And now advice for the 2nd couple who sold their UK property and kept the proceeds in the bank for 6 months. The thing is: they didn’t have to wait for 6 months after the sale!
The couple said in the article they even had to move to Australia for 6 months while waiting for the cash to “spend” 6 months on a bank account. The Guardian article on Supreme Court ruling for spouses of UK citizens is here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/22/supreme-court-spouse-rule-in-one-word-we-are-devastated We had already explained a solution for the 1 st couple (Brazilian / British where the British husband was struggling to find a job in the UK while still living in Brazil): http://1st4immigration-visas.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/the-guardian-article-on-supreme-court.html Here is our general advice to the 2 nd couple mentioned there, with the husband being from Australia. Based on the article, it appears The couple used the Savings option. It is well-known that one mist keep amount of £62,500 (or equivalent) in the bank for 6 months, with the balance not falling below this even by £1 even for 1 day. It is also relatively known that a