Spouse visa Savings route issue. Pls advice

Hi guys. Im planning to apply in two weeks and We are going through an immigration lawyer. So basically we are taking the savings route because (a) my grandpa gave us a wedding gift that met the savings requirement 
(b) my husband did not meet the salary required uptil now

The problem is that our lawyer said that going through the savings route after recieving a gift might be an issue for UKIV becaus they might suspect its a loan that we will return after I get my visa and not an actual gift, despite my grandfather writing a letter saying it is a wedding gift.
Because of that, my lawyer wants my husband to hand in his letter from his new employer, his job contract and payslips. The problem is that my husband is only starting a new job (that meets the required salary) NEXT week and we want to apply in two weeks time so he wont be able to produce a payslip as its a new job and we have to wait until the end of the month and we have beeen waiting for tooo long already. So do you guys think just the job contract and letter from employer can be enough to show that despite of going through the savings route, we also have a good salary coming from the new job. Please advice?

Any particular reason why you're going through a lawyer?

Savings is the easiest requirement to meet and there's really no need to use a lawyer unless you have serious reasons to believe you will be refused a visa (such as criminal convictions or bad immigration history).

The savings route will be perfectly fine to use, as long as you have held the money in your bank account for at least 6 months. All you need is a letter from your grandfather stating it is a gift and does not need to be repaid. That's it.

If your lawyer is telling you otherwise, they don't know what they are talking about ... and you might want to consider not using their services anymore!

P.S. just to confirm you are applying from Tanzania? (Just clarifying so people don't start giving you advice about applying from the US)


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Yes, Im the only Tanzanian in this forum i think 😁😁😄 and yes, I am applying from Tanzania.

Lol no specific reasons for applying through a lawyer like those you mentioned! I am just applying through a lawyer because alot of tanzanians advised me to do so as it makes the process easy and convenient and that lawyers help out with the application, stuff like that basically.
My lawyer worried the hell out of me though because the savings issue I mentioned. But thanks to your expert reply, I feel way assured thanks alot hey

If you feel more comfortable using a lawyer, I'd recommend contacting Medivisas in London.  They give solid, sound advice and are a reasonable cost.  You will need to ask what their success rate for applications made from Tanzania are (as we are only familiar with US applications).