Tier 2 - getting published

[lokster01]

Hello, I would appreciate any advice on the following.

I have been on Tier 2 since 2011 and still have a few years to go before I qualify for ILR. In the meantime, I would like to get a book published and have started reaching out to literary agents. I do not intend to leave my regular job and all my writing is done outside of regular work hours. However, before progressing any further, I am not 100 % certain whether money (if any!!) I obtain through this route would put me in violation of my Tier 2.

Thanks.

[manci]

is the subject of your book in any way related to the work you do under T2?

[lokster01]

No, I work in the financial sector and my book will be purely fiction.

[manci]

the conditions of your leave are no employment except:

a) the employment stated in the CoS,
b) supplementary employment,
c)voluntary work.

IMHO there is nothing in these conditions that would not allow you to write a book in your free time and have it published.

The money you earn through the book would only be of interest to HMRC, not to the HO