Category A and Category B
Income from salaried or non-salaried employment of a partner (and/or the applicant if they are in the UK with permission to work); depending on the employment history
CATEGORY A Sub-Categories & Allowed Combined Income:
A.1 Currently employed for 6 months or more (Person
residing in the UK)
Can be combined with:
1. Category C Non-employment Income
2. Category D Cash savings
3. Category E Pension
A.2 Currently employed for 6 months or more (Overseas
sponsor returning to the UK)
Can be combined with:
Category C Non-employment Income
Category D Cash savings
Category E Pension
CATEGORY B
Sub-Categories & Allowed Combined Income:
B.1 Less than 6 months with current employer or variable
income (Person residing in the UK)
Can be combined with:
Category C Non-employment Income
Category D Cash savings
Category E Pension
B.2 Less than 6 months with current employer or variable
income (Overseas sponsor returning to the UK)
Can be combined with:
Category C Non-employment Income
Category E Pension
Category C
Non-employment income
• Property rental.
• Dividends or other income from investments, stocks and shares, bonds or trust funds.
• Interest from savings.
• Maintenance payments from a former partner of the applicant in relation to the applicant or any children of the applicant and their former partner. Also, maintenance
payments from a former partner of the applicant’s partner in relation to that partner.
• UK Maternity Allowance, Bereavement Allowance, Bereavement Payment and Widowed Parent’s Allowance
• Payments under the War Pensions Scheme, the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and the Armed Forces Attributable Benefits Scheme.
• A maintenance grant or stipend (not a loan) associated with undergraduate study or postgraduate study or research.
• On-going insurance payments.
• On-going payments from a structured legal settlement.
• On-going royalty payments.
Can be combined with:
Category A Salaried and Non-Salaried Employment
Category B Salaried and Non-Salaried Employment
Category C Non-employment Income
Category D Cash savings
Category E Pension
Category D
Cash savings of the applicant’s partner and/or applicant, above 16,000GBP, held by partner and/or applicant for at least 6 months and under their control
Can be combined with:
Category A Salaried and Non-Salaried Employment
Category B.1 Only Salaried and Non-Salaried Employment
Category C Non-employment Income
Category E Pension
Category E
State (UK or Foreign), occupational or private pension of the applicant’s partner and/or the applicant
Can be combined with:
Category A Salaried and Non-Salaried Employment
Category B Salaried and Non-Salaried Employment
Category C Non-employment Income
Category D Cash savings
Category F and Category G
Income from self-employment and income as a director or employee of a specified limited company in the UK, of the partner (and/or the applicant if they are in the UK with permission to work); depending on which financial year(s) is or are being relied upon
Can be combined with:
Category A Salaried and Non-Salaried Employment
Category C Non-employment Income
Category E Pension
**Income sources must fall within the financial year(s)
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