If you are applying under the partner route and wish to obtain ILR in the UK, you and your partner will need to have a combined income of at least £29,000 per annum.
You may be able to use cash savings instead of income, and you can use a mixture of different income sources in some circumstances. You and your partner can prove that you have met the financial requirement through your:
- UK income from employment before tax and National Insurance
- Income from self-employment or as a director of a limited company in the UK
- Cash savings above £16,000
- Money from a pension
- Other income, such as income from property rentals, dividends, interest from savings etc.
You must provide supporting evidence to show this income and the Home Office have set rules on what this must be depending on the income source or savings you seek to rely upon.
The rules on the financial requirement are extremely complex and can often trip applicants up. Applicants are often rejected for providing the wrong type of evidence for the income they are trying to prove.
We have extensive experience of advising applicants on how they can meet the financial requirement and the documents they need to provide as evidence, for more information on how we can help you, please contact us.
