Under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules, there is a minimum income level that must be met in order to get a family member visa.
The minimum income for new people who want to come to the UK or change their status to a family member already living there is £29,000 gross per year if applying for the first time on or after 11 April 2024. This amount does not increase if there are also children applying.
If you were granted leave as a spouse or partner before April 11, 2024, the minimum income requirement for a partner applying with no children is £18,600 and become higher if there are dependant children in the application.
There are different ways to meet the financial requirements that can be used to get a UK partner visa. This article will talk about those ways and how they can be combined to meet the criteria.
Sources of income categories that the Home Office accept
For UK partner visa applications, the minimum income level can be met by the following sources of income:
Category A and B: Salaries and Non-Salaried employment
Category C: Non- employment, such as investment or rental income
Category D: Cash Savings
Category E: Pension income
Category F & G: Self employment income or income from Directorship/employment of a limited company
What kinds of income can you combine to meet the requirement?
If you can’t make the minimum income of £29,000 or £18,600 gross per year (see the beginning of the article to find out which threshold applies to your case) from a single source of income, like your salary from work (Category A), the rules let you combine some income sources to meet the required level.
Conclusion:
Should you have more than one source of income that will enable you to meet the criteria, you should decide which source(s) to include in your application depending on the number of extra records you will need to present each one of them. You must provide the Home Office distinct sets of paperwork for every kind of income. For more information about UK visa and immigration, connect with My Legal Services in London, England.
More time will be required gathering many things for some income sources than for others. The Home Office case worker might also take more time assessing these sources. Any other element involved can make this considerably more challenging.