esal wrote:thanks for the quick reply ramesh..
also my salaried income is combination of actual salary + accomodation benefit which I get from employer as a kind in benefit of £5000 per year.
just wanted to confirm before i apply that HO considers this kind in benefit as my previous earnings .. employer will be giving supporting documents for this as well.
thanks
If your accomodation allowances form part of your remuneration package in that case you can use that amoutn for earnings also...
Please go throught the wordings in HO GUIDANCE page 22, Paragraphs 121 adn 122..
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... idance.pdf
Earnings may include, among other 121. things:
salaries (includes full-time, part-time, and • bonuses);
earnings from self-employment;•
earnings from business activities;•
statutory maternity pay and contractual • maternity pay;
• allowances (such as accommodation, schooling or car allowances) that form part of an applicant’s remuneration package;dividends paid by a company in which • the applicant is active in the day-to-day management, or where the applicant receives the dividend as part or all of his/her remuneration package;
income from property rental, where this • forms part of the applicant’s business; and
payment in lieu of notice (a payment made • instead of requiring an employee to work the normal period of notice when leaving a job).
Unearned sources of income that we 122. will not consider as previous earnings include:
expenses (such as accommodation, • schooling or car allowances) that reimburse the applicant for money he/she has previously spent;
dividends, unless paid by a company in • which the applicant is active in the day-to-day management, or unless the applicant receives the dividend as part or all of his/her remuneration package;
income from property rental, unless this • forms part of the applicant’s business;
interest on savings and investments;•
funds that were inherited;•
Tier 1 (General) Policy Guidance page 23 of 44
money paid to the applicant as a pension;•
expenses where the payment reimburses • the applicant for money he/she has previously spent;
redundancy payment;•
sponsorship for periods of study;•
state benefits; or•
prize money or competition winnings, other • than where they are directly related to the applicant’s main profession or occupation.
