6 months pay slips a must?

[IndianoftheUK]

Dear Board members

My husband became British in 2016 March from ILR, me and my son are Indians in the UK as ILR dependents initial visa of 33 months granted on August 2014 expiring on 30th April 2017.

He was on a limited company till September and then 2 months gap and started permanent job from 1st of December, gets paid last day of each month.

Dec, Jan, Feb and March pay combined is £22,320. Short by £80 for £22,400 (18600 + 3800 for me and my son), we can wait till last day and then apply with April pay slip.

We don't want to show all the limited company accounts - way too many documents when we can meet with 5 months pay slips. Do we need to have 6 months pay slips as a minimum? And would 5 months bank statements sufficient? - or definitely / must / minimum 6 months pay slips and bank statements?

If I post our applications on Saturday 29th April - special delivery it should reach home office on 1st of May - will this still be an in-time application or will we be over-stayers?

[CR001]

You MUST submit 6 months payslips and 6 months corresponding bank statements showing the 6 months salary credits. Submitting less will likely result in a refusal.

Do you work??

For Postal applications, it is the date of posting that is considered the application date.

[IndianoftheUK]

Thanks for the quick reply. No I do not work.
Even if we meet the financial threshold with 5 months, still not enough?
The only other option would be use his dividends from limited company from April 2016, which were about £22,000 - can we combine these dividends fro limited company and salary from permanent job?