SPOUSE/FIANCÉ(E)

A marriage certificate will be required if you are already married. If you are unmarried, you must either show proof of your engagement or cohabitation, or relationship, for the necessary period.

For first-time applicants, you must prove your English language ability to at least CEFR level A1 in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. For extensions, you will need to pass at least level A2 in speaking and listening. 

If you pass at level B1 or higher, you do not need to retake for your extension application. You will not be required to take a test if any of the following applies:

• you are a a national of a majority English speaking country;

• you have an academic qualification (either Bachelor's or Master's degree, or PhD awarded by an educational establishment in the UK; or by an educational establishment outside the UK provided that it is deemed by Ecctis to have been taught or researched to level A1 CEFR or above);

• you are over the age of 65;

• you have a physical or mental disability; 

• there are other exceptional circumstances which prevent you from being able to meet the language requirement.

You and your partner must have a combined gross annual income of at least £29,000.

You can meet the financial requirement by relying on one or multiple sources of income, savings, investments, pensions, maternity allowances, or a permitted combination of them. If you have children, an additional £3,800 per year is needed for the first child and an additional £2,400 for each subsequent child. This does not apply to children who are British or Irish citizens, or children with pre-settled or settled status.

You do not need to meet the financial requirement if your partners receives any of the following benefits:

• Disability Living Allowance

• Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance

• Severe Disablement Allowance

• Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit

• Attendance Allowance

• Pension Age Disability Payment

• Carer’s Allowance

• Carer Support Payment

• Personal Independence Payment

• Armed Forces Independence Payment or Guaranteed Income Payment under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

• Constant Attendance Allowance, Mobility Supplement or War Disablement Pension under the War Pensions Scheme

• Police Injury Pension

• Child Disability Payment

• Adult Disability Payment

You and your partner must be able to show that your accommodation is adequate for the both of you and any additional people with whom you will be living in the same household without concerns about overcrowding.