Maintenance funds is it
a)£630 or
b)£945+ £630
i have been in the UK for more than 12 months and this is not very clear from the documents. we have been maintaining £1000 for the last 90days but if its b) then i need to start over.
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Original payslips required.sapskt wrote:Hi,
Just one question, Do we need to submit the original Bank Statement from UK? Most of bankers of using technology and giving only softcopy. Also the employer I work for, the Payslips are complete online, means I need to go to my intranet site and take the print out.. At least on payslip I can request you a letter from my employer.. Bank Statement... Original required or can we submit the softcopy printed?
Appreciate your response.
Thanks,
amit10 wrote:Question with regard to Tier 2 general dependent visa.
Maintenance funds is it
a)£630 or
b)£945+ £630
i have been in the UK for more than 12 months and this is not very clear from the documents. we have been maintaining £1000 for the last 90days but if its b) then i need to start over.Help needed on this please.
yes, it seems thats the case, unless The Tier 2 A-rated sponsor providing a written undertaking that, should it become necessary, it will maintain and accommodate the family member for a month. The undertaking may be limited provided the limit is at least £630 per family member. This again is as per the document I linked earlier.amit10 wrote:Thanks for the response.
So it doesn't matter if i have been in the UK more than 12 months under a Tier 2 A rated sponsor or less. I would still need to show £945 to support myself and £630 per dependent?
Ask Azo wrote:Like I have payslips of June -August notarized in September
Should I get fresh ones and notarize them
Along with payslips of sep-dec
rockins0309 wrote:hiii,
i wanted to apply a dependent visa for my husband who is in india. i am leaving with my sister and brother in law in uk so im not paying any rent. my sister is staying in a rented house. is it important to show tenancy agreement? what are the documents i have to show in my name.
gourab1987 wrote:Hi,
I am currently working in UK with a tier 2 general visa. My wife wishes to apply for a tier 2 general dependent visa from Kolkata, India. Our marriage certificate says at the bottom: " if the document is needed for use in foreign countries for acceptance by the foreign missions situated in India authentication of the document by the ministry of external affairs is required".
Our certificate is laminated and it is extremely hard to delaminate. We were wondering if it is OK to authenticate a copy of the document from the ministry of external affairs?
Do we need authentication at all?
DO I NEED TO SUBMIT THE ORIGINAL MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE WITH AUTHENTICATION? This is a big problem because we need it to be delaminated and then stamped, or if that is not possible, arrange to make a duplicate!
Do we need the original to be apostilled? Again it is hard to delaminate the original document.
We want to mention, that our last application got rejected because we did not provide any document other than marriage certificate which we understand. But the visa officer accepted that I submitted a marriage certificate, and did not mention anything about authentication. Does this mean we do not need authentication?
Thanks a ton for any information! Any help will be highly appreciated! really confused here. We do not want this application to be rejected!
best,
Gourab
gourab1987 wrote:Dear tier2_applicant,
Many thanks for your reply. Can you tell me a way to contact the visa officer? I only see his initials in the refusal notice.
I have emailed via the UK visa website. Hope they can give me the contact address?
many thanks again![]()
Gourab
tier2_applicant wrote:Hi everyone,
I recently, successfully applied for my wife to join me in the UK as a dependent. Just wanted to let you know how I went about it in case this can be of help to anyone in a similar situation to me.
I have been in the UK since September 2008. I started my studies and switched to post Study work in late 2009 once my masters was awarded. I did a few short term jobs till October 2010 when I found the job I liked on a full time basis. This organisation sponsored my work visa starting Jan 2012. I decided to get married in March 2014 and apply for my wife’s visa from India via VFS.
My wife is an Indian citizen, like me. She had never been to UK before. I logged her application via the VISA4UK website – which is the norm now. I entered all the required details pertaining to my visa. Also, I had to enter my wife’s details including her addressed in the past 5 years, her parent’s info etc. In the cover letter which is on the last page of the VISA4UK online application, I added a list of all the documents we were going to submit as part of my wife’s visa application.
I made the payment online to get an appointment exactly 5 days after the wedding day.
The idea was to get the marriage certificate issued in these 5 days. All other documents are pretty straightforward and were ready even before I went to India to get married.
We opted for document submission in person.
The CATEGORY was PBS TIER 2 GENERAL and TYPE was TIER 2 GENERAL PARTNER
TYPE OF VISA: PBS Tier 2 General
PURPOSE OF APPLICATION: Work
TYPE OF APPLICATION: Tier 2 General Partner
We listed the date of planned arrival in UK as 2 weeks after the wedding day - since this seemed enough for visa processing as per UKBA/VFS guidelines. In the question, How long do you intend to stay in the UK, we answered ‘As per partner visa validity’
In Maintenance section,
WHICH ARE OF MAINTENANCE ARE YOU APPLYING UNDER : OWN/MAIN APPLICANT FUNDS
WHAT EVIDENCE OF FUNDS HAVE YOU SUPPLIED : MAIN APPLICANTS/FIANCES BANK STATEMENTS AND PAYSLIPS
This is the list of documents I mentioned in the VISA4UK application cover letter and submitted on the appointment day:
I AM APPLYING TO JOIN MY PARTNER XXXX XXXX, WHO IS ON A TIER 2 GENERAL LEAVE TO REMAIN IN THE UK.
DOCUMENTS INCLUDED FOR THE APPLICATION ARE-
- MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE,
- AAA’s PROOF OF EMPLOYMENT
- AAA’s PASSPORT COPY
- AAA’S BIOMETRICS CARD COPY
- AAA’S PAYSLIPS
- AAA’S BANK STATEMENTS
- AAA’S TENANCY AGREEMENT
- AAA’S COPY OF AIR TICKETS FOR ARRIVAL IN INDIA
- COPY OF XXX’S PASSPORT PAGE SHOWING ENTRY STAMP TO INDIA FOR WEDDING
- COPY OF WEDDING INVITATION
- WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHS
- UK PRE-DEPARTURE TUBERCULOSIS DETECTION PROGRAMME MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
- APPLICANT’S PASSPORT
(please note AAA being me and not my wife)
In addition to the application and supporting documents, on the appointment day the VFS center took Biometric scans and kept all the original docs except for my passport and Biometrics card. This process took around half an hour where only my wife was permitted in the VFS visa center. She was given a receipt which she would have to submit to collect her passport and application support documents.
My wife got a call from the VFS center 3 working days (+ 2 weekend holidays) after the application was submitted that she could collect her passport and original docs. The collection took half an hour as there was a long queue for the collection service. All the original documents along with the passport were returned with the visa stamped inside the passport - the validity being same as my sponsored visa.
I think I have covered what I needed to cover about my application. Even though my case was a very straightforward one, I hope this helps someone. If anyone has any questions regarding my application, I would be happy to answer them in this thread.