FLR(M) and Financial Requirements

Hi,

I and a friend are both coming close to our wives having to renew their FLR as the two and a half year period is nearly up.

I do not have to provide financial information as I receive PIP but my friend does.

He is concerned if he switches jobs now it may affect his financial requirements.
Something about a sustained period of employment?
There may be a few weeks period with no income between the jobs.

Is this likely to be a problem or nothing to worry about?

He has limited internet access and I have drawn a blank finding anything about this.

Many thanks for anyone able to provide information or links I can send to him.

cant your friend stay in his job till after the application is in ?

He could do but it's a good opportunity. Proper job instead of a contract with better money and benefits. Also looks like his current contract may not be renewed. Company is in middle of takeover and regular employees may be offered redundancy.
So there is a requirement for a sustained period of employment?

hopefully one of the other members can offer an opinion.

what I would do is this take the last 6 months income before tax divide it by 6 and then multiply it by 12 to see what his yearly output would be.Does it meet the financial threshold then?
say take a month out (period out of work?) does he meet the threshold still?
another way would be find his lowest pay week before tax in the last 6 months then multiply it by 52 does he meet the threshold and if you took four or 5 weeks off the total would he meet it.
people change jobs the UKBA understand that you just need yo demonstrate the earnings won't be drastically cut over the change

Thanks, yes he has a good that would meet the threshold easily with either of them scenario. So it is just the salary that counts and not the sustained period of employment? If so and he takes the offer he will be earning 5k a year more, but I think even on his previous salary 9-months of it would more than meet the financial requirement of £18,600.

Get an offer letter from new employer.

when does his contract end and new job start?

Not sure when it starts but he does have an offer letter. Tough decision for him but I think we have enough information now to set his mind at ease. I will send him this page as a pdf and hopefully he will be able to make an informed decision now. Thanks for your time