A little background: I'm a EEA national and arrived in the UK in October 2006. Since then I've been continually employed until February 2017, though I changed companies a few times.
After that I've become self employed since beginning of February, so when the online form asked if I'd ever been self employed since entering the UK I answered yes. Now, because of that, at the end of the form I'm being asked to provide evidence that I'm self employed "such as tax self-assessment forms, proof of payment of class 2 or 4 national insurance contributions, invoices for work done, business accounts or business bank statements".
Due to the fact that the change in my employment situation is so recent, and for other reasons that are a little long to explain (though I can if need be) I don't have any of the documents mentioned as proof for self employment. The only thing I have is a signed consultancy agreement letter.
So my two questions are:
- Will the consultancy agreement letter be considered enough evidence?
- Given that I've been employed continuously by different companies for over 10 years, that I have the P60s and P45s to prove it, and that that more than covers the 5 year span needed for the qualifying period, do I even need to submit any evidence of this short self employment period, or can I leave the box unchecked in the form and not send anything for it?
