![]() ![]() There are some circumstances in which your partner can be granted leave to remain even if you do not meet the income requirements. The Free Movement website have produced a useful diagram to help explain the income/savings rules. Read more on our Covid-19 updates page here. T here are temporary changes to the minimum income and adequate maintenance requirement because of Covid-19. The financial requirements are even more complicated if you are self-employed, or if you cannot meet the threshold through earnings alone. If you are applying to bring – in addition to your partner – a child under the age of 18 who does not already have Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK or British citizenship, the income requirement increases to £22,400 for your partner and one child, and then an additional £2,400 for each further child. To meet the income/saving criteria, you need to be earning a minimum (before tax) of £18,600 per year or equivalent in cash savings. The person without that citizenship/immigration status is referred to as “your partner”. On this page, we refer to that person as “you”. In these types of applications, the person with British citizenship, ILR etc may be referred to as the “sponsor”. You may also have to meet these criteria if you have Refugee Status or Humanitarian Protection and you do not meet the criteria for refugee family reunion (see above). If you are a British citizen have Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK and you wish to apply for your spouse, civil partner or unmarried partner to come and live with you, you will in most circumstances have to meet income or savings criteria. There is a good guide to understanding refugee family reunion on the Free Movement website, which you can access here. You can find more information on the Home Office website here. This page does not have information about refugee family reunion. This is known as “ refugee family reunion“. If you have Refugee Status or Humanitarian Protection, you may be able to apply to bring your partner/spouse and any children you have to the UK, as long as they were part of your family unit at the time you fled your country of origin. If you are an EEA national and you are in the UK before 31 December 2020, your close family may be able to apply under the EU Settled Status scheme. This page does not look at applying for the right to remain in the UK on the basis of children in the UK – for information on that, see our page on If You Have Children. Read this page to find out what you can do if your application is refused. Find out what happens if you are successful in your application and when you can apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR). Read this page to find out about the application process for bringing a family member to the UK and the fees you will need to pay. This page has information about the evidence you will need to provide to be successful in your application. You will find out about the rules you need to meet if you want to bring a parent to the UK. You will find about “the minimum income requirement” for spouse/marriage visas ,and what you can do if you don’t meet those requirements. Read this page for information about marriage (spouse) visas. This page looks at the immigration rules around bringing an adult family member to live with you in the UK.
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