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by AhmedAE » Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:22 am
Hello everyone;
I have recently applied for ILR and was successful, I arrived to the UK in 2016 under tier 2 general visa and was told by my employer that I will have to file my annual tax return as tax and national insurance won't be deducted from montly salary.
This presented me with dilemma when I was applying for my ILR as I never had payslips, like I was saying, I was being paid gross before tax each month directly to bank account and I filed my own annual self assessment tax return each year directly with HMRC.
I have contacted a soliciter and it turned out that I should apply for ILR as self employed and thus no need for payslips.
So for anyone out there who is under tier 2 general and does not get payslips, but rather file self assessment tax return, it is acceptable to the home office, I have been granted the ILR and the following documents is what you will need to provide:
1- Annual self assessment tax return to HMRC
2-Statement of account (SA300 or SA302)
3-Proof of registration with HMRC (if available)
4-Unique Tax Reference number UTR
5-Personal bank statements for the same 12 month period as tax return showing income from the self employment has been paid into account in the name of the person
6- Evidence of ongoing self-employment through the provision of at least one of the following: a bank statement dated no more than 3 months earlier than the date of application showing transactions relating to ongoing trading, or evidence dated no more than 3 months earlier than the date of application of the renewal of a licence to trade or of ongoing payment of business rates, business-related insurance premiums, employer National Insurance contributions or franchise payments to the parent company.
I provided recent bank statement.
7-One of the following documents must also be submitted:
• if the business is required to produce annual audited accounts, such accounts for the last full financial year
• if the business is not required to produce annual audited accounts, unaudited accounts for the last full financial year and an accountant’s certificate of confirmation, from an accountant who is a member of a UK Recognised Supervisory Body (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) or who is a member of the Institute of Financial Accountants
My accountant provided me with the accounts and the certifiacte of confirmation and thats what I provided
8- Letter from employer with my rate of pay, soc code,and they need me for the forseeable future
9-letter from emplyer detailing work related abscences.
of course all of this beside the usual application documets, life in the uk , ielts etc...
and by the way, you have to supply the last year tax return so fo me it had to be the 2020/2021 and not the 2019/2020
Also after I sumbitted my application and downloaded the checklist, it said that I should provide payslips! no mention to these documents mentioned above, so if that happened to you don't panic, its just the one size fits all template
Good luck everyone, and sorry if this was mentioned somewhere else.
