General Changes to the Points Based System

GENERAL CHANGES TO THE POINTS BASED SYSTEM

• The Home Office have announced that the Rules are being changed to allow for greater flexibility in relation to applications which fail to submit all the specified documents in support.
• However, it should be noted that the Rules will still set down exactly how and when flexibility can be exercised, and that this change does not amount to a general relaxation of the Rules.
• The current Rules only permit electronic bank statements to be submitted as evidence in support of applications when an account is only held on-line.  This Rule will be changed to allow all bank accounts to be evidenced by electronic bank statements, not just “on-line” accounts.
• There will also be changes to the evidential requirements regarding payslips which are submitted in support of applications.

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