7 August 2023
Guidance on adult dependant relatives updated to correct an error relating to partners and provide clarification on when the financial undertaking must be made.
1 June 2023
Guidance on Appendix FM 1.7a updated and renamed 'Appendix FM and adult dependent relatives: maintenance and accommodation'. COVID-19 concession section also updated. Guidance on adult dependent relatives updated to refer to provisions of new Appendix ADR to the Immigration Rules and to change reference from Refugee Leave and Humanitarian Protection Leave to Protection Status.
31 March 2023
Added accessible versions of each document. Deleted annex FM 3.2a, which was a duplicate of annex FM 3.2.
25 January 2022
'Adult dependent relatives' guidance updated to remove references to CID.
8 December 2021
Updated appendix FM 1.7: financial requirement and appendix FM 1.7a: maintenance guidance.
16 November 2021
Updated 'Adult dependent relatives' guidance.
6 October 2021
Replaced Appendix FM 1.7a: maintenance document with a new version.
28 June 2021
Appendix FM section 1.7 published with updated information on COVID-19 concessions.
23 June 2021
Updated 'Appendix FM 1.7a: maintenance' to reflect an update to coronavirus (COVID-19) concessions.
1 February 2021
Updated 'Appendix FM 1.7a: maintenance' to reflect an update to coronavirus (COVID-19) concessions.
1 February 2021
Updated 'Appendix FM 1.7: financial requirement' to reflect an update to coronavirus (COVID-19) concessions.
31 December 2020
Updated Updated Appendix FM 1.7, Appendix FM 1.7A and Adult dependent relatives to reflect end of transition.
12 November 2020
COVID-19 financial requirement concessions have been updated to include the job support scheme.
16 October 2020
Updated maintenance document.
13 October 2020
Updated financial requirement
20 August 2020
Updated Appendix FM 1.7 and Appendix FM 1.7A.
20 July 2020
Updated Appendix 7a to include coronavirus financial requirement concessions, the need to have permission to disclose Family Court Documents and to remove references to the guidance being applicable only to non-EA family members.
17 July 2020
Updated version of the document Appendix FM 1.7: financial requirement published.
- COVID-19 financial requirement concessions have been added
- changes made to reflect need to have permission to disclose Family Court Documents
- references to the guidance being applicable only to non-EA family members have been removed.
13 November 2019
Removed guidance on the English language requirement as this is now in the collection "Family of people settled or coming to settle (immigration staff guidance)".
1 October 2019
Updated appendix FM section 1.21: English language requirement.
25 July 2019
Replaced 'Appendix FM 1.0a: Family Life (as a Partner or Parent): 5-year routes and exceptional circumstances for 10-year routes' with a new version.
29 May 2019
Updated to add partners, divorce and dissolution guidance.
12 April 2019
Updated guidance - Appendix FM 1.0a: Family Life (as a Partner or Parent): 5-year routes and exceptional circumstances for 10-year routes.
5 March 2019
Updated contact details in Appendix FM 1.7 Financial Requirement
19 December 2018
Updated "Appendix FM 1.0a: Family Life (as a Partner or Parent): 5-Year Routes" to reflect rules changes, minor corrections and alterations since August 2015. Changes have been made following various judgments.
5 November 2018
Replaced Appendix FM section 1.21: English language requirement with new version.
1 November 2017
Annex 1.6 removed as it is obsolete.
18 October 2017
Section 1.0a updated.
16 October 2017
Updated 'Family life as a partner or parent 5 year routes'.
10 August 2017
Appendix FM 1.0a, 1.7 and 6.0 updated.
3 April 2017
Updated appendix FM section 1.21: English language requirement.
25 May 2016
Updated guidance on 'Appendix FM 1.7: financial requirement'.
19 November 2015
Updated Appendix FM section 1.21 for use on or after 19 November 2015.
11 August 2015
Updated guidance.
27 April 2015
Updated Annex FM 1.7a: maintenance
10 April 2015
Updated Appendix FM Section 1.0a
8 April 2015
Updated appendix FM Section 1.0b guidance.
6 April 2015
New Appendix FM section 1.21 and Annex FM Section FM 1.7: financial requirement guidance.
6 November 2014
Updated guidance.
28 July 2014
Updated and new guidance.
23 July 2014
Updated document
4 December 2013
First published.