Spouse visa sponsor letter: a filled-in example

The letter from the UK partner, written out in full for Ana and Tom, with the rule each paragraph answers beside it.

Tom, the UK partner, writes and signs this one.

Flat 2, 14 Larkspur RoadBristol BS7 8QT28 January 2027
The letter’s date
Dated a few days before the application, so it describes things as they are when the application is made.
UK Visas and Immigration
Which application
Names the applying partner and their passport, so the letter is read with the right application.
Re: entry clearance as a partner for Ana Souza, Brazil passport number ending 4521
Dear Sir or Madam,
Appendix FM, E-ECP.2.1
The UK partner must be a British or Irish citizen, settled in the UK, or hold one of the other statuses the paragraph lists. The passport, or a share code for an eVisa, is the proof.
I am writing in support of the application of my wife, Ana Souza. I am a British citizen, and my passport is enclosed.
Appendix FM, E-ECP.2.5 to 2.7
The couple must have met in person, the relationship must be genuine and subsisting, and a marriage must be valid, shown by the certificate (Appendix FM-SE, paragraphs 22 to 26).
We first met in person on 14 March 2023 in São Paulo, where I was working on a six-month project for my company. We met at a friend’s birthday dinner and spent most of my weekends there together until I came home. We married on 9 August 2025 in São Paulo.
Appendix FM, E-ECP.3.1, and Appendix FM-SE, paragraph 2
A gross income of at least £29,000 a year. For a salary, the evidence is six months of payslips, a letter from the employer confirming the salary, how long the job has lasted, the period paid at that rate and the type of employment, and bank statements showing the pay going in.
I have worked for Harbour Design Ltd as a structural engineer since 6 June 2022, on a gross salary of £41,500 a year. My employer’s letter, payslips and bank statements are enclosed.
Appendix FM, E-ECP.2.10 and E-ECP.3.4
The couple must intend to live together permanently in the UK, in accommodation the family own or occupy exclusively, that isn’t overcrowded, without recourse to public funds.
We will live at Flat 2, 14 Larkspur Road, Bristol, which I rent. It has two bedrooms, and no one else lives there. I will support us both, and we will not rely on public funds.
Appendix FM-SE, paragraphs 2 and 11
Payslips, statements and savings are counted back from the date of application, so the date planned fixes which months the documents must cover.
We plan to submit this application on or around 2 February 2027.
Yours faithfully,
Signed by the UK partner
Signed and dated in their own hand, in the letter’s own words.
Tom Hughes28 January 2027

Writing your own

The tracker writes this letter for your own application from what you’ve told it: both names, the route, the apply-on date, the home and each kind of income, and your story in your own words. Whatever it doesn’t know is left as a [gap in square brackets] for you to fill. Edit it in the page, then download it for Word or as a PDF to sign.

It puts your words in order and never rewrites or argues them. If either of you has been refused a visa, overstayed or has a conviction, it leaves that part for a regulated adviser to write.

Questions

Is a sponsor letter required for a UK spouse visa?

No rule in Appendix FM or Appendix FM-SE lists a letter from the UK partner among the specified evidence. Couples often send one to set out the relationship, the income and the home in one place, each pointing to the document that shows it. The tracker lists it as recommended, not required.

What should a spouse visa sponsor letter include?

The UK partner’s status, how the couple met and married, the income relied on with the documents that show it, where the couple will live, and the date the application will be made. Each sentence about money should match a payslip, statement or letter in the bundle: Appendix FM-SE paragraph 2 lists the salary evidence, and the income rule is £29,000 a year.

Who signs the sponsor letter?

The UK partner, in their own words, signed and dated. It is their account of the relationship and their money; the site arranges the parts and leaves the words to them.

Is the sponsor letter the same as the employer’s letter?

No. The employer’s letter is specified evidence under Appendix FM-SE paragraph 2(b): it confirms the employment and gross annual salary, how long the job has lasted, the period paid at that salary, and whether it is permanent, fixed-term or agency work. The sponsor letter is the UK partner’s own.

Each note checked against GOV.UK: Immigration Rules, Appendix FM-SE, GOV.UK and GOV.UK: Immigration Rules, Appendix FM on 8 November 2026. Ana and Tom are fictional. Information, not immigration advice. Whether a letter and its documents meet the rules is a judgement only a regulated adviser can make: have your bundle checked.