bank statement creteria also changed along with maintenance

saga_vishal · Post by **saga_vishal** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:52 am

hi all

good news

if your account statements for salary earning not on official stationary no need to get authenticity letter from bank.. just get it signed and stamped on every page.

see new guidance notes for more details

suds19 · Post by **suds19** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:57 am

It's not something new. This has been there since a long time (atleast 1 month, because I have a copy of the guide downloaded 1 month ago).

As per the Tier General Guidance guide, paragraph 204 (i) page 35 - "Alternatively an electronic bank statement bearing the official stamp of the bank in question will be accepted. This stamp should appear on every page of the statement.".

This is valid both for Previous Earning as well as Maintenance Fund.

intalex · Post by **intalex** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:54 am

Just to clarify (and prevent a potential panic situation), a signature is not mandatory on the bank statements - just a stamp would do!!!

Also, this applies mainly to electronic bank statements (i.e. from online banking). Paper statements should be acceptable as they are.

saga_vishal · Post by **saga_vishal** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:57 am

dear all

previously the internet statement had necessarily accompanied by authencity letter. now if you cant get authencity letter get every page of statement signed

NYCStacey · Post by **NYCStacey** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:23 pm

so, is it "signed", or is it "stamped"
or is it not BOTH "signed and stamped" ??

do you have a specific link for the new guidance? or paste.

srivi · Post by **srivi** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:24 pm

Dear all,
Could you please clarify. We are in uk and we requested for bank statement from abn amro. They sent it in ABN amro stationary. It is a huge print out of all transactions in bank stationary. Will that be sufficient? We did not take a print out but rather Bank gave us a print out on a Bank stationary, with logo on the top. Do you think this is sufficient?

dingdon · Post by **dingdon** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:42 pm

srivi wrote:Dear all,
Could you please clarify. We are in uk and we requested for bank statement from abn amro. They sent it in ABN amro stationary. It is a huge print out of all transactions in bank stationary. Will that be sufficient? We did not take a print out but rather Bank gave us a print out on a Bank stationary, with logo on the top. Do you think this is sufficient?

As per the guidelines below this should suffice.

Page 35 of Tier1 General Guidence
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... idance.pdf
Ad hoc bank statements printed on the bankâ€™s letterhead are admissible as evidence (this excludes mini-statements from cash points).

srivi · Post by **srivi** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:22 pm

That is lovely. Thank you.

NYCStacey · Post by **NYCStacey** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:27 pm

dingdon...

no bank letter confirming printed/stamped statements are authentic?

guidances have discrepancies among sites and vary depending on date of update.... what's the latest scoop?

dingdon · Post by **dingdon** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:54 pm

NYCStacey wrote:dingdon...

no bank letter confirming printed/stamped statements are authentic?

guidances have discrepancies among sites and vary depending on date of update.... what's the latest scoop?

NYCStacey,
i think we should follow the Tier 1 general guidence pdf documents instead of content of the website.i think these documents are the 1st official copies that are bieng released by the home office and it may take time for updating the same on the website.

it is clearly evident that bankstatements proof has been relaxed by seeing the latest policy guidence.they are accepting the stamped bank statements.this point was not there in the guidence which i have downloaded last month.

Page 35 of Tier1 General Guidence
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... idance.pdf
Alternatively an electronic bank statement bearing the official stamp of the bank in question will be accepted. This stamp should appear on every page of the statement.

NYCStacey · Post by **NYCStacey** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:29 am

yes, well, the PDF states:

For applications submitted outside of
the United Kingdom, all evidence must be
dated no more than seven days before the
application is submitted.

I thought this was changed to 1-month rather than 7-days.
But the PDF has not been changed. So how are we supposed to read this?

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bank statement creteria also changed along with maintenance

bank statement creteria also changed along with maintenance