Maintenance Funds Form SET (O) filling query

[mukh_mafi]

I am on Tier 1(G) for last 5 years and now applying for ILR at form SET(O).

On page 61 of Form SET(O) second question is about your finances do i need to tick this or it is not applicable to me. As to my understanding there is no requirement of maintenance funds in case of applying to ILR.

Your help in this regard shall be highly appreciated.

Dani

[Subtle]

For ILR, there is not any requirement for showing that you have x amount of funds available to you. But you are still required to show/prove that you/your dependants are able to sustain a living in the UK. Show/prove your sources for income and your current residential arrangements. Therefore whenever you fill in section 5 of the SET(O), you have to back this claim by providing the required documents as in Section 11.

[sagareva]

[quote="mukh_mafi"]I am on Tier 1(G) for last 5 years and now applying for ILR at form SET(O).

On page 61 of Form SET(O) second question is about your finances do i need to tick this or it is not applicable to me. As to my understanding there is no requirement of maintenance funds in case of applying to ILR.

Your help in this regard shall be highly appreciated.

Dani[/quote]


well, this one is a frequent question

there is no maintenance funds, and there is a bit of confusion with this form -- remember, the form is not intended for Tier 1 general only, but for a range of categories

generally you have to fill in section 5, and it is better to tick the question on page 61, but in case of Tier 1 general settlement it is not expected that you provide anything on finances other than the income documents needed to claim income points (which may or may not include bank statements depending on the documents you choose to provide). I had cases for T1G settlement that succeeded without a single bank statement

but i always also say that if you have a couple of current statements and they look good, enclose them for good measure