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Wanted to keep this rather straightforward. The only clause on the tenancy agreement refers to lodgers and subletters, where for the former the council must be informed and the latter the council must give consent. I don't believe I am either, as being the partner of her daughter would make my living their informal, as a member of her family, thus neither a lodger nor subletters. I am under the impression that as a secure tenant she can take on additional residents. The only other remotely related clause in the tenancy agreement refers to rules regarding overcrowding, as is expected.

Am I okay in simply submitting a letter of residency from my in-laws confirming their consent, the tenancy agreement, and the council tax bill? Will the Home Office request proof we informed the council or reject the application for not having submitted such?

My partner and I will be living with my mother-in-law upon my arrival to the UK. Her tenancy agreement states the following:

TENANT'S RIGHTS

If you are a secure tenant you have the right to take in lodgers. You must inform us in writing if you do so. A lodger is someone who lives in your home but doesn't have exclusive right to any one part of it. He or she will get some sort of service from you such as cooking and cleaning.

If you are a secure tenant you have the right to sub-let part of your home but you must get our written consent first. Sub-letting means that someone pays you rent to have exclusive right to part of your home. They will usually do their own cooking and cleaning.

My partner and I will have exclusive use of our own room, does this make me a lodger / sub-letter? Is this something we need to inform the council of and prove to the Home Office that we have done so?

My partner and I will be living with my mother-in-law upon my arrival to the UK. Her tenancy agreement states the following:

TENANT'S RIGHTS

If you are a secure tenant you have the right to take in lodgers. You must inform us in writing if you do so. A lodger is someone who lives in your home but doesn't have exclusive right to any one part of it. He or she will get some sort of service from you such as cooking and cleaning.

If you are a secure tenant you have the right to sub-let part of your home but you must get our written consent first. Sub-letting means that someone pays you rent to have exclusive right to part of your home. They will usually do their own cooking and cleaning.

My partner and I will have exclusive use of our own room, does this make me a lodger / sub-letter? Is this something we need to inform the council of?

Hi all! From November of 2025 my partner has been on a salary of £29,302. This is demonstrated in the payslips and bank statements for the months of December, January, February, and March. From April of 2026 her pay has increased to £30,498, meaning the payslips and bank statements for the months of April and May will reflect her newer income. When asked what her salary is, are we expected to put £30,498 despite the fact that this was not the case for 4/6 months demonstrated? I assume this is the case but I just panicked reading through another post on this sub where someone was refused for reporting an income despite having differing ones. Apologies for what is probably me overthinking, as we draw closer to the date of the application I get more and more excited and yet all the more paranoid about any little thing going wrong. Thank you!

If we were to meet the MIR through increased contractual hours all the way up until the date of the application and then drop the additional hours (thus falling below MIR) following the application, will this in any way affect the outcome? Is this something they check in any way (i.e. seeing that the pay for the following month is lower when verifying through HMRC)? Thank you.

The amount paid on my partner’s payslip for the month of December is slightly different than the rest due to the fact that she had to take unpaid time off and made the time up in excess through overtime. Since the majority of the overtime only accounts for making up time off, “overtime” is not specified on the payslip. Regardless, the pay for this month came to slightly above what she’d normally make, and all together no matter how it is calculated she remains well within the Minimum Income Requirement and never falls short. Does the slightly different pay for this month matter at all? Is it something that should be explained or will it not make any difference? Thank you. :)

Following the approval of my Spouse Visa, my partner and I will be living with her mother and sister for the near future in a three-bedroom home in which one 16.28 square-metre room will belong to my partner and myself, another to her mother, and another to her sister. We recently acquired a signed letter of residency from her mother and stepfather (both are the signed tenants of the property, although her stepfather no longer lives at the address as we’ve mentioned in both cover letters). In my cover letter, as well as my partner’s, we have clarified that the home is a three-bedroom property as well as how many people will reside in the home, as this is not mentioned on the tenancy agreement or any other document.

I fear I have made an oversight by not having my mother-in-law or my partner’s stepfather specify in their letter that the property has three-bedrooms. Will this cause any issue? Or is the fact that this is specified by both myself and my partner in both of our cover letters enough to satisfy the Home Office.

Thank you so much.

Hi all,

By this time next month I will be submitting my Spouse Visa application. My partner has recently completed and signed her cover letter, dated 4th of May. The application will not be submitted until what I estimate will be roughly the 6th or 7th of June. Between now and then there are still a few things that will be signed and dated later than the date on her cover letter (i.e. employment letter will be signed on the 1st of June, after the issuing of her final payslip). I just wanted to confirm that even though we are one month out, the date on her cover letter is fine and shouldn’t cause any discrepancies. Thank you so much.