Skilled Migrant Visa - Prove of my employment and income

[boredsenseless]

How did you get in here in the first place?

Very good point, how did you satisfy the legal requirements on UK company ownership if you don't even have a Visa?

[panadol]

Thanks for all the advice so far.

Looks like I need a good chat with my accountant!!!

I am here on a 2 years working holiday visa, hence am able to work here legally.

[Daywalker]

feck me,

working holiday visa, the name sort of gives it away

[eternalnomad]

Thanks for all the advice so far.

Looks like I need a good chat with my accountant!!!

I am here on a 2 years working holiday visa, hence am able to work here legally.

In your first post you claimed to be on a skilled migrant visa and now you say you are on a working holiday visa.

If you are on a working holiday visa then I suggest you fully understand the rules which say..

is intending only to take employment incidental to the holiday. Such work must not involve engaging in business, or to provide services as a professional sportsperson / and in any event not to work for more than 12 months during his stay

I would suggest that trying to run your own Ltd whilst here is by anyones definition "engaging in business"

[threaded]

Yeah, but if they've been working as a contractor the New Lie deem that that wasn't a proper business anyways.

[boredsenseless]

In your first post you claimed to be on a skilled migrant visa and now you say you are on a working holiday visa.

If you are on a working holiday visa then I suggest you fully understand the rules which say..

is intending only to take employment incidental to the holiday. Such work must not involve engaging in business, or to provide services as a professional sportsperson / and in any event not to work for more than 12 months during his stay

I would suggest that trying to run your own Ltd whilst here is by anyones definition "engaging in business"

Is it a limited company as its dividends I guess so! Well as a Working Holiday Visa holder you aren't able to own a UK company and be employed by it unless its for less than 12 months as stated above.

Looks like you've got a whole nightmare to sort here, as you haven't declared dividends properly hence huge tax implications and you are also employed illegally.

[eternalnomad]

Can we have your name & address please, so that we can shop you to HMCR?

and the immigration service for breaking the terms of your visa.

[distiller]

I have HSMP

I run a ltd company and am in very similar situation to you. I was here on working holiday for 1.5 years before applying for HSMP.

I also do the small salary + dividends thing.

Basically, they don't have a problem with limited company owners, and they seem to be quite quick to process these days ( especially if you're fit ), though it took about 6 months when I did it.

I sent them photo copies of my business bank accounts and I quoted a modest income of about £40,000 even though I was bringing in more than double that. I also sent them a signed letter from my accountant which says that "So and so is a director and sole employee of XYZ Ltd, in the tax year 03 to 04 he earnt £xx,xxx".

I also sent them a copy of my incorporation certificate.

Send me a message if you need any more info,

D.

[threaded]

One of the Libyans I have working for me told me that to work in England all he did was set up a UK company, then have the UK company write a letter saying he was needed for work in the UK, and he got a visa.

Easy really.

He also tells me he didn't even type it or put it on headed paper.

[DodgyAgent]

Thanks for all the advice so far.

Looks like I need a good chat with my accountant!!!

I am here on a 2 years working holiday visa, hence am able to work here legally.

In which case you should not be working on a job that will further your career. The whloe point of these visas is that you should be working in low level jobs (for less than 6 months in a year) in order to fund your trip here. So dont be surprised if the immigration people take the view that you are here to make shedloads of dosh whilst working in your chosen profession.