Mahii

Hi All

I am new to this forum and not sure if I am posting in the right section.

I am UK resident and married 9 months ago in Pakistan, my husband was in Pakistan and moved to Saudi Arabia for job recently.

We have planned to live together in UK.

I am chartered accountant and chartered tax advisor working in practice for over 5 years.

I am compiling papers to apply for his visa to UK.

I am aware of all documents such as payslips, bank statements, relationship , accommodation which are all okay.

My quesiton is , does my husband need to provide any documents at his end apart from his passport, residence card and photos? If so please let me know.

Since my salary is 40,000 plus, do I need to have any savings?

Does my husband need to provide any documents separately re his employment/salary/savings?

Many thanks for your help in advance.

Mahii

Pulaski

If you work in the UK and your annual salary is £40,000, then that exceeds, by some margin, the income requirement to sponsor your husband for a settlement visa, and you don't need to have any savings.

At this stage your husband's income, salary, savings, or any other matter related to his financial circumstances are wholly irrelevance to his visa application. After 30 months in the UK, when he needs to apply for "further leave to remain", his income can be included, but if you are still earning £40,000 then that alone would meet the financial requirements at that stage.

HKG3

Your husband will also need to do an English language test.

https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/knowledge-of-english

Mahii

thanks Pulaski

But I was checking the checklist of documents my husband need to submit in Saudi, there is a checklist and it says if ur working u need to provide payslips + bank statements as evidence that u r working there.

But my husband only moved to saudi recently and has no bank account opened yet.

I assume his employment agreement is sufficient as evidence that he is working there and is on work permit.

Although this is not needed to meet financial requirement but because he is working he needs to provide some evidence, so in that case do you think employment agreement is sufficient?

Thanks
Mah

Mahii

Thanks HKG3

BritInParis

You'll also need to include, as a minimum, your marriage certificate as evidence of your relationship. I would also recommend enclosing a covering letter from each of you, no longer than two sides of A4, detailing the development of your relationship and your future plans supported by a select number of photos and other pieces of evidence totalling no more than a dozen pages. Photographs that show you together with family and friends are particulary useful.

nadziestarsky

Uh-ohhhhhh.... am I in trouble now then? My covering letter reached 3 pages (texts are not front to back though) as I thought I had to explain our relationship timeline, the nature of my job (I'm an online freelance English tutor affiliated with two companies) and deposits made in my bank account.

oh dear

I suppose I'll just have to cross my fingers real hard.

BritInParis

No, that's fine. I only recommend two pages relating to the relationship because anything else is likely to be too long but too long is better than too short. Briefly addressing your financial situation can be helpful but all that information should already be in Appendix 2.

nadziestarsky

Phew... thanks! What a relief then. To be honest, when I first outlined my covering letter, it reached 7 friggin pages When I proofread it, I suddenly felt so conscious and realized that I got too carried away with my emotions that there were too much melodramatic information there so I reduced it to three pages consisting mainly of relevant deets. Even adjusted the font size just to make them fit lol

BritInParis

It sounds like you got it just right then.