Does anyone have experience of using joint bank account statements, in the context of proving continuous residence for Settled Status? (NB the bank statement is *not* for proving a relationship between the account holders - this is just to prove that one of the account holders was resident in the UK for 5 years, when she upgrades her Presettled status to Settled.)
The caseworker guidance says that an annual bank statement should "show payments received or spending in the UK in at least six months of that 12 month period", but I'm concerned that a joint account statement wouldn't actually prove which of the two account holders was receiving/spending money in the UK.
My mother-in-law still has 4 years to wait before Settled Status, so I'm wondering whether to advise her that a single account will be safer than a joint account for evidential purposes, even though she prefers to use a joint account with my wife. (She is retired and has no NI number, so she is quite sparse on documents.) Tried phoning the Settlement Scheme helpline, and they have no idea what I'm talking about - the concept of being prepared for an application in 4 years time is beyond them
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