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You have more chance of being injured from falling off your soapbox!........................or pulpit...

Standard visitor visas are normally issued for 6 months - you can apply for 2, 5 or 10 years (but can still only stay for 180 days) in any one visit. I know a family of 4 who were staying with the UK mother-in-law who were asked to provide a local authority letter confirming that accommodation was suitable. In most cases like this a Zoopla property description should suffice.

You are visiting for a few weeks....your budget (and evidence of funds) will support that - including hotel accommodation. If you were visiting for, say, 4 months it would be different.

You don't need a flight booking - in fact UKVI advise against booking flights until the visa has been approved......(totally the opposite with a Schengen visa). The online application process asks if you are staying in a specific place. I always cover that off in my 'sponsor' letter by referring to "we will be visiting various locations in the UK and will book suitable hotels in due course - the financial evidence supplied provides more than sufficient cover for such accommodation". If you are staying with relatives you may need a letter of invitation from them - and perhaps evidence that the accommodation is adequate for those visiting.

I am aware that the original plan was to revert to 30 days, after 31 March, but I have not seen any official confirmation of this?

I agree 100% A friend's application was submitted on 10th March; on 27th March the processed visa was sent out by VfS.

Never heard that. Never experienced that in my 8 visits to Vietnam. Now, Bali.....that is a different story.

I don't think that is correct. I would probably be more wary of scams in Thailand.

Up in Buriram (near Phanom Rung) they actually have a road sign that reds "Rahansai"...................L's and R's are not their strong suit.

I am going for Ratree Sawat. "Goodnight"

My missus was verbally abused, for wearing a mask, in the UK last April.

You are losing out. Your prerogative. But when a former HSBC senior manager tells you that WISE is more cost effective than HSBC, you should take note

It is. Period Keep it simple for you...it is more advantageous to transfer funds to Thailand with WISE than via HSBC . Now, contradict that statement if you will ....and be sure to re-read my calculations above before doing so.

Are you sure that you haven't mixed up your films?:-

When I was young the advice I received from previous generations was pretty close to the mark.

Jacko, give up. You are embarrassing yourself. I thought that you would have been familiar with the phrase 'back-ended'.

Are you familiar with that entrance? I am. Unlikely that the truck was stationary at the time but undoubtedly moving slowly as it is a tight access. All that is irrelevant the bike didn't see/stop.....that is all that matters. Unless, of course, you think the truck was reversing at speed out of that entrance!! ????????

Correct. The truck turned from the second lane at almost 90 degrees. Fact, it is what they always do at that entrance. The bike ran into the back of him. The back....not the side, not the front - the back.

......and some of them lurk under bridges - this 'newbie' certainly does!

I can see why the Brits don't like you.

That would be difficult when the hosts promote the services of a visa agent!

You are right about the U -turn which was closed a few years ago after a Farang got wiped out. That lane is in constant use and (in day time) it is very much a fast lane. There is only one root cause - the motorbike rear-ended the truck. I am not guessing I have seen trucks make that turn many times. The truck would not turn from lane 4.....you can see from the truck's position exactly what happened. This looks like an early hours delivery, quiet road, if the biker could not see, or stop in time for a huge container truck then his his judgement was flawed by any number of the factors I mentioned earlier. A toxicology report would be the next thing to see.

Better than nowt! .....and the Thais think that vote has some value. (usually around 500 Baht)

50% there are 4 lanes on that well lit stretch of road. He rear ended the truck. <deleted> Jacko ☺️ read the report. Running into the back of something is invariably the fault of the rear vehicle.

It was turning left into MAKRO ...what angle did you expect. Perhaps it was invisible - that could be why the retard on the bike failed to avoid a 40' articulated lorry.