WEB 3085 Financial Requirements of Appendix FM
Level: Intermediate
Description:
At the end of the course participants should fully understand the financial requirements in Appendix FM, the transitional arrangements in place for those who started on the partner route pre-April 2024, and the related evidential requirements in Appendix FM-SE, leaving them equipped to handle a range of applications involving different financial circumstances.
Topics will cover the requirements for partners and other family members under Appendix FM and Appendix FM-SE, including:
• new minimum income requirement and transitional provisions
• calculating level of income/savings required
• permitted sources of income
• specified evidence
• methods of calculating salaried employment, self-employment, non-employment income and cash savings
• combining sources of income
• adequate maintenance test
• other sources of income, financial support or funds and the differing exceptionality tests
• case studies
The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the financial requirements for partner-based applications for entry clearance and leave to remain made under Appendices FM and FM-SE, and to explore in detail aspects of those rules. Come prepared with a calculator!
Audience: The session is aimed at those who are already practising in this area, and will assume working knowledge of the structure of Appendix FM within the immigration rules.
Tutors: Diana Baxter, Partner at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP and Adam Cotterill, Senior Associate at HCR Legal LLP.
Diana is a partner at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP, a leading UK immigration firm. She is ranked as a Band 1 immigration lawyer by Chambers UK and a ‘Leading Partner’ by the Legal 500.
Diana’s immigration and nationality practice covers a wide range of immigration, nationality and asylum law, with particular emphasis on complex family applications.
Adam is a Senior Associate at HCR Law where he is the personal and individual immigration lead. He has over 15 years’ experience in UK immigration law. He advises both individuals and organisations on the full breadth of UK immigration. Adam previously worked for 6 years in the immigration team at a Top 50 international law firm and trained and worked for 8 years at a Band 1 boutique immigration law firm.