Unemployed Tier 1 General - new Dependant?

[youknowho]

Dear all,

I am a Tier 1 General migrant and recently made redundant. In a couple of months my wife is supposed to apply as my Dependant. Could you please advise if the fact that I am unemployed at the time of her application may anyhow harm her case?

I saw many forum members stating that they provide a letter from their employer as a supporting document for their dependants. Do you think in my situation it is better to provide a letter from the last employer or provide no letter at all?

Many thanks in advance!

[hsmp1412]

In my opinion you do not need any proof of your employment or letter for employer for a dependant visa. All you need is to be able to show enough bank balance as mentioned in the guidance.

[tcpip_helper]

theoretically you don't need to provide your employment details for your wife's dependent visa but its best to apply for your wife's visa when you have a job in hand as it'll help the case significantly, that will be my choice if i were you.

[youknowho]

Many thanks for your kind replies.

So far we formed the same impression as tcpip_helper advises - it is not an explicit rule but no job at hand may harm the case and you obviously don't want to risk it even slightly.
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