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Hi it's been awhile since I had to ask a question here .

    My Thai Wife has her own Thai Massage buisness . She is wondering if it is possible to bring her Daughter to the UK to work with her .

  Is this posible ?

  Thanks in Advance

My wife is in the UK with me , she is on Leave to Remain . Her current visa expires in April . She will then be applying for ILR .

This is just a quick question my wife who is Thai wants her daughters to come to UK for a visit round about Feb next year . That is no problem , but my wife has suddenly got paranoid that because her current visa runs out in April that her daughters would have there visa applications rejected . I think it won't affect their applications but could someone please give me a definitive answer . 

    Thanks in advance

Ok i finally managed to get to talk with someone . Turns out she needs a new passport to apply for a replacemant BRP , then she lists change of address on appliaction . Sounds simple enough

  Thanks for replies

The only contact we have had with the home office since she reported it lost was a generic email explaining that my wife has 3 months to apply for a new one . I have searched online and there does not seem to be a phone number in which we can contact anyone to explain the situation .

   We are holding off till monday to report the passports missing as royal mail has launched an investigation into where they are . Only doing this in the hope they might turn up and make the situation a bit easier . Getting a replacement passport means traveling from Scotland to London

Thanks for the reply .

Yes it's turning into a real headache for us . Looks like we will be taking the solicitor to the legal obmbudsman as they're not taking reponsibility for the loss . We need to wait eight weeks to do that and my wife only has three months to get all this sorted unfortunately .

  Things can only get better though

Hi my wife requires a replacement BRP because our solicitor lost it as well as both our passports . So the question i have can my wife get a replacement BRP with an old expired passport or does she need to get a new passport first . Secondly the BRP has been reported as lost but we are due to move address at the end of the month does she send away change of address before or after she gets new BRP . We are both in the uk , my wife is Thai .

If anyone can help , thanks in advance

I intend to complain to the home office .

We have a meeting lined up with our local MP regarding another issue ( health surcharge ) which they reacon they can help us get some of our money back . So i'll speak to them about the life in UK test .

Once again i'll keep you posted

Got reply to the complaint i sent

Thank you for your recent letter and we are sorry to hear that you were unable to take your Test.

We can confirm that is it the responsibility of the Candidate to ensure that the details they enter at the point of registering to take a Test, are correct. It is also the Candidate’s responsibility to ensure that they arrive at the Test Centre with the ID with which they registered, together with acceptable postcode evidence.

A requirement to verbally confirm all personal details contained on the candidates ID, (including postcode) forms part of the security checking process to allow candidates to take their Life in the UK Test.

We are afraid that we are unable to offer a refund on this occasion. Please note that this decision has been reached in agreement with the Home Office, it is final and we will be unable to correspond with you any further in relation to this matter

Complaint has been sent , I'll let you know how it goes .

Hi

Thanks

We will give it a go . Nothing ventured nothing gained and all that .

It's just really annoying

ok

Thanks

I can guess the answer to this but even though she could tell them her address , it was just the postcode she forgot ?

Hi

I'm in the UK with my Thai wife . She want's to pass the life in uk test , she studied and i booked the test for her . I made sure she had all the relevent documentation with her , passport , biometric permit , council tax bill with her name on it for proof of post code and a letter from home office with name and address .

So we set off this morning to the test center which is an hour away on the train . We get there and all seems fine , i'm told to leave the building as there is now where for me to wait . I find a cafe across the road and the next thing my wife turns up with a face like thunder . She was not allowed to take the test because she could not verbally confirm our postcode , she had forgotten it .

What i'm not understanding is there is no mention of verbal confirmation on the website only proof of postcode i.e. utility bill .

Have she got grounds for a complaint or does she just need to suck it up . It seems a bit harsh to me not to mention the waste of time and money .

Thanks

Yes the biometric visa has a chip with fingerprints .

I did'nt know that about the 13 digit citizen id .

Thanks i feel better about things now

Sorry i did phone GOV.UK but they were'nt exactly very helpful , just said she need to fill out a form .

That does'nt really help me as she won't be in the country when she changes her name and how does she get back in the country to fill out the form if she's got a different name .

Convince her , you don't know my wife . She's decided her name is unlucky and that's it so she's hell bent on changing it and nothing i say will make any difference .

So i'm stuck with this problem till i figure a way round it .

I did phone GOV.UK

Oh meant to say give a brief history of your relationship in the sponsor letter , how long you've known each other , how many times you've visted her and so on

I'm pretty sure i filled in the form on behalf of my wife when she first came to the Uk for a holiday . I supplied bank statements , payslips , details of skype calls , photos / proof of relationship , sponsor letter ect . The most important piece of information that you need is reason to return for her , letter from her employer saying she's got a job to go back too ( that sort of thing )

A three month holiday might be a bit long for first application though

Good Morning

My wife and I are going back to Thailand for a holiday in July , and she has decided she wants to change her first name . My qusetion is what sort of problems will this cause when arriving back in the UK because her biometric visa will state her original name . She will also be re-newing her passport when we are in Thailand .

I would also like to know if anyone knows how resolve any problems that this is bound to create .

Thanks in advance

My wife is about to apply for further leave to remain in the uk. She entered the UK on a marriage visa and we are now married.

I was looking at her passport and i noticed it expires on 29th aug 2015 , will this cause a problem with the visa application and if it does what are we supposed to do.

I'm a little concerned.

Thanks in advance for any answers.

She got it from the IOM in Bangkok for a UK fiancee visa.

The visa has been applied for , we are just waiting to see if it was successful.

The problem being , she needs to take this certificate with her when she comes to the UK.

Can she get a replacement or does she have to sit the test again to get another certificate ?

She's very upset.

My girlfriend has lost her TB certificate , can she get a replacement ? She went and left it in a taxi of all places .

Hi

My girlfreind goes back to Thailand at the end of the month. Can she apply for a visa to marry straight away or does she have to wait 6 months ?

Thanks

Oh forgot she has been here for 6 months on a visitor visa

Thanks , i managed to get a new appointment eventually