"You or your sponsor must have been employed by the same employer for 6 months prior to the application and your combined total earnings must meet the specified amount at 7.3A (xiv) for this 6 month period. If not, does you and your sponsors income from salaried employment received in the 12 months prior to application meet or exceed the financial requirement you must
meet? "
Now the Umbrella company did not pay him for 2 days he had off around the birth of our daughter in December. The company he worked at closed for 8 days over christmas and he didnt get paid for that also. Will this affect that question? He has been working all the overtime they give and I think hes made up all those lost hours but obviously not in the same weeks (he gets paid weekly) and he will also be taking any overtime given before we apply in May so technically he should earn over 13,000 (6 months x2) by the time we apply.
You're making this question too complicated.
They are basically asking: are you applying under Category A (answer yes) or Category B (answer no)?
If he has been employed with his current employer for at least 6 months, and his salary has been £13,000 for the full 6 months (evidenced by the payslips and employer letter), you apply under category A and tick YES.
If he does not meet this requirement, where he hasn't been in the job for 6 months yet, and you are proving that he has ALSO earned at least £18,600 in the 12 months before applying, then you tick NO.
Page 33 - What is the account reference number? Is it my bank account the rental comes into or maybe my rentals management company account?
No idea, though I'd guess maybe your bank account number?
Page 34 - So we are using cat A (his emp 13,000) and cat C (rental 6,600) . Can we also use Maternity Allowance. I (the spouse) am self employed and I am claiming maternity allowance currently and plan to for 3 months. I know we have met the req above but if our rental stops renting before may we wont have 6600 so every little helps.
No, because if you use maternity allowance, you will have to apply under your Self-Employment income, which you don't qualify to use.
You can only use maternity allowance if it's from the same job you are using to meet the requirements.
Page 38/39/40 Maintenance - Dont apply to us do they?
No, they don't.
Page 42 -Is it worth stating in there that I am self employed even though we cannot use it and stating my salary and giving in a tax return? Also is it worth stating our rental has no mortgage and giving evidence for that? I know its got nothing to do with the application but maybe it helps?
It won't help as they cannot be considered.
So no, you don't need to mention your self-employment and you don't need to mention the lack of mortgage.
Page 55 - This only needs to be filled in if ONE trip exceeds 6 months ...is that correct?
Yes.
Page 62 - Travel docs checkbox. Do we need to send any travel documentation for trips outside the UK?
No, 'travel documents' just means your passports.
- My husband had to get an FBI check and DBS check for my job as a childminder. Will he need to send these in. It says if hes been asked to register with the police. Is this the same thing?
No, it's not, and no you don't send them.
He would definitely know if he had to register with the police, because he would have a police registration certificate. Only people from certain countries have to register with the police. US citizens do not need to do this.
Page 65 - During our time together I spent a month in our rental when I was painting and decorating it before it went to rent. I also put single occupancy on the tax for this month to get a discount so I had technically moved out of our primary address although I was there a lot. Will this flag on my application as it went through the council tax. I was paying full tax on it before and after that month but not living there.
No, it won't flag, because how would they even know about it?
As long as you can show your 6 documents of mail, one for every 4 months, addressed to both of you at the same address, that's all that matters.
Page 67 - Does this apply to children born here and not on the application? -"Evidence of where your child/children normally lives and that you and/or any partner play an active role in their upbringing."
No, it doesn't. If you read that section, that part only applies to applications for a child dependant visa.
All you need to do is send their birth certificates.
Page 71 - Do I sign this since the rental is in my name?
I don't think so, because you sign page 70 - I think it's more for a third person (not you or your husband) to sign if applicable. Though I guess it can't do any harm to sign both 70 and 71.
