Uk Settlement Visa Salary Requirements

[samsong101]

Hi all,

I need to know how much savings i will need to fulfill the salary requirements as i dont earn enough, from what i heard is 21000 pounds if you have a dependant.I have a Thai wife and a daughter with her and my annual gross is just over 16000 pounds.I need to know how much savings i will need to apply for a UK settlement visa?Also will i have to apply for a settlement visa for my daughter who has dual nationality and Thai and British passports?Any help would be appreciated

Thanks in advance

samsong

[VisasPlus]

I make the amount of savings required to be 32.000 GBP. Th calculation is :

22,400 ( wife and one child ) - 16,000 ( your salary ) = 6,400

6,400 x 2.5 = 16,000

16,000 plus the govt requirement of 16,000 = 32,000 GBP.

You don't need a visa for your child who holds a British passport. I'm not sure if you have a Thai daughter and a British daughter ? The above calculation assumes that one of your daughters is Thai. If your daughter(s) have British passports then the amount of savings required is 22,500 GBP.

[samsong101]

Ok thanks for reply.I have one daughter who was born in Thailand but she has a British passport and Thai passport.So you are saying i need to have 22500 pounds in savings to apply for a settlement visa for my wife?I think that is a ridiculous amount of money! So if i applied for the visa on my current salary and with say 5000 pounds savings,the visa would get refused?With the price of the visa and flights plus with the new salary requirements i wouldnt be able to afford it till 5 years time!

[VisasPlus]

Ok thanks for reply.I have one daughter who was born in Thailand but she has a British passport and Thai passport.So you are saying i need to have 22500 pounds in savings to apply for a settlement visa for my wife?I think that is a ridiculous amount of money! So if i applied for the visa on my current salary and with say 5000 pounds savings,the visa would get refused?With the price of the visa and flights plus with the new salary requirements i wouldnt be able to afford it till 5 years time!

Sorry, but that is the amount of savings required. If you apply with a salary of 16,000 and savings of 5,000, then the visa will be refused. The ECO has no discretion. He must refuse the application.

You are not the only person caught in this financial trap. You might want to make your views known to your MP.

[samsong101]

Ok so if i got my parents to put £20000 in my account and leave it there for 6 months and then apply,would that be ok to apply for the settlement visa?I need 6 months bank statements so by then i will have well over the £22500 needed for the requirements and when the visa is issued i can give the money back to them as i plan on applying in December 2012?

[VisasPlus]

Ok so if i got my parents to put £20000 in my account and leave it there for 6 months and then apply,would that be ok to apply for the settlement visa?I need 6 months bank statements so by then i will have well over the £22500 needed for the requirements and when the visa is issued i can give the money back to them as i plan on applying in December 2012?

The money has to be " gifted" to you, and under your control. That would mean that your parents would have to provide "evidence" of some sort ( a letter/declaration ?) that the money is yours to do with as you want, and it doesn't have to be repaid. The full 22,500 GBP, or more, must have been in your account for the full 6 months.