Guidance

Adequate maintenance and accommodation: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on considering family migration applications that are not required to or cannot meet the minimum income threshold.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 12 November 2020
• Last updated: 8 December 2021 — See all updates

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Family migration: adequate maintenance and accommodation

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff decide family migration applications that are not required to, or cannot meet the minimum income threshold under Part 8 of the Immigration Rules and instead meet a requirement for adequate maintenance and accommodation.

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Published 12 November 2020
Last updated 8 December 2021 + show all updates

1. 8 December 2021

   Updated guidance.

2. 24 June 2021

   Updated coronavirus (COVID-19) concessions.

3. 1 February 2021

   Updated coronavirus (COVID-19) concessions.

4. 11 December 2020

   Updated guidance.

5. 12 November 2020

   First published.