Immigration Rules Appendix FM: family members
Appendix FM covers family life with a person who is a British Citizen, is settled in the UK, or holds specified other status. This page summarises the leave-to-remain (partner) track only — Appendix FM also contains a parallel entry-clearance track not quoted here; see the full Appendix for entry-clearance requirements.
Information, not advice
This page states what the Immigration Rules require, quoted from the Home Office's own published text, for reference only. It is not an assessment of your case, not a guarantee of any outcome, and not immigration advice. Only a regulated immigration adviser or immigration solicitor/barrister can advise you on your specific circumstances.
Requirements, as structured by Immigration Rules Appendix FM: family members
Section GEN: General
For the purposes of this Appendix "partner" means the applicant's-
Section R-LTRP: Requirements for limited leave to remain as a partner
The requirements to be met for limited leave to remain as a partner are-
Section S-LTR: Suitability-leave to remain
The applicant must not fall for refusal under Part Suitability.
Section E-LTRP: Eligibility for limited leave to remain as a partner
The applicant's partner must be-
The relationship between the applicant and their partner must be genuine and subsisting.
The applicant must provide specified evidence, from the sources listed in paragraph E-LTRP.3.2., of:
a specified gross annual income of at least £29,000
Official sources
2 quotations on this page machine-verified against the cached source
Every requirement quote and paragraph reference on this page is checked by scripts/validate-immigration.ts to be an exact substring of the gov.uk page fetched 2026-08-24. Automated text-matching only, not a legal review. How we verify