I'm an EU national and been living in UK for over 5 years. I've been in a permanent employment since the first week of arrival, however in the last 2 years switched to contracting under own ltd.
My application for a permanent residence certificate was refused based on the lack of evidence of employment. I've supplied at least 3 documents for each qualifying year, however only 2 documents directly associated to employment (P60 and employers letter). The other documents (bank account copies for each half year in UK with a highlighted line of salary, council tax\electricity\water\broadband bills, proof of Mortgage/home ownership and repayments, WRS document, etc.) were stated to NOT be a proving for the treaty rights as a worker for the requisite period (doh...I should have prepared a bit better and done more reading into it).
As far as I understand I only have 2 options:
- Appeal (document based appeal fees of £80/oral hearing of £140)
- Submit a new application (a fee of £65)
- Are these my only options?
- What would be the better option and why? (I'm not in a hurry, however it is always better to sort things earlier than later).
- Am I right in presuming that submitting a new application whilst having a refusal on the back would not have any negative effect?
Your advises highly appreciated.