What documents needed for Dependant

Hi,

I am currently on Tier 1 General and will be applying for ILR in April this year. Seeing some posts on the forum I am getting a bit confused now as to what are the documents I need to provide for my wife.

Can you all pls clarify which form to fill for Wife (she will be applying with me) and what documents does she or I need to provide for the application related to the dependant. As I was under the impression that I just need to fill in the dependant details in SET O and send her passport and photo and our marriage certificate..??

Thanks in advance

I don't think your dependent wife need to fill up another form. Her details just goes in the SET(O) form of main applicant.
She will of course have to provide her passport and photograph etc.
If you are in T1G, co-habitation documents are probably not required.

nnj10 wrote:I don't think your dependent wife need to fill up another form. Her details just goes in the SET(O) form of main applicant.
She will of course have to provide her passport and photograph etc.
If you are in T1G, co-habitation documents are probably not required.

Thats what I thought, but been reading many topics regarding documents to be provided like proofs where my and her name appear together like council tax, maybe bank accs...etc...!!!

And also do I need to provide any of her bank statements as I read somewhere that she needs to show a minimum amount of funds in her account...???

1sppandey wrote:

nnj10 wrote:I don't think your dependent wife need to fill up another form. Her details just goes in the SET(O) form of main applicant.
She will of course have to provide her passport and photograph etc.
If you are in T1G, co-habitation documents are probably not required.

Thats what I thought, but been reading many topics regarding documents to be provided like proofs where my and her name appear together like council tax, maybe bank accs...etc...!!!

And also do I need to provide any of her bank statements as I read somewhere that she needs to show a minimum amount of funds in her account...???

Assuming your wife is a Tier1(G) dependent, you need to include her details in the same SET(O) form as yours. You have to provide some cohabitation documents. Read the FAQ in this site. And this is also asked in the SET(O) form section 10A. It has not specified how many evidences you can provide. As long as you prove that you have stayed together for last 2 years, you should be okay.[/url]

As nnj10 suggested, don’t get confused with co-habitation documents as they are only required for ILR based on spouse visa using SET(M) form.

For Tier-1, it would be nice to have one or two (or more if you have) documents on your wife’s name should be enough. Joint documents on both of your names can also be included in your application.

Also, none of you (you and your wife) need to show any minimum funds as there is no such requirement for ILR applications which are based on Tier-1 at the moment.

linkers wrote:As nnj10 suggested, don’t get confused with co-habitation documents as they are only required for ILR based on spouse visa using SET(M) form.

For Tier-1, it would be nice to have one or two (or more if you have) documents on your wife’s name should be enough. Joint documents on both of your names can also be included in your application.

Also, none of you (you and your wife) need to show any minimum funds as there is no such requirement for ILR applications which are based on Tier-1 at the moment.

I do have council tax bills for this year and last year with both our names on it and also have a joint bank account, how months statements would you recommend I put in the file..? (these statements are different from my salary account)

That’s no problem if it’s different from your salary. You can give 2 years of joint council tax and joint bank account statements.

Also if you are going for same day service, try to keep any document in your wife’s name handy with you (you don’t need to provide them but keep them just in case if they want to see a little bit more evidence).