UK Visas and British Citizenship

We are asked this question a lot as requirements seem to be confusing. 1. There is a minimum salary of £20,300, it went up from £20,000 on 6 April 2013. This is just a minimum, so all Tier 2 General applicants must be offered at least that but it does not end there.   2. At the same time the minimum salary must be as on the Tier 2 Code of Practice here : http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/business-sponsors/points/sponsoringmigrants/employingmigrants/codesofpractice/   Or if your job is on a Shortage Occupation List then salaries will also be on it here: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/business-sponsors/points/sponsoringmigrants/employingmigrants/shortageoccupationlist/   For example, if your occupation requires a minimum salary of £19,000 then you must be still offered at least £20,300 to qualify, otherwise your application will be refused.   However, if your occupation requires a minimum of, say, £30,000 then you must be offered minimum £30,000 (a...

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It is a common situation when the main applicant is about t qualify for an ILR on the basis of 5 years on Tier 1 General and/or Tier 2 visas, however, the spouse/partner has not spent enough time in the UK by then. Or has spent enough time but not enough on Dependant visas. Before 9 July 2012 we, advisers, had to advise the clients the following: if the main applicant chooses to get an ILR on hi/ her own, while spouse/partner has not spent the required 2 years in the UK (and on dependent visas), then the spouse/partner had to switch to a Spouse visa, FLR M application. Then, when the spouse/partner has achieved 2 years of residency (on dependent visas), he/she could apply for an ILR, making a SET M application. In the above cases the 2 years could be combined of PBS Dependant visas and a Spouse visa. All changed on 9 July 2012! Now it is possible to switch from a Tier 1 or 2 Dependant to an ILR without having to apply for a Spouse visa first. It would be a SET O application...