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by zaimondos » Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:52 pm
Hi,
I have a similar question related to evidence that we will be able to support ourselves without recourse to public funds.
My situation is that my wife is Japanese, I am a dual British/Australian citizen who has been living in London for 5 months. We have been married for 5 months but had been together for 2 years before getting married (one year in Japan, the second year we were living in different countries but she visited me twice during that time). I have been working as a temp in London for four months, earning 10 pounds an hour (approx 18,200 a year based on a 35 hour week). My wife is currently living and working in Japan, and her salary is roughly 34,000 pounds (converted from yen) and she has a lot of savings and a good cv (multinational companies etc). She will quit her job in Japan and move here, hopefully in late Jan/Feb. Her company will allow her to work from home in London (she works in IT) for a couple of months while they wait for her replacement to be able to start working. Then she will have to find a job here. We have rented an apartment here in London as the sole occupants with both our names on the tenancy agreement. Rent is 900 pounds. Obviously I can't afford this on my own so my wife is paying half.
Sorry for the long-winded description. The questions: Should we mention when we apply very soon for the visa that my wife will be working from home initially after she moves here with (hopefully) a spouse visa? I am on a low income that would barely be able to support myself and my wife if she were not earning money and contributing to the rent, will that be a problem? Do you have more information about that 85 pound a week per person amount mentioned above?
Regards
Z