In need of advice (Spousal Visa)

[Anglo_Celt]

Good afternoon,
Im in some kind of predicament at the moment. My wife has been here on her spousal visa for over two years now and is soon up for renewal in July.

The thing is my work shifts have dropped and im not on target to meet the £18600.

I am on a 0 hour contract and I have been employed with the same company for 5 years averaging 48hrs a week on minimum wage. The Wife has salaried employment and has been with them.over a year but she only earns £15600.

I have phoned up the home office twice and they have said I can combine my non salaried job with the wifes salaried job to meet the £18600. He said aslong as I can provide wage slips it doesn't matter if on a 0 hour contract.
The problem is the immigration solicitor is doing my case privatley and he has turn round and said its not possible the home office don't know what there on about they are just general enquiries people and don't know specifics, I deal with it all the time.

Who is right?
Can we combine our wages?
If I can't meet the salary whats next would the wife have to leave even thou shes in employment?

Please help

Many thanks

Shaun

[CR001]

You can combine income for an FLR(M) extension as HO have advised. Hope this 'solicitor' isn't charging you a fortune to effectively just fill in a form?

[Anglo_Celt]

You can combine income for an FLR(M) extension as HO have advised. Hope this 'solicitor' isn't charging you a fortune to effectively just fill in a form?

Thank you for your sudden reply. I lost £3000 at first when the wife come over and applied due to bogus company off Google who gave us no help and she was denied and had to go back to America for 6 months.

The solicitor we used second time charged us 900 plus the application fees of 1300.

Now for the renewal its a further £1300 plus his fees of £400 privatley he said it would be £900 if went through the company.

What is this FLR(M) he did mention that but he says we will not be able to combine salaried and non salaried employment.

How long does the FLR(M) extension provide? Will it be another 2 and half years? Then one more payment then she gets citizenship?

Thank you

[CR001]

FLR(M) is the form she needs to complete for an extension of her spouse visa, which will be granted for 2.5 years. She also has to pay the £500 immigration health surcharge. A FLR(M) postal application costs £811 and in person appointment costs £1311 on top of the health surcharge.

You really don't need a solicitor, especially one who doesn't appear to know what he is doing (most of them don't by the way).

Once she has 5 years residence (or within 28 days before reaching 5 years) she must apply for ILR (indefinite leave to remain) before she is able to apply for citizenship.

[Anglo_Celt]

FLR(M) is the form she needs to complete for an extension of her spouse visa, which will be granted for 2.5 years. She also has to pay the £500 immigration health surcharge. A FLR(M) postal application costs £811 and in person appointment costs £1311 on top of the health surcharge.

Thank you for your reply, what evidence will we need to provide with this form?
The solicitor said we need proof of living together for last two years, pictures, bills to show proof of residence, also he said I need to have someone come out and do a surveying of the property we are renting to prove there is adequate living space.

Just like when we sent off our first application.

After the 2.5 years extension will there be one final application for citizenship?

My heads in a right mess as don't know what to do regarding the salary requirement.
the solicitor is saying that either me or the wife will have to look for a new or second job or work 12 hour shifts 7 days a week for the next 6 months. Which is ridiculous.


You really don't need a solicitor, especially one who doesn't appear to know what he is doing (most of them don't by the way).

Once she has 5 years residence (or within 28 days before reaching 5 years) she must apply for ILR (indefinite leave to remain) before she is able to apply for citizenship.

[Anglo_Celt]

Thank you for your reply, what evidence will we need to provide with this form?
The solicitor said we need proof of living together for last two years, pictures, bills to show proof of residence, also he said I need to have someone come out and do a surveying of the property we are renting to prove there is adequate living space.

Just like when we sent off our first application.

After the 2.5 years extension will there be one final application for citizenship?

My heads in a right mess as don't know what to do regarding the salary requirement.
the solicitor is saying that either me or the wife will have to look for a new or second job or work 12 hour shifts 7 days a week for the next 6 months. Which is ridiculous.

He also mentioned something about FLRT and that we won't be able to do that so will have to be FLR(M).

[CR001]

Thank you for your reply, what evidence will we need to provide with this form?
The solicitor said we need proof of living together for last two years, pictures, bills to show proof of residence, also he said I need to have someone come out and do a surveying of the property we are renting to prove there is adequate living space.
Yes, you must provide evidence of cohabitation and subsisting marriage for the two years preceding the extension application. Page 64 (I think) lists the types of documents HO expects to see. If you rent a property and are the only tenants, you DO NOT need a property inspection report.

Just like when we sent off our first application.

After the 2.5 years extension will there be one final application for citizenship? No, she must apply for ILR first (currently costs £1875 postal or £2375. Only once granted ILR, can she apply for British Citizenship (current costs £1236)

My heads in a right mess as don't know what to do regarding the salary requirement.
the solicitor is saying that either me or the wife will have to look for a new or second job or work 12 hour shifts 7 days a week for the next 6 months. Which is ridiculous. Read the form and guidance notes, you can combine income : FLR(M) form (click) and FLR(M) Guidance Notes (click)

[Wanderer]

Thank you for your reply, what evidence will we need to provide with this form?
The solicitor said we need proof of living together for last two years, pictures, bills to show proof of residence, also he said I need to have someone come out and do a surveying of the property we are renting to prove there is adequate living space.

Just like when we sent off our first application.

After the 2.5 years extension will there be one final application for citizenship?

My heads in a right mess as don't know what to do regarding the salary requirement.
the solicitor is saying that either me or the wife will have to look for a new or second job or work 12 hour shifts 7 days a week for the next 6 months. Which is ridiculous.

He also mentioned something about FLRT and that we won't be able to do that so will have to be FLR(M).

After 2.5 yr extension it's ILR before Citizenship, so two more hoops to jump through.

No idea what FLRT is.

[CR001]

He also mentioned something about FLRT and that we won't be able to do that so will have to be FLR(M).

Do you mean 'FLR(FP)'? If yes, then that is if you don't meet the financial requirement, either alone or jointly, but will be a 10 year route to ILR and then Citizenship.

To be honest, I would get rid of the 'solicitor', he seems to talk a load of poop!!

[Anglo_Celt]

Just looked at those forms are they are daunting, the wording is complicated aswell not sure on certain meanings god knows how none nationals manage.

I don't want to annoy you repeating myself but information doesn't sink in and I have to read over and over again.

What form would you recommend would vest suit us kbowing we will have to combine incomes.

That solicitor said that if we put the form throughout combining my income and hers it will be refused/denied due to not allow to combine non salaried and salaried.

That other form you mentioned having to wait a further 10 years?

I thought she would have her citizenship after being here 5 years.

Thank you for your time
Shaun

[Anglo_Celt]

I just noticed on the notes form, there is no mention about combining salaries or accepting salary and none salaried employment. :/ confused

[Laughing-Gas]

Just looked at those forms are they are daunting, the wording is complicated aswell not sure on certain meanings god knows how none nationals manage.

That solicitor said that if we put the form throughout combining my income and hers it will be refused/denied due to not allow to combine non salaried and salaried.

Thank you for your time
Shaun

This solicitor is clearly an idiot and mental. Ask him to give this advice in writing, and once you have this in writing, send me that letter, and I will send you £10. On the basis of this letter, I will contact police and ask him to lock this solicitor under the mental health act. He is clearly a danger to public.

There are very helpful and knowledgeable people on this board, and if I were you, I would trust them, not an idiotic dumb mental solicitor. You do not need to do a research on the whole of UK immigration law. If you really want to do that, you might spend 2 decades doing that. You do not need to research every single immigration category that there is. FLR fp is not a route for your spouse.

What she needs is here https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... -form-flrm

Get cracking on this and get the job done. Other people will confirm what I have said is correct.