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01 APPENDIX 2 (VAF4A August 2018)

APPENDIX 2 (VAF 4A August 2018)FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT FORMThis form is for use outside the UK only.

This form is provided free of charge.

READ THIS FIRSTThis form must be completed in English. You may use blue or black ink.

YOU SHOULD COMPLETE THIS FORM IF YOU WISH TO COME TO THE UK AS: • The spouse or civil partner of someone settled in the UK; or• The child of a parent who is applying for entry clearance as a partner or the child who is applying to join their parent who is already in

the UK and has been granted limited leave as partner granted under the Immigration Rules in force on 09 July 2012; or• The fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner of someone settled in the UK; or• The unmarried or same sex partner of someone settled in the UK; or• The Post Flight family member (spouse or civil partner, unmarried or same-sex partner, fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner) of someone

with limited leave to enter or remain in the UK as refugee or is the beneficiary of humanitarian protection; or• The Post Flight family member (spouse or civil partner, unmarried or same-sex partner, fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner or child) of

someone with limited leave to enter or remain in the UK as a refugee or is the beneficiary of humanitarian protection.

IF YOU ARE NOT COMING TO THE UK UNDER ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES, YOU ARE COMPLETING THE WRONG APPENDIX.

Please follow the guidance notes carefully and complete all questions unless indicated to the contrary. The guidance notes are available on the Home Office website and at the end of this form. If you run out of space on any section of the form please use the Continuation/Additional Information section at Part 5.

The Home Office may take a decision on your application based on the information contained here without interviewing you. Therefore please ensure you submit all the relevant original documents that you want the Entry Clearance Officer to see when considering your application. It is your decision how you satisfy the Entry Clearance Officer that your intentions are as you state in your application. Further guidance on supporting documents can be found on our website. It is better to explain why you do not have a document than to submit a false document. Your application may be refused if you use a false document, lie or withhold relevant information.

You MUST also complete and submit the main Personal Details Form (VAF4A). Failure to do so will delay your application.

On what basis are you going to the UK? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

As the spouse or civil partner of someone settled in the UK. As the child of a parent who is applying for entry clearance as a partner or the child who is applying to join their parent who is already in the UK and has been granted limited leave as partner granted under the Immigration Rules in force on 09 July 2012.

As the fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner of someone settled in the UK.

As the unmarried or same sex partner of someone settled in the UK. As the Post Flight family member (spouse or civil partner,

unmarried or same-sex partner, fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner or child) of someone with limited leave to enter or remain in the UK as a refugee or is the beneficiary of human-itarian protection.

Part 1 Your Relationship To The Sponsor Read Guidance Notes, Part 1

1.1 Please specify your relationship to your UK Sponsor: Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Spouse

Fiancé(e)

Civil Partner

Unmarried Partner

Proposed Civil Partner

Same sex partner

I am under 18 and the sponsor is my parent

I am under 18 and the sponsor is in a relationship with my parentI am under 18 and the sponsor is a relative who I will live with in the UK

Other – Please specify:

The Home Office will use the personal information you provide to consider your application. We may also share your information with other public and private sector organisations in the UK and overseas. For more detail please see the Privacy Notice for the Border, Immigration and Citizenship system at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship. This also sets out your rights under the Data Protection Act 2018 and explains how you can access your personal information and complain if you have concerns about how we are using it.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/


1.2 Have you met your sponsor? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Put a cross (x) in the relevant box Yes No If ‘No’ go to question 1.5

1.3 When did you first meet your sponsor in person? >>>>>> 1.4 Where did you first meet in person?

1.5 When did your relationship begin? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1.6 How often do you meet? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

1.7 When did you last see your sponsor? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

1.8 How do you keep in touch with your sponsor?

1.9 Are you seeking permission to come to the UK as a fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner to enable your marriage or civil partnership to take place in the UK? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

If ‘Yes’ when and where do you plan to marry/enter into a civil partnership? Yes No

1.10 Are you married/in a civil partnership with your sponsor? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

1.14 Is/was this an arranged marriage? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

1.18 Do you intend to live with your sponsor permanently? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

If ‘No’ go to 1.16

1.11 When and where did you marry/enter into a civil partnership?

1.12 What age were you when you married/entered into a civil partnership with your sponsor? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

1.13 What age was your sponsor when he/she entered into marriage/civil partnership with you?

1.15 Are you and your sponsor related outside marriage? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

If ‘Yes’ please provide exact details of this relationshipYes No

1.16 If you are an unmarried or same sex partner, have you been living in a relationship akin to marriage or a civil partnership? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

1.19 Have you lived with your sponsor in a relationship akin to marriage or a civil partnership at any time (including since your wedding or civil partnership ceremony)? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

If ‘Yes’ please give full details. If ‘No’ please give reasons why you have never lived together.

Yes If ‘No’ go to 1.18No Not Applicable

Yes No

1.17 Provide details of how long you have been in a relationship akin to marriage or a civil partnership with your sponsor

If ‘Not applicable’ go to 1.18


1.20 Are either you or your sponsor currently married to or in a civil partnership with another person? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

If ‘Yes’ please give full detailsYes No

1.25 Do you and your sponsor have any shared financial responsibilities? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box >>>>>>>>>>>


1.21 Have you or your sponsor previously been married/or entered into a civil partnership? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Put a cross (x) in the relevant box


Name of other/former partner:

Date of Birth:

Nationality of other/former partner:

Date of marriage/civil partnership:

Place of marriage/civil partnership:

Date of divorce/dissolution of Civil Partnership

You (if applicable) Your Sponsor (if applicable)

If there has been more than one relationship, please provide details in Part 6.

1.22 What languages do you speak well? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

1.23 What languages does your sponsor speak well? >>>>>

1.24 What language(s) do you and your sponsor use to communicate with each other? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

1.27 Does your sponsor have any children? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

1.26 Do you, or your sponsor, have any physical or mental condition(s) which currently requires personal care or medical assistance at home, or have learning difficulties? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

If ‘Yes’ please provide full details of your sponsor’s children

If ‘Yes’ please give full details

Yes No

Yes No

Name Nationality Date of Birth


2.1 Where do you and your sponsor plan to live in the UK? >>

If ‘No’, on what basis does your sponsor occupythis property e.g. rented, owned by a parent.

2.2 Does your sponsor own this property?Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Yes No

Part 2 Your Accommodation & Other Details Read Guidance Notes, Part 2

2.5 How many bedrooms are there in the property? >>>>>>>

2.6 How many other rooms are there in the property >>>>>>> (NOT including kitchens, bathrooms and toilets)?

2.7 Does anyone, other than your sponsor, live in the >>>>>> property? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

2.8 Do you intend to work in the UK? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

3.1 Is your sponsor in receipt of a disability related or carers benefit listed within the guidance notes? If you have claimed to be exempt from meeting the financial requirement you must submit the relevant evidence, as specified, of your eligibility to be exempt. Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

2.4 Is you sponsor in receipt of Housing Benefit and/or >>>>> Council Tax Benefit? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

If ‘Yes’ please provide full details of each other person living in the property

If ‘Yes’ please provide full details

If ‘Yes’ please provide full details

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Full name Age Relationship to Sponsor Nationality Passport number

2.3 Does your sponsor live in a council owned property? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box Yes No

Part 3 Financial Requirement Read Guidance Notes, Part 3

You must meet the financial requirement to qualify for leave to enter in this category. The guidance notes are available on the Home Office website and must be read when completing this section. You and your sponsor should provide the relevant evidence, as specified, to demonstrate that together, as a couple, you have the financial resources you claim under this section.

If you need to provide details of more sources of income please provide these at Part 5.

ExEmPTION FROm mEETING THE FINANCIAl REqUIREmENT

Yes No If ‘Yes’ go to Part 4

1.28 Is your sponsor responsible for supporting anyone financially, including any children listed above? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

If ‘Yes’ please give full details below including how much is spent.Yes No

Full Name Date of Birth How much is spent per month.


MEETING THE FINANCIAL REqUIREMENTYou must indicate how you meet the financial requirement. The policy guidance notes for this application explain what financial source(s) you may use and the relevant evidence you must submit with your application. You only need to provide evidence of the income and/or cash savings required to show you meet the financial requirement. See Category A-G in the policy guidance note setting out the options for how you can meet the financial requirement. Some Categories can be combined with others to meet the financial requirement. You should complete all sections you need to rely on to meet the financial requirement provided the options can be combined with each other.

3.2 What is the financial requirement you are required to meet? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

3.3 From the list below, please indicate the main method of meeting the financial requirement.

Applying with no child dependents under 18 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - an income before tax of at least £18,600 a year

Applying with one child dependent under 18 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - an income before tax of at least £22,400 a year

Applying with two child dependents under 18 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> - an income before tax of at least £24,800 a year

Applying with three child dependents under 18 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> - an income before tax of at least £27,200 a year

£

If applying with more than three dependent children under >>>>>>18 please indicate the number of children

Indicate the financial requirement you must meet here: >>>>>>>>

Income from salaried employment in the UK >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

category A category BIndicate which option you are relying on >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

- Complete Part 3A

Income from self employment >>>>>>

category F category GIndicate which option you are relying on >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

- Complete Part 3C

Income from salaried employment >>>overseas (with job offer in the UK)

category A category BIndicate which option you are relying on >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

- Complete Part 3B

Income from other non-employment sources >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

category CIndicate which option you are relying on >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

- Complete Part 3D

Income from pension and permitted benefits >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

category EIndicate which option you are relying on >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

- Complete Part 3E

category DIndicate which option you are relying on >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Cash savings >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Complete Part 3F

If you are applying with more than three child dependents under 18, you must demonstrate an income before tax of at least £27,200 a year plus £2,400 for each additional child.

If you are an applicant under the age of 18 applying on your own to join a sponsor, read the policy guidance note for further information on the financial requirement you are required to meet.

For each financial source you rely on to meet the financial requirement you should submit the relevant evidence with your application as specified in the Immigration Rules and policy guidance notes.

CALCULATING THE RELEVANT FINANCIAL REqUIREMENT The financial requirement that you must meet will vary according to the number of child dependents under the age of 18 being sponsored for entry to the UK as part of this application, and taking account of any child dependents under the age of 18 your sponsor is already financially responsible for in the UK.

• Children who are British Citizens or not subject to UK Immigration Control do not need to be considered when calculatingthe financial requirement.

• Full details of which children the financial requirement applies to can be found within the policy guidance notes which canbe found on the Home Office website. The financial requirement you need to meet may include children already sponsoredwho are not part of this application and you should include those children where relevant at 3.2

• Some applicants including children will need to meet a different maintenance requirement and if that applies they will needto complete Part 4 instead of this section. Full guidance can be found on the Home Office website.


Part 3A Your sponsor’s income from salaried employment in the UK

3.11 What is your sponsor’s annual income from this employment before tax? >>>>>>>>>>>>> £

3.10 What is the address, phone number and email address of your sponsor’s employer?Full postal address including Post/ZIP code >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

3.19 What is the address, phone number and email address of your sponsor’s previous/other employer?Full postal address including Post/ZIP code >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

3.13 Has your sponsor had other salaried employment, in the UK, in the 12 months prior to the date of application? (Category B) Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Landline telephone number


Mobile/cellular number


Email address

Email address

3.5 What is your sponsor’s job title? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3.6 What is the name of your sponsor’s employer?

3.8 What is your sponsor’s National Insurance (NI) number?

3.14 What was your sponsor’s previous/other job title? >>>>

3.15 What was the name of your sponsor’s previous/other employer? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

3.7 On what date did your sponsor commence this >>>>>>>employment?

3.12 Has your sponsor been in employment with the same employer and earning the amount, as detailed in 3.11 above, continuously for 6 months prior to the date of the application? (Category A)

Only complete this section if your sponsor is working in the UK. This section contains information relevant to the Category A or B ways to meet the financial requirement as set out in the policy guidance notes.

3.4 Is your sponsor currently employed in the UK? >>>>>>>> Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

3.9 What type of employment is this? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

No If ‘No’ go to Part 3BYes No

Permanent employmentTemporary employment

Yes

Yes

No

No

If ‘No’ go to 3.20

If ‘No’ go to 3.13If ‘Yes’ go to 3.21

3.16 On what date did your sponsor commence this >>>>>>employment?

3.17 On what date did your sponsor finish this employment? >

3.18 What type of employment was this? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box



Part 3B Your sponsor’s income from salaried employment outside the UK

3.29 What is your sponsor’s annual income from this employment before tax? >>>>>>>>>>>>>

3.20 What was your sponsor’s total income (before tax) from salaried employment in the 12 months prior to the application? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

£

£

3.28 What is the address, phone number and email address of your sponsor’s employer?Full postal address including Post/ZIP code >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

3.31 Has your sponsor had other salaried employment overseas in the 12 months prior to the date of application? (Category B)Put a cross (x) in the relevant box



Email address

3.24 What is your sponsor’s job title? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3.25 What is the name of your sponsor’s employer?

3.32 What was your sponsor’s previous/other job title? >>>>

3.33 What was the name of your sponsor’s previous/other employer? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

3.26 On what date did your sponsor commence this >>>>>> employment?

3.30 Has your sponsor been in employment with the same employer and earning the amount, as detailed in 3.29 above, continuously for 6 months prior to the date of the application? (Category A) >>> Yes No

3.21 Does your sponsor’s annual income (before tax) from their current salaried employment meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes No

3.22 If your sponsor has not been employed by the same employer for 6 months prior to the application does their total income (before tax) from salaried employment received in the 12 months prior to your application meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet? >>

Yes No

Only complete this section if your sponsor is not permanently resident in the UK and will be returning to the UK to work. This section contains information relevant to the Category A or B ways to meet the financial requirement as set out in the policy guidance notes.

If your sponsor has or had more than one previous/other job, you must provide full details for each job held at Part 5. You must also submit the specified evidence for each job detailed with your application.

3.23 Is your sponsor currently employed overseas? >>>>>>> Put a cross (x) in the relevant box


If ‘No’ go to Part 3.31Yes No


Yes No If ‘No’ go to 3.39

3.34 On what date did your sponsor commence this >>>>>>employment?

3.35 On what date did your sponsor finish this employment? >


3.37 What is the address, phone number and email address of your sponsor’s previous/other employer?Full postal address including Post/ZIP code >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

3.44 What is the address, phone number and email address of your sponsor’s new employer?Full postal address including Post/ZIP code >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>





Email address

Email address

3.40 When is this job due to start? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

3.36 What type of employment was your sponsor’s previous/other employment? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box


3.38 What was your sponsor’s total income from salaried employment before tax in the 12 months prior to the application? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

3.45 What will your sponsor’s annual income be (before tax) in this new job? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

£

£

3.39 Has your sponsor been offered a job in the UK which is due to start within 3 months of their return to the UK? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes No

3.41 What will your sponsor’s new job title be? >>>>>>>>>>

3.42 What is the name your sponsor’s new employer? >>>>



3.46 Does your sponsor’s annual income (before tax) from their current salaried employment overseas meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes No

3.47 If your sponsor has not been employed by the same employer for six months prior to the application, does their total income from salaried employment overseas received in the 12 months prior to application meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet? >>>>>>

Yes No

3.48 Does your sponsor’s annual income (before tax) from their future employment in the UK meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes No

If your sponsor has or had more than one previous/other job, you must provide full details for each job held at Part 5. You must also submit the specified evidence for each job detailed with your application.


3.55 What is your sponsor’s National Insurance (NI) number? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

3.57 What is the nature of your sponsor’s self-employed business? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

3.53 Is your sponsor’s company based in the UK or outside the UK? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box Outside the UKUK

Complete either section 3.58 Category F or 3.59 Category G depending on how you intend to meet the financial requirement.

Part 3C Your sponsor’s income from self employment

3.52 What is the address, phone number and email address of your sponsor’s company?Full postal address including Post/ZIP code >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Landline telephone number


Email address

3.50 How long has your sponsor been self employed? >>>> 3.51 What is the name of your sponsor’s company?

This section contains information relevant to the Category F and G ways to meet the financial requirement as set out in the policy guidance notes.

3.49 Was your sponsor self employed on the date of this application? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box >>>>>>>>>>>>>

3.54 Is your sponsor registered as self employed in the UK with Hm Revenue & Customs (HmRC)? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Yes No

Yes No

3.56 Please indicate what type of company your sponsor owns/runs: Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Sole trader

In partnership

Franchise agreement

Limited company based in the UK

i) How much income did your sponsor earn (before tax) from self employment in the last full financial year? >

i) How much income did your sponsor earn (before tax) from self employment in the last full financialyear? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

ii) How much income did your sponsor earn (before tax) from self-employment in the previous full financialyear? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

3.58 Category F

3.59 Category G

£

£

£

ii) Does your sponsor’s self employment earnings (before tax) in the last full financial year meet or exceed the financial requirement you mustmeet? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

iii) Do your sponsor’s average self employment earnings (before tax) from the last two full financial years meet or exceed the financialrequirement you must meet? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

3.60 Does your sponsor’s self employment income meet or exceed the financial requirement when combined with other specified income for the relevant financial year or years? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No If ‘Yes’ go to Part 3D

No


3.68 What is your annual pension/benefit received? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> £

Part 3D Income from other non-employment sources

Part 3E Income from pension and permitted benefits

This section contains information relevant to the Category C way to meet the financial requirement as set out in the policy guidance notes. Do not include pension income here. Please only include income from assets that you and your sponsor continue to own at the date of application.

Refer to the policy guidance notes for the UK/foreign state pension or private pension received by you or your sponsor and for the UK maternity and bereavement benefits received by your sponsor which can count towards meeting the financial requirement. This section contains information relevant to the Category E way to meet the financial requirement as set out in the policy guidance notes.

If you or your sponsor has more than one source of non-employment income, you must provide full details in Part 5 and submit the specified evidence for each source.

In sponsor’s name In your name In joint names

a) Source of income

b) Contact details for source of income

c) Account/reference details

d) Amount of income in the last 12 months. (before tax)

e) Amount of income in the last financial year if self employed.

(before tax)

f) Amount of income in the last two financial years if self employed. (before tax)

3.61 Additional sources of income

3.62 What is your/your sponsor’s total annual income from non-employment sources? > £

3.70 What is the total amount of these pensions and benefits received in the last 12 months? >> £

3.69 What is your sponsor’s annual pension/benefit received? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> £

3.63 If the total annual income from non-employment sources is taken together with your sponsor’s income from employment (Part 3A or Part 3B and/or Part 3C) does this meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Yes No

3.64 What pension/benefit do you/your sponsor receive? >>

3.66 What is your sponsor’s DWP reference number? >>>>> 3.67 What is your sponsor’s National Insurance (NI) number?

3.65 On what date was the pension/benefit first paid?


Part 3F Cash savings

If you cannot meet the financial requirement through income, you can use relevant cash savings to enable you to do so. Relevant cash savings are those which you and/or your sponsor hold which (i) exceed £16,000, (ii) have been held by you and/or your sponsor for at least 6 months prior to the date of this application, (iii) are held at the date of application and (iv) are under the control and available to be used by your and/or your sponsor. Only complete this section if your cash savings meet all the criteria above. This section contains the Category D way to meet the financial requirement. Refer to the policy guidance notes for an explanation of how cash savings above £16,000 can enable you to meet the financial requirement.

If you or your sponsor has more than one source of cash savings, you must provide full details in Part 5 and submit the specified evidence for each source.

If your sponsor received more than one permitted benefit, you must provide full details at Part 5 and submit the specified evidence for each benefit.

In your sponsor’s name In your name In joint names

a) Name of financial institution where funds are held.

b) Source of funds.

c) If applicable, detail the name, address and relationship of any third party who is the source of all or part of the funds.

d) Please state in what form these funds are held.

f) How long has the account been held?

g) Currency of funds in account

h) Amount in account at the date of application?

3.75 Cash savings:

3.72 If your sponsor is self employed, what is the total amount of these pensions and benefits received in the last two full financial years? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

£

3.73 If the total annual income from your sponsor’s employment (Part 3A, Part 3B and/or Part 3C) is taken together with income from non employment sources and pension/benefits, does this meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

3.74 What option are you relying on? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Category D combined with other income except self employment Category D alone

e) Are the cash savings under the control of the account holder?

Yes No Yes No Yes No

Yes No If ‘No’ go to Part 3F

3.71 If your sponsor is self employed, what is the total amount of these pensions and benefits received in the last full financial year? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

£


If you do not meet the financial requirement applicable to your application, including when your cash savings are taken into account, you can expect your application to be refused.

3.76 What is the total cash savings you/your sponsor hold? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> £

3.77 Taking into account the cash saving you/your sponsor hold (Part 3F), the total income your sponsor receives from employment (Part 3A, 3B and/or 3C), the total income you and your sponsor receive from non-employment sources (Part 3D) and from pension/benefits (Part 3E), do you meet the financial requirement? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

Yes No

You should complete this maintenance section if you are not required to complete the financial requirement section in Part 3. This includes those who answered ‘Yes’ to question 3.1 and children who are not required to meet the financial requirement. See the policy guidance notes who needs to complete this part instead of Part 3.

Part 4 maintenance for those exempt from the financial requirement

4.2 What is your sponsor’s National Insurance number? >>>

4.1 What is your sponsor’s present work, job or occupation? > If unemployed please state ‘Unemployed’ and go to 4.10

4.3 What is the name of the company your sponsor works for? > 4.4 When did your sponsor start this job?

4.8 Does your sponsor have any additional job(s) or >>>>>>>occupations(s)? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

If ‘Yes’ please provide full details below Yes No

Employers Name Full Address Telephone Number Email Address Date they started Job

4.5 What is your sponsor’s work address? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4.6 What is the telephone number for his/her employer?

4.7 What is the email address for his/her employer?

4.9 What is your sponsor’s total monthly income from all >>>sources of employment or occupation after tax?

4.10 Does your sponsor receive income from any other >>>>>sources, including friends or family? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

4.11 Does your sponsor have any savings, property or other >>income, for example (from stocks and shares) and is this money under their control? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

If ‘Yes’ please provide full details below


Yes No

Yes No


4.12 Does your sponsor receive any money from public funds >and/or benefits? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

4.15 Is your sponsor responsible for anyone else’s financial >>support? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box



Yes No

Yes No

4.13 How much of your sponsor’s total monthly income is >>given to their family members and other dependents?

4.14 How much does your sponsor spend each month on living costs?

4.16 Do you have any income or savings that will still be available to you once you come to the UK? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box

If ‘Yes’ provide please provide full details Yes No

Continuation and Additional Information

5.1 Is there any other information you wish to be considered as part of your application?

Part 5

If you run out of space please use additional sheets of paper to provide us with all the relevant information required as part of your application.


Guidance for Part 1: Your Relationship To The Sponsor

1.1 Please specify your relationship to your UK sponsor.Put a cross in the relevant box

1.2 Have you met your sponsor?Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘No’ go to question 1.5

1.3 When did you first meet your sponsor?In DD/MM/YYYY format. Please be as precise as possible, preferably giving at least the month and year of your first meeting.

1.4 Where did you first meet?Please provide details as requested.

1.5 When did your relationship begin?In DD/MM/YYYY format. Please be as precise as possible, preferably giving at least the month and year of the beginning of your relationship.

1.6 How often do you meet?Please provide details as requested. For example, weekly, monthly, three times a year.

1.7 When did you last see your sponsor?Please be as precise as possible.

1.8 How do you keep in touch with your sponsor?Please provide details of how you keep in touch and how often you have contact with your sponsor. For example, by phone, email, Skype, letters. Please also tell us when you were last in contact with your sponsor.

1.9 Are you seeking permission to come to the UK as a fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner to enable your marriage or civil partnership to take place in the UK?Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘Yes’ please tell us where and when you plan to marry/enter into a civil partnership.

1.10 Are you married/in a civil partnership with your sponsor? Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘No’ go to question 1.16.

1.11 When and where did you marry/enter into a civil partnership?Please give the date and location of the ceremony and provide documentary evidence of this e.g. marriage certificate. Please state if this was a religious or civil ceremony. If you are a fiancé(e)/ proposed civil partner please provide details of any plans that are in place for your marriage/civil partnership ceremony.

1.12 What age were you when you married/entered into a civil partnership with your sponsor?Please tell us in MM/YY format how old you were when you married/entered into a civil partnership

1.13 What age was your sponsor when he/she married/entered into a civil partnership with you?Please tell us in MM/YY format how old your sponsor was when they married/entered into a civil partnership with you.

1.14 Is/was this an arranged marriage?Put a cross in the relevant box

1.15 Are you and your sponsor related outside marriage?Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘Yes’, please give details of the exact relationship e.g. he is my mother’s brother’s son.

1.16 If you are unmarried or a same sex partner, have you been living in a relationship akin to marriage or a civil partnership? Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘Yes’, go to 1.17 or if ‘No’ or ‘Not applicable’ go to 1.18.

1.17 Provide details of how long you have been in a relationship akin to marriage or a civil partnership with your sponsorYou must provide details of when and where you lived together and for how long. Please provide documentary evidence to support this.

1.18 Do you intend to live with your sponsor permanently?Put a cross in the relevant box.

1.19 Have you lived with your sponsor in a relationship akin to marriage or a civil partnership at any time (including since your wedding/civil partnership ceremony)?Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘Yes’ please state the dates and at what address you lived to together. If ‘No’, please explain why you have never lived together.

1.20 Are either you or your sponsor currently married to or in a civil partnership with another person?Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘Yes’ please provide details of when this relationship began, who the person is and where they are now.

1.21 Have you or your sponsor previously been married/or entered into a civil partnership? Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘yes’ please complete the details requested for both you and your sponsor’s former partner.

1.22 What languages do you speak well?Please tell us which language(s) you are fluent in.

1.23 What languages does your sponsor speak well?Please tell us which language(s) your sponsor is fluent in

1.24 What language(s) do you and your sponsor use to communicate with each other?Please tell us which language(s) you and your sponsor use to speak/write to each other in.

1.25 Do you and your sponsor have any shared financial responsibilities? Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘yes’ please tell us what these responsibilities are and how much you and your sponsor each contribute.

1.26 Do you, or your sponsor, have any physical or mental condition(s) which currently requires personal care or medical assistance at home, or have learning difficulties? Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘yes’ please provide full details of the conditions and the type of care that is required.

1.27 Does your sponsor have any children?Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘yes’ please ensure you enter details for all your sponsor’s children. The details must include their full name, date and place of birth, sex and nationality. If there is insufficient space please complete the list in Part 5 Continuation and Additional Information section.

1.28 Is your sponsor responsible for supporting anyone financially, including any children listed above?Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘yes’ please provide full details, including full name and date of birth for each person your sponsor is financially responsible for, and state how much is spent per person per month.


Guidance for Part 2: Your Accommodation And Other Details

Guidance for Part 3: Financial Requirement

2.1 Where do you and your sponsor plan to live in the UK?Please provide the full postal address of where you intend to live in the UK

2.2 Does your sponsor own this property?Put a cross in the relevant box. Please provide evidence of this e.g. Land Registry document or Mortgage statements. If the answer is ‘No’ then state on what basis your sponsor occupies this property. For example rented, owned by parents

2.3 Does your sponsor live in a council owned property?Put a cross in the relevant box

2.4 Is you sponsor in receipt of Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Benefit?Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘Yes’ please provide full details of when this allowance started and how much is received per month.

2.5 How many bedrooms are there in the property?Please provide details as requested.

2.6 How many other rooms are there in the property (NOT including kitchens, bathrooms and toilets)?Please provide details as requested.

2.7 Does anyone, other than your sponsor, live in the property?Put a cross in the relevant box. If yes please provide full details including full name, date of birth, relationship to sponsor

2.8 Do you intend to work in the UK?Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘Yes’ please tell us what you intend to do and give details of any employment you have already arranged.

You must meet the financial requirement to qualify for leave to enter in this category. The policy guidance notes are available on the Home Office website and must be read when completing this section. You and your sponsor should provide the relevant evidence, as specified, to demonstrate that together, as a couple, you have the financial resources you claim under this section. If you are an applicant(s) under the age of 18 applying on your own to join a sponsor, read the policy guidance for further information on the financial requirement.

You only need to provide evidence of the income and/or cash savings required to show you meet the financial requirement.

3.1 Is your sponsor in receipt of disability related or carers benefit listed within the policy guidance notes?Put a cross in the relevant box. If you are claiming to be exempt from meeting the financial requirement you must submit the relevant specified evidence to show that you are exempt. If ‘Yes’ go to Part 4.

3.2 What is the financial requirement you are required to meet? Indicate how many dependent children you are applying with by putting a cross in the relevant box. Calculate and add your total financial requirement in the box below.

3.3 From the list below, please indicate the financial source(s) and the amount of income you and/or your sponsor wish to rely on to meet the financial requirement. Indicate the source of income that you and your sponsor are relying on to meet the financial requirement by putting a cross in the relevant box.

PART 3A YOUR SPONSOR’S INCOmE FROm SAlARIED EmPlOYmENT IN THE UK

3.4 Is your sponsor currently employed in the UK?Answer Yes or No. If ‘No’ go to Part 3B

3.5 What is your sponsor’s job title?Provide your sponsor’s current job title.

3.6 What is the name of your sponsor’s employer? Please provide name of your sponsor’s current employer.

3.7 On what date did your sponsor commence this employment?Please tell us in DD/MM/YYYY format the date that your sponsor started their current employment.

3.8 What is your sponsor’s National Insurance (NI) number?The National Insurance number allows them to work in the UK. The National Insurance number format is as follows: XX 12 34 56 X.

The number is usually provided on a plastic card, which is issued automatically when they reached 16 (if in the UK at that time) or when they first apply for a National Insurance number.

3.9 What type of employment is this?Put a cross in the relevant box.

3.10 What is the address, phone number and email address of your sponsor’s employer?Please provide the requested details in full including Post/ZIP code.

3.11 What is your sponsor’s annual income from this employment before tax?State your sponsor’s annual income from their current employment before tax

3.12 Has your sponsor been in employment with the same employer and earning the amount, as detailed in 3.11 above, continuously for 6 months prior to the date of the application? (Category A)Answer Yes or No.

3.13 Has your sponsor had other salaried employment in the UK, during the last 12 months prior to the date of application? (Category B).Answer Yes or No. If ‘No’, go to 3.2

3.14 What was your sponsor’s previous/other job title?Provide your sponsor’s previous/other job title.

3.15 What was the name of your sponsor’s previous/other employer? Please provide name of your sponsor’s previous/other employer.

3.16 On what date did your sponsor commence this employment?Please tell us in DD/MM/YYYY format the date that your sponsor started their previous/other employment.

3.17 On what date did your sponsor finish this employment?Please tell us in DD/MM/YYYY format the date that your sponsor finished their previous/other employment. Leave blank if your sponsor is still in this employment


3.19 What is the address, phone number and email address of your sponsor’s previous/other employer? Please provide the requested details in full including Post/ZIP code.

3.20 What is your sponsor’s annual income (before tax) from salaried employment in the last 12 months prior to application?State your sponsor’s total income from their previous/other employment before tax.

3.21 Does your sponsor’s annual income (before tax) from salaried employment meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet? Answer Yes or No.


3.22 If your sponsor has not been employed by the same employer for 6 months prior to the application does their total income from salaried employment received in the 12 months prior to your application meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet?Answer Yes or No.

PART 3B YOUR SPONSOR’S INCOmE FROm SAlARIED EmPlOYmENT OUTSIDE THE UK

3.23 Is your sponsor currently employed overseas?Answer Yes or No. If ‘No’ go to Part 3C

3.24 What is your sponsor’s job title?Provide your sponsor’s current job title.

3.25 What is the name of your sponsor’s employer? Please provide name of your sponsor’s current employer.

3.26 On what date did your sponsor commence this employment?Please tell us in DD/MM/YYYY format the date that your sponsor started their current employment.

3.27 What type of employment is this? Put a cross in the relevant box.

3.28 What is the address, phone number and email address of your sponsor’s employer?Please provide the requested details in full including Post/ZIP code.

3.29 What is your sponsor’s annual income from this employment before tax? State your sponsor’s annual income from their current employment before tax

3.30 Has your sponsor been in employment with the same employer and earning the amount, as detailed in 3.29 above, continuously for 6 months prior to the date of application?Answer Yes or No.

3.31 Has your sponsor had other salaried employment overseas in the 12 months prior to the date of application? (Category B)Answer Yes or No. If ‘No’, go to 3.39

3.32 What was your sponsor’s previous/other job title?Provide your sponsor’s previous/other job title.

3.33 What was the name of your sponsor’s previous/other employer? Please provide name of your sponsor’s previous/other employer.

3.34 On what date did your sponsor commence this employment?Please tell us in DD/MM/YYYY format the date that your sponsor started their previous/other employment.

3.35 On what date did your sponsor finish this employment?Please tell us in DD/MM/YYYY format the date that your sponsor finished their previous/other employment. Leave blank if your sponsor is still in this employment

3.36 What type of employment was your sponsor’s previous/other employment? Put a cross in the relevant box.

3.37 What is the address, phone number and email address of your sponsor’s previous/other employer?Please provide the requested details in full including Post/ZIP code.

3.38 What is your sponsor’s annual income from this employment before tax?State your sponsor’s annual income from their current employment before tax

3.39 Has your sponsor been offered a job in the UK which is due to start within 3 months of their return to the UK?Answer Yes or No.

3.40 When is this job due to start?Please tell us in DD/MM/YYYY format the date that your sponsor due to commence this employment.

3.41 What will your sponsor’s new job title be?State your sponsor’s future job title.

3.42 What is the name of your sponsor’s new employer?State the name of your sponsor’s new employer.


3.44 What is the address, phone number and email address of your sponsor’s new employer?Please provide the requested details in full including Post/ZIP code.

3.45 What will your sponsor’s annual salary be (before tax) in this new job?State your sponsor’s annual salary from their new employment before tax.

3.46 Does your sponsor’s annual income (before tax) from their current salaried employment overseas meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet?Answer Yes or No.

3.47 If your sponsor has not been employed by the same employer for six months prior to the application, does their total income from salaried employment overseas received in the 12 months prior to application meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet?Answer Yes or No

3.48 Does your sponsor’s annual income (before tax) from future employment in the UK meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet?Answer Yes or No.

PART 3C YOUR SPONSOR’S INCOmE FROm SElF EmPlOYmENT

3.49 Was your sponsor self employed on the date of this application?Answer Yes or No.

3.50 How long has your sponsor been self employed?Please tell us how long your sponsor has been self employed.

3.51 What is the name of your sponsor’s company?State your sponsor’s company name

3.52 What is the address, phone number and email address of your sponsor’s company?Please provide the requested details in full including Post/ZIP code.

3.53 Is your sponsor’s company based in the UK or outside the UK?Answer Yes or No.

3.54 Is your sponsor registered as self employed in the UK with Hm Revenue & Customs (HmRC)?Answer Yes or No.



3.56 Please indicate what type of company your sponsor owns/runs.Put a cross in the relevant box

3.57 What is the nature of your sponsor’s self employed business?State what kind of business your sponsor is engaged in.

3.58 Category Fi) How much income did your sponsor earn (before tax) fromself employment in the last full financial year?State your sponsors’ total income from self employment (before tax)in the last full financial year.

ii) Does your sponsor’s self employment earning (before tax)in the last full financial year meet or exceed the financialrequirement you must meet?Yes or No. If ‘yes’ go to Part 3D.

3.59 Category Gi) How much income did your sponsor earn (before tax) fromself employment in the last full financial year?State your sponsor’s total income from self employment (before tax)in the last financial year.


ii) How much income did your sponsor earn (before tax) fromself-employment in the previous full financial year?State your sponsor’s total income from self employment (before tax)in the previous full financial year.

iii) Do your sponsor’s average self employment earningsfrom the last two financial years meet or exceed the financialrequirement you must meet?Answer Yes or No.

3.60 Does your sponsor’s self employment income meet or exceed the financial requirement when combined with other specified income for the relevant financial year or years?Answer Yes or No.

PART 3D YOUR SPONSOR’S INCOmE FROm OTHER SOURCES

3.61 Additional sources of income:Complete the relevant boxes indicating whether this income is in yours, your sponsor’s or both of your names. Calculate the total income and enter it in the box provided.

3.62 What is your/your sponsor’s total annual income from other non-employment sources?State your/your sponsor’s total annual income from other non-employment source/s.

3.63 If the total annual income from other sources is taken together with your sponsor’s income from employment (Part 3A or Part 3B and/or Part 3C) does this meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet?Answer Yes or No.

PART 3E YOUR SPONSOR’S INCOmE FROm PERmITTED BENEFITS

3.64 What pension/benefit do you/your sponsor receive?State which benefit your sponsor is in receipt of

3.65 On what date was the pension/benefit first paid?Please tell us in DD/MM/YYYY format the date that these benefits were first paid

3.66 What is your sponsor’s DWP Reference Number?This will be quoted on correspondence from the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) to your sponsor



3.68 What is your annual pension/benefit received? State the total amount of pension/benefit received in the past 12 months.

3.69 What is your sponsor’s annual pension/benefit received?State the total amount of pension/benefit your sponsor has received in the past 12 months.

3.70 What is the total amount of these pensions and benefits received in the last 12 months?Calculate the total amount of pension/benefit received in the past 12 months and enter the total in the box.

3.71 If your sponsor is self employed, what is the total amount of these pensions and benefits received in the last two full financial year?State the total amount of pension/benefit your sponsor has received in the last two full financial year.

3.72 If your sponsor is self employed, what is the total amount of these pensions and benefits received in the last two full financial year?State the total amount of pension/benefit your sponsor has received in the last two full financial year.

3.73 If the total annual income from your sponsor’s employment (Part 3A, Part 3B and/or Part 3C) is taken together with income from non employment sources and pension/benefits, does this meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet? Answer Yes or No.

PART 3F CASH SAVINGS

3.74 What option are you relying on?Put a cross in the relevant box

3.75 Cash savings:

a) Name of financial institution where funds are held.Provide the full name of the financial institution that holds cashsavings in either your sponsor’s, yours or both of your names.

b) Source of funds.For example, regular savings from salary. You must declare anymoney which has been given to you by a third party or acquiredthough a bank/personal loan. State the amount of money given toyour sponsor, you or jointly by any third parties or acquired througha bank/personal loan.

c) If applicable, detail the name, address and relationship ofany third party who is the source of all or part of the funds.State the full name, address (including Postal/Zip code) andrelationship to any third party who has provided you with funds.

d) Please state in what form these funds are held.For example bank account/cash/investments etc. State how thesefunds are held for your sponsor, you or jointly

e) Are the cash savings under the control of the accountholder?Put a cross in the relevant box for your sponsor, you or jointly.

f) How long has the account been held?If these cash savings are held in an account, state when the accountwas opened for your sponsor, you or jointly.

g) Currency of funds in accountWhat currency one the funds in your account (e.g. UK Sterling, USDollar, Euro)

h) Amount in account at the date of application?State the balance in your account at the date of application.

3.76 What is the total cash savings you/your sponsor hold?Calculate and detail the total cash savings you/your sponsor hold.

3.77 Taking into account the cash savings you/your sponsor hold (Part 3F), the total income your sponsor received from employment (Part 3A, 3B and/or 3C), the total income you and your sponsor receive from non-employment sources (part 3D) and from pension/benefits (Part 3E), do you meet the financial requirement?Answer Yes or No


Guidance for Part 5: Continuation And Additional Information

Guidance for Part 4: maintenance for those exempt from the financial requirement

4.1 What is your sponsor’s present work, job or occupation?Provide details of your sponsor’s current job title in the UK. If they are unemployed then proceed to question 4.10

4.2 What is your sponsor’s National Insurance Number?The National Insurance number allows them to work in the UK. The National Insurance number format is as follows: XX 12 34 56 X.


4.3 What is the name of the company your sponsor works for?State the full name of the company your sponsor works for or the name of their own company if applicable.

4.4 When did your sponsor start this job?Please tell us in DD/MM/YYYY format the date that your sponsor started this employment

4.5 – 4.7 What is your sponsor’s work address, phone number, email address Please provide the full address (including Post/Zip Code) of your sponsor’s proposed employer as well as the telephone number and email address.

4.8 Does your sponsor have any additional job(s) or occupations(s)?Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘Yes’ please provide the full name, address, telephone number and email address of their other employer and the date on which they started this employment.

4.9 What is your sponsor’s total monthly income from all sources of employment or occupation after tax?Calculate your sponsor’s total monthly employment income after tax deductions and enter the figure in the box.

4.10 Does your sponsor receive income from any other sources, including friends or family?Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘Yes’ please provide full details of how much and from whom this income comes. If your sponsor is given money from anyone, please state why this is the case.

4.11 Does your sponsor have any savings, property or other income (for example, from stocks and shares) and is this money under their control?Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘Yes’ please provide full details of how much income is received from these sources.

4.12 Does your sponsor receive any money from public funds and/or benefits?Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘Yes’ please provide full details of how much and what type of funds/benefits they are in receipt of.

4.13 How much of your sponsor’s total monthly income is given to their family members and other dependents?State how much of your sponsor’s monthly income is given to family members or other dependents.

4.14 How much does your sponsor spend each month on living costs?State how much of your sponsor’s monthly income is spent on living costs.

4.15 Is your sponsor responsible for anyone else’s financial support?Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘Yes’ please provide full details of anyone else they financially support. Including the name, address and relationship of that person as well as the amount of financial support they give and the reason why they give it.

4.16 If you are applying for indefinite leave to enter, has your sponsor completed and signed the Sponsorship Undertaking Form confirming that they will maintain and accommodate you without access to public funds for 5 years?Put a cross in the relevant box. The Sponsorship Undertaking Form must be completed by your sponsor and submitted with your application. The form is available on the Home Office website.

4.17 Have you submitted the Sponsorship Undertaking Form with your application?Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘No’ please explain why you have not submitted it.

4.18 Do you have any income or savings that will still be available to you once you come to the UK? Put a cross in the relevant box. If ‘Yes’ provide please provide full details’

5.1 Is there any other information you wish to be considered as part of your application?Use this section to provide any other further information you wish to be considered as part of your application/where you have run out of space elsewhere on this form/where this form has directed you to provide additional information.

01 VAF GUIDANCE (GENERIC APRIL 2014)

For help completing these forms we strongly advise you read these guidance notesFurther guidance and information can be obtained from your local Visa Application Centre or by visiting website: www.ukvisas.gov.uk

Guidance notesVAF GUIDANCE (APRIL 2014)

This booklet is provided free of charge.

Part 1

Part 2

About you

Passport Information

1.1 Given name(s) (as shown in your passport)These are all the names you were given at birth, but not your family/surname. They must be the same as recorded in your passport. Please do not use titles such as Mr, Snr or Esq.

1.2 Family name (as shown in your passport)The name by which your family is known (also known as surname/last name) and must be as recorded in your passport. Please do not use titles such as Snr.

1.3 Other names (including any other names you are known by and/or any other names that you have been known by)Any other names by which you are or have been known, for example, maiden name, name at birth, if different.

1.4 Sex This should be your sex at time of application.

1.5 What is your marital status?This is your current marital status

Unless single, please provide evidence of your marital status e.g. marriage or civil partnership certificate, divorce certificate, death certificate

Single - You have never entered into a legally recognised marriage or civil partnership.

Married - You and your partner have entered into a marriage, which is legally recognised and documented.

Civil partnership - You and your same sex partner have entered into a partnership, which is legally recognised and documented.

Unmarried partner - You currently live in a marriage-like relationship with your partner without being legally married.

Divorced/dissolved partnership - Your marriage/civil partnership has been legally dissolved by legal authority, usually a family court, and you have documentary evidence to this effect.

Widowed/surviving civil partner - Your partner, male or female, is deceased and, immediately prior to their death, you were in a legal marriage/civil partnership.

Separated - You and your partner/spouse no longer live as a married couple, and would normally live apart, but you have not finalised divorce proceedings to terminate the marriage.

1.6 Date of BirthIn DD/MM/YYYY format. As recorded in your passport.

1.7 Place of BirthThis must be the village/town/city and state/province in which you were born.

1.8 Country of BirthEnter the country of birth exactly as it appears on the title page of your passport.

1.9 NationalityThis must correspond with the authority that issued your travel document/passport. If you hold dual nationality you should select the issuing country of the passport/travel document you wish to travel with. If ‘Stateless’ please enter this as your nationality and provide details of the country that issued your travel document.

1.10 Do you hold, or have you ever held, any other nationality or nationalities?Answer Yes/No. If ‘Yes’, please provide details of which nationality or nationalities you hold or have held, along with details of your travel document or passport number if applicable/available.

2.1 Current passport or travel document numberThe number should be entered as shown in your passport. If you hold a 1951 Convention travel document please provide this number

2.2 Place of IssuePlease include both the city and the country that issued the passport or travel document.

2.3 Issuing AuthorityThis is the National Authority that issued the passport or travel document. Their details can be found in your passport or travel document.

2.4 Date of IssueIn DD/MM/YYYY format.

2.5 Date of ExpiryIn DD/MM/YYYY format.

2.6 Is this your first passport? Answer Yes/No

2.7 Please give details of any previous passports, covering the last 10 years, including where these passports are now.Where the information is available, please provide full details for each. This should include travel document or passport number, issue and expiry dates and place of issue. Please tell us where your previous passports are (for example if lost, stolen, expired or returned to the issuing authority and no longer with you).

Enter details of the passport or travel document that you will use to travel to the UK.

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Part 3

Part 4

Your Contact Details

Your Family

3.1 Your full address and postal codeThis is the address where you live rather than your family home. You MUST include your full residential address details including house number or name/street/village/town/city/state/province/postal or zip code/country.

3.2 How long have you lived at this address? Give details as requested

3.3 Home (landline) telephone numberYou should provide your home telephone number if you have one, including the area, city and country codes. (This is not your mobile phone number). If you have no home telephone number please enter ‘None’ and provide a mobile number in the following question. You must provide at least one telephone number you can be contacted on as we may need to contact you if we need to discuss your application.

3.4 Your mobile telephone numberPlease provide your mobile/cellular telephone number, including the country code.

3.5 Email addressPlease provide a valid email address. If you have no email address please enter ‘None’.

3.6 Contact details if different from those given in question 3.1You will be contacted at the address given in Question 3.1 unless you enter different details in this box. Please provide an alternative address, if your contact details are different to those you have already given.

4.1 Father’s given name(s) These are all the names your father was given at birth, but not his family/surname

4.2 Father’s family nameThis should be the name by which your father’s family is known.

4.3 Father’s date of birthIn DD/MM/YYYY format.

4.4 Father’s place and country of birth You should give the village/town/city and state/province and country where he was born.

4.5 Father’s nationality/nationalitiesAll nationalities your father holds now or held at the time of your birth irrespective of whether he has a passport or travel document for any of these.

4.6 Mother’s given name(s) These are all the names your mother was given at birth, but not her family/surname.

4.7 Mother’s family nameThis should be the name by which your mother’s family is known.

4.8 Mother’s date of birth In DD/MM/YYYY format.

4.9 Mother’s nationality/nationalities All nationalities your mother holds now or held at the time of your birth irrespective of whether she has a passport or travel document for any of these.

4.10 Mother’s place and country of birth You should give the village/town/city and state/province and country where she was born

4.11 Full name of spouse/partner (If single go to 4.16) Please provide your spouse’s/partner’s given and family names as they appear in their passport. If widowed, divorced or separated please provide the full name (given and family names) of your former or deceased spouse/partner. If you have more than one spouse or partner please provide details in Part 9 - Additional Information.

4.12 Spouse/partner’s nationality/nationalitiesAll nationalities your spouse/partner holds now or held at the time of their birth irrespective of whether s/he has a passport or travel document for any of these.

4.13 Spouse/partner’s date of birthIn DD/MM/YYYY format

4.14 Does your spouse/partner currently live with you at the address given in question 3.1?Answer Yes/No. If no please provide full details of where your spouse/partner is currently living.

4.15 Will your spouse/partner be travelling with you? Answer Yes/No. If yes, please note that he/she may also need a visa. If so they should complete a separate application form.

4.16 Do you have any children?Answer Yes/No

4.17 Please provide full details for each of your dependant childrenProvide details of all dependant children, including those not travelling with you to the UK. For each child you should provide their full name, date and place of birth and passport number (if they possess one). If you require more space please provide additional details in Part 9 – Additional Information.

4.18 Do all your children currently live with you at the address given in question 3.1?Answer Yes/No. If no please provide full details of where your children not living with you are currently living.

4.19 Please list any of your children who will be travelling with you to the UK?Please note that any children travelling with you may also need a visa. If they need a visa, they will have to complete their own application form.

4.20 Will any other children be travelling with you? Answer Yes/No. This is any other children under 18 years of age, who are not your own children, but that will accompany you to the UK. Please note that if they need a visa, they will have to complete their own application form.

4.21 If ‘Yes’ please provide full details about the child/children For each child you should provide their full name, date of birth as recorded in their passport in the DD/MM/YYYY format, passport number, address, place of birth - this must be the state/province and city/town/village in which they were born, nationality, your relationship to the child and your relationship to their parents. For large school groups or similar please list the names of ALL accompanying children in Part 9- Additional Information.

If known, please enter the details of your mother and father, even if deceased. If you do not know the answer to any of these questions please state ‘Not known’.


Part 5

Part 6

Finances and Employment

Previous Applications And Travel History

6.1 Have you travelled to the UK in the last 10 years? Answer Yes/No. This includes travel for any purpose (holidays, study, training, business trips etc..). When giving this information please provide details of all your trips to the UK over the last 10 years.

6.2 Have you travelled outside your country of residence, excluding to the UK, in the last 10 years? Answer Yes/No. You should include travel for study, training, business trips etc... When giving this information please provide details of all your trips abroad that you have not described in answer to question 6.1.

6.3 Have you ever been refused a visa for any country, including the UK?Answer Yes/No. Please provide details of all refused visa applications. If you were refused a visa for the UK please enter the reference number you were given for the refusal, if known, in the following format XXX/123456 (the XXX is the country or post location abbreviation, for example New York is NYC).

6.4 Have you been granted any UK visas in the last 10 years? Answer Yes/No. Please give details of all UK visas you have been granted in the last 10 years. Please enter the reference number(s), if known. This can be found on the previous visa(s) in your passport. You should enter details even if you did not use the visa(s).

6.5 Have you been refused entry on arrival to the UK in the last 10 years? Answer Yes/No. This includes if you were refused entry by a UK Immigration Officer prior to arrival in the UK e.g. at Paris Gare du Nord or Brussels Midi etc. Please enter your reference number that refers to the port or airport where you were refused entry e.g. LHR/TN4/123456 or DVE/123456. (LHR/TN4/ is London Heathrow airport terminal 4 and DVE/ is Dover port). This can be found on your refusal notice.

5.1 What are your current personal circumstances?Where possible, please provide full and current, independent and verifiable documentary evidence to support this.

Employment5.2 What is your present work or job or occupation? Please give details of your present job/occupation/employment. You should provide full and current, independent and verifiable documentary evidence to support this. For students who work as well as study, please provide details of your present job/occupation/ employment. For students that do not work, please go to question 5.9

5.3 What is the name of the company or organisation you work for?Please give the name of the company or organisation you work for

5.4 When did you start this job?In DD/MM/YYYY format

5.5 What is your work address?Please give the full address, including postal code, of where you work

5.6 What are your employer’s telephone numbers?Please give landline and mobile telephone numbers if available, including country and city codes.

5.7 What is your employer’s email address?Include details of website if appropriate

5.8 Please give details of any additional job(s) or occupation you have If employed in any other job(s) please provide full details of these, including employer’s name, full address, landline telephone number and email address for each. Please tell us the date you started in any other job(s).

5.9 Have you ever worked for any organisation of a type (state or non-state) listed below? Answer Yes/No for each career type. If you answer ‘Yes’ to any of these, please provide details in Part 9 - Additional Information.

Income and Expenditure5.10 What is your total monthly income from all sources of employment or occupation after tax?Please state your total monthly income after taxes have been deducted. Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.

5.11 Do you receive income from any other sources, including friends or family?Answer Yes/No. Please give details of all money you receive from any/all source(s) including amounts and frequency. Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.

5.12 Do you have savings, property or other income, for example, from stocks and shares?Answer Yes/No. Please give details. Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.

5.13 How much of your total monthly income is given to your family members and other dependants?Please state how much of your monthly income you spend on your family members and other dependants. Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.

5.14 How much do you spend each month on living costs?This includes rent/mortgage/utility bills/loan repayments etc.. Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.

5.15 What money is available to you for your trip?Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.

5.16 Who will pay for your travel to the UK?This will be the person(s) paying the cost of your flight and any internal travel. Please give the full name(s) of anyone providing funds for your travel. If you personally are paying for your travel please state ‘Myself’.

5.17 Who will pay for your expenses such as accommodation and food?This will be the person(s) paying the cost of your accommodation (e.g. hotel) and food. Please give the full name(s) of anyone providing funds for your accommodation and food. If you personally are paying for your accommodation and food please state ‘Myself’.

5.18 If someone other than yourself is paying for all or any part of this visit, how much money will they give you? Please also explain why they are paying for all or part of your visit. Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.

5.19 What is the cost to you personally of your stay in the UK?Please state how much money your trip to the UK will cost you in total. Please state which currency e.g. US Dollars or UK Pounds Sterling.


6.6 Have you ever been deported, removed or otherwise required to leave any country, including the UK in the last 10 years?Answer Yes/No. If ‘Yes’ please give details including the date the country you were removed from and to and the reason for your removal. If you were removed, deported or otherwise asked to leave the UK please give additional details including your Home Office reference number (which is prefixed with the first letter of your family name, e.g. Smith = S12345) and how you left the UK e.g. voluntarily (paying for your own flight/transport), at UK government expense (arrangements were made and paid for by the Home Office).

6.7 Have you made an application to the Home Office to remain in the UK in the last 10 years?Answer Yes/No. Please enter your Home Office reference number which is prefixed with the first letter of your family name e.g. Smith = S123456. If this application was refused please give the reason for this.

6.8 Do you have a UK National Insurance number? Answer Yes/No. The National Insurance number allows you to work in the UK. The number is usually provided on a plastic card, which is issued, automatically when you first apply for a National Insurance number. Please explain why you were issued with a National Insurance number.

6.9 D o you have any criminal convictions either in the UK or overseas (you must include spent and unspent convictions as well as traffic offences)?Answer Yes/No. Please give details of the date and place (country) of the offence and what you were convicted of. Please state what sentence you received. You must submit, with your supporting documents evidence of the conviction (e.g. the official record) detailing the crime you were convicted of and the sentence you received. We will carry out criminal record checks on all applicants and dependants. You must give details of all unspent and spent criminal convictions. This includes road traffic offences but not fixed penalty notices (such as speeding or parking tickets) unless they were part of a sentence of the court. This includes all drink-driving offences.

6.10 Have you ever been charged in any country with a criminal offence for which you have not yet been tried in court (including traffic offences)? Answer Yes/No. If yes, please provide full details.

6.11 In times of either peace or war have you ever been involved in, or suspected of involvement in, war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide? Please see ‘Definitions for Questions 6.11 - 6.13’. Answer Yes/No. If ‘Yes’ please provide details in Part 9, Additional Information

6.12 Have you ever been involved in, supported, or encouraged terrorist activities in any country? Have you, ever been a member of, or given support to an organisation that has been concerned in terrorism? Please see ‘Definitions for Questions 6.11 - 6.13’.Answer Yes/No. If ‘Yes’ please provide details in Part 9, Additional Information

6.13 Have you ever, by any means or medium, expressed views that justify or glorify terrorist violence or that may encourage others to terrorist acts or other serious criminal acts? Please see ‘Definitions for Questions 6.11 - 6.13’. Answer Yes/No. If ‘Yes’ please provide details in Part 9, Additional Information

6.14 Have you engaged in any other activities that might indicate that you may not be considered a person of good character? Answer Yes/No. If ‘Yes’ please provide details in Part 9, Additional Information. You should tell us if you have been involved in anything illegal not already covered in questions 6.9 - 6.13.

Definitions for Questions 6.11 – 6.13

GenocideActs committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.

Crimes against humanityActs committed at any time (not just during armed conflict) as part of a widespread or systematic attack, directed against any civilian population with knowledge of the attack. This would include offences such as murder, torture, rape, severe deprivation of liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law and enforced disappearance of persons.

War crimesGrave breaches of the Geneva Conventions committed during an armed conflict. This includes an internal armed conflict and an international armed conflict. The types of acts that may constitute a war crime include wilful killing, torture, extensive destruction of property not justified by military necessity, unlawful deportation, the intentional targeting of civilians and the taking of hostages.

Terrorism and terrorist acts.The use or threat of action (including action outside the United Kingdom) designed to influence the government or an international governmental organisation, or to intimidate the public or a section of the public, which is made for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause and involves serious violence against a person, serious damage to property, endangers another person’s life, creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or is designed seriously to interfere with or seriously disrupt an electronic system.

If the use or threat of action as described above, involves the use of firearms or explosives, it is terrorism whether or not it is designed to influence the government, an international governmental organisation or to intimidate the public or a section of the public.

Organisations concerned in terrorismAn organisation is concerned in terrorism if it:

a. commits or participates in acts of terrorism,

b. prepares for terrorism,

c. promotes or encourages terrorism (including the unlawful glorification of terrorism), or

d. is otherwise concerned in terrorism

This guidance is not exhaustive. The full definitions of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide can be found in Schedule 8 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 at the following web-site: www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2001/20010017.htm

If 18 or over please go to Part 8. If under 18 please complete Part 7, Travellers Under the age of 18.


Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Travellers under the age of 18

Visa Specific Section

Additional Information

Declaration

7.1 Please provide full details about your parent(s)/guardian(s) in your home country.A guardian is a person who cares for you and your interests. This will usually be the person you live with in your home country, if not your parents.

The full details must include their name, address including the house name or number/street/village/town/city/state/province/ postal or zip code/country, telephone number (including country and area code), email address and your relationship to them, i.e. father, mother or guardian.

7.2 Will you be travelling to the UK alone?Answer Yes/No.

7.3 If accompanied, please provide full details of up to two adults who will accompany you, including their passport numbers and your exact relationship to them.Please provide details of accompanying adult’s full name, date of birth, passport number, address and telephone number. Up to two adults may be listed as accompanying you (the child). These details will be recorded on your (the child’s) visa. If in the future you (the child) want to travel without the named adult(s), or with different adults you (the child) will need a new visa. If the adult(s) you are accompanying to the UK already has a UK visa , or does not require one, please provide evidence of this.

7.4 Is the address you will be staying at a private address?Answer Yes/No. A private address is one owned by individuals and is not a hotel or youth hostel.

7.5 Please provide full details about the person you will be staying with The full details should include their name, address, nationality and your exact relationship to them, e.g. father/mother’s sister/friend etc…

7.6 If the person named in 7.5 is not a British Citizen or a European Economic Area Citizen, please give details about what permission they have to be in the UK.Please provide supporting evidence of this by supplying a copy of their bio data page from their passport (the page with their photograph) and their visa (if they have one) or other permission to be in the UK.

7.7 How long will you stay with this person?Please provide details as requested.

Only to be completed by applicants under 18 (or parent/guardian on behalf of applicant)

Please see the end of the Visa Application Form for guidance on completing the questions in this section.

Please provide any other information you wish to be considered as part of your application or use this section if you require additional space to answer the questions on the form. If you require any more space please use additional sheets of paper.

You must now read the declaration and sign it. This must be signed by the applicant personally and not by a representative or other person acting on his/her behalf. An application for a person under the age of 18 may be completed and signed by the parent or legal guardian.

Have you used an agent or representative to complete this application? Answer Yes/No.This could be a person or organisation, such as a travel agent, lawyer, friend or relative who completed this form on your behalf.

If ‘Yes’ please give details of agent/representative’s name and address.Please provide details as requested.

What language did you communicate in with the agent/representative to complete the form?Please provide details as requested.


Part 11 Supporting documents checklist

Please ensure you submit all the relevant original documents that you want the Entry Clearance Officer to see when considering your application. The list below is for guidance only. It is not a list of documents that you should or must supply. The UK Immigration Rules make it clear that it is your responsibility to satisfy the Entry Clearance Officer that you are genuinely seeking entry to the UK for the purpose and duration that you have stated. Submission of particular documents does not guarantee that your visa will be issued. It is your decision how you satisfy the Entry Clearance Officer that your intentions are as you state in your application. It is your choice which documents you submit.

It is better to explain why you do not have a document than to submit a false document. Your application will be automatically refused and you may be banned from coming to the UK for 10 years if you use a false document, lie or withhold relevant information. You may also be banned if you have breached immigration laws in the UK.

Your photograph must be:

• Colour• Passport style and size (45mm high x 35mm wide)• A recent and true likeness, showing full face, with no hat, helmet or sunglasses, although you can wear everyday glasses• Original - that is not digitally or optically altered (for example it must not be ‘photoshopped’ or ‘touched-up’)• Taken against an off-white, cream or light grey background so that your features are clearly distinguishable against the background• Printed on low-gloss, plain-white photo-quality paper (with no watermarks or embossing)

Photographs that do not conform to these standards will be rejected and may cause a delay in processing your application.

Advisory:

“To know your Customs obligations when travelling to the UK, please consult Notice 1, found at www.hmrc.gov.uk. To know what controls exist for bringing your belongings and private motor vehicles into the UK, please consult Notice 3.”

part 1 your relationship to the sponsor read guidance...

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