Okay.
So I wait to apply until after I get my pay next Friday. I then call the bank for an updated statement that shows it going into my account.
Keep in mind, if you're super tight for time that it might be easier to go in branch and ask them to issue/print one for you. Which bank are you with?
I have been reading around the site and I discovered some people have been having issues that they got a raise in the past six months and they then had to provide a year of pay slips... is this correct?
The online application does not make it clear with their question. I received a pay rise within the six months prior to ILR application. I received above the threshold prior to the rise. The answers are something along the lines of 'earning the same amount continuously above the required threshold?'. If you select 'different amount above the threshold' because you've received more since a raise so it isn't the 'same' amount it asks for 12 months. If you select 'same amount continuously above the required threshold' then it asks for 6 months.
I think the main consensus on this is it's basically asking if you're salaried or paid hourly where month by month your pay can change. If before a rise you earned over the threshold, are salaried, and received a rise select 'same amount continuously above the required threshold' where it will prompt for 6 months of evidence. That's what we did and the application was successful.
Ensure ALL your payslips are covered by bank statements.
Also, ensure the date on your husband's declaration doesn't lapse. Easily forgotten as it's just a printed piece of paper that's signed.