Cables Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Hi. Just got my skills through under Marketing Specialist which i've done for 14 years. However, just handed my notice in last month and finish in June to go freelance PR agent and graphic designer. So here's my dilemma!!! We dont know when we can put in for our visa as it depends when Marketing pops up on a states list.... if this is for example the end of the year.... am I going to have issues with immigration as I wont have any recent payslips (cos self employed) and also, because my day to day job is different to the 'Marketing Specialst' role that I passed the skills with? sorry... hope it makes sense.... advise appreciated! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toOZ2012 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Hi, The requirement is that you have been employed for 12 of the last 24 months at the time of applying. It doesn't matter whether you are company-employed or self-employed. The documentary evidence for self-employed people includes client testimonials, tax returns, invoices, company registration (if any) etc. Assuming you'll get to lodge within a year from now, your freelance work won't matter as you'll still have relevant work experience for 12 of the last 24 months at that time. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cables Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 Hi, The requirement is that you have been employed for 12 of the last 24 months at the time of applying. It doesn't matter whether you are company-employed or self-employed. The documentary evidence for self-employed people includes client testimonials, tax returns, invoices, company registration (if any) etc. Assuming you'll get to lodge within a year from now, your freelance work won't matter as you'll still have relevant work experience for 12 of the last 24 months at that time. Cheers. Thank you so much! so say for example we submit in a years time, will I need to gather P60's, Payslips from employed job as well as invoices, tax returns etc from self employed job? Thanks again x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toOZ2012 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Thank you so much! so say for example we submit in a years time, will I need to gather P60's, Payslips from employed job as well as invoices, tax returns etc from self employed job? Thanks again x Yup! For your employed/current job, get all the docs you can (payslips, HR reference, P60's etc). For the self-employed part, you can use invoices, tax returns, clients testimonials etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cables Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 amazing thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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