sorry, just found the answer to my own question, if it's of use to anyone else it's explained here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/525708/Appendix_FM_1_7_Financial_Requirement.pdf 9.3.7. Where a couple are using their joint income to meet the financial requ...

Hi, hoping someone can clarify this for me. Am i right to think the threshold be met by a combination of both the sponsors income and the applicants income? Secondly, I (the sponsor) am self employed and my wife is in non salaried employment. In appendix fm it says "these sources can be combine...

Ah, well fingers crossed. still time before xmas I kinda assumed the same, just wondered if she'd get away with it as they haven't physically invalidated it by clipping the corner or punching a hole in it like they have with my old passports before. Probably not worth the risk though. Neither is the...

Thanks LozOz, wow 4 months, not good hope it comes soon. The only difference with my wife's situation is that she does now have a passport reflecting her married name. So i was just a bit concerned as to whether the old passport can still be used or if it would be flagged up as no longer valid someh...

Hi, My wife was just about to change the name on her brp having just received her new passport (with name changed after marriage) Looking at the people's experiences of processing times though i'm now thinking twice as she's planning to go back home for a visit in January and it sounds like it will ...