Self employed remotely, thinking of moving home with my wife
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Self employed remotely, thinking of moving home with my wife
Hi everyone,
My wife and I are looking at moving to the UK but aren't too sure about if our circumstances will make eligible.
I'm British/Canadian (born and raised in the UK but moved to Canada a long time ago) but haven't lived there since 2008.
My wife is Canadian-Armenian.
I am self-employed and work remotely full-time. My income is a good chunk over the threshold and my wife has just started a new remote job.
We are currently residing temporarily in Istanbul, Turkey - but our permanent home (although we don't own property there) is Canada.
My employment is on a three-month rolling contract basis. Basically every three months I sign a new contract with the company I work for, but I am officially a freelance contractor and can prove my income over a year without an issue.
We would like to move home to spend more time with family but see unsure about our eligibility given my employment status. Any ideas?
Thank you!
My wife and I are looking at moving to the UK but aren't too sure about if our circumstances will make eligible.
I'm British/Canadian (born and raised in the UK but moved to Canada a long time ago) but haven't lived there since 2008.
My wife is Canadian-Armenian.
I am self-employed and work remotely full-time. My income is a good chunk over the threshold and my wife has just started a new remote job.
We are currently residing temporarily in Istanbul, Turkey - but our permanent home (although we don't own property there) is Canada.
My employment is on a three-month rolling contract basis. Basically every three months I sign a new contract with the company I work for, but I am officially a freelance contractor and can prove my income over a year without an issue.
We would like to move home to spend more time with family but see unsure about our eligibility given my employment status. Any ideas?
Thank you!
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Re: Self employed remotely, thinking of moving home with my wife
If applying for the spouse visa using employment or self employment and wishing to apply from your home country and then travel over together, one must show that you have met the financial requirements with one's current job/self employment AND that one has a job/self employment to go to in the UK to continue supporting the applicant.
Being self employed this proves somewhat more difficult than being employed as you have to set up a company in the UK and have a business plan detailing how this self employment will continue and will meet the financial requirements in order to make the application.
The following documents give information as to how to apply using self employment:
https://assets.publishing.service.go...equirement.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigrat...ified-evidence (read from Paragraph 7 onwards)
Being self employed this proves somewhat more difficult than being employed as you have to set up a company in the UK and have a business plan detailing how this self employment will continue and will meet the financial requirements in order to make the application.
The following documents give information as to how to apply using self employment:
https://assets.publishing.service.go...equirement.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigrat...ified-evidence (read from Paragraph 7 onwards)
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Re: Self employed remotely, thinking of moving home with my wife
I would just say if you have GBP £62,500 savings it would be a lot easier. The sponsor needs to make sure its in a liquid bank account, you have to provide 6 months bank statements, with the money not being even a penny below that amount. And a letter detailing the source of funds. Self employment route will be quite arduous.
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Re: Self employed remotely, thinking of moving home with my wife
Thanks for the replies. They make it as difficult as possible it seems!
I'm a freelance writer, I'm registered as a sole proprietor in Canada so it sounds like I'd need to do the same in the UK before we'd even be able to do anything then?
In terms of savings: we don't have that much available now unfortunately.
In short: it doesn't sound particularly viable then?
I'm a freelance writer, I'm registered as a sole proprietor in Canada so it sounds like I'd need to do the same in the UK before we'd even be able to do anything then?
In terms of savings: we don't have that much available now unfortunately.
In short: it doesn't sound particularly viable then?
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Re: Self employed remotely, thinking of moving home with my wife
Thanks for the replies. They make it as difficult as possible it seems!
I'm a freelance writer, I'm registered as a sole proprietor in Canada so it sounds like I'd need to do the same in the UK before we'd even be able to do anything then?
In terms of savings: we don't have that much available now unfortunately.
In short: it doesn't sound particularly viable then?
I'm a freelance writer, I'm registered as a sole proprietor in Canada so it sounds like I'd need to do the same in the UK before we'd even be able to do anything then?
In terms of savings: we don't have that much available now unfortunately.
In short: it doesn't sound particularly viable then?
Obviously if you can get a job in the UK meeting the financial requirements of 18.600 GBP per annum you would qualify
As said, savings, pensions non employment income (such as rental property) can all be used.
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Unless you can prove ongoing income in the UK as self employed, then no.
Obviously if you can get a job in the UK meeting the financial requirements of 18.600 GBP per annum you would qualify
As said, savings, pensions non employment income (such as rental property) can all be used.
Obviously if you can get a job in the UK meeting the financial requirements of 18.600 GBP per annum you would qualify
As said, savings, pensions non employment income (such as rental property) can all be used.
Another thought: they do have a branch of their organization the UK, so they are also UK based. Perhaps I could speak to the powers that be about being employed in the UK (or maybe switch from contractor to employee).