Tier 2 Maintenance Requirements
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Tier 2 (General)
In order to qualify for a Tier 2 (General) visa, you must score 10 points for maintenance funds.If you are already in the UK in some other immigration categories, you will get 10 points without having to prove that you can support yourself. These categories are
- Any Tier 2 category
- Work permit holder
- Jewish agency employee
- Member of ground staff for international airline
- Minister of religion, missionary, monk or similar
- Member of the press
- You have had personal savings equivalent to £900 in your bank account for three months at the time the application is made
- Your sponsor will maintain and accommodate you until the end of your first month of their work in the United Kingdom (when you will be paid). You must have a letter from your employer confirming that this is the case.
Maintenance requirements for dependants
You may wish to bring your dependant family with you. Your dependant family are- Wife or civil partner
- Unmarried partner
- Children under 18 at the time of your application
- If you have been in the UK for over 12 months when your dependants apply to join you, you must show either you have £600 in savings for each dependant or that each of your dependants has £600 in savings. The savings must have been in a personal savings account for three months at the time that the application is made
- If you are applying from outside the UK or have been in the UK for less than 12 months at the time when you make your application, then you must show that you have £900 for your own maintenance funds and £600 for each dependant you intend to bring. The savings must have been in a bank account for three months.
Tier 2 (Intra Company Transfer) visa
In order to qualify for a Tier 2 (Intra Company Transfer) visa, you must score 10 points for maintenance funds. You can score your 10 maintenance points either by showing- You have had personal savings equivalent to £900 in your bank account for three months at the time the application is made
- Your sponsor will maintain and accommodate you until the end of your first month of their work in the United Kingdom (when you will be paid). You must have a letter from your employer confirming that this is the case.
Maintenance requirements for dependants
You may wish to bring your dependant family with you. Your dependant family are- Wife or civil partner
- Unmarried partner
- Children under 18 at the time of your application
If their applications are successful, dependants will be entitled to stay in the UK with you for so long as they do not claim benefits in the UK. You should have calculated what it will cost to support them before you come to the UK. To satisfy the maintenance requirement and score ten points, you will be required to show that
- If you have been in the UK for over 12 months when your dependants apply to join you, you must show either you have £600 in savings for each dependant or that each of your dependants has £600 in savings. The savings must have been in a personal savings account for three months at the time that the application is made
- If you are applying from outside the UK or have been in the UK for less than 12 months at the time when you make your application, then you must show that you have £900 for your own maintenance funds and £600 for each dependant you intend to bring. The savings must have been in a bank account for three months.
Evidence of personal savings
The following forms of evidence are allowable:
- Personal Bank or Building Society statements
- Building Society pass book
- A letter from a bank, building society or other financial institution which is officially regulated in either the UK or the applicants home country
- If you have an online bank account and intend to rely on print-outs of statements you must either get copies of statements printed by your bank on official stationery or get your bank to stamp your statements with an official stamp. You must also provide a letter from your bank on official headed paper confirming that the statements are genuine. If you bank with an internet-based bank, and cannot get statements on official paper or stamped with an official stamp, you must still provide a letter from your bank with your statements confirming that they are genuine.
