Financial Requirement Documents

Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to help me on this.
At the moment I'm gathering the documents I need for the Financial part of the FLR(M) (First application).

I will be giving them my partner's income information, and from what I understand I need these:

- Payslips for the past 6 months (which we will be printing out)

- P60 (is this mandatory? It has his old address on it, I'm not sure if that is relevant)

- 6 months of his bank statements, signed by the bank.

- Letter from his employer confirming:
a) The employment
b) The gross annual salary
c) How long the employment has been held
d) The period over which he has been paid
e) The type of employment (permanent, fixed-term, etc.)

I am filling out the paper form of the application, and it only just says "letter from you and/or your sponsor's empoyer/s" But I checked on the online application form, and it gives more details on what is needed in the letter (which is the information above). I have looked into the guidance notes but I couldn't find proper details..

My question is, for the letter from the employer, am I allowed to type these statements (a to e) onto Word Document, and have the manager of the company sign it? Or does it have to be some sort of certified document from the company HQ?

Thank you so much for your time!

Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to help me on this.
At the moment I'm gathering the documents I need for the Financial part of the FLR(M) (First application).

I will be giving them my partner's income information, and from what I understand I need these:

- Payslips for the past 6 months (which we will be printing out)

- P60 (is this mandatory? It has his old address on it, I'm not sure if that is relevant)

- 6 months of his bank statements, signed by the bank.

- Letter from his employer confirming:
a) The employment
b) The gross annual salary
c) How long the employment has been held
d) The period over which he has been paid
e) The type of employment (permanent, fixed-term, etc.)

I am filling out the paper form of the application, and it only just says "letter from you and/or your sponsor's empoyer/s" But I checked on the online application form, and it gives more details on what is needed in the letter (which is the information above). I have looked into the guidance notes but I couldn't find proper details..

My question is, for the letter from the employer, am I allowed to type these statements (a to e) onto Word Document, and have the manager of the company sign it? Or does it have to be some sort of certified document from the company HQ?

Thank you so much for your time!

I would include the P60, it's not mandatory though.

If you are printing the pay slips you will need to include a letter as follows.

(ii) accompanied by a letter from the employer, on the employer’s headed paper and signed by a senior official, confirming the payslips are authentic; 

The alternative would be that they were original.

(i) original formal payslips issued by the employer and showing the employer’s name; or 

I it would be better to have the employers letter on company paper rather than just signed. You're going to need that for the payslip verification in any case.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-fm-se-family-members-specified-evidence

I would include the P60, it's not mandatory though.

If you are printing the pay slips you will need to include a letter as follows.

The alternative would be that they were original.

I it would be better to have the employers letter on company paper rather than just signed. You're going to need that for the payslip verification in any case.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-fm-se-family-members-specified-evidence

Hey Larra!
Thanks again for your help
I'm letting my partner know that he needs to get it from his work's HQ now. His payslips are always digital, so he never had the original payslips, so we will have to get the letter from the HQ anyways.
Thank you for the quick reply (as always!)

Happy to be able to help! 

Just to note, the bank statements don't have to be signed (although it would be perfectly fine to do so), they need to be stamped on every page by the bank, unless they are originals.

    (1) on official bank stationery; or
    (2) electronic bank statements which are either accompanied by a letter from the bank on its headed stationery confirming that the documents are authentic or which bear the official stamp of the issuing bank on every page.
 

from fm-se, linked above.

I would include the P60, it's not mandatory though.

If you are printing the pay slips you will need to include a letter as follows.

The alternative would be that they were original.

I it would be better to have the employers letter on company paper rather than just signed. You're going to need that for the payslip verification in any case.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-fm-se-family-members-specified-evidence

I forgot to ask, do you think it needs all of the information about the salary as well? Or would the P60, payslips, bank statements suffice? (And the letter from the employer)

I think I'll send the P60 as well, although it has his old address, that shouldn't matter

Happy to be able to help! 

Just to note, the bank statements don't have to be signed (although it would be perfectly fine to do so), they need to be stamped on every page by the bank, unless they are originals.

from fm-se, linked above.

Yeah, we requested proper bank statements from the bank but they haven't gotten back to us yet, so I'm thinking I'm going to have to print them all out myself and have them stamp them.
Thank you!

I forgot to ask, do you think it needs all of the information about the salary as well? Or would the P60, payslips, bank statements suffice? (And the letter from the employer)

I think I'll send the P60 as well, although it has his old address, that shouldn't matter

I suppose you could combine the payslip verification letter and the employer letter but if it were me, I would get two separate letters and make reference to that effect in my own letter. In that case, the payslip letter would just need to verify that they are genuine.
It won't matter that the P60 has a different address, again, you can mention this if you like, in your letter.

Yeah, we requested proper bank statements from the bank but they haven't gotten back to us yet, so I'm thinking I'm going to have to print them all out myself and have them stamp them.
Thank you!

That's fine. 

I suppose you could combine the payslip verification letter and the employer letter but if it were me, I would get two separate letters and make reference to that effect in my own letter. In that case, the payslip letter would just need to verify that they are genuine.
It won't matter that the P60 has a different address, again, you can mention this if you like, in your letter.

That's fine. 

Perfect! Thank you Larra! x