Evidence required when meeting adequate maintenance(benefits

[SpouseApply]

Any reply to this post? It seems very few people using Appendix FM 1.7a and no details is available.

I read the guidance and the rules but it is very unclear regarding the other benefit (apart from the specific ones). should we submit the bank statements for the part of 12 months or whole of it? The rules say:

(i) Department for Work and Pensions documentation confirming the person or their partner is or was in receipt of the benefit in the 12-month period prior to the date of application.
(ii) personal bank statements for or from the 12-month period prior to the date of application showing the income was paid into the person’s account.

but it is not clear. should the sponsor receives the benefit for at least 12 months or any part of it would be fine? If the scenario is correct, how many bank statements should be submitted at least?

Thanks

[Casa]

Your post has been moved to your own topic from the inactive 2016 thread which you had tagged your question onto.