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I am a Pakistani citizen living in Denmark, who will be travelling to the UK on the 26th of September to help my daughter settle in for university. I will be returning to Denmark on the 29th of September. My husband, who is a Danish citizen, owns a restaurant and I work as the chef helper there. I earn a total of 5,000 DKK per month, which gets transferred to my husbands' account since we both share our income to pay the household bills, food, leisure activities, etc (he obviously earns more than me).

So basically, I am quite unsure as to how I should be answering the following Income and Expenditure question on the application:

  1. What is the total amount of money you spend each month?

I earn approx 5,000 per month. However, I do use my husband's private MasterCard to buy food, pay the rent, electricity bill etc. Is the question asking me, as to how much I spend off of 'my' money each month, or is it asking me to quote the general amount of money we spend as on ourselves as a family (we also have three kids who don't work and are completely dependent on my husband's MasterCard to pay for their expenses)? Or should I only quote 5,000 kr since that is the amount I get paid each month?

Sorry if I sound confusing, I am in fact very confused.

Robina
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Turning comments into an answer:

The point of these questions is to allow UKVI to assess whether the cost of the trip is within an applicant’s means and proportionate to their financial situation. If I were you I’d state your personal income and your ‘share’ of the family expenditure plus your own personal spending, assuming that

a) the amount adds up to less than your income;

b) the transfer of your salary into your husband’s account is segregated ie can be identified as a separate payment into the account that UKVI can reconcile with your salary slips and/or tax return and

c) your husband doesn’t finance your expenses.

In a later comment you mention that your husband is actually partially sponsoring the cost of the trip, in which case this question and this one might help.

Traveller
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