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by rssfed23 » Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:46 am
Yes, regardless of receiving benefits you still need to meet the threshold. Everyone does for a spouse visa as a general rule.
It’s £18,600 not £16,800.
You would have to seek employment if you wanted to bring him over. You can’t rely 100% on benefit payments to make that threshold.
The whole point of the threshold is to prove a sponsor can financially sponsor their partner without relying on money from the state. It would kinda defeat the purpose if they were to be funded entirely with state money.
You would have to be working in the same job for at least 6 months before you could apply (and submit 6 months worth bank statements + payslips). If you change jobs during that time you’ll need to wait 12 months and prove through 12 months earnings that you earn over £18,600.
There’s other requirements as well in terms of pricing your marriage is genuine as this sounds like a new spouse application to me.
As to would you no longer get income support? - you’d be earning and would have to earn more than £18,600 for 6 months so yes, that would make you ineligible to receive certain benefits once you start earning.
Alternatively; if you’ve got over £65000 in savings that’s also an option.
Based on the information you’ve provided above if you’re not working today it will be at least 6 months from when you start working until you can apply. If you apply sooner you will be rejected for a spouse visa.
