Worker registration scheme

hyposmurf

My partner is Czech, she came to live in the UK over 2years ago and has been working since then paying taxes and national insurance.In order to do this she had to obtain a national insurance number.Its only now after working for over two years with the same employer that the "UK border agency" have contacted her and sent a WRS 01/2008 form to her employer asking for it to be filled out.They are also asking for fee of £90.
Isnt this a bit l late to ask her to fil it out?On their site it says:

Once you have been working legally in the United Kingdom for 12 months without a break you will have full rights of free movement and will no longer need to register on the WRS

I assume working legally means that she has a legal NI number and is paying taxes and NI, so does she really need to fill this form out and pay?Their site isnt thqat clear either.

Glittermonkey

We require that our staff have these too.

They either have to show us at interview or apply for it within the first month of working for us.

Working "legally" basically means working for 12 months continuously with a WRS.

If she applies now, her previous 2 years would not count towards the 12 months, it would start from the time she gets the WRS.

Her company should of done this at the begining and have to be very careful they dont get fined.

Hope this helps.

liney

If she has a Residence Permit she doesn't have to register, if that's any help.

Mudd14

If she has residency then she wont need to apply as above.

Workingh legally for 12 months means working legally for 12 months! If she has not registrered within 2 months of being employed then she has not been working legally!

I would question her employer why they have not done the necessary checks!