Working Holiday Maker Visa

[explorer]

I'm working full time under the new working holiday maker visa & have completed 52 weeks of full time employment. If i continue to work full time is there a way for the immigration to find out how long I have been working for?? Will it be a problem if I work till my visa expires??(I'm intending to leave uk once my visa expires) Will it effect if i want to come bakc to uk at a later stage??

[ppron747]

I don't know the answer, but I'd speculate that in this "joined-up" world it is extremely risky.
Presumably you'll still be paying NI and tax. It is well known that IND have links which enable them to check on these in connection with naturalisation applications, and I can't see why they wouldn't use them in other cases as well.
I'd be surprised if there isn't some mechanism which could land both you and your employer in hot water.
Just my$0.02.....

[Dawie]

Actually the only information that IND get from Inland Revenue regarding your naturalisation application is whether or not you have any outstanding tax bills as part of the character check.

Furthermore, almost every single working holiday visa holder in the UK breaks the "work for 1 year only" rule. It is IMPOSSIBLE for the Home Office to police this rule and if they DID enforce it, half the financial district of London would shut down. Furthermore it is common knowledge that most working holiday visa holders also break the rule regarding working in your profession on a working holiday visa.

The working holiday visa has actually become a settlement visa despite the Home Office's attempts not to make it so (and despite it not being classed as such). A common route to settlement is WHV -> Work Permit (or HSMP) -> ILR.