Stuck In Limbo wrote:Where does this 'rationale' you speak of come from? It's an utterly absurd one, wherever it originated.

Good point! The way it's written makes it unclear whose rationale it is. It's theirs. If they put their minds to it, they could no doubt put forward a more tenable rationale.

I have already been advised on a separate thread that I could show savings statements, but what about people who don't have a savings statement? i.e. applying based on just an annual income over 25K. If the bank balance is extremely low, would this cause problems for the sponsor as it looks like th...

pazpatel wrote:If you have any savings I would show statments for those savings too.

They have actually changed the rules since you applied; new rules were activated last week, so the experience you described is from a different era...

Policy questions still pending and awaiting reply:

Does 2nd 30 month leg of FLR have to be with the same person?

If the person relied upon savings in any previous application, are they still required to show 16,000 in savings when they apply for ILR?

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Inequivalent economies. They are not going to use multipliers like they did for pbs. The rationale being that if you are living beyond your means in a foreign locale, it's your choice. Not challengable either. It's just tough titties and that's that. UK Challenges. UKBA wrote to the Tribunal in June...

Some of the most damningly misleading information in this forum originates from people citing what their lawyer or adviser supposedly told them.

The criteria for date of application depends upon how it was submitted. In your case, premium service, the application date is date of attendance. That means UKBA was right and your adviser was wrong. The rules on date of application wasn't something they recently made up by the way, it's spelled ou...

Hopefully by the end of today, everybody will know whether the 'window' will be a long one, like 6 weeks; or a short one, like 10 days.

People who snuck their application in yesterday might turn out to be the lucky ones...

I am employed on a nil-earnings contract which in effect means I only work overtime. This aspect of your employment contract is likely to introduce complexities of an adverse nature. Your immediate concern is that they will examine your contract, P60, and conclude that your income is unsubstantiate...

What has OP's bank statement got to to what his gross income is?. The ECO can find out what OP gross income is from the P60 /wage slips he should have provided. P60's may not address acceptable sources of income such as rental income, dividends, royalties, ancillary relief and the like. Hence bank ...

The only ways that the old discretionary leave comes into scope are... if the person has ALREADY been granted the first 3 years DL and then applies for the 2nd 3 year leg. In that case they get the 2nd 3 year DL if the person's appeal was ALLOWED on Article 8 grounds before 9 July, then they get the...

transpondia, where are you getting that from? The McCarthy amendments to the regs don't change the effect of reg. 9. Last Tuesday I attended an all day ILPA course... "DT 1389 (FULL) Don't fall in love - significant others post 8 July 2012 " for immigration lawyers which drilled down on a...

The bank statements aim are so that the ECO can satisfy himeslef what your regular deposits are and what expenses are going out every month. From this he can deduce what you have left over and whether that amount will be sufficient to support you and your spouse and any children without resorting t...

They want to see your GROSS ANNUAL INCOME is over the hurdle. If you cannot substantiate your gross, they will use deposits from your bank statements as the gross figure. And remember that bank statements must be translated if they are not in English. Each page. can you please expain that to me in ...

To flip out and post on 3 different forums something of limited materiality suggests a disproportionate level of stress.

A few more notes of yesterday's decision and today's upcoming Ministerial Statement are here...

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asim72 wrote: BTW, does this forum belong to your mum that you are policing it?

I had the same question and concluded they were sock accounts or etc etc etc... Certainly bizarre in the first instance...

They want to see your GROSS ANNUAL INCOME is over the hurdle.

If you cannot substantiate your gross, they will use deposits from your bank statements as the gross figure.

And remember that bank statements must be translated if they are not in English. Each page.

I came across this http://thinkinglegally.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/theresa-may-immigration-rules-statement/ She will present the new rules to the house of lords by Thursday This means that the window of opportunity for those who were refused under the new rules to be considered under the old rules ...

newlight1, since the response above is 180 degrees opposite of what was posted when you asked in the other forum. What will you do now? One forum says yes, the other forum says no. What do you do when that happens? Find another forum to break the tie? I dont know, realistically probably just throw ...

What happens to the recent immigration rules then?especially the one demanding the income to be 18000 or more to sponsor wife or husband. http://www.freemovement.org.uk/2012/07/18/analysis-of-alvi/ The threshold will still be around, but the specified documents in HC 194 are now totally screwed. GU...

newlight1, since the response above is 180 degrees opposite of what was posted when you asked in the other forum. What will you do now?

One forum says yes, the other forum says no. What do you do when that happens? Find another forum to break the tie?

The Supreme Court has dismissed the Home Office appeal in Alvi UKSC 33, upholding the earlier Court of Appeal judgment in Pankina. This means that substantive requirements in immigration control must be laid before Parliament in the form of proper Immigration rules under s.3(2) of the Immigration Ac...

Yes, the rules have changed but in the context of unmarried partner, and of this discussion, the requirement to have lived together for two years akin to marriage has not changed one iota. So I don't understand what you are trying to say. You seem to be offering hope where I fear there is none. An ...

So nothing has changed and the information in this thread (certainly from my perspective and my input is not out of date)! Other than generating traffic for your own site, how do you think you are helping this discussion? Hello Lucapooka, I checked 'your input'. You have cited from section GEN 1.2 ...