hi everyone, my wife and i are in the process of gathering info for her settlement visa but i have hit a grey area concerning my employment status.

i am a self-employed gas engineer, i get private jobs as well as being a sub-contracter. i started self employment in nov 2010 so i do not have to submit earnings to the tax man untill jan 2012.

now when it comes to the application they are asking for pay slips, i can provide these from my sub-contract employment but they are only between 500 pounds uk- 1000 pounds uk, not enough for 2 people when u take out all living expenses. but with my private jobs on top it will cover us but i can only give my buisness account statements before tax.. will this be acceptable?

my wife gets her own salary each month from her job in thailand and also has savings around 600,000baht, will this add weght to her application as sometimes my monthly salary varies what with the econmy being slow at the moment (some months i might only take home between 700-1000 pounds) but again tax has not yet been deducted

i would be grateful if anyone could help

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Explain this in your covering letter + get a letter from your accountants also confirming your earning for the previous tax year.

Explain this in your covering letter + get a letter from your accountants also confirming your earning for the previous tax year.

as i said i have only been self employed since nov 2010 so previous tax year non existent as was still studying at uni, will a covering letter be substanial enough?

thx

Provide whatever proof of earnings you have, plus your bank statements to show money coming in and going out.

Your wife's Thai earnings will not count as she will obviously no longer receive these once she relocates to the UK. However her savings, plus any that you have, will.

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