Jambo wrote:The letter is fine. As said, the declaration could be just a one liner. I would not put too much effort in the cover letter if the case is straight forward.
In your case, the main issue would be proof of dependency more than anything else. Maybe better to address that.
Thanks Jambo - this is a formal statement, which is additional to the main cover letter. The cover letter addresses depedency in great details, such as this -
Secondly, the extensive financial dependency of the applicant (and dependents) on the EEA national exercising treaty rights in the United Kingdom is established. This takes the form of evidence of an EEA national donating to the applicant shares in property rights (2006 and 2010), providing accommodation free of charge (2006-present), making substantial purchases and providing frequent financial resources.
It can be noted that the EEA national purchased two properties in Saint-Petersburg (Russia) in xxx and xxx respectively and donated 50% of each of the property rights to the applicant, as well as allowing the applicant (and subsequently, the dependents) to live in Property 1 which is owned by the EEA national (xxx, xxx), free of charge (with the exception of paying the utility bills) from 2006 onwards. The statement is supported by the attached documentation, namely purchasing agreements, deed of a gift, ownership certificates and UFMS (Federal Migration Service of Russian Federation) registration of the applicant (and the dependents) at this property.
Equally, it can be noted, that the applicant (and dependents) have no independent income apart from the EEA national’s financial contribution over the past 6 years. This is based on the long-term evidence of the attached copies of XXX bank statements, Bank Saint-Petersburg statements and the copy of the Power of attorney. Firstly, the applicant has used (and still uses) a UK-issued card attached to the EEA national’s XXX bank account to make a number of cash withdrawals in Russia; as this proved to be costly (in terms of fees and charges), the EEA national has permitted the applicant to access the EEA national’s funds held in the Russian bank account (Bank Saint-Petersburg) by using an officially issued power of attorney. Secondly, the EEA national (myself) donates to the applicant (and dependents) the money received from the informal letting of the property 2 (xxx) on a monthly basis over the period of the last 18 months. Bank statements provided confirm monthly lodgements. In the absent months the money was paid to the applicant in cash. Moreover, the EEA national has made a number of cash donations to the applicant (by drawing from the EEA national’s Irish Euro bank account at Dublin airport on the day of his travel to Russia). Both the applicant and her husband are registered job-seekers waiting to be re-trained, while the father of the applicant is a retired man of 83, who is in receipt of the state pension. It is averred that his pension cannot be considered for income purposes for the entire household.
Moreover, the applicant (and dependents) relies on the EEA national for part-financing substantial purchases, such as the purchase of a vehicle. In 2010 the EEA national travelled to xxxx twice in order to purchase two vehicles for the applicant and her husband. The financial contribution of the EEA national is evident in the form of (a) facilitating the re-sale of the first vehicle at a profit and (b) additional cash contribution to finance the purchase. Evidence of his contribution is based on the provided copies of the power of attorney authorising the EEA national to purchase the vehicle on behalf of the applicant and her husband, a receipt of the local currency exchange in Xxx and a bank statement confirming the withdrawal of foreign currency in Xxx (the EEA country of exit) by an EEA national.
Stemming from the existing level of financial support, arrangements of the EEA national exercising treaty rights in the United Kingdom to ensure sufficiency of the applicant (and dependents) and no recourse to public funds are being established.
At the outset, the EEA national has accumulated a sufficient amount of available cash assets amounting to £ xxx. Moreover, as previously established, the EEA national is currently both employed and self-employed to ensure his own and the applicant’s (and dependents) continual sufficiency. Secondly, a proposed maintenance schedule in respect to the ability of the EEA national to ensure financial support of the applicant (and dependents) is attached. From this schedule it evident that the EEA national is capable of undertaking the financial obligations and to ensure that the applicant (and dependents) does not seek the access to public funds. This argument is further strengthened by the compelling evidence - the EEA national, while being fully entitled, does not rely on public funds while in the UK and secondly, the applicant herself (while being in the capacity of an asylum seeker in the UK) was pursuing self-sufficiency and did not seek access to public funds, including return of the HC2 support vouchers. Thirdly, the arrangement with a family friend to secure accommodation for the applicant (and dependents) for the duration of the initial 3 months upon arrival to Northern Ireland has been made. This is argued to be a sufficient period for a family of the EEA national to view, select and to secure a more permanent rental accommodation for family needs.
The above arrangements are supported by the relevant evidence, namely xxx Euro bank account statements, Xxx Cash ISA certificate and recent statements, XXX savings bank account statements, proposed maintenance schedule, evidence of the applicants being self-sufficient while being in the capacity of an asylum seeker and a letter from a family friend confirming accommodation arrangements.
