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Key definition

Appendix FM definition

What does Appendix FM mean? Appendix FM is the part of the UK immigration rules used in practice for family-route applications: entry clearance, further leave and settlement based on family life. Introduced on 9 July 2012 (and regularly amended), it sets eligibility and suitability criteria for applications as a partner (spouse, civil or unmarried partner, fiance(e)/proposed civil partner), parent, child, bereaved partner, victim of domestic abuse and adult dependent relative. Core features include the financial requirement (minimum income or savings), adequate accommodation, English language, and specified evidence cross-referenced in Appendix FM-SE. It provides five-year and ten-year routes to settlement and contains exceptions and...

UK Appendix FM (five-year family route) minimum income threshold: £29,000 from 11 April 2024, transitional child provisions, specified evidence and funds, third-party support and evidential flexibility

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Practice notes

FORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENTS:

On 4 December 2023, former Conservative Home Secretary James Cleverly MP set out a package of steps aimed at cutting lawful migration to the UK. Among them, for Appendix FM applications on the 'five-year route', the baseline minimum income requirement for initial applications was to rise from £18,600 to £29,000 in Spring 2024. This uplift took effect through amendments to the Immigration Rules on 11 April 2024.

Further staged increases had been planned; however, on 30 July 2024, the incoming Labour Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper MP, confirmed that the Migration Advisory Committee would be tasked with reviewing these financial thresholds, and that no subsequent rises would progress pending that review. For more detail, see Practice Note: Immigration calendar. The Practice Note considers core practical points on the Appendix FM minimum income threshold: determining the applicable threshold, and—for five-year route applications—the overarching (non-category-specific) rules governing the format of specified evidence and what sources of funds an applicant may count...

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Jo Renshaw

Turpin Miller

Jo has practised exclusively in Immigration law since qualification in 1993. She is qualified to practice in both Australia and the United Kingdom and has worked as an immigration solicitor for many years in both jurisdictions. She joined Turpin and Miller Solicitors in 2005, becoming a Partner in 2008. She has been head of the firm's large Immigration Team since 2007. She has worked as a Peer Reviewer in the Immigration category and is one of only a small number of Immigration practitioners accredited by the Law Society at Advanced Level. Jo's practice is broad based and covers all aspects of immigration and asylum law. She is a member of the firm's specialist Skilled Migration Team and has a particular interest in Points Based matters. Throughout her career she has also had a keen interest in Asylum work, heading the Refugee Advice Service at a...

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