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1. A. This Appendix sets out the specified evidence applicants need to provide to meet the requirements of rules contained in Appendix FM and, where those requirements are also contained in other rules, including Appendix Armed Forces, and unless otherwise stated, the specified evidence applicants need to provide to meet the requirements of those rules.
2. B. Where evidence is not specified by Appendix FM, but is of a type covered by this Appendix, the requirements of this Appendix shall apply.
3. C. In this Appendix references to paragraphs are to paragraphs of this Appendix unless the context otherwise requires.
4. D. (a) In deciding an application in relation to which this Appendix states that specified documents must be provided, the Entry Clearance Officer or Secretary of State (the decision-maker) will consider documents that have been submitted with the application, and will only consider documents submitted after the application where sub-paragraph (b), (e) or (f) applies.
   1. (b) If the applicant:
      1. (i) Has submitted:
         1. (aa) A sequence of documents and some of the documents in the sequence have been omitted (e.g. if one bank statement from a series is missing);
         2. (bb) A document in the wrong format (for example, if a letter is not on letterhead paper as specified); or
         3. (cc) DELETED
         4. (dd) A document which does not contain all of the specified information; or
      2. (ii) Has not submitted a specified document, the decision-maker may contact the applicant or his representative in writing or otherwise, and request the document(s) or the correct version(s). The material requested must be received at the address specified in the request within a reasonable timescale specified in the request.
   2. (c) The decision-maker will not request documents where he or she does not anticipate that addressing the error or omission referred to in sub-paragraph (b) will lead to a grant because the application will be refused for other reasons.
   3. (d) If the applicant has submitted:
      1. (i) A document in the wrong format; or
      2. (ii) DELETED
      3. (iii) A document that does not contain all of the specified information, but the missing information is verifiable from:
         1. (1) other documents submitted with the application,
         2. (2) the website of the organisation which issued the document, or
         3. (3) the website of the appropriate regulatory body,
   4. the application may be granted exceptionally, providing the decision-maker is satisfied that the document(s) is genuine and that the applicant meets the requirement to which the document relates.
   5. (e) Where the decision-maker is satisfied that there is a valid reason why a specified document(s) cannot be supplied, e.g. because it is not issued in a particular country or has been permanently lost, he or she may exercise discretion not to apply the requirement for the document(s) or to request alternative or additional information or document(s) be submitted by the applicant.
   6. (f) Before making a decision under Appendix FM or this Appendix, the decision-maker may contact the applicant or their representative in writing or otherwise to request further information or documents. The material requested must be received at the address specified in the request within a reasonable timescale specified in the request.
5. E. A reference in this Appendix to the provision of evidence from a UK government department includes evidence from a body performing an equivalent function to such a department.

Evidence of Financial Requirements under Appendix FM

1. A1. To meet the financial requirement under paragraphs E-ECP.3.1., E-LTRP.3.1., E-ECC.2.1. and E-LTRC.2.1. of Appendix FM, the applicant must meet:
   1. (a) The level of financial requirement applicable to the application under Appendix FM; and
   2. (b) The requirements specified in Appendix FM and this Appendix as to:
      1. (i) The permitted sources of income and savings;
      2. (ii) The time periods and permitted combinations of sources applicable to each permitted source relied upon; and
      3. (iii) The evidence required for each permitted source relied upon.
2. 1. In relation to evidencing the financial requirements in Appendix FM the following general provisions shall apply:
   1. (a) Bank statements must:
      1. (i) be from a financial institution to which Appendix Finance applies.
      2. (ii) DELETED.
      3. (iii) in relation to personal bank statements be only in the name of:
         1. (1) the applicants partner, the applicant or both as appropriate; or
         2. (2) if the applicant is a child the applicant parents partner, the applicants parent or both as appropriate; or
         3. (3) if the applicant is an adult dependent relative, the applicants sponsor or the applicant,unless otherwise stated.
      4. (iv) cover the period(s) specified.
      5. (v) be:
         1. (1) on official bank stationery; or
         2. (2) electronic bank statements which are either accompanied by a letter from the bank on its headed stationery confirming that the documents are authentic or which bear the official stamp of the issuing bank on every page.
   2. (aa) Where a bank statement is specified in this Appendix, a building society statement, a building society pass book, a letter from the applicants bank or building society, or a letter from a financial institution regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority or, for overseas accounts, the appropriate regulatory body for the country in which the institution operates and the funds are located, may be submitted as an alternative to a bank statement(s) provided that:
      1. (1) the requirements in paragraph 1(a)(i)-(iv) are met as if the document were a bank statement; and
      2. (2) a building society pass book must clearly show:
         1. (i) the account number;
         2. (ii) the building societys name and logo; and
         3. (iii) the information required on transactions, funds held and time period(s) or as otherwise specified in this Appendix in relation to bank statements; and/or
      3. (3) a letter must be on the headed stationery of the bank, building society or other financial institution and must clearly show:
         1. (i) the account number,
         2. (ii) the date of the letter;
         3. (iii) the financial institutions name and logo; and
         4. (iv) the information required on transactions, funds held and time period(s) or as otherwise specified in this Appendix in relation to bank statements.
   3. (b) Promises of third party support will not be accepted, except in the limited circumstances set out in paragraph 21A (and to the extent permitted by that paragraph). Existing sources of third party support will be accepted in the form of:
      1. (i) payments from a former partner of the applicant for the maintenance of the applicant or any children of the applicant and the former partner, and payments from a former partner of the applicants partner for the maintenance of that partner;
      2. (ii) income from a dependent child who has turned 18, remains in the same UK household as the applicant and continues to be counted towards the financial requirement under Appendix FM;
      3. (iii) gift of cash savings (whose source must be declared) evidenced at paragraph 1(a)(iii), provided that the cash savings have been held by the person or persons at paragraph 1(a)(iii) for at least 6 months prior to the date of application and are under their control; and
      4. (iv) a maintenance grant or stipend associated with undergraduate study or postgraduate study or research.
   4. (bb) Payslips must be:
      1. (i) formal payslips issued by the employer and showing the employers name; or
      2. (ii) accompanied by a letter from the employer, on the employers headed paper and signed by a senior official, confirming the payslips are authentic;
   5. (c) The employment or self employment income of an applicant will be taken into account if they are in the UK, aged 18 years or over and working legally, and prospective employment income will not be taken into account (except that of an applicants partner or parents partner who is returning to employment or self-employment in the UK at paragraphs E-ECP.3.2.(a) and E-ECC.2.2.(a) of Appendix FM, or where paragraph 21A of this Appendix so permits).
   6. (cc) The income of an applicant or sponsor working in the UK in salaried or non-salaried employment or in self-employment can include income from work undertaken overseas, provided paragraph E-LTRP.1.10 of Appendix
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