Spouse visa application from Morocco

I want to know about the financial requirements for spouse visa .
I red about it just want to confirm.
My wife she was working full time earning 23000£ a year but in last six months she reduced her hours because of looking after our son. Her last 6 months payslips shows she earns £16000.
I started my job less then six months and it’s non salaried employment and I been working here for last five months before the date of application. I earn an approximately 20,000£ per annum when I do the average.before this job I did one job where I worked only one week.and before that I was not working as I was looking after the son.
Can you please tell me if I meet the financial requirement under category B as my employment is less then six months. Thanks

shoaib1122 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:49 pm

Can you please tell me if I meet the financial requirement under category B as my employment is less then six months. Thanks

If you are both in the UK with permission to work then yes, you could meet the requirements using Category B provided your current income at the date of application (appropriately calculated for non-salaried employment) AND combined total gross income in the 12 months prior to the application date both meet the threshold.

Additional details in the guidance below.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... -ext_1.pdf

Thanks for replying back.
Yes we both are working legally.
When I submit the application I just choose category A but later I realised my pay slips are of five months before the date of application. I submitted application on 22nd November and my visa expired 24 November.
I am still working with the same company and they have not asked me for the new right of work yet. Can I work there one more month and then send the more payslips as it will make six months by 24 December?

If not how can I change from Category A to Category B?
I have to send them a letter explaining them or should I wait for the reply form home office and do accordingly? Thanks for taking your time to reply back

shoaib1122 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2019 2:13 pm

Can I work there one more month and then send the more payslips as it will make six months by 24 December?

They likely won't consider anything you try to submit dated after the application date.

shoaib1122 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2019 2:13 pm

If not how can I change from Category A to Category B?
I have to send them a letter explaining them or should I wait for the reply form home office and do accordingly?

What exactly did you submit to show meeting the financial requirement? Just the 5 months of pay slips for yourself? Is this your first spouse visa application or an application for further leave to remain?

I'm not sure of any way to change an application after it has been submitted. Have you sent the supporting documents yet?

I am applying for indefinite leave to remain. I have not submitted any documents yet but I have paid the fees online now I have to book and appointment for biometric and they can check my documents there.
In financial requirements category I only put my wife’s salary I thought it should be more then 18600 but when I checked her payslips it was not meeting the requirements.
I am planning to submit my wife’s 12 months pay slips and mine 6 months payslips plus the both employers letters and bank statements showing the salaries.
I can still upload the documents and my biometric appointment is on 15 of December.
Can I just also upload a letter explaining them about category b or should I leave it as it is and they can see I am meeting requirements in category B.

shoaib1122 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:49 pm

. Her last 6 months payslips shows she earns £16000.

Why you are getting confused when an aggregation of wages at least amounting £9300 earned during the last 6 months can meet the requirement alone under category A which asks for less paper work. If she has earned £16000 during the last 6 months then apply under category A and you can exclude your income.

No I mean she with her 6 months payslips earns around 8000 in 6 months for one years it comes up to 16000.

shoaib1122 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2019 2:41 pm

I am applying for indefinite leave to remain.

There's a different forum here for questions on indefinite leave to remain.

shoaib1122 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2019 2:41 pm

I am planning to submit my wife’s 12 months pay slips and mine 6 months payslips plus the both employers letters and bank statements showing the salaries.
I can still upload the documents and my biometric appointment is on 15 of December.
Can I just also upload a letter explaining them about category b or should I leave it as it is and they can see I am meeting requirements in category B.

Suppose it may be worth trying to do it that way with a letter explaining what happened and hoping for the best. Printing off the submitted application form (should be available to download from the online application page I think) and making corrections to the incorrect information and then submitting that as a supporting document may also help. Not sure if they will consider it the way you want them to if the information you provide is significantly different from what you put in the application sections though, but they might.

shoaib1122 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:06 pm

No I mean she with her 6 months payslips earns around 8000 in 6 months for one years it comes up to 16000.

Ok which now you clarified.
Are you on salaried income (fixed income) of £20000?

No it’s not salaried it’s weekly pay and I been working at this job for five months before the application date.
I get paid weekly so when I calculated it like the total amount received over the five months divinded by 5 and multiple by 12 so it gives around 20,000 per annum.

Total amount revived before tax is 8100 divided by 5 and multiplied by 12 it gives 19440.
8100/5*12=19440

shoaib1122 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:19 pm

I get paid weekly so when I calculated it like the total amount received over the five months divinded by 5 and multiple by 12 so it gives around 20,000 per annum.

Shouldn't make much of a difference but
"To calculate this annualised average for non-salaried employment in Category B the following calculation should be used:
(Total gross income from non-salaried employment in the period prior to the date of
application for which that employment has been held) divided by the number of weeks and multiplied by 52 where payment is weekly = Income from non-salaried employment that can be counted towards the financial requirement."

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... -ext_1.pdf

8100/20*52=21060 that’s annual gross income from my 5 months skips.
8000 is from 6 months payslip from my wife

First requirement in category B
21060 + 8000= 29060.

Second requirement in category B.
12 months payslip of my wife makes around 16000
Plus mine for 12 months income received is 8100

16000+8100= 24000.

So both requirements met according to my calculations.

One advise for previous poster before he/she copy paste official guidance. Always ask first especially when there is a combination of incomes under category B that who is under none-salaried or salaried incomes to meet the first part of category B. For example if one partner is a none salaried while other is salaried then caseworker might mistakenly could pick the salaried income and if it is low then might affect the application.

I am on non salaried employment and my wife is on annual salaried employment.
Can you please tell me the calculations I did are correct.

shoaib1122 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:34 pm

8100/20*52=21060 that’s annual gross income from my 5 months skips.
8000 is from 6 months payslip from my wife

First requirement in category B
21060 + 8000= 29060.

Second requirement in category B.
12 months payslip of my wife makes around 16000
Plus mine for 12 months income received is 8100

16000+8100= 24000.

So both requirements met according to my calculations.

Your calculations is correct where if both incomes are derived from none-salaried but usually in case of salaried person the annual wage at the time of application is considered. I wish caseworker assume your partner's income of £16000 as none-salaried. If you haven't had submitted your application and you had at least one month on visa then you could have simply waited another month with your employer and proceed with category A with your own income only.

shoaib1122 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:34 pm

8100/20*52=21060 that’s annual gross income from my 5 months skips.
8000 is from 6 months payslip from my wife

First requirement in category B
21060 + 8000= 29060.

Second requirement in category B.
12 months payslip of my wife makes around 16000
Plus mine for 12 months income received is 8100

16000+8100= 24000.

So both requirements met according to my calculations.

Your calculations of CAT B is correct. The guidance allows the calculations to be calculated this way and I would clearly write a cover letter explaining how you have arrived at this calculations to be on a safe side.

Thanks a lot of replying back and taking your time to read and answers my questions I really appreciate. I been reading about this all night as I was so stressed when I saw my wife’s pay slips as they were not meeting the 18600 requirements.
I will write a cover letter and will explain and plus I will send the calculations also along with the Apendix from m the law as a reference so that it would be easier for case worker to understand.
I really appreciate the replies in this site and again thank you very much for all the participants