much exactly I need to pay when it gets to the payment screen of the spouse visa application (first application, not extending). To make sure I have enough.. Those who recently applied could you tell how much exactly you were charged altogether? I heard that Home Office tells you to pay more IHS than you actually expect... I know that the visa fee must be £1846 according to the gov website. However how they calculate IHS surcharge is not clear.

Have you reviewed the IHS webpage?
https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application

My landlord has broken his pre arranged verbal aggreement with him and refuses to sign a no objection letter for my wife and my baby to stay in the accomodation. He said that I should instead add my wife to the tenancy aggreement and let him sign it again. The estate agent through whom I found the accomodation promised me that the landlord would sign it but now told me that he is delaying signing when I questioned him he basically says he does not want to "deal with the Home Office". He lives abroad I am not sure what to do as I already signed the agreement and he deposit rent in advance. Basically the estate agent who I communicated with apparently didn't make it clear to him that I needed that letter. So now I am stressed as we were ready to apply and thinking of what to do.. Can I even legally add my wife to the tenancy agreement while she is still abroad and does not have a right to rent? Ecen if the landlord seems to be willing to do it.(I am still puzzled by why he will not sign a simple no objection letter)

I am a sponsor for my wife's visa and trying to calculate my gross for the last 6 month for hmy cover letter. In my employment contract basically says that my rate is £x gross per hour and I will 'normally work 48 hours per week'. However there is another clause that says 'In certain circumstances, it may be necessary to adjust or exceed these hours in order to ensure that you manage your duties as required, and according to the needs of the business, in accordance with these terms of employment are properly performed. This may involve shorter or longer hours of work each day or at different times of the day in accordance with operatrional requirements. It is a condition of your employment that you aggree to work different hours if requested to do so by the Employer'' With such a contract am I classified as having salaried income or non salaried?

We are applying for a spouse visa for my wife and there is a question if you have any dependants under 18. If answer is yes they ask dependant's name, nationality and passport number. We have a daughter 2 month who was born British but lives with my wife in the Philippines currently. We have recently applied for her right of abode certificate and it is still being considered. Should we answer to this question Yes or No?

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Thu Nov 21, 2024 9:38 pm

We are applying for a spouse visa for my wife and there is a question if you have any dependants under 18. If answer is yes they ask dependant's name, nationality and passport number. We have a daughter 2 month who was born British but lives with my wife in the Philippines currently. We have recently applied for her right of abode certificate and it is still being considered. Should we answer to this question Yes or No?

She is a dependant so the answer is yes. Should not make and difference to visa application and if I did then should strengthen it as refusal would mean refusing British citizen (your daughter) right to move to UK.

Not sure if you got answer to IHS charge but in the past and don't believe it has changed the IHS charge was calculated in 6 months blocks. Spouse visa duration is 33 months to give you time from grant to move to UK so rounds up to 36 months and get charged for 3 years of IHS charge.