Yes we send picture of her ID, and pages 1 and two of the blue book (house page and the page with her name)

Okay thanks

@Rob***

, just assumed that it was an automated mail. I guess never assume anything here ;) I am covered with tm30 for now. And dont need to travel in the near future. Will wait and see.

Yes you can be assistant teacher without degree. Not sure you could long term. But for a year or two, sure.

Interesting.. Lots of people complaining about issues due to this using transferwise.. Good for him though!

Not only did he get leniency over not having 12 months of transfers. As I understand your post his last transfer, in July, was not even registered as an international transfer? I think the SMT means smart transfer, and is a domestic transfer. Did he have to get any further proof of that specific transfer, did the bank mark it as international in their letter despite of it being registered as domestic or did the IO just accept it as it was?

You are not extending anything "again".. You can extend a 30 day visa exemption once with 30 days, as you already did. Then you got a new turist visa, and yes, that can also be extended by 30 days at immigration. Each entry on turist visa/visa exempt lets you extend once for 30 days.

@Pierre ********

technically doesn't get you anywhere.. I would say, if he has been refused two times. It would be better to go at another option. He mentioned being married. He could apply for an extension based on marriage in stead and be well above the threshold of 40k a month with the stated transfers.

As the new rule from March this year said that the capital (banked money) must never be below 400K it is well within bounds for some immigration offices to interpret that this is a valid requirement even if using the combined method of income/banked money. Some immigration offices do not even accept the combination method at all after the change.

@Dianne ****

sounds like your Australian bank used the wrong swift code then. Each bank has its own.

@Frank *************

I totally agree with that. He might have success with an appeal. But who is to say if he has to deal with that particular officer again in the future, and maybe get greaf about it making it harder to stay here.

I know it might not be the most popular opinion. And surely it's not fair.

But in smaller areas where they are more likely to remember you. I would not risk filing an appeal unless it was for something outrageous or impossible to overcome. Better to find a way around it. Do what they ask with a smile, and be done with it.