3 Years Minimum Necessary Income Required for PGP Sponsorship

[Sukhbir Singh]

I want to sponsor my father-in-law & mother-in-law. However, I heard that you need to show the required income for the past 3 years. Is this correct or do I only need to show it for the past 12 months?

[Rajpal (Admin)]

Since January 2014, a sponsor is required to provide income for the past 3 years before submitting a sponsorship application for parents & grandparents. Until 2011, it used to be that you only need to show income for the past 12 months. In 2011, the parents and grandparents sponsorships were paused and were reopened in January 2014 with lots of changes.