Thank you that is wonderful advice. He has only been self employed for less than twelve and therefore only 1 tax return and that was for only a few months (jan to april) - so only accounts for a few thousand pounds. The rest of the evidence will be with bank statements, copies of past invoices etc ...

Background: Brazilian national wishes to marry UK citizen. We have been dating for around 2 years and have lived together in the UK for 8 months. My visa ran out in April 2006 and since then I have lived in Brazil. We have been in daily contact and have emails, phonebills and instant messenger print ...