Hit a snag on the TRA

[mel73]

Hi All, just joined here hope you could shed some light on my problem. Ive been in construction for over 25 years and for pretty much most of it Self-Employed. All of my career ive worked for various contractors and basically been with them solely as a employed person would have been. Ive always worked alongside a contractor who have rung me to work with them. Today i just got my TRA form back stating the i havent included 'clients references' and work receipts for various machinery ive bought. Although im self-employed, i have always worked alongside contractors. I cant produce the certificates etc they require. I have family out in OZ and paperwork to back myself up. It seems that they think that if you are self employed that you own a company and that just isnt the case!! Big help required PLEASE!

[pablo]

Hi All, just joined here hope you could shed some light on my problem. Ive been in construction for over 25 years and for pretty much most of it Self-Employed. All of my career ive worked for various contractors and basically been with them solely as a employed person would have been. Ive always worked alongside a contractor who have rung me to work with them. Today i just got my TRA form back stating the i havent included 'clients references' and work receipts for various machinery ive bought. Although im self-employed, i have always worked alongside contractors. I cant produce the certificates etc they require. I have family out in OZ and paperwork to back myself up. It seems that they think that if you are self employed that you own a company and that just isnt the case!! Big help required PLEASE!

 

Alright mate,might be best to state your trade etc,then people might be able to advise better?

Fwiw ive been s/employed since 89,worked thru subbies as a sole trader(bricklaying),i got as many statements as i could off as many subbies who would do them,plus i had to do self declarations when companies were no longer trading.

Anyway,explain a bit further and hopefully someone will be able to help,good luck with it btw

[SaffanZimbo]

You might need to get advice from a migration agent. OH is self employed and we battled to get through the TRA process and thanks to a brilliant agent we finally got there after nearly 5 months and just in time to lodge our visa ahead of the 1st July deadline. The TRA wanted indepth references for OH's last 3 years of work, 3 years payslips (which we don't have being self employed), 3 years bank statements, 3 years of invoices..... the paperwork was daunting and it was a very, very frustrating process. I think getting an agents advice may prove invaluable as it is a very tough process to get through.