How much do you need to earn before you are allowed to sponsor a spouse to the UK?
Part 8 of the Immigration Rules state that applicants who wish to bring their spouse to the UK to settle here must prove that he/she has sufficient financial resources so as not to become a burden on public funds.
This means that the sponsoring applicant who wish to obtain permission for a fiancés, spouses, civil partners, unmarried partners, or other dependant relatives to enter the UK, must prove that they will not need to resort to social security benefits.
The sponsor needs to be in full time work unless he/she earns loads of money.
Problems can occur if the sponsor is on a a low income and has no savings.
The minimum level income should be no less than that of the income support level for a couple. This is currently £105.95 (for both aged over 18).
Applicants can rely on funds provided by third party (family or friends) but will need to provide evidence that the support is not less reliable than income from employment.
At present, the annual income threshold in place is £5,500 after tax, excluding housing costs. This is the same as a salary of £13,700 before tax (includes housing costs).
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)is recommending a minimum salary of between £18,600 and £25,700 before tax.
This is to prevent any sponsor, their spouse or their dependents from becoming a burden on the state.
Raising the threshold to £18,600 would cut settlement by 45 per cent, according to MAC estimates. Raising it £25,700, would reduce settlement by around 63 per cent.
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Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Spouse visa age lowered from 21 to 18
The Government last month announced that the spouse visa age will be lowered again from 21 to 18. This change took effect on 28 November 2011.
The law was amended on 27 November 2008 to raise the minimum age from 18 to 21 for both foreign spouses and their sponsors in the UK before the foreign spouse could be granted a visa to enter or remain as a spouse or partner.
The Supreme Court has ruled that, whilst the aim was to address forced marriages, increasing the minimum marriage visa age from 18 to 21 disproportionately interfered with Article 8 rights (the individual’s right to family life) of those who were in genuine marriages.
So the spouse visa age will be lowered again to a sensible 18 years of age.
See full text here
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The law was amended on 27 November 2008 to raise the minimum age from 18 to 21 for both foreign spouses and their sponsors in the UK before the foreign spouse could be granted a visa to enter or remain as a spouse or partner.
The Supreme Court has ruled that, whilst the aim was to address forced marriages, increasing the minimum marriage visa age from 18 to 21 disproportionately interfered with Article 8 rights (the individual’s right to family life) of those who were in genuine marriages.
So the spouse visa age will be lowered again to a sensible 18 years of age.
See full text here
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Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Do you want cheaper petrol?
We are hitting £129.9 a litre in some areas now and soon we will be faced with paying £1.50 per litre. So Philip Hollsworth offered this good idea:
Please see what you think and pass it on if you agree with it.
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the 'don't buy petrol on a certain day campaign' that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy petrol. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work.
Please read it and join in!
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS - not sellers control the market place. With the price of petrol going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come down is if we hit someone in the pocket by not purchasing their petrol! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. Here's the idea:
For the rest of this year DON'T purchase ANY petrol from the two biggest oil companies (which now are one) i.e. ESSO and BP.
If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact we need to reach literally millions of Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's really simple to do!!
Now, don't wimp out on me at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
I am sending this note to a lot of people. If all of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)....and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on. By the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it.....
THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
Again, all YOU have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all (and not buy at ESSO/BP). How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.
PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your petrol at Shell,Asda,Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons, Jet etc. i.e. Boycott BP and Esso
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Please see what you think and pass it on if you agree with it.
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the 'don't buy petrol on a certain day campaign' that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy petrol. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work.
Please read it and join in!
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS - not sellers control the market place. With the price of petrol going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come down is if we hit someone in the pocket by not purchasing their petrol! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. Here's the idea:
For the rest of this year DON'T purchase ANY petrol from the two biggest oil companies (which now are one) i.e. ESSO and BP.
If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact we need to reach literally millions of Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's really simple to do!!
Now, don't wimp out on me at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
I am sending this note to a lot of people. If all of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)....and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on. By the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it.....
THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
Again, all YOU have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all (and not buy at ESSO/BP). How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.
PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your petrol at Shell,Asda,Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons, Jet etc. i.e. Boycott BP and Esso
Read more!
Tuesday, 4 January 2011
Peer Ali Ajmayri
Spiritual Healing by God Gifted Knowledge!
Are you having problems in your life?
Whether it is business, husband & wife problems,
children disobedience, family or marriage problems,
court cases or are you worried because of
Black Magic, Jadoo, Jins or Saher on you?
If you are worried because of bad habits like drinking,
smoking or drugs, if you have illness like headache,
childless women
True knowledge can not be sold
or purchased that is why PEER ALI AJMAYRI is unique.
MAKE ONE CALL AND PEER ALI AJMAYRI
WIL TRY & HELP YOU WITH ADVICE
TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS
NO CONSULTATION FEES
WARNING
No man of God needs to adverise his services
No man of God goes around looking for mugs to fleece
No Consultation fees!
Free?
Not bloody likely
Who is going to pay for his advertising?
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Are you having problems in your life?
Whether it is business, husband & wife problems,
children disobedience, family or marriage problems,
court cases or are you worried because of
Black Magic, Jadoo, Jins or Saher on you?
If you are worried because of bad habits like drinking,
smoking or drugs, if you have illness like headache,
childless women
True knowledge can not be sold
or purchased that is why PEER ALI AJMAYRI is unique.
MAKE ONE CALL AND PEER ALI AJMAYRI
WIL TRY & HELP YOU WITH ADVICE
TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS
NO CONSULTATION FEES
WARNING
No man of God needs to adverise his services
No man of God goes around looking for mugs to fleece
No Consultation fees!
Free?
Not bloody likely
Who is going to pay for his advertising?
Read more!
Sunday, 28 November 2010
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Economy cuts as Southall Post Office?
The Post Office on Southall Broadways gives the impression that it is cutting costs.
It's a bad idea to walk into the main Post office on Southall Broadway, after a Bank Holiday, as it might be very busy.
Surely the rush would be over by the late afternoon. No so.
It has always had a single orderly queue but today it was very confusing.queues half way down. Not very surprising when you have a lot of Asians involved! There is the marked and official old queue and another dodgy one being created half way down. Which one do I follow? The other one if for express deliveries? No, it is for the car road tax people?
Surely, the people behind the counters realise there might be a problem?
Next person for desk 7, please.
"Oi, I am next. Don't you know there is a queue?"
"But I am in the queue."
What is the fuss/mess all about?
A few minutes later, a Post office person comes out to sort things out.
There are 8 possible counters but counter 6 is for special deliveries and road tax queries. See, it has notice on it, the official explains. It has its own queue but there are no signs to say so. People are supposed to work it for themselves or be good at mind reading.
You would expect this counter to be on one side but that would be asking too much. I can only guess that blocking service counters by a secondary queue is more sensible according to the Post Office think tank.
Only 2 stupid mistakes? No.
It was hot and humid inside. There were a lot of people aswell. There were a lot of fans in the post Office but no one bothered to turn one ON.
Can't be bothered to turn on the fans on a hot and humid day.
Can't be bothered to put up a sign to say there are 2 queues and why?
Very uncaring, stressful and time wasting experience.
Just like a car visit to Ealing Hospital.
Need to cough up a minimum of £3.50 for the privilege.
Read more!
It's a bad idea to walk into the main Post office on Southall Broadway, after a Bank Holiday, as it might be very busy.
Surely the rush would be over by the late afternoon. No so.
It has always had a single orderly queue but today it was very confusing.queues half way down. Not very surprising when you have a lot of Asians involved! There is the marked and official old queue and another dodgy one being created half way down. Which one do I follow? The other one if for express deliveries? No, it is for the car road tax people?
Surely, the people behind the counters realise there might be a problem?
Next person for desk 7, please.
"Oi, I am next. Don't you know there is a queue?"
"But I am in the queue."
What is the fuss/mess all about?
A few minutes later, a Post office person comes out to sort things out.
There are 8 possible counters but counter 6 is for special deliveries and road tax queries. See, it has notice on it, the official explains. It has its own queue but there are no signs to say so. People are supposed to work it for themselves or be good at mind reading.
You would expect this counter to be on one side but that would be asking too much. I can only guess that blocking service counters by a secondary queue is more sensible according to the Post Office think tank.
Only 2 stupid mistakes? No.
It was hot and humid inside. There were a lot of people aswell. There were a lot of fans in the post Office but no one bothered to turn one ON.
Can't be bothered to turn on the fans on a hot and humid day.
Can't be bothered to put up a sign to say there are 2 queues and why?
Very uncaring, stressful and time wasting experience.
Just like a car visit to Ealing Hospital.
Need to cough up a minimum of £3.50 for the privilege.
Read more!
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Charity Iftar Dinner for Pakistan flood relief
The Hopes for Help Foundation charity holds fund raising dinner in support of the Pakistan flood victims in Southall.
The charity iftari dinner was held on Sunday 22nd March 2010 at 8pm in Chaudhry's TKC restaurant on Southall Broadway.
The entry donation was £25 per person which can provide a food package for a family. Dalawar Chaudhry contributed to the appeal which meant that the actual cost of the dinner would be virtually free.
A person who has been to the affected areas said that a family was lucky to have a tent with a single manji (bed) in it. Food was something else.
You would go out in the middle of the night to ensure that you have everything for breakfast. These people have nothing, have had nothing for weeks, so you can understand their despair and frustration and need to feed their family.
The cricket ball with which Amir Khan claimed 5 wickets to win the recent 3rd Test match against England was auctioned for £200.
A genuine BOOM cricket bat signed by Pakistani cricketers was auctioned for £300.
A photograph of Imran Khan claiming his 500th test wicket, which hung in Imran Khan's home, was also auctioned.
Pakistan is still ruled by illiterate feudal lords. They don't understand that it is their job to serve the people and the country. They are not prepared to get their hands diry to help the people.
Rather than complaining that some one is not doing their job properly, middle class individuals should stand up and offer their skills in their specific field, for the betterment of Pakistan.
Choose any route you like but do something.
We need to bring change in Pakistan.
I have never felt at ease at asking for money. But for the sake of the flood victims of Pakistan, I have no hesitation in getting my nose dirty, knowing that even £2 would mean a lot to some poor souls in Pakistan.
Read more!
The charity iftari dinner was held on Sunday 22nd March 2010 at 8pm in Chaudhry's TKC restaurant on Southall Broadway.
The entry donation was £25 per person which can provide a food package for a family. Dalawar Chaudhry contributed to the appeal which meant that the actual cost of the dinner would be virtually free.
A person who has been to the affected areas said that a family was lucky to have a tent with a single manji (bed) in it. Food was something else.
You would go out in the middle of the night to ensure that you have everything for breakfast. These people have nothing, have had nothing for weeks, so you can understand their despair and frustration and need to feed their family.
The cricket ball with which Amir Khan claimed 5 wickets to win the recent 3rd Test match against England was auctioned for £200.
A genuine BOOM cricket bat signed by Pakistani cricketers was auctioned for £300.
A photograph of Imran Khan claiming his 500th test wicket, which hung in Imran Khan's home, was also auctioned.
Pakistan is still ruled by illiterate feudal lords. They don't understand that it is their job to serve the people and the country. They are not prepared to get their hands diry to help the people.
Rather than complaining that some one is not doing their job properly, middle class individuals should stand up and offer their skills in their specific field, for the betterment of Pakistan.
Choose any route you like but do something.
We need to bring change in Pakistan.
I have never felt at ease at asking for money. But for the sake of the flood victims of Pakistan, I have no hesitation in getting my nose dirty, knowing that even £2 would mean a lot to some poor souls in Pakistan.
Read more!
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