EEA2 self-employed and employed status
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:04 pm
Hello all,
I am an EEA citizen (Italian) who had a civil partnership with my non-EEA partner (Singaporean) last July. My partner's post-study visa is expiring soon and we thought we will send off the EEA1 and EEA2 applications in the next week.
I have a question in regards to employment/self-employment status. With this precarious economy, I am both employed (in a cafe) and self-employed (as an artist assistant). I understand from scouring through the forum that the self-employed status is not the most straight-forward category and numerous applications have met with problems because of this.
Because I don't earn enough as an employee, I am thinking of stating that I am both self-employed and employed. Would this help my case or would it be overly-complicate things? I also feel like my documentation for each category is lacking somewhat:
Employed: Letter from employer, P11 forms. (my employer do not give payslips nor do I have a contract)
Self-employed: Invoices, HMRC Self-assesssment tax return, possibly NI contributions.
I would appreciate any feedback or experience in regards to my employment categories and the best way to present my case.
I am an EEA citizen (Italian) who had a civil partnership with my non-EEA partner (Singaporean) last July. My partner's post-study visa is expiring soon and we thought we will send off the EEA1 and EEA2 applications in the next week.
I have a question in regards to employment/self-employment status. With this precarious economy, I am both employed (in a cafe) and self-employed (as an artist assistant). I understand from scouring through the forum that the self-employed status is not the most straight-forward category and numerous applications have met with problems because of this.
Because I don't earn enough as an employee, I am thinking of stating that I am both self-employed and employed. Would this help my case or would it be overly-complicate things? I also feel like my documentation for each category is lacking somewhat:
Employed: Letter from employer, P11 forms. (my employer do not give payslips nor do I have a contract)
Self-employed: Invoices, HMRC Self-assesssment tax return, possibly NI contributions.
I would appreciate any feedback or experience in regards to my employment categories and the best way to present my case.