kobrien

Is the West Ham v Man United game not on channel 3 or 7 ?

I got excited thinking this said the worlds fattest farang comes to Thailand,was gutted to see a pic of a car and not Rik Waller

Do you mean the savings of 1500 over 2.5 years in your account,if so, no,I am guessing the £1500 would have to be in your account for at least 6 months which would rule that out.

Hi Guys,

Can anyone tell me if the new rule changes for UK visas (family,which come into effect in December) make any difference to bringing a Thai wife and my son (British citizen) to the UK ?

I am working for my local housing group on £18,000 so I still do not qualify under the threshold rule, but just wondered under the Zambrano rules and general changes do these help with regards to get my Thai wife being able to bring my son to the UK so we can be family ?

There are a lot of groups getting excited about the changes on the Facebook groups but I can only see them helping if your partner is already in the UK or if you split from your partner...

Thanks.

There seems to be a lot of scams at present,the general scam seems to be stealing people's I.D or selling someone on a job in LOS that results in no pay at the end of the month - http://betterthanimb...urve-edknovate/

There have been a lot of adverts recently advertising several positions for a new hotel being built by the group -

Macdonald burlington,based in Bangkok.

This is a bank and I.D theft scam....

http://betterthanimbd.wordpress.com/

Hi guys,my plan at present is to apply for a tourist visa for my wife to come to spain,please let me know otherwise but my idea

is to apply for the tourist visa(3months) she then goes back to Thailand at the end of the three months,by this stage I will have lived and sorted my residence out in Spain and can then apply for her to come live in Spain long term ?

Is this possible ?

As mentioned this is a time issue,can I apply for a tourist visa as she is only visiting me in Spain ? On the EU website it states you do not need to state where you are living as this is against EU rules ? they even state a sample problem with the Spanish authorities being corrected on a refusal based upon them asking for an address in Spain ? my idea was to apply from the UK for her to join me in Spain,waiting three months would be no good to us

OK,I got the wrong end of the stick,I thought you were refering to my wife applying for a tourist visa to come to the UK.

I am awaiting news to see if I can work from home in Europe,mainly because I have to come into the office to every other month for a meeting/update,I would struggle to do that from Thailand,thanks for the idea anyway.

I was under the impression that if you have previously applied for Settlement you will always get refused for a tourist visa,the fact that we are married and have child gives the UK the excuse that my wife would not want to return home.

Tried this before and it was rejected on these grounds.thanks all the same

I have kept my family waiting for over a year,a few months seeing them here or there hardly improves the situation,I work for a UK travel firm who allow people to work from home,if there is no argument about me working from Spain, I can still pick up my UK payments into my UK bank account and re apply several months later,mentally my wife and I have reached our breaking point,as far as I can see,on the Spanish website there is little required apart from proof of our marriage,some medical insurance and general copies of I.D. and bank statements...

The fact that the spouse visa is free of charge is also another reason to move in the Spanish direction.

Thank's for all your responses,this site is a life saver at times !

OK visa plus,thank you for honest and direct answer,I will have to look at the Spanish/other European country option as I cannot keep my family waiting any longer,thanks again.

I have been paying two lots of rent for the last few year so this has taken a lot of my savings,I really would like to know if anyone recently has been succesful with less than 6 months(payslips) and a letter or contract from work. (option d or e )

Thanks for your quick replies guys,so ignorning the issue of my UK employer,you are saying I could have my wife come stay with me as a matter of right rather than having to meet certain criteria as you do with the UK ?

My first choice is still the UK as mentioned but I have got to have a plan B,I would seriously consider applying for tourist visa to Spain for her,I read you can get 90days,and then apply for Settlement whilst we are there,I'm sure this would involve her going back home once or twice but atleast we would be together as a family.

My only concern over the UK settlement is the request for 6 payslips,I would be only applying with 3 months worth,some people have told me this is not enough,others have told me its fine as long as you explain the reason you only have three months,I would rather get confirmation before wasting £1000 on the application.

Spain was always a place I imagined retiring to,I guess from what you guys are saying I may be heading there sooner than I anticipated.

My plan if the UK option fails would be to obtain a spanish visa for my wife which I'm hoping she can obtain from a Spanish embassy in Thailand ?

I am a month away from applying for a UK settlement visa for my Thai wife and 10 month old baby,who has a UK passport.

I am so tired with the process I dont think I could go through the same ordeal again if we were to be rejected,after returning to the UK it took me several months to find two jobs that cover £18600 threshold,I am now 1 month away from having 3 payslips to send as proof my earnings.

In the past year we have spent a couple of months together which is causing a great deal of strain.

If for any reason the UK refuse our application, how easy is it to apply for settlement in Spain,my son and me both have UK passports its just my wife who only has a Thai passport.

We need to be together now,I dont think I could earn a decent living in Thailand,at present I work for a travel company and I specialise in the Asian market,I have been told it may become possible to work from home

so my idea is to be based in Spain whilst working from home with my current employer.

Is the process easier and quicker to gain a settlement visa in Spain ?

Does anyone know what channel the England v France game is on ? im staying at a friends pad who seems to have a load of channels I have never seen before.

Thnak you 7by7,Would you recommend that three months worth of payslips is the minimum to go along with six month worth of bank statements ?

Thank you so much for your help in this matter

Thanks for your thoughts guys,the person I spoke to has told me as the discretional visa (Access to child) is discretional it should take no more than 2 months,and its always granted as long as there is no recourse for public funding.

In reality,it would be very hard on my wife to spend a day without our baby, if I was to bring him here for a holiday to register him then at the local authorities,this is really my second and last option.

If there was a way I could register him here without having to bring him here I would do it in a shot,but I guess I would breaking rather than bending the rules then.

I have a wife and a 7month old baby in Bangkok,since I have come back from Thailand at the start of this year I have not had a lot of luck getting the settlement visa sorted quickly.

As a second option,a guy mentioned the other day that I could apply for a Access to child visa.

I was told that if I flew my baby over here and registered him with the local doctors and so on,I could then fly him back,apply for this decreasingly visa(Access to child)and the visa in certainty as long as there is no recourse for public funds,and if you did it via this route my wife would not have to sit the English test ?

Does this sound right to you guys ?

I will probably stick to the conventional Settlement but im just keeping my options open.

I know I read a few months back that there was going to be changes with regards to the sponser of the wifes income(meaning me),the general info I have picked up in the past has confirmed that its a safe bet to have £600 clear funds in your account each month,then after three months this would be enough to get the visa granted (passed purely on the income side of things)

Has anyone been given any new information with regarding this issue ?

I would steer clear of the internet,whilst enjoying a few beers in a quiet bar,one with internet access,myself and

few other guys were asked questions,by these working girls, in reference to conversations they were having on chat pages

with so called single men, looking for love,for a laugh we humoured the girls with a few responses until this one old man

started getting fresh on his keyboard,then fun factor was replaced with a feeling of dread.

So be careful,you could well be chatting to random guys in a Thai bar via Thai girls...

I did edit the names out of the original post but I had issues posting the story on the site,the company have been top on a lot of internet searches for a long time, so please be aware and like 7by7 says,there are some good visa companies out there,I would use one without doubt,just not the one I had the pleasure

of working for.

Thanks Visa plus,I had earned nearly 5k,but as it was a family business the levels of paperwork were not in place and the whole approach was lax,I can fully understand why they doubted

the job,I was very naive when making the initial application,I will focus on the new appeal with all new circumstances,thanks all the same.

Anyone ?

Thanks for the tips,I will try and check a few places out in person