Settlement Visa for British Citizen's Dependents

[shadhk]

I am a British Citizen lived in Hong Kong for more then 20 years, marreid with a Pakistani citizen, we have four children from 13 to 7 years old. Last month I have moved to UK, and now planning to apply settlement visa for my wife and four children.

I would be extremely appreciate for any advice and suggestion how to prepare my case so our application get smooth aproval.

My wife and children is Pakistani Citizen with permanent Hong Kong residency.

I have been married to my wife for 14 years. Our wedding took place in Pakistan, we have original pakistani marriage certificate.

I have full time permanent job in UK for £300 a week after tax, the employer is my near relative.

I will rent 3 bedrooms house.

I have been told to prepare Pay slip and bank statements for 3 months is enough.

I have search around to find similar case but cant find it. if you guys have known to similar case please provide a link of that topic.

Thank You.

[shadhk]

can you please help me to identify reason why no one replied??

[geriatrix]

Perhaps because answers to such basic questions have been posted multiple times and a simple search is all you needed to get the information regarding your queries / doubts.

Anyhow, in answer to your statements / queries:
1. After deducting housing costs such as rent/mortgage and Council Tax, your net income must be at least £333.03 per week (£102.75 for a couple + £57.57 per child x 4) for you to be able to sponsor your family.
2. Any savings you have, will be helpful - in addition to above.
3. Payslips & banks statements to cover 3 months (minimum) to 6 months (ideal) preceding the application.

See also:
Settlement - visa application guide
Supporting documents
Maintenance and Accommodation (MAA)
3rd party support and accommodation


regards

[shadhk]

Thank you so much for your reply sushdmehta. I do have search the forum but cant find any specific information. Yes more or less I have read all UKBA website information regarding how to apply settlement visa and required documents...etc etc. But I fail to get a specific idea how much income would be suffient to sponsor my 6 persons family.

It is the first time I got this figure £102.75 for a couple / £57.57 per child, which is provided by you, now at least I have some kind of idea. Thank you again, I really appreciate your help.

And if we include rent arround £125 per week + CT £32 pw = £157 + £435.78 = £592.78. So its mean I have to earn near £600 per week. which is almost impossible for me at this moment of time.

The question is will UKBA include my tax credit and other benefits for which I am entitled as a british citizen in my net income?

[geriatrix]

The question is will UKBA include my tax credit and other benefits for which I am entitled as a british citizen in my net income?

AFAIK, you can include these in your (financial test) calculations.

I am sure someone will correct me if what I have stated above is inaccurate.


regards

[Kitty]

Adequate maintenance is assessed on the basis that your income should not be less that you would get if you were living on Income Support. The weekly rate of Income Support for a couple is £102.75.

[shadhk]

thank you so much for advise guys.

My employer is my brother, the business is registered and absolutely legtimate, established for more than five years now, but without VAT registration, though he always pay tax and other business fees. he pay me direct debit and also pay NIC.

Is this will be a problem for my case??

[MPH80]

If you're asking whether not being VAT registered is a problem ... then no ... providing his income is under the £50k (or whatever it is now) threshold at which you're obliged to start collecting VAT.

If it's above ... it might flag up something on a government computer somehwere ...

In terms of your case ... providing the job is legitimate, and you have pay slips (you do right?) ... and the tax is being deducted - it should be fine for that.

[shadhk]

thank you MPH80 for replay. Yes I got payslips issue by my brother accountant agency.

[shadhk]

Hi guys, its been very very hard time for me, life feel like a hell because of seprated from family for more then 7 months now.

My wife have taken PEARSON A1 level english test in Hong Kong, they will ISSUE result on 25 july, and certificte on 2 september....feel very helpless.......duhhhh

After above test taken, I ask my wife to take TOEIC in hong kong, because they give you result in 5 days...yesterday she taken test, and seem like got enough score, but my bad luck I only found out now that ETS will issue certificate with Listen and Reading score ONLY because my wife taken the listen and reading test.

According to UKBA website the requirement is Listen and Speaking, and ETS provide two separate test one is Listen and Reading and one Writing and Speaking....its mean you have to take two test to get UBKA requirement, but the problem is in hong kong they provide ONLY one test which is Listen and Reading.

Feel like an idiot....failed to notice above crucial information when registering.

[shadhk]

． The global gold standard for measuring English in the workplace
． Used by 10,000 companies, government agencies and English language learning programs
． Taken by more than 5 million people worldwide
． Appropriate for benchmarking in Hong Kong's Workplace English Campaign
． Results reported quickly

． TOEIC® is a paper-based, multiple-choice examination that consists of two sections: listening comprehension and reading comprehension.
． Test scores have also been proven to be reliable indicators of spoken and written skills.
． The test takes approximately two and a half hours to administer.
． Scores range from 10 to 990, or 5 to 495 on each section. There is no set passing mark. More details may be found at www.toeic.com.

After reading above two important line, I clicked Register button...very bad decision.