tomcreeduk

Thank you 7by7.

My wife will be under taking the test required for her settlement visa next week. I wondered if anyone could direct me to the list of test providers in Bangkok. I have found a list on the website but it seems to only direct me to the test providers in the UK.

Thank you for your help.

Id suggest to send the whole statement. So they can review your in and out going

Sorry yes UK is correct. That's saves more time. Thanks

When I apply for a settlement visa after myself & fiancé marry in Thailand is it necessary to submit a police check / reference confirming she doesn't have a criminal record.

If this is necessary is it a matter of just walking into a police station and asking for one.

Thanks

Ladies & Gents

A brief outline

I am a UK citizen marrying my Thai Fiancé on the 7th June holding a beach wedding in Phuket. I am fully aware of what is involved to make in legally binding regarding certificates, amphurs

My concern and question comes when applying for a settlement visa.

If my GF goes and has her TB & English test before we marry these will be in her Family name.

I believe once we marry then they give her name change documents to take to the Amphur she is registered at.

After we marry & whilst I am still in Thailand we plan on submitting a settlement visa application.

So therefor her

TB Certificate

English Test Certificate

Her Passport

Her ID card will all still be in her family name.

The wedding information / documents will legally bind is together.

What is my best way forward to cover this to ensure the embassy don't pull us up on this.

Thanks

Thank you for your help.

Ladies & Gents advise please.

My question is once I return to the UK after getting married to my GF my then wife is going to do the running around necessary for the settlement visa.

For example

Passport name change, TB test & English test plus I believe she needs to go to her home town to change her name on her Blue book at the Amphur she is registered at.

I believe once she has all the official marriage papers she will need to go to the Amphur to change her name at her village so she has my sir name. this will be on her ID Card and in her blue book.

Then she will need to apply for a new passport so she will have my sir name.

Then once she has done this she will attend a TB test and English test to ensure the certificates are in her new sir name before we apply for the settlement visa.

Do you know how long these steps take.

Have I missed any key info.

And will she get her old passport back at it has her visa in it already for the UK which is where she is now.

Thanks People

Picked it up in person another total nightmare. Paid for same day return flight from Phuket to Bangkok. Plane from Phuket delayed an hour so got to VFS 20 minutes late and it was shut. Therefor couldn't get return flight at 19.30 and picked passport up at 1pm following day and had to pay for another flight but looking back now it was well worth another 24 hours of no sleep

Well all I can say is got the 6 month visit visa after a 6 month relationship with my GF I will write a couple of posts to share my experiance and also ask for advise once I've gone out & celebrated with her.

Thanks everyone

Well says it all with a lot of help from many people on this forum and alot of people with opinions I submitted my GF Visitor Visa on the 3rd & got the email today to go collect from BKK so return flight from Phuket to Bangkok booked for tomorrow and I guess just time will tell but would like to say thanks to you all and I'll keep you updated. Hope no ones got experience of Wednesdays being the day of bad news.

I'll update tomorrow with the outcome & share my experience with you all.

Thank You.

Thanks Gents.

This will be my 3rd visit to Thailand.

I have spend much of that time with her family which is all documented and we have many photo's.

Her manager is more than happy to keep her job open for her.

I'm not saying the position won't be filled whilst she is away but there will be a job available to her on return.

The letter is based out of truth and what more can I do.

I take on board the letter being in Thai even tho the manager can speak and write English.

I would just get it translated.

Any other comments.

Thanks for reading.

I am about to apply for a uk visit visa for my Thai GF.

She has spoken to personnel at her employment and they are happy to write a letter on headed paper which will be stamped and signed.

She works in a restaurant / pool bar serving food and drinks as a waitress and her personnel showed her a letter they issued to another employee recently and she has sent me a photo of it which I have copied the wording but added a few sentences. Her manager said basically tell me what you want me to write and I'll do it for you.

She has worked there since May and they are happy to keep her job open for 3 months until she returns.

We plan on submitting application on the 3rd and visa permitting planning on flying to uk on 16th of January together all being well

She will actually finish work on the 28th of December to meet me in BKK for the 29th. All being well she will return to Thailand on 13th April and return to work on the 16th April

Shall I include all dates.

What I am after help with is there anything missing from the basic letter from them which could be very important for the embassy to see.

December 28 2011

Certificate of Employment

To whom it may concern

This is to certify that miss A****n S********t is employed by My Company Co Ltd since May 3 2011 to present. Her is now holding the position of a waitress with a monthly salary of baht 6600

Her last day will be December 28 for her to visit England 

A**** is a very good worker and we are happy to keep her job open for her to return to. 

I hereby certify that the above mentioned are true and correct

Sincerely yours

Any comments and advise are welcome

Does the settlement visa need to be applied for once they are married due to them only being long term partners not married. Or can you apply for settlement even though they are not married.

Hi all.

If anyone has time to reply or experience on this it would be much appreciated. Myself and my Thai GF are going to apply for a visitor visa in the 1st week in January and am in the process of creating a evidence folder for the UK embassy.

Just a bit of history. We met on the 26th June 2011 and plan to apply for visa on 3rd January 2012 which is 6 months. We spent a week together in June/July then 18 nights together in October and I go back for 16 nights in December / January which is when we intend on applying for a visa.

I will bullet point the way I was planning on laying it out and if you could give your opinion it would be much appreciated.

1. Completed VAF1
2. 2 Passport Photo's Applicant
3. Passport Applicant
4. Photocopy Of Thai Identity Card Applicant
5. Letter explaining intention of trip Applicant
6. Letter from employment Applicant
7. 6 Months payslips Applicant
8. 6 Months bank statement Applicant
9. Letter of consent from mother Applicant
10. Paperwork of Family Property Applicant
11. Health cover Applicant
12. Travel Insurance Applicant
13. Letter of invitation Sponsor
14. Letter from employment Sponsor
15. 6 Months bank statements Sponsor
16. 6 Months payslips Sponsor
17. P60 Sponsor
18. Photocopy of passport Sponsor
19. Letter of invitation from Family Sponsor
20. Address of stay Sponsor
21. Morgage information Sponsor
22. Council tax information Sponsor
23. Proposed flight tickets Sponsor & Applicant
24. 6 months phone bill itimized Sponsor & Applicant
25. 6 months emails Sponsor & Applicant
26. 6 months Skype history Sponsor & Applicant
27. Messanger conversation Sponsor & Applicant
28. Hotel check in's Sponsor & Applicant
29. Flights checkins Sponsor & Applicant
30. Money Transfers Sponsor to Applicant
31. Photo's together Sponsor & Applicant
32. Photo's with family & friends Sponsor & Applicant

So there will be plenty of info there but to just eleaberate on certain bits any advise would be welcome.

5. The applicant will just state how and when we met and that we been in touch everyday since. She has been invited to see my way of life and family and visit places in the UK as she has shown me her way of life family and we have visited places all over Thailand together. Also stating she knows that she needs to abide by all the rules not to jeopardise any future visa applications between us.

6. Letter from her manager to say she has worked there for 16 months and in that time she has been granted 2 months leave to stay with family in Singapore and that they left her job open for her return and are happy to let her have 3 months off to visit England and keep her position open.

9. Her mum will explain she have met myself and my family and is happy for her to stay with us for 3 months knowing that she will be safe and cared for.

10. She has explained to me that there home in the hometown has her Mum, Sis, and Brothers name on some kind of paper which I assume is some kind of deed which will show as some tie to return i hope.

18. Do I photocopy every part and page of my passport and get it signed for proof by someone that it is mine if this is correct who can sign it.

19. My parents are going to Phuket on holiday and are planning on meeting her and her mother for dinner for the evening so they can state in there letter they have met and are looking forward to her coming to stay to get to know her better.

20. Myself and my girlfriend will stay at my parents which they are happy to let us so they need to prove they have a 3 bed house with a room for them and a room for us.

21. Proof they own a 3 bedroom property ( with photo's )

23. Print out of flights we plan to travel to england on if visa approved

24. Proof of hour phone call per day and all text messages sent

25. Lots of emails sent from her to me

26. All Skype chat and call duration

27. Whatsapp iPhone chat ( free text messages ) 50 a day itimized each way

28. Hotel check in info of about 8-12 different hotels in different places in Thailand

29. Flight check in for 5-6 various flights In Thailand

30. 6 months of money transfers once a month

31. Photo's together in different places in different clothes on different days.

32. Various photo's with myself and all her family and friends in different places at different times. Photo's with her and her mum with my parents.

I know I have covered a lot and any feedback would be great......

Do you think my sequencing is correct or should it be laid out differently. I was thinking of putting it all into a folder indexed 1-32. Do they keep the folder or pull all the paper work out of the folder. So many questions I guess I will just learn

If you been brave enough to read this and reply I can't thank you enough.

Gents

Thank you very much for your time and effort to read and reply. I appreciate it very much....

Got lots of positives to take from this..... A few negatives are that

Everything is positive apart from as follows...

Am I being realistic regarding applying after 6 months as just had a visa company ring me and tell me there experience is it will fail due to only being 6 months and they believe I need to wait until 9 months before I even try....

She needs to prove she will return which will be covered by a letter from her work to say her job is left open for her fingers crossed... As she has no land or motorbike to prove otherwise.... My family intend to visit her once she returns to see her home town ect.... They will state this in the supporting letter.....

Also she has no money in the bank and lives on 6600 baht to cover living, bills & eatin ect so her savings are minimal also if at all...

But I take on board all you have said and I am very grateful for your time.....

Gents.

Thanks for taking the time to read this I guess if you seen the title you can feel my pain...

In December myself and my thai girlfriend plan on applying for her first visiting visa to the UK and fingers crossed she is excepted. Currently I am building a evidence portfolio for the visa. I am 31 and she is 28.

If i'm honest you may think i'm nuts but we met June 2011 and spent the best part of 10 days together where she showed me the island of Phuket and we flew to Pattaya too.

We speak for a hour a day on the phone and communicate via Skype regually we have email contact ect. I have done my home work via forums and friends..

I return In mid October for 3 weeks where I will meet her mother who i speak to regually on the phone and she is happy that her daughter is happy and gives us full concent to travel Thailand and her to visit the UK (Visa Permitted)

My parents are going to Phuket this December and they will meet her and her mum for dinner so i'm sure this will help greatly with the visa application as she will stay with me and my family if the visa is granted.

I then return December the 30th and we have another 16 days together during this time we plan on applying for a UK tourist. I know its about submitting and praying hard but we have nothing to hide and i hope its about do the right thing and the right thing will happen.

I guess i'm inquiring about settlement visa / finance visa I know i not even got the 1st visitor visa yet. But ideally if all continued as it is id lie to propose to her and its what we spoken about in dept the future and life ect.

If thats the case and I do is the best visa to apply for still a visitors visa or a fiancé. I know the embassy are suspicious about relationships as short as this.

Does anyone have any experience about Thai marriages. My friend had his GF come over for her second visit on a finance visa and they got married here in UK.

Ideally I know I'm talking future but I'd like to get married in Thailand but it seems very hard to make it legally biding for a settlement visa. Is it possible to do or does anyone know the step by step procedure into getting correct paper work in order and the step by step procedure. We have spoken about getting married in her home village in Udon Thani which I would like very much.

I hope someone can make sense of what i've typed but it's flying about in my head and if anyone can clear any of my questions up then i'd be a very grateful member.

Thanks for your time....