bigyin

The fact of the matter is that, despite what others suggest, UKVI, are only concerned with 2 main facts. Can you, her or both of you together fund the trip and will she return to Thailand at the end of the trip. You need to provide the evidence for both of these things. They don’t want pictures anymore or details of messages just hard facts. I assume the money won’t be a major problem so you need to concentrate on the returning to Thailand aspect. Having a car won’t impress them. A job with holiday letter from employer is the best thing but she doesn’t have that so you will just have to make the best case you can. Good luck.

Just the salary. Savings is the alternative to earnings or you can do a mixture of the two. But if you have the £18,600 then you don’t have to worry about anything else.

The only thing I would add here is that it is still not normal to have an interview even for a first British passport. Some people do get one but only a few. Entering the UK as a British citizen on a foreign passport is certainly not advisable. Having said that as a British citizen she would be absolutely entitled to entry into the UK and they could not refuse entry. They could however make things rather difficult and unnecessarily unpleasant at border control.

Hope it is good news.

I have been there 4 times(3 visas+citizenship) so I know exactly how you feel. I think the thing to remember is that there is no agenda in the Home Office to reject applications just for the sake of it. They are trying to stop people who are trying to abuse the system or just simply do not qualify and my experience is that genuine errors or omissions are normally dealt with by a request for further documentation. As I said before your decision obviously but in my opinion It will be fine and I don’t think they really would even ask for any further information.

My recent experience has been with ILR and citizenship And my opinion would be that if they require one more payslip and a bank statement then they will ask you for it rather than reject the application. They reject applications which clearly fail to meet the requirements but not normally for applications where it is simply a question of a missing document. Tony M was at one time an entry clearance officer so if he sees this he might be able to confirm that my understanding is correct. At the end of the day of course it has to be up to you as to how you want to proceed As I wouldn’t want you to take my advice and then have it rejected. As I say, however, my opinion is that it would not be.

Tony will correct me if I am wrong here but it is category A. All the HO instructions to the case workers are online and are worth reading. Yes you need to complete the appendix.

I think if your wife stayed longer than 6 months she would be classed as an over stayer which would adversely impact any future visa applications. Is she not planning to settle in the UK.

The average time is indeed six months so the super priority service for an extra £800 is the way to go if you want a quick result. Something to bear in mind, however, is that there can be a delay in getting a biometric appointment and the super priority does not kick in until after that appointment. Having said that the average is six months, I am a member of a couple of ILR and citizenship groups here in the UK and things do seem to have a speeded up a little just recently. I did the normal route for my wife’s just over a year ago and got a result in about two months. Didn’t go down the savings route as I used my work and state pension so can’t help with that one, sorry.

I did my wife’s application last year and in answer to this question we wrote as follows” I have a Facebook page and can see social events online. This keeps me aware of births and deaths and I can see videos of birthday parties”. The application was approved without any problem. As you move through the application form itself it will eventually create a checklist which will tell you exactly what documents are required to support the application. This is the best way to know for sure what is required. You can always stop and save the application at this point, gather the information and then continue when you are ready. Hope this helps.

That’s correct. There is no certificate now so you just put the pass reference number in the application. Nothing to worry about.

Where has it been moved to as I can answer the questions.

The service from the Home Office is shocking, I know of people in the UK who have been waiting 2 years for a result on a citizenship application with no updates.

No you can apply 28 days before completing the initial 30 months. You have to make sure that the applicant has completed 5 years in the UK for ILR so it just needs a little bit of forward planning.

Absolutely right. I grew up on one.

FLR, ILR and citizenship applications are taking around 6 months so this delay might be seeping into initial settlement visa applications.

I did this 6 years ago but I was married to my Thai partner and bringing them both back wasn’t a problem at all. I have subsequently adopted my daughter and they are both now British citizens. I do suspect that the easiest way to do this would be to get a divorce in the UK and then marry your partner. Everything else will then flow from that very easily. I am not sure how easy it would be if you were not married.

Yes the 28 day thing only applies if you haven’t done 5 years. Once you have been in the UK for five years, have passed life in the UK and obtained B1 English then you can apply for ILR at any time Within the validity of the current Visa.

The letter from your brother and friends would not be acceptable. Needs to be 3 sources so bank account is ok. Council Tax can be in joint names as I did that. I also used water bill as gas/electric company wouldn’t do joint names. Get 3 sources sorted straightaway and keep 6 items spread over the 30 months of the visa.

For ILR you can apply from 28 days before completing five years in the UK up until the date of expiry of your current Visa.

My opinion is that the returning to Thailand is the main criteria if she can prove she has the funds to support herself. She can presumably provide a letter from the university to say that she is on holiday and has a job to return to so under those circumstances it should not be a problem. UKVI are primarily concerned with affordability and reasons to return not studying an applicant’s lifestyle.

I was in Thailand for 6 years and adapted back with no problems. It is fussy after the relative freedom of Thailand but there is a safety net. So pluses and minuses.

My only question on this is that the government website does have a heading “when you do not have the right to reside“ and under this it says the following “you do not have the right to reside but can stay in the UK while you have one of the following a visa a family permit” it also says that indefinite leave to remain does give the right to reside. Am I reading this wrong? Happy to be put right.

I obviously bow to your superior knowledge here. I had thought only a foreign national from a red list country with ILR was exempt. I didn’t think a spouse visa gave residence rights. So I have learned something as well here.

I came back 6 years ago with my wife and then stepdaughter. Everything has been very well explained in the previous posts. You will I am sure realise that at the moment as Thailand is on the red list in the UK your wife will be unable to enter the UK. Hopefully that will be resolved in the not too distant future but no guarantees. I was lucky in that I retained my house, my bank account, my GP and was in receipt of a pension. So I was more or less able to seamlessly step back into UK life. I did organise my stepdaughter’s enrolment in the local school from Thailand so I know that is possible and not too difficult although complicated by the time difference. I assume that you have some income in the UK to enable you to meet the income requirement. The spouse visa is of course only the first step in what is a very long and very expensive process. My wife obtained UK citizenship two or three months ago at the end of 6.5 years in the UK and the cost of many thousands of pounds.