Following previous posts in the Knowledge Centre about meeting
the financial requirement of
Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules through
cash savings,
self-employment,
variable income and
third-party support, this blog post will focus on meeting the
income requirement through non-employment income – such as
rental income, income from dividends, and maintenance
payments.
This post may be of particular interest to those applicants who
plan to
combine sources of income in order to meet the financial
requirement; Appendix FM allows non-employment income to be
combined with income from salaried and non-salaried employment,
cash savings, and pension income.
The Immigration Rules set out the general financial requirement
of a gross annual income of at least £18,600. Where the
applicant and their partner have children the income threshold is
increased by £3,800 for the first child and an additional
£2,400 for each additional child. Please note that this
does
