money ?

Hello.

I'll be moving permantly to the UK with my fiance shortly (currently in the uk as a visitor, but will be going home to apply for my spouse visa) At the moment, my fiance is working a low paid bar job, but looking for new work.  We are just scraping by at the moment.  Because he earn so little, about $600 a month, i'm concerned with not being granted my visa.  We will have 2 co-sponsors in the UK, but they are retired (even tho they have savings and income).  We are living in a large house with a good friend of his, and he has said that if we need it, he will not charge us rent if that will make things easier for the application.  I will be going to agencies and recruiters after the wedding next week and talking to them about my prospects of finding employment (I have alot of office experience so it shouldnt' be hard). All of this will be put with my application.

Will this be enough? I'm really starting to freak out. This is the only part of the applicaion i see as being questionable and well, i'm just afraid that we'll be apart again for a long time.

thanks
pengi

I am pretty sure you can't marry on a visitors visa in the UK.

I am pretty sure you can't marry on a visitors visa in the UK.

You can't, unless it's a Church of England wedding, which is what pengi is having.

As far as the money question goes, I think if you have two co-sponsors with adequate finances and statements from them agreeing to support you, you should be fine. I have one co-sponsor in addition to my H, and also included CV, letter of reference and education diplomas which prove that I intend to and will (hopefully) gain employment when allowed to in the UK. You'll also need a letter from the friend who you're staying with stating that he will let you live there, and proof that he either owns the property, has a mortgage on it, or a letter from his landlord stating that you can live there.

thanks.

and yup the church of england loop hole is still open, probably not for much longer, but it is still there.

princessjuls, our friend will write us up a tenancy agreement saying that because we do the maintance and take care of the house we are living here rent free.  which should mean my fiancee's $600 a month should cover the minimum the home office wants right? 

thanks

You are going to need to work out a budget.  Even without rent, is £325 per month enough for both of you?  This would cover council tax, utilities bills, transport, food...that's cutting it very, very tight.

You will almost certainly need financial support from the co-sponsors.

Vicky

Erm I'm thinking I should have done a budget now 

Sorry 

Our landlord/housemate/friend will handle everything as far as housing: utilities, food, council tax.  if we weren't living here he'd have to pay it all anyways.  and he doesn't have a mortage on the house so there should be no problem there. 

and grr i just noticed that i put $600 not £600.  still getting used to the keyboard... lol

If you have someone who will be handling your bills, then they should be your cosponsor for the visa.

I agree with Sweet Peach, could your housemate/landlord act as a cosponsor for your visa as well as a landlord? My FIL is acting as one for me as we're staying with them until I can find work. It would make it a bit more simple for the consulate to understand.

Six hundred pounds is a lot different from six hundred dollars!!!

This should be enough, but still do that budget.

Vicky

i dont think that our landlord can be a co-sponsor becuase he recieves disability (part of the reason that we live here so cheaply, we do alot of what he cant do) i'm assuming that since my sponsor and i can't recieve public funds, my co-sponsor can't either.  i maybe wrong about that tho.

thanks

pengi

Your sponsor can receive public funds, if he's a British citizen, but you obviously cannot. I think there's a link somewhere explaining this. Not sure how it would work for a co-sponsor though, anyone else know?

The rules say that we have to be able to suport ourselves without recourse to public funds? am i reading that wrong that neither of us can or just me?

this is what i'm looking at:

"(v) the parties will be able to maintain themselves and any dependants adequately without recourse to public funds;"

http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/lawandpolicy/immigrationrules/part8

ack