Maternity Leave and now Self-Employed
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:57 am
Hi everyone, this is my first post to the group so I hope a few people are able to read it and advise. I am in a bit of a dilemma ahead of my ILR application in January.
I am having difficulty understanding how to meet the financial requirements due to the particularly strange situation I am in! I was an employee of XYZ for 5 years before I went on maternity leave in May 2017. I was on maternity leave until September 2018 at which point I was made redundant from XYZ and had to find new work. I ended up going down the freelance route and now freelance for ABC and am set up as a Director of a Limited Company.
I have only been freelancing (aka earning an income) for 2 months, since September, and prior to that was on unpaid maternity leave. My husband is a supply teacher and his income varies week to week, and since September when I returned to work, he is at home with our daughter 3 days a week and therefore not earning as much.
Between my maternity top up from XYZ last year (May 2017 to December 2017), my husband's income and now my new income from ABC - we earn well above the threshold but it is coming from so many different sources, so it's difficult to prove.
Has anyone else been in a similar situation and can they advise? Let me know if something doesn't make sense or is unclear.
Many thanks,
Amy
I am having difficulty understanding how to meet the financial requirements due to the particularly strange situation I am in! I was an employee of XYZ for 5 years before I went on maternity leave in May 2017. I was on maternity leave until September 2018 at which point I was made redundant from XYZ and had to find new work. I ended up going down the freelance route and now freelance for ABC and am set up as a Director of a Limited Company.
I have only been freelancing (aka earning an income) for 2 months, since September, and prior to that was on unpaid maternity leave. My husband is a supply teacher and his income varies week to week, and since September when I returned to work, he is at home with our daughter 3 days a week and therefore not earning as much.
Between my maternity top up from XYZ last year (May 2017 to December 2017), my husband's income and now my new income from ABC - we earn well above the threshold but it is coming from so many different sources, so it's difficult to prove.
Has anyone else been in a similar situation and can they advise? Let me know if something doesn't make sense or is unclear.
Many thanks,
Amy