I'm new to this forum although I have been lurking and reading hundreds of posts for months now.
In brief I am the UK sponsor. My fiance is from Nicaragua and we are getting married in Nicaragua this summer - he will apply for the marriage visa from there straight after.
I have some concerns over what I cannot provide in terms of employment on the basis that I am the sole director and shareholder of a limited company which I only started in December last year.
What I can't provide
- tax returns (due to it being a new start up)
- contract from my clients. Basically I meet with them we discuss what projects/work they want me to do, then I get on with it and invoice every two weeks. Mainly on a day rate but sometimes per peice of work. There is nothing formal in place - its a large international company that uses a number of external authors and they never put any contracts like that n place
- hard copy remittance payments from my client. These are sent to my by pdf although the money can be seen going into my company bank account
What I can provide
- payslips (my accountant does these)
- dividend vouchers (as above)
- my company bank statements since start up
- letter from bank to confirm that I have sole access to the account
- I keep my own running excel speadsheets (which my accountant will use at year end to submit the company tax return) - Is there any way to make these look more formal then just excel print outs?????
- company incorporation documents
- (Hopefully) a letter of intent from my client confirming that they are happy with my work and intend to contract me on an ongoing basis
- (Hopefully) a letter from my accountant to confirm that I have retained on an ongoing basis enough money in my company account to cover corporation tax, when its due and that he is employed to submit the tax return, confirmation that my salary is such that no NI is due (I withdraw mainly in dividends)
- MY p60 from my last employment
- my accountant should have submitted my personal tax return for this tax year (with the tax due). But I doubt I will have the tax return back
Sorry for the long email but I am concerned from what I have read that the UKBA place a great weight on contracts, tax returns and corporation tax being paid - in one case even though the sponsor was not overdue in paying the tax.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? Does anyone have any views on what more I could provide?
Many thanks all
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