sppc42 wrote:Thanks seniors for the lightening fast and bang-on-target reply!
Some small quick follow-up questions, rather doubts, as the more I read around, the more confused I become.
1. I am the sponsorer of my wife and I already have a Tier-1 visa. So, VFS states that I need to show only GBP 1600 as maintenance for my wife, I need not show additional GBP 2800 for myself. Is that fine? Thing is that I have an FD which has ~GBP 3000 that I have been maintaining for some time.
2. My wife has a joint-account with her mother. Can she show that as her maintenance funds? Or is that that the joint-account need to be with the spouse only?
3. If it is fine to show her joint-account, then what is the minimum amount required to be shown in that? 1600 or 2800+1600?
Help me out of confusion here.
Thanks
HI,
if you have been in Uk for over a year then you only need to show (£800 + £533/dependent). If your period has been less than a year then you need to show (£2800 + £1600/dependent). You also have to maintain it for atleast three months, the amount should not dip below even for one transaction. Finally, you can use different resources to show the funds but I am not sure about the joint account bit with your wife's mother.
Probably, a letter from her mother should work stating that these funds belong to your wife. I'll let others advise on this.