cuddleypete

WELL DONE AND ALL THE BEST TO YOU BOTH

PETE AND SOM+BABY BEN

Well done mate nice to hear good news Congratulations and Good luck to you and your wife.

all the best pete & som

hi all my friend just came round with his thai wife he said to me that they were thinking off going to france soon,so i told him that she will need a Schengen Visa.

I got my wife one last year from the french embassey in london free of charge but i can not remember what to do and what paper work is needed can someone point us in the right direction please

and also he want to get her a national insurance number i also got my wife one last year in brighton but yet agian i can not rember how we did it can someone also point us in the right dirrection agian

many thanks pete and som

Hi Cuddleypete, im sorry to hear that your application was unsuccesful, its an expensive business for sure.I was under the impression that if you applied for ILR and it was refused then you would have to apply again for FLR and pay again. it seems that you applied for ILR and got FLR with paying only one fee. Once again i am baffled . Anyway good luck to you and your good lady.

regards Mr and Mrs Scooty

Hi there scooty

If you apply for ILR and for any reason it is turned down they can give you flr for 2 years and refund the differance between FLR (£395.00)and ILR(£750.00), which then gives you another 2 years to do ILR agian getting the paperwork or what ever they want, and in the 2 years you can apply for ILR at any time of course paying the full £750.00 agian or what ever the fee is by then.

all the best pete and som

just like to say that we can apply for the ILR at anytime it the 2 years, But off course we want to do it asap so that 2 years after she get ILR, she can get her british passport.

Cuddley

To apply for British citizenship, your wife has to be married to you, have lived in the UK for 3 years and hold ILR only, she does not have to have held it for 2 years before she applies.

Hi mahout angrit that sounds good what you say but to be really hounest iam not sure about the bit after she gets ilr what we have to do next and off course the cost and what forms etc etc

maybe when you have time you could point us in the right direction

many thanks pete and som

Pete,

I'd seriously complain. If the BIA has given your wife a two-year extension, they evidently accept that the relationship is subsisting. Consequently, there was nothing stopping them from granting your wife indefinite leave.

Scouse.

thanks scouser for reply i see what you say maybe right, but i will do what to lady said to do and get what they ask for then nothing can go wrong, its only another 6 months max, not long

thanks pete

hello all

reply to my post about my wife ilr.

Well she did not get ILR due to me making mistake, i did not have enough paperwork for the 2 years about my self i know it seems silly as iam british but i dont make the rules, So to everyone else please make sure that you have enough paperwork covering the 2 year period in both names and in joint names, My wife got a 2 year extension (FLR) and i was told by a nice lady that if i get some more paper work in say the neaxt six months and i apply agian for ILR we will get it as everything else was ok ( ie my wifes paperwork, and my wifes collage esol etc ) so it was just my paperwork really my mistake not hers,just like to say that we can apply for the ILR at anytime it the 2 years, But off course we want to do it asap so that 2 years after she get ILR, she can get her british passport.

ps i was told by her collage that after 1 year of her being in the uk she can do esol course and it will be free.

also the now she has passed her esol course thats all she has to do.

All the best pete and som

Hi Cuddleypete,

I would just like to exchange thoughts with you about the ESOL business.

I notice on one of your previous posts that you mention that your wife has an ESOL certificate at level 2. I have been trying to find out information about what qualification is required to apply for the ILR, It still seems to me to be very unclear as to what certificate is required. I want to mention this to you because my wife is attending college and is studying the ESOL level 2 course. Today my wife went on a days course at a college that was conducted by a Thai teacher(it was a days course to get a food hygiene certificate) but the Thai teacher also teaches ESOL. my wife was told that she needs an ESOL level 3 certificate in order to apply for the ILR and not have to pass the life in the UK exam.My wifes teacher at college on the ESOL level 2 course says that she must pass the exam at the end of the level 2 course to get the appropriate cetificate. so i am still baffled.I wish you luck with your application and i hope you can keep me and others informed.

regards Scooty.

Hi there scooty thanks for your reply, i am also unclear what level is needed as well my wife and i was told by her teacher that she only needs level 2 for her ILR, not sure about level 3 it is a very dark area i think no one really knows what you need or not need NOT even the goverment,and when you go to fill in the ILR forms it is still not very clear on there, we have now sent off my wife's ilr forms with all the paper work and we are now waiting to find out the outcome,and will off course let you know if level 2 was ok with the powers to be.

THATS IF THEY SEND IT BACK BY RECORED DELVERIY AND IT DOES NOT GET LOST, BECAUSE ARE WOUNDERFULL GOVERMENT FORGOT HOW TO SEND SPECIAL INFORMATION BY POST, WHAT A JOKE

ALL THE BEST PETE

hi everyone

just bieng checking the ilr form to make sure we got it all and there is a problem (maybe) we havent got any bills in joint names and i have not got bank statments covering the 2 years only the last six months ,to be honest did not relize that i had to keep paper work as well as my wife as i was born here etc etc.(did not read form properly).

I was thinking off doing the flr form instead so she gets flr the say next year or year after do ilr when we have got the right paper work and the right amount of paper work,

1. would this be ok??? as she is working

2. is flr for six months ? 12 months ? 24 months?

or is there another form we should use??

they make it so hard are wounderfull goverment. and you need a degree to understand the forms.

do we fil in flr and send it in and hope for best and if she not get llr they will give her flr

many thanks pete

hi there all yes it is a letter of invatation not a sponsor lettere sorry for the mistake

my wife nephew wants to come to the uk to visit us and we will be providing accomadation

just need to know what to write etc

a sample letter would be a great help

hope this helps and someone has the answer

P.S I dont need any stuiped comments ok

hi there thanks for quick reply

the purpose of the sponsor letter is for Tourism and Visit my thai wife , the person is thai and a family member

many thanks pete

hello all

I would like some help please ,I need to write a LETTER OF INVITATION to the embassy in bkk, we would like family members to come to the uk

Has anyone got any sample letters i can write to the embassey or pinot me in the right dirrection

many thanks pete

Hi scotty sounds like you having abit off a bad time i wish you all the best in your application hope it all works out for you

pete and som

also i would say that if they think you are not telling the truth its a no no straight away

not known each other long enough ,i.e meet july married august apply for visa september

If they think you will resort to public funds

hi there why does anyone pay for these firms to do the work you can do yourself,such a waste off money,

P

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW OFF ALL THE PLACES IN THE UK YOU CAN BUY THAI FOOD SO PEOPLE CAN LOOK HERE TO FIND A THAI SHOP NEAR THEM ,SO WHEN THERE THAI WIFE G/F B/F ETC ARE IN THE UK IT WILL HELP THEM.

HERE ARE A FEW WE USE

Talad Thai Restaurant & Supermarket

320 Upper Richmond Road,

Putney,

London SW15 6TL,

Wing Yip, Purley Way, Croydon.

SEEWOO

Furlong House

Horn Lane

Greenwich

London SE10

SEEWOO

CHINA TOWN

18-20 Lisle Street

London WC2H 7BE

Hoo Hing in Mitcham.

AND THERE IS ONE IN CANTERBURY KENT CANNOT REMEMBER NAME

hi there

have you tried seewoo ( have a very good seltion of thai food, fresh veg as well) they also have shop in chaina town london.

Furlong House

Horn Lane

Greenwich

London SE10 0RT

or wing nips in croydon purley way have quite a good slection of thai food

or Talad Thai Restaurant & Supermarket

320 Upper Richmond Road,

Putney,

London SW15 6TL, smaller shop but have a good seltion of tinned and fresh veg and thai newspapers etc etc.

hope this helps

My thoughts go out to all those involved and their families

sad day

pete

A 43-year-old Thai man was found dead wearing 15 bras and a mini-skirt belonging to his estranged wife, news reports said Wednesday.

Jaran Khadphano was found dead Tuesday from a suspected heart attack at his home in Roi Et, 400 kilometres north-east of Bangkok, the Thai-language Khao Sod newspaper reported.

Relatives of Jaran, who formerly worked as an optician in Bangkok, told police he had been suffering from depression since his wife left him for another man and had been taking painkillers washed down with coffee several times a day.

Doctor Thanakorn Klangsaeng of Roi Et Hospital said he suspected Jaran had died of a heart attack. There was no immediate explanation as to why the deceased was wearing his wife's clothes, which he had brought back with him from Bangkok after the couple's separation.

Terrible news.

hi there 'Mahout Angrit' thanks for your reply i thought he was talking a load of <deleted>,

and no i dont want any off his happy pills

thanks pete

hi all agian my friend told me that You cannot get a shengen visa for your Thai partner from a consulate or embassy outside of Thailand unless you are legaly married and have all the suporting documents to prove it. is this true???

iam not sure as i have got one for my wife (thai) at the french embassy

thanks pete