Good luck, Nemo! Keep us posted about how things work out : ) The more official ID numbers/accounts/tax arrangements, the better (it seems).

Will post any tips here as I hear back from the embassy next month.

Theres a form with hmrc to complete to tell them he is leaving the country too. Dont forget about it/call them etc Thanks!! Didn't realise we had to notify them, makes sense though - d'oh! Will call them right away. According to HMRC, self-employed people don't have to fill in any P85 or forms when...

wiggsy wrote:Theres a form with hmrc to complete to tell them he is leaving the country too.

Dont forget about it/call them etc

Thanks!! Didn't realise we had to notify them, makes sense though - d'oh! Will call them right away.

Thanks wiggsy. I have learnt something new today. :wink: Tax avoidance - legal. Tax evasion - illegal. Obviously, you need to be careful where each "scheme" falls... But this its nothing new, and no different to employing the wife a as secretary , except you don't need employers liability...

Yikes, now I'm worried again :S BTW we have now set up a join sole-trader/self-employed registration, so our invoices have both of our names on them (as does our Norwegian bank account). Our Norway-based clients will pay into our join account for work that either of us carry out (as a unit/"bus...

Thanks ukforever & wiggsy : ) OK, so technically they couldn't deny it to us even if we couldn't show any Norway-based income/invoices? Given the nature of his work (start-up businesses, which often don't pay off until lots of groundwork is completed first, if at all!), this seems fair for self-...

Hi again everyone, apologies for reviving the thread - we have just stumbled across a few uncertainties: My spouse needs and wants to keep up his 2-3 main clients in the UK (on a freelance-basis) while we are in Norway. While we will do our best to try to secure at least one Norway-based client, we ...

wiggsy: Definitely, bank statements will be one of our priorities. As for the TV license, we probably won't be able to put the household's license in our names, but we can easily get our Norwegian mobile phone/broadband bills linked to our Norway address (we want to do this anyway, for accounting re...

there is no requirement to pay tax the only requirementS are: You do meaningful work under the instruction of somebody else (a client if self employed) Your non-eea spouse lives with you. the documentation you return with is just to prove that you meet the first two points. so bank statements EU re...

(Following from this initial post: http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?p=821428#821428) Hi all! We have been trying to get a specific answer from the UKBA and tax authorities (in the non-UK EEA country where we will be living before returning to the UK), and neither of them can answer the...

My spouse will be self-employed (we'll apply for registration certificate, tax ID, bank account, etc.) however now I'm worried because the Norwegian tax authority says that (generally speaking) self-employed/sole-traders from outside Norway are NOT liable for tax if they spend less than half a year ...

The slightly unusual aspect is that I (the non-EEA citizen) have my own NORWEGIAN permanent residency/settlement, which I have had since I was young. From what we have researched, it seems that this might (hopefully) save us some time, in that I wouldn't have to wait 3 months before obtaining a res...

3) the main "risk" would be a refusal based on the fact that the ECO won't be convinced the British national has been exercising treaty rights due to the short period. In that case, you just wait a few weeks and reapply. perhaps... but The Equality Act... and.... on my FOI request: https:...

Of course we will set one up, don't worry : ) Sorry, by "may" I meant "we will set it up once they let us", since they usually require the EEA national to register with the authorities first (f.ex. apply for and receive a "D-Number" (a temporary national security numbe...

Of course we will set one up, don't worry : ) Sorry, by "may" I meant "we will set it up once they let us", since they usually require the EEA national to register with the authorities first (f.ex. apply for and receive a "D-Number" (a temporary national security number...

Thanks! Yes, he will be keeping his existing UK-based clients (he will fly back for meetings every other week or so), but also take on some Norway-based clients we have lined up. When you're self-employed, you can have clients based anywhere, but I realise that having Norway-based income would help....

Wow, really? Thank you for your quick reply & advice! :) I suppose that settles it then, we will go ahead with this plan, as there don't seem to be any "risks" (on the UKBA side of things) if they were to reject it - we would just reapply. We have legitimate reasons for living in Norwa...

Hello :) We are in dire need of your collective wisdom and advice, this forum's members seem to know more about immigration law than the agencies themselves! We are a married couple (I am a non-EEA citizen, and my spouse is a UK citizen who has been self-employed as a sole trader for about 4 years i...