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by fezz » Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:57 pm
Hello
In the end of 2013, I will be a UK resident for 10 years. However, my 10 year residence has an issue, which is explained below. It consists of:
Dec 03 - Oct 06 : Student visa
Oct 06 - Jul 09 : Work Permit
Jul 09 - Sep 11 : Self employed (WP employment terminated)
Sep 11 - Dec 13 : EEA family member
Lets keep aside the time spent as family member of EEA national and whether it counts towards ILR criteria (for which I already have received valuable advice on this forum).
The issue I need to discuss is the termination of WP employment. Basically, the company which issued me work permit in Oct 06, I only worked for them upto July 09, and then my employment was terminated. However, the company did not inform the Home Office of the termination of employment (as they were not aware of the procedures).
After the termination of my job, I kept working in self employed capacity until Sep 2011, when I married an EEA national and got EEA resident card. I also got registered as self employed during that period and paid taxes and NI.
My question is if I apply for ILR in Dec 2013, will UKBA caseworker check my employment history for entire 10 years (through P60s and other tax returns etc). Because if they do, my application has no chance of success.
Does UKBA use HMRC (tax) information as part of their normal processes?
Please advise !