What’s wrong with this article on politics.co.uk? It’s about £18 600 UK Spouse visa requirement and in short, employment income is not the only way to meet the Financial Requirement!
Here is an interesting article on politics.co.uk website, dated February 2016, regarding the unpopular Financial Requirement of having income of £18 600 in order to sponsor a non-EEA spouse for a UK entry clearance (visa from outside the UK, ie to bring a foreign spouse to the UK). Link: http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2016/02/22/supreme-court-could-knock-down-tory-anti-love-rule Perhaps for extra dramatisation, the author says (quote): “ And the system is despairingly arbitrary. You can't, for instance, include the spouses' income. So if a millionaire marries a junior English nurse, he won’t be allowed in, despite the fact his presence would contribute considerable sums to the economy. Only the junior nurse's salary counts.” Well, not true! The £18 600 threshold remains extremely unpopular (especially when compared to the EEA law for spouses of EEA nationals who don’t need it). Although as an immigration law firm we can’t change the Rules (the law), but can a