Lovedupbrit

Hello everyone

I had the pleasure of meeting a wonderful American girl. We fell in love and finally met in October last year and spent an incredible three months together in the UK. I am due to fly over to the USA in March to spend a couple of weeks with her and her family.

We would like to get married and I'd love to bring her over to the UK. Now... These financial rules are confusing to say the least.

I work 40 hours a week at £9 an hour at the moment. I have unlimited overtime also that I take full advantage of. I take home about £400 a week after tax.

I'd really like an easy to understand answer in how the UKBA calculate a wage like I am on. Do they take an average or what? I've read so many pages explaining it but I just cannot make head nor tail of it.

If anyone could take the time to explain it to me I'd be so grateful.

Thanks in advance.

Alex

BritInParis

What is your gross salary per month on average?

Lovedupbrit

With overtime it's £2009

Bobjon

you can only use salary without overtime because the home office don't see overtime as an income source because it's not always guaranteed that you will get that amount every month.

Pulaski

That is not true. A variety of add-ons to base pay can be used to meeting the income requirements, including but not confined to: overtime, shift allowance, location allowance, bonuses, and commission. If you could only include "guaranteed" income that would pretty much prevent anyone who is self-employed from ever sponsoring their family members for a visa. You just need to show six months of meeting the require income level on average, so £9,300 over a six month period.

Please do not post misleading or erroneous information.

SanDiegogirl

You need an income of 18,600 GBP per annum. If you can prove you reach that figure (payslips, bank statements etc) then you can sponsor a settlement visa for your wife.

Read the following document carefully so see how to qualify:

https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...ment_Final.pdf

Lovedupbrit

Thank you very much for the replies. My heart stopped for a second when I read that overtime wouldn't count as I'm relying on it. So as long as my slips show the right amount I'll be OK?

Thanks again everyone!

Alex

Pulaski

Yes.

Lovedupbrit

Thank you so much everyone. So helpful and. You mind is at rest.... For now....

I will keep everyone updated on here as to how we get on

Have a great day everyone

Alex

Lovedupbrit

Hello everyone.

I have another question. This one may be more complicated to answer, I'm not sure.

If my wife were to become pregnant during the 5 years it takes to get ILR would I be able to claim any help towards bringing the baby up. Obviously only until mother has the opportunity to work herself to make up the money. I know that a lot of people would say wait but I'm already 28 and I have a good job that I can progress in. I know that at 33 I'm not biologically "past it" but I've always wanted a family and therefore I want to be sure that there are contingency plans in place. I do work incredibly hard for my money and the last thing I want people to think is that I'm trying to take the mickey. I just think that surely as a british citizen who has worked and paid tax every day since I was 16 that I'd be offered at least some help.

I hope someone has some info for me.

Thanks in advance..

Alex

BritInParis

Depends on exactly what was being claimed; some benefits will be available, some will not. Your fiancée will have 'no recourse to public funds' until she receives ILR. These do not however include public funds related to NI contributions such as statutory maternity pay. You would also be claim benefits that you were entitled to, such as child benefit, even though your fiancee would not be able to do so.

https://www.gov.uk/government/public...2/public-funds

Lovedupbrit

Thank you so much for your reply.

I'm on a roll here. I am a british citizen by birth. If I had a child with my US partner and the child was born in the US. Will I be able to get the child a British passport?

If so I guess that means that the child will be British by decent.

Does this mean that if the child has a British passport that I still only need to clear £18600 and not the £22400?

I hope people can shed some light on this as I'm desperately trying to understand all of this :s

Alex

BritInParis

Yes, yes and yes.

Pulaski

Be aware that unless your fiancée/wife has on-going medical insurance in the US, which is likely to cost around $750/mth +/- $100, unless she is working in the US and is able to get coverage linked to her employment, that you would have to pay for the medical costs of the birth, which almost always means in hospital in the US.

The cost of a straightforward birth in the US, one without any complications, is currently around $30,000. If a caesarian section is required, which happens in around 20-25% of births, the cost of the birth is going to double. Other complications and a time in neonatal intensive care and the cost could easily reach $100,000!

Lovedupbrit

Again... I cannot thank you people enough for taking the time to write me these answers.

If I knew you... Your pints would be on me for the foreseeable. I love the way the Internet can be such a helpful place sometimes.

I'll probably have more questions along the way but for now I think that's it.

Thank you again

Alex