Financial Requirements for Spouse/Partner Visa and ILR

Hi everyone. I have a friend of mine who can't afford to pay for her ILR visa fee? Is fee waiver applicable to it? Any ideas is greatly appreciated. Many thanks x

cant the sponsor raise the money ?

Try reading through the fee waiver guidance. Without knowing the detail of the applicant not possible to assess if would be successful.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/applications-for-a-fee-waiver-and-refunds

Have a read through this and understand if your friend fits
https://www.jcwi.org.uk/home-office-application-fees-a-guide-to-fee-waivers

They're trying to

Is Universal Credit be counted as an income or can be considered as exemption for FR?

Thanks forwarded it to my friend. Is the fee waiver applicable to ILR applicants? Just read somewhere it's only granted for FLRM applicants

Thank you forwarded it to my friend

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1...IHZU5C2UQzmd6BAgQEAU&biw=1517&bih=694&dpr=0.9

Hi Kuya is Universal credit benefit for limited capacity to work counted as exemption for the finacial requirements? Just worried as I checked payslips for whole yr ( paid different amount every month ) that might only £15000 so we have a shortfall. Just wondering if universal credit counted as income? Or exemption for the financial requirements? I came across a page saying if can't meet the financial requirements we can use a thrid party sponsor and their income can be add on to mine. How true is this? Any ideas? Many thanks in advance Kuya .

Sadly Kuya (R.I.P.) passed away a number of years ago, @UKDJ is probably a good source of information for your question.

My apology I don't know, RIP Kuya

A quick Google search shows Universal Credit (UC) is a catch-all benefit, so it depends which benefit(s) the sponsor was receiving before moving onto UC!
It's a bit 'wordy' but here is the full FR guidance - https://assets.publishing.service.g.../file/1039148/1.7_-_Financial_requirement.pdf

For information, I currently receive both PIP & ESA but am NOT on UC. I believe UC covers such things as Housing Benefit, which would NOT make you exempt from the FR.

Husband on UC Limited Capability for Work & Work-related activity

If your friend is at ILR stage is there a reason they cannot use the same information from previous applications updated of course or have circumstances changed?

Just read through the detail and your info us correct that cannot get a fee waiver for ILR as normally related to ECHR requirements and doesn't have to provide ILR under ECHR but can get s waiver for an extension of FLR is can just get another FCR extension.

If you are disabled and receiving benefit for that, I think you can get an edge ……

Hi, hope everyone is well.

We are on the process of gathering documents now, for submission next month. We are going with Cash Savings route and one of the mandatory documents is Declaration of the source of income. My question is, is this declaration just a letter or does it have to be legal document with a format/template and stamps.

would appreciate is anyone can give us a sample declaration letter to start and work on, thank you so much.

Also, where can we find form VAF4A? To those who has recently submitted an application, is it still needed? Thank u

i had no choice but to go with savings. I had to sell my house to release the equity--and held it in my bank a/c for 6 months before applying. I wrote a declaration saying where the money came from--and included a copy of my solicitors house sale completion statement just in case.

Thank you so much bigmac, so it is just a letter.
Also, May I know to whom it will be addressed to? Is it

The Entry Clearance Officer
British Embassy Manila
Taguig City, Philippines

Or

The Entry Clearance Officer
UK Visas and Immigration

Or?

Thank you so much