I thought about applying to get my fiancée here on the grounds that I am my father’s carer but I would just feel better and more secure if I got my wife to be here when I can get back to work... I am a landscape gardener to trade so I can go back to that being self-employed but as I make most of my money from spring time to the end of Autumn and as the immigration will take my lowest months income which of course is in winter and multiply that by the 12 months then for sure I won’t meet the requirements. I will be going to the Philippines again later in the year to get married. I know I can’t sit about and do nothing for another year so I feel it’s just better I get to work and take one hurdle at a time….. Is there any way around this? Is it possible to just start a limited company and then just pay myself a salary over the 12 months? I have money coming to me soon with the sale of my house so I will have over £16000.00 in savings but as self-employed I know it’s irrelevant also.. The whole system is just so complicated. My head is a mess right now.... what to do...? What to do?? Thanks for all of your time…………….. Kev…..
If you earn over £18,600 in a full year, you can provide the evidence for the full 12 months and the UKBA will accept that (as my wife has now had her visa I can say with 100% authority). However, if you are self employed, they do deduct certain costs out of the equation. So if under self employment you earned £19,000.00 but had to spend £3,000.00 on work related items, then the UKBA considers that £16,000.00. I still think taking 6 months overseas in a European country would do better for you if you could survive there on savings. A country with a lower cost of living might be ideal, then you could get the EEA permit instead.
