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Plan the first three months abroad as a sequence of cash needs and available funds. Put essential payments on their actual due dates and create a separate delayed-income scenario.
What the official guidance establishes
The UK Student financial guidance treats course costs and money for personal support separately. Its official financial requirement is route-specific; a household cash-flow plan answers a different practical question. Read GOV.UK: Student visa financial evidence for the original scope and current instructions.
Start with cash you can actually use
Write the opening available balance in each currency and any access restriction. List expected income on the date it is genuinely expected, with unconfirmed payments clearly labelled. Keep a scholarship promise, a salary start date and money already received as different entries.
Make a month-by-month payments sheet
Enter housing, deposits, food, transport, communication and other essentials that apply to your household. Use your own actual quotes and assumptions. Separate refundable deposits from ordinary expenses, but include both in cash leaving the account when paid.
Find the lowest balance under a delay
For each month, calculate opening cash plus received income minus payments. Repeat with the first income arriving later. Use the resulting low point to decide which commitment needs a cheaper option, more certainty or a different timing. The scenario is your planning exercise, not an official minimum-funds calculation.
Your working sheet
This is an optional IMMIGEUROPE planning worksheet, not an official application form or a new document requirement.
| Record | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Opening cash | Available amount and currency |
| Receipts | Amount, date and confidence |
| Payments | Essential cost and actual due date |
| Closing balance | Opening cash plus receipts minus payments |
Worked planning example
In an illustrative budget, opening cash of 4,000 units, no first-month income and 1,500 units of payments leaves 2,500. If the second month also has no income and costs another 1,500, only 1,000 remains. These are fictional arithmetic inputs, not living-cost estimates.
Keep the immigration financial-evidence task separate from the household’s spending plan. Keep the next action in the moving planner and use the guide library for the next part of your move.