marriage visa refusal due to low p60?
Hi all, I'm currently trying to apply for marriage visa for my wife to come to UK. Been married 3 years and I've visited her several times and she came over here for six months up until June 2013.
Obviously the new financial requirements came in so I retrained in my line of work to meet this.

I had time off to spend with my wife April may last year and as I was an agency worker I didn't get paid for that period of time so lived off savings

Since then June 2014 I worked all hours to meet the requirements and by this June I earned over 20k and also from April this year I now have full time contract earning the same.

Now apparently the UKBA won't issue marriage visa because my p60 only 17700 in April even though this is only covering 9months of work.
They say i can't take care of my wife even though I send 300 pound a month to her plus the stupid thing is they say they will issue another holiday visa if I have about 1k in bank.
This rather contradicting because my wife can't work on a holiday therefore me funding her but they say i don't have the funds to take care of her. I have the money in bank for full visa and flight.

I'm using a trusted visa lawyer in Thailand and he had a meeting with the embassy and that's what they told him.

He has over 18months of wage slips bank statement etc to give them which prove I earn enough so why are they relying on a p60 that doesn't show the whole picture.?

The p60 shows the funds of the previous year not the current year therefore your income as far as they are concerned may have drastically dropped,i'm sorry but thats red tape as we all know it, i do wish you good luck though.

Have you recently received a refusal notice from the Embassy ?

 

From what you say, it's possible that either the Embassy has made a mistake, or your lawyer did not submit the application correctly.   You say that you are using a "trusted visa lawyer" who had a meeting with the Embassy. With respect, that is very unlikely as the Embassy do not have meetings with applicants or lawyers. If he has told you this, then it is possible that it he is not telling you the truth. There is certainly one immigration advisor in Pattaya who has claimed to be a lawyer in the past, but he is not.  I would ask him for some evidence of the meeting,and for the name of the person he met with. 

 

You cannot name that lawyer here, but if you wish to PM us, we might be able to tell you more. It is possible that we can confirm the name of the Embassy official your lawyer says that he met with.

 

If the visa was refused just recently, then you do have a right of appeal. You only have 28 days in which to submit that appeal.  If you would like to post the refusal notice here (deleting all personal information, such as names, first), then we might be able to give you advice here. Alternatively, you can contact us by PM, or through our contact details on our website ( click on our avatar to reach the website).