Moving from US to UK

[alanakaja1980]

Hello,

I am currently living in the US with my US husband. I am from the UK (Scotland). I am in the process of applying for a green card over here.

My husband and I have been discussing the possibility of us coming back to Scotland to live as we aren't really enjoying living here in the US (we have spent lot of money on my green card process but never mind..that's a different story!)

I have been looking at the guidelines and application form for a spouse UK visa for him. I am a bit concerned about the financial side of the application. We will obviously be travelling to Scotland together (once he has his visa). I will have to start applying for a job for myself once I am back home in Scotland. There is a section in the application regarding sponsor's finance eg employment, savings, etc. Does anyone know if it will cause a problem for him if I do not have any current employment in Scotland? I will have some savings, and at first we will be living in my Mum's house until we get settled and have started working. Is there any specific guidelines that say you have to have x amount of money to be able to support your spouse ?

[alanakaja1980]

I forgot to say, will x amount of savings be enough to satisfy the ECO? Or do you suggest I travel back to Scotland before my husband and ensure I have a job before he applies for a visa? (this option is not ideal as we do not want to spend anytime apart from each other).

[Casa]

Employment is always preferable to savings...unless they are very substantial.

[alanakaja1980]

I won't have any employment as I will be planning to travel at the same time as my husband. We will be trying to save as much as possible - hopefully around £5000.

Has anyone else had a sucessful settlement visa when the sponsor had no employment and travelled to the UK at the same time as the applicant?

[kantave]

XYZ

[DaisyG12]

Hello there,

I want to suggest the two most important conditions over here regarding the immigration of your spouse to UK that

* You must be able to support your spouse entirely without recourse to the public funds.
* You must have adequate accommodation where your spouse can live without recourse to public funds.

[alanakaja1980]

same case here. spouse UK citizen, no emplyment just an housewife. Showed my employment in India whre I am currently working and bank balance and my uncle's accomodation support.

We are all landing at the same time.

Hope this helps

That helps a lot. Was your visa application accepted?

[kantave]

Sorry for the delay in responding. Yes my visa has been accepted. I got a KOL req visa.

I showed around 20000 pounds as savings and my employment in India and also showed evidence of demand for my skills and education in UK.

I showed evidence of support for our accomodation from my uncle. I also also have two children who are British citizens.

Let me know if you need any information.

[alanakaja1980]

Sorry for the delay in responding. Yes my visa has been accepted. I got a KOL req visa.

I showed around 20000 pounds as savings and my employment in India and also showed evidence of demand for my skills and education in UK.

I showed evidence of support for our accomodation from my uncle. I also also have two children who are British citizens.

Let me know if you need any information.

Whooaa £20000 savings We didn't plan on having that much. We were hoping to have between £5000-£7000 maximum. We will be staying with my Mum so evidence of support for our accomodation is no problem. I am a bit worried now that I may have to come over first and find myself a job before we apply for my husband's visa

[kantave]

XYZ