Updated Maintenance requirements for Tier 2 workers

[arts99]

Hi,

The £800 (at all times in the preceding three months) maintenance requirement sometimes becomes a issue for many people. The Home Office asks for either the financial statement proof or letter from the employer.

I have come across a solicitors website and its stating that the Home Office will not insist on the three months requirement if the employer pays £800 in the employee account.


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http://www.magrath.co.uk/news-archive/u ... orkers.asp

Updated Maintenance requirements for Tier 2 workers
The UK Border Agency has provided revised guidance on the maintenance requirements for Tier 2 workers. UKBA will no longer insist upon the worker holding £800 for the three months immediately prior to the application where an A-rated sponsor makes a payment of £800 into the applicant's account.

Where an A-rated sponsor makes such a payment, there is no requirement that the sum has to have been in the worker's account for three months. Evidence to support the payment to the worker will be sufficient.


Can anyone please verify if this is true? I have not been able to see any such thing on the Home Office website itself.

Thank you

[yasa]

Nice one

[Kitty]

I can't see anything on the UKBA website referring to a payment made by the employer. However, there is a provision for an A-rated employer to

certify that it:

will maintain and accommodate the migrant until the end of their first month in the United Kingdom; and
has informed the migrant that they must not claim state benefits

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/emplo ... r2skilled/