Spousal Visa - Self Employed, Please Advise!

[NicolaStar]

My husband is a classical musician and a dual US/UK citizen. As a soloist, he works by contract and hence is not salaried. I am a US citizen and we are hoping to move our base to the UK.

My question is, in applying under category G (two years of self employment) he has earned, on average, over 18,600 pounds a year. However, about 30,000 pounds was made in the UK (and paid UK tax on). The rest (about 20,000 pounds, after conversion) was earned in the US. He paid US taxes on that income. It is unclear to us if this is acceptable.

He already has several contracts in the coming year with major UK opera companies, so he would be able to prove on-going self employment.

Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

[harv]

In terms of the employment, you need to:

- Show that the self employment/limited company is registered with HMRC
- VAT (if applicable) is registered with HMRC
- PAYE (if applicable) is registered with HMRC

As long as the business/self employment is registered with HMRC, the income source is UK based no matter what. Having the money converted to US Dollars etc should not cause any problems as the money is yours and you do what you like with it.

I am not sure why you have to show 2 years of history instead of an year accounts.

You can get further details on the required set of documents through (http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary)

[ID29]

I am not sure why you have to show 2 years of history instead of an year accounts.

Working so can't check... but if I recall, isn't this one of the new rule conditions now?