UK Tier 2 visa for a dependent minor without a passport

[pythonista]

Hi,

I am Tier 2 General worker and had a new born a couple of weeks ago.

We are planning to visit our home country India in a month and have following queries:

1. I have appointment for India passport next week but while looking at Tier 2 dependent requirements for a minor I saw that it is possible to apply for the visa without the passport.

you have never had a passport (for example, because you were born in the UK)

This will really help me as I can get both the passport and the visa in parallel and hence save time.
However, I would like to know does it have any downsides of applying for visa without the passport? As in chances of approval or chance of delay in processing?

2. For proof of maintenance funds, I do not understand why the following are mentioned in 2 separate bullet points in my form. Any idea if just statement from my bank would be enough?

• Documents showing you have had at least
  £630.00 in cash savings for 90 consecutive days
  Your documents must show you have had at
  least £630.00 in cash savings for 90
  consecutive days. You can provide multiple
  documents to show this amount.

• Statements from a personal bank or building
  society account

[pythonista]

Bump! Anyone with pointers to my queries please?

Keenly looking for experiences from someone who applied a dependant visa for a new born minor without a passport.

[s1371571]

Hi pythonista,

I am in same situation. Finally, did you apply for visa with and without passport. If without passport, does everything went well with visa process.


Thanks in advance.