Self employed while applying for extension

[tier1extn]

Hi,

I'm in a pretty unusual situation. I'm currently a contractor and visa comes up for renewal in June. I was a Paye till my last contract and hence I have the required amount for claiming points. The issue is with recent changes to tax laws the umbrella company(new contract) is closing its existing scheme and under the new scheme I will be a self employed person under a partnership firm. My question is even if I would be self employed at the time of application but would not use the earnings from it. I know that being a self employed will make the application not so straight forward. If I put my employment status as self employed should I have to submit the necessary mandatory documentation although I don't want to claim points through it.

Any advice would be highly appreciated.

Many Thanks

[cheshiregoan]

Hi,

I'm in a pretty unusual situation. I'm currently a contractor and visa comes up for renewal in June. I was a Paye till my last contract and hence I have the required amount for claiming points. The issue is with recent changes to tax laws the umbrella company(new contract) is closing its existing scheme and under the new scheme I will be a self employed person under a partnership firm. My question is even if I would be self employed at the time of application but would not use the earnings from it. I know that being a self employed will make the application not so straight forward. If I put my employment status as self employed should I have to submit the necessary mandatory documentation although I don't want to claim points through it.

Any advice would be highly appreciated.

Many Thanks

You only need to provide evidence relating to the income you are claiming points for.

As far as I can see, the reference to employed/self-employed only exists for question B26, and when you get to the question O5 for source of earnings, it clearly gives you an opportunity to list different sources and your evidence needs to be related only to your income.

[tier1extn]

Thanks mate for your advice !!