Hi all!
My wife and I are due to apply for our EEA PR next year. I am a lithuanian citizen and she is a non-eea.
We got married in September 2013 here in the UK. She then left the country to apply for an EEA family permit, and got it in November 2013. She returned to the UK and received her 5-year residence card in March 2014.
As far as I know, we'll be eligible for the EEA PR in September 2018 (5 years after our marriage).
I was, and still am, working as self-employed throughout that time as a private tutor.
I have registered with HMRC in August 2013 and applied to use self-assessment services then too.
I have filled self-assessment tax return for the years: 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017.
We have moved to a different flat in early 2014. We have a record of the tenancy agreement of 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, as well as gas/electricity annual bills for those period of times (it was pre-paid meters), and council tax bills for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. We have now moved to a house that we share, therefore we don't have tenancy agreement (only a license to occupy agreement), nor any bills on our names. The only thing we can possibly apply for in our name is a telephone line (and of course, our mobile lines).
So!
I have two questions, please.
1. as a proof of residency for a continuous 5 years I understand I need to provide 1 document per year. would a 1-month bank statement (joint account with both of our names) would be enough or would I need anything else? I can provide bills, council tax etc. for 2013-2017 but for the last year 2017-2018 I wouldn't be able to. Should I get a telephone line from BT on our names, or would we not need that extra evidence?
2. As an evidence of exercising my treaty rights as self-employed, I understand that HO only requires a proof of self-assessment from HMRC. Would it be enough to send my tax calculation for each year? so 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 (next year)?
I can also provide invoices and bank statements to show for, but after reading the guidance notes I'm pretty sure they won't be interested, as long as I provide the tax calculation from HMRC...?
I am looking for some re-assurance
Many thanks!