Tony M

I would be interested to know also. We have a similar problem, mainly with Russians but with individual condos now being purchased by Chinese.

Pleased to hear it ! Enjoy your holiday.

Well, you quoted it in your post, so you can take the criticism as you didn't say that it is wrong.

That is a fairly simplistic view of the requirements, and seems to imply that only employment income can be used in an initial application (I know that you did say that various sources of income and funding can be used). Other sources can be cash savings (for both applicant and sponsor), pension income, property rental income. Saying "Otherwise, only the sponsor’s employment income can be considered for the initial visa application" is not quite true.

Here's a useless "fact" (from ChatGPT) for you. Maybe up to 50% of Home Office employees would not be able to meet the 29,000 GBP a year financial requirement: Based on the Home Office's annual report for the 2022-2023 financial year, the median salary was £35,372. This suggests that approximately half of the employees earned below this amount. Additionally, the 25th percentile salary was £27,014, indicating that about 25% of employees earned £27,014 or less. While exact figures aren't provided, it's reasonable to infer that a significant portion of Home Office employees—likely between 25% and 50%—had a maximum annual salary of £29,000 or less during that period.

They are almost identical. As I said earlier, one is marriage in Thailand and the other is marriage in UK. And the cost is almost the same. The cost of a "fiancee" visa is slightly higher as you have an extension of stay to apply for in the UK after marriage.

What do you mean by "best option" ? If you mean the difference between a "fiancee" visa or a spouse visa, then the only difference really is whether you marry in Thailand or in the UK.

Wasn't slavery abolished ?

But what is the point of an immigration arrival card ? Surely the information/data is entered into the immigration database when the immigration officer scans your passport and enters the required data, including permitted length of stay, into the database. What happens to the written information card ? Up to 40 million paper cards per year ? I'm sure the immigration database is shareable with other departments, if required by them.

So, I might be taxed in Thailand, but not in UK on those two incomes ? And I might receive a useless tax credit ?

My income in the UK is not taxed (small frozen pension and small rental income) as it is below my personal tax allowance. But it will be taxed in Thailand if I remit it ? A tax credit in UK is no use to me if I don't pay tax in UK ?

Please explain the figures. I have assessed my income at 697,000 thb, and it shows tax due as 7,000 thb.

Yes, you should. Get it translated and submit with the visa application. Include the father's contact details in his letter in case they want to contact him to check.

It looks okay, but if the mother has custody (legal or from the Amphur) you should include that with the application (with translation). She should have something as she probably needed it to obtain her daughter's passport.

Well, good luck.