Maintenance Funds and Provident Fund

[kmunir]

Dear All.

The company I am currently working at provides Provident Fund to all its employees. I get a monthly statement from my employer stating the current balance. I will obviously get this amount after I resign from the company and complete the notice period (which will be after I get entry clearance). I have an HSMP approval letter and now want to apply for entry clearance using Tier 1 (General) VAF9 form. Can I use he Provident Fund amount in the Maintenance Funds requirement? I will be really grateful if someone can confirm this and also provide an official reference from UKBA in this regard.

[dilip_gem]

You can not show PF as maintenace of funds. www.bia.homeoffice.com site clearly mentions that the the funds shouldnt be from other a/c or from financial products like PF,share etc. Basically what they want is funds
which can be withdrawn from the bank without giving any notice. Hope i answered ur query.

Dear All.

The company I am currently working at provides Provident Fund to all its employees. I get a monthly statement from my employer stating the current balance. I will obviously get this amount after I resign from the company and complete the notice period (which will be after I get entry clearance). I have an HSMP approval letter and now want to apply for entry clearance using Tier 1 (General) VAF9 form. Can I use he Provident Fund amount in the Maintenance Funds requirement? I will be really grateful if someone can confirm this and also provide an official reference from UKBA in this regard.

[kmunir]

Hi dilip_gem.
Thanks for your response. But in my opinion, the cash fund portion has only been recently added around 11 september.but for entry clearance for applicants with hsmp approval holders, it is clearly mentioned that immigration rules as of 29 june will apply when this particular clause wasn't there. Anybody agree with me?

[hussainkothari]

I agree with dilip_gem. The purpose of maintainance funds is that it should be accessible to you anytime. This would only be incase of savings/current account. Start accumulating money into your bank account.