New requirements for UK spouse visa

To qualify for the UK spouse visa you must satisfy the following requirements:


You and your spouse with settled status in the UK must be 21 years of age or over.
You and your spouse must have met each other and you must be legally married. This requirement is in place to prevent situations that can occur as a result of arranged marriages whereby the husband and wife have never met.
You and your spouse must intend to live together on a permanent basis.
You and your spouse must have sufficient funds to support yourselves (and any dependants) without claiming public funds.
You must have suitable accommodation available for you, your spouse and any dependants.

You must send:
2 recent passport photographs and your passport - see the Photographs and passport page
evidence of your age and your partner's age
your marriage or civil partnership certificate
evidence that you were both free to marry or enter your civil partnership, if either of you was previously married or in a civil partnership
evidence that you have met
evidence of your English language ability - see the English language page
evidence that you meet the financial requirement.



You must meet a financial requirement if you are applying for entry to the UK, permission to stay here or for settlement. If you have children that are not British citizens or settled here that you want to live with you in the UK, you will need to meet a higher financial requirement.

You can meet the financial requirement through:

the income from employment or self employment of your sponsor;
the income from your employment or self employment if you are in the UK;
certain income from sources other than employment, such as rent from property;
state or private pensions of you and your sponsor;
maternity allowances or bereavement benefits received in the UK; or
cash savings over a certain level (the amount of savings that you need to have will depend the level of other income that you and your sponsor have . If you are applying to enter the UK, you will need to have a higher level of savings than if you are applying to extend your stay).