Hello Ballyhoo and welcome to EasyExpat.com.

I merged your two posts and moved the topic to the forum on Immigration UK where it looks more appropriate.

The spouse visa requirement is as such:

For example, where the applicant’s partner and applicant have no income which may be counted towards the financial requirement, £62,500 in cash savings will be required for the financial requirement to be met at the entry clearance/leave to remain stage or at the further leave stage, i.e. the ‘floor’ amount of £16,000, plus 2.5 times the shortfall of £18,600. At the indefinite leave to remain stage, the same couple will require £34,600 in cash savings to meet the financial requirement by that means alone, i.e. the ‘floor’ amount of £16,000, plus the shortfall of £18,600. A combination of cash savings and employment income can be used.
On your case, the new financial requirements will not apply to children who are British citizens.
For more information on the amount of saving, see section 5.4.5. of the Immigration directorate Instructions

As the UK Immigration Rules changed on 9 July 2012, you will find more information on the UK Border agency website, especially the Part 8 - Family members.

I hope this information help.
Let us know how it goes

 

Although this is a new rule I am a bit surprised that the UK Border Agency does not know about it...especially as it is on their website and they should be able to give accurate information

 

You can as you are British citizen. But then it is more difficult for your wife as she is not British (or not EU citzen).

The document says (#2)

Looking further in the document it looks to me that the £62k is for 2.5 years, as they explain in point 5.4.5:

There is a possibility that if you secure an employment before, then you won't have to show that amount of saving for your partner.

For the record, you can thank Mr Cameron and the Conservatives governement that has just introduced this new rule in July

 

I cannot be certain and you will have to confirm with the UK border agency but yes, it might work. I just read the document and it says:

 

only from a link in my previous post: the Immigration directorate Instructions

 

Hi Ballyhoo,

I think the form VAF4A is when the child is ALREADY in the UK and parents wish to join.
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas ... s-settled/
Also it says that form VAF4A is for:

Therefore I assume (but i'm not a visa expert, you will have to read the guidelines of each document), I would investigate amongst those docs:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas ... -students/

The other alternative is for you to settle first in the UK, live and work there, and then do the VAF4A procedure for your family to join.