Partner visa: questions Indian applicants ask

The Home Office fee is £2,064 plus £3,105 health surcharge for the 33-month visa, so £5,169 before the TB test, the A1 English test, VFS add-ons and any priority fee. Our fee calculator converts the total to rupees at today's rate.

Yes, if cash savings cover the gap: £16,000 plus 2.5 times the shortfall, held for 6 months in either partner's name. On £24,000 income the shortfall is £5,000, so you need £28,500 in savings. Use the spouse income checker to run your own figures.

Only to people who were already on the partner route before 11 April 2024, when they extend or settle. A first application from India today must meet £29,000. The Migration Advisory Committee suggested £23,000 to £25,000, but the government has not changed the rule.

No. Only the UK sponsor's income counts for an entry clearance application, unless you have a confirmed UK job offer with a start date within 3 months, which is rare. Your Indian savings do count towards the cash savings route.

A1 Speaking and Listening from an approved SELT provider: IELTS Life Skills A1, LanguageCert, PTE Home A1, Skills for English or Trinity. Centres operate in Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Amritsar. Our English lookup lists the current ones.

Yes, if the file shows the relationship continuing since. Officers expect the engagement and wedding record, the sponsor's visit, daily contact afterwards, money sent home and plans for the future. A thin file after the wedding is the usual reason a Punjab spouse case fails.

The Home Office target is 12 weeks after biometrics. Priority, when available at VFS centres in India, costs £500 and aims for about 30 working days. Settlement cases are not eligible for super priority.

On the 5-year route you extend after 33 months and apply for indefinite leave to remain after 5 years, with B1 English and the Life in the UK test. If you cannot meet the income or English rules but refusal would breach family life, you may get the 10-year route, with settlement only after 10 years and more renewals.

Yes, any job, with no sponsor needed, from the day you arrive. You can also study. You cannot claim public funds.

Yes. Partner refusals carry a right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal on human rights grounds. Appeals from outside the UK can take a year or more. Our refusal decoder shows which paragraphs were cited and whether a fresh application would be faster.