FLR(M) financial requirement question

[BeardySam]

Hi all, looking for some clarification on an application for my wife.

I'm studying for a degree and get a bursary. Because I am a student it is tax free, and equivalent to £18,400 a year. This is just under what I need to apply (18,600).
Can I combine £200 in casual earnings (nonsalaried work) with my degree income to meet the requirement, or does it simply not count if I fall short on one or the other? I called up a UKBA office and the woman was unsure.

I'm anxious because I need a LOT of money in savings if I can't prove otherwise.

It seems this is all to stop me claiming benefits, why can't they just deny me any benefits rather than make me prove I am ineligible?

Best of luck to everyone else

[Amber]

Hi all, looking for some clarification on an application for my wife.

I'm studying for a degree and get a bursary. Because I am a student it is tax free, and equivalent to £18,400 a year. This is just under what I need to apply (18,600).
Can I combine £200 in casual earnings (nonsalaried work) with my degree income to meet the requirement, or does it simply not count if I fall short on one or the other? I called up a UKBA office and the woman was unsure.

I'm anxious because I need a LOT of money in savings if I can't prove otherwise.

It seems this is all to stop me claiming benefits, why can't they just deny me any benefits rather than make me prove I am ineligible?

Best of luck to everyone else

They can be combined. Look here http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary at pages, 13, 32 and 15-26. Post back if you're stuck.