thank you all for your help. this site is a miracle.
I will certainly suggest US ceremony. Would be be saving 6-8 weeks or 30 months? and having about 1500 (pounds)? is this sound about right ?
My fiancé does meet the requirement but will be changing jobs which would be 18k flat ( i read she can make 18k provide letter from new employer stating income promised, while also showing 12 months of past income. We were thinking to have her mum sponsor to make it cut and dry.is a third party sponsor possible but rather unlikely. see below please
I read that as of august- third party sponsor is a possibility (from a lawyers website but its verified in the immigration Rules Appendix FM-SE: family members specified evidence)
.(The relationship between the applicant/sponsor and the third part is not likely to change:
Discussing this aspect, the third party, such as a family member or friend, will have to provide verifiable documentary evidence that they are able to support the applicant in the UK and this can take the form of an affidavit which is witnessed / notarised with evidence of the financial support available, e.g. salaried employment or savings. They also need to provide evidence of their financial situation to allow the UKVI entry clearance officer to assess whether the guaranteed financial support will be available to the applicant and sponsor throughout the duration of their settlement visa or further leave to remain (FLR).
The relationship held between the couple applying for the visa and the third party is another important aspect. If the relationship is that of a parent and child, supportive relationship whereby they have always helped each other and there is also evidence of this, then this relationship is unlikely to change. This should be taken into account when relying on third party support.
Immigration Rules Appendix FM-SE: family members specified evidence
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(b) Promises of third party support will not be accepted, except in the limited circumstances set out in paragraph 21A (and to the extent permitted by that paragraph). Existing sources of third party support will be accepted in the form of:
(4) The onus is on the applicant to satisfy the decision-maker of the genuineness, credibility and reliability of the source of income, financial support or funds relied upon, on the basis of the information and evidence provided, having regard (in particular, but without limitation) to the factors set out below.
21a-21A(1). Where paragraph GEN.3.1.(1) of Appendix FM applies, the decision-maker is required to take into account the sources of income, financial support or funds specified in sub-paragraph (2).
(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) to (
, the following sources of income, financial support or funds will be taken into account (in addition to those set out in, as appropriate, paragraph E-ECP.3.2., E-LTRP. 3.2., E-ECC.2.2. or E-LTRC.2.2. of Appendix FM):
(a) a credible guarantee of sustainable financial support to the applicant or their partner from a third party;
(b) credible prospective earnings from the sustainable employment or self-employment of the applicant or their partner; or
(c) any other credible and reliable source of income or funds for the applicant or their partner, which is available to them at the date of application or which will become available to them during the period of limited leave applied for.
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In determining the genuineness, credibility and reliability of the source of income, financial support or funds relied upon under sub-paragraph (2), the decision-maker will take into account all the information and evidence provided, and will consider (in particular):
(a) in respect of a guarantee of sustainable financial support from a third party:
(i) whether the applicant has provided verifiable documentary evidence from the third party in question of their guarantee of financial support;
(ii) whether that evidence is signed, dated and witnessed or otherwise independently verified;
(iii) whether the third party has provided sufficient evidence of their general financial situation to enable the decision-maker to assess the likelihood of the guaranteed financial support continuing for the period of limited leave applied for;
(iv) whether the third party has provided verifiable documentary evidence of the nature, extent and duration of any current or previous financial support which they have provided to the applicant or their partner;
(v) the extent to which this source of financial support is relied upon by the applicant to meet the financial requirement in paragraph E-ECP.3.1., E-LTRP.3.1., E-ECC.2.1. or E-LTRC.2.1. of Appendix FM (as applicable); and
(vi) the likelihood of a change in the third party’s financial situation or in their relationship with the applicant or the applicant’s partner during the period of limited leave applied for.
(b) in respect of prospective earnings from sustainable employment or self-employment of the applicant or their partner:
(i) whether, at the date of application, a specific offer of employment has been made, or a clear basis for self-employment exists. In either case, such employment or self-employment must be expected to commence within three months of the applicant’s arrival in the UK (if the applicant is applying for entry clearance) or within three months of the date of application (if the applicant is applying for leave to remain);
(ii) whether the applicant has provided verifiable documentary evidence of the offer of employment or the basis for self-employment, and, if so, whether that evidence:
