Previous Job Redundancy -- Should This Be Mentioned

Hi,

Just a quick question, hope someone can advise

I am currently in full time employment and started at my current place on the 2nd of December 2009

I was made redundant at my previous employment and my last date was 30th of Sept 2009

I will be sponsoring my wife for a settlement visa and we are applying soon, my question is should i mention i was made redundant from my previous employer? i did not claim public funds during this period. I have a P45 and P60 from my previous employer along with a letter confirming the dates i worked, but nothing about being made redundant is mentioned. Is there any point of me mentioning this??

Many Thanks

you don't need to provide proof of continuous employment, you just need to provide as much as you can in terms of payslips and bank satements to show that you have the finances to support yourself and your wife

I WOULD note in your covering letter that you don't have payslips for October and November BECAUSE you were made redundant - the fact that you have so quickly gained re-employment and that you didn't need to claim benefits in your time off will only count in your favour

i did not claim public funds during this period.

But did you claim contribution-based JSA? If so, that is not within the definition of Public Funds.

But the general point, it would not have caused a problem even if you had claimed any Public Funds, to which you were entitled.