Employment criteria

[daYZman]

Hi,

It seems that a foreign student holding a student visa in the UK cannot "conduct business or be self-employed". If a student makes an income from advertisements on his/her website/blog, will that be a violation? Alternatively, what if the website/blog has a substantial cashflow, but the profit is not retained by the student, e.g., donated to charities, rewarded to visitors, etc.

Thanks

[geriatrix]

1. You cannot be self-employed when on a Tier 4 (genera) / student visa.
2. How one disposes off the income (charity, rewards etc.) is irrelevant.
3. You're in violation of not only immigration rules (self-employment on Tier 4) but also income tax laws (not declaring income).


regards

[daYZman]

1. You cannot be self-employed when on a Tier 4 (genera) / student visa.
2. How one disposes off the income (charity, rewards etc.) is irrelevant.
3. You're in violation of not only immigration rules (self-employment on Tier 4) but also income tax laws (not declaring income).

regards

Is one who makes any amount of earnings from a blog's advertisements considered to be self-employed?

[geriatrix]

Yes, if the person owns the website (e.g. - blog) and is paid money in the UK for allowing third party content (advertisements) to be hosted / shown on the website.

regards

[daYZman]

Yes, if the person owns the website (e.g. - blog) and is paid money in the UK for allowing third party content (advertisements) to be hosted / shown on the website.

regards

But what if the payee of those payments is someone else and not the student him/herself? The student owns the website though.