steve187

£850!!!!

I suppose someone has got to pay back the MP's expense claims.

it looks like its £720.00 for a single application and only £850.00 if its a couple, not many people bringing over thai wives will apply as a couple, so it looks like we are propping up the treasury again. as if we haven't already done it with visa and ilr costs

Hi

the fees went up in april here:-http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/news/feestable060409 and here:- http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecont.../feesfrom060409

so in theory shouldn't go up again until next year but who knows, but yes apply asap as the rules can always change, and as thai visa express states they are coming through in quick time I hope they are this quick in october when my wife is due to apply.

all the best with the application

Hi I have flown with them on a few occasions and find them to be extremely professional with a multi cultural crew, good food,drinks etc. stop over in Abu Dhabi is easy with a small hub easy to find the next gate for bangkok departure. on a par with emirates and qatar.

So I was thinking why not jellied eels like tubby issac does at the aldgate, or even may I suggest pie and mash with that lovely green liquor. I for one would look her up to buy some of each.

Hi sorry to hear the news. the only help I can offer is :- are you able to obtain a passport from another eu country. and secondly there is a cheap flight from stanstead to kuala lumpur by air asia x if all else fails

Hi, if the application is successful you wont attend the citizenship ceremony until you call & make the appointment yourself. And in August last year it took 3 months from application to confirmation of citizenship.

many thanks for that Boo

Hi can anyone help with the following

1 how long are the applications taking for British citizenship at the moment

2 after being accepted for British citizenship is there a time limit in which the ceremony must be attended

the reason for the questions is we are planning a trip to thailand after the application for british citizenship and want to book the tickets, but do not want to clash with any time limit for the ceremony

many thanks

As you are thinking of staying for 3-6 months. would it not be easier to just get a multi entry tourist visa, (2 or 3 entries) thus avoiding any problems that may arise. This would also cover you for the whole stay if required, (3x 60day stamps), Hull will issue and then return by special delivery post.

Are you 100% sure about having to be in the UK for over 3 years before you can apply for citizenship ?

Yes, I am 100% sure.

From Requirements for naturalisation if you are married to or the civil partner of a British citizen

Residential requirements

In order to demonstrate the residential requirements for naturalisation you need to:

• have been resident in the United Kingdom for at least three years (this is known as the residential qualifying period); and
  
• have been present in the United Kingdom three years before the date of your application; and
  
• have not spent more than 270 days outside the United Kingdom during the three-year period; and
  
• have not spend more than 90 days outside the United Kingdom in the last 12 months of the three-year period; and
  
• have not been in breach of the immigration rules at any stage during the three-year period.

Thanks for the clear info at last,,,,,,,I must admit it was some sandal wearing numpty that gave me the wrong advice at croydon ,,,,,,, the downside to this is it means another 2.5 years of schengen visa nonsense to go on our holidays ,,,,,,,,Jesus!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldnt want it any other way , but life is so complicated with a Thai wife thanks to our UK government

The key word here is resident - does a person who enters on a tourist visa count as a resident or are they a tourist. I think that would be a tourist it would be better surely to wait until the first day of entry as a spouse or a fiancee before counting the three years.

My wife has her Indefinite leave to remain visa and now she has to wait 1 year before she can get her UK passport, the immigration didn't say anything about taking a citizenship test, she took an ESOL course instead of the life in the UK test but didn't have to go to a citizenship ceremony.

After getting ILR and before getting a british passport, your wife will have to apply for british citizenship (£700.00 or so) she can apply on the third aniversary of her arrival in UK. after receiving citizenship she will then have to attend a ceremony.

My final tuppence worth; since there's no benefit in entering or exiting HKG on her US passport over doing the same on her Thai one, just use the Thai one and get the ticket issued in that name.

I think that would be the wisest course of action

its really easy if you know where to go and what to do

1) go to emabassy with yours and hers pappers and aplied for a affidavid (take 24 hours)

2) get the affidavid translated to thai language

3) with these translated affidavid go to forieng affairs and submit papper there (will take 1 day, pick up next day)

4) go to amphoe to get married this will take a hour (i recommend Lak Si amphoe) this amphoe is right accros the street 1 km on your left hand side this way you can bring papper direkt back to forien afairs

5) go to forien affairs to get pappers legelised

6) go to translater to get all pappers translated to your language

7) go back to your embassy or consulate and submit them (go can also direktly apply for her visa)

8) gongatualations you are now a married man

it take only 4 days to complete all when i get married

Point 7 no need to go to embassy, thai marriage certificates are accepted by uk imigration

Some good advice here on this page.

I am a UK citizen, and will be going through this all in the next few months.

Is it a big pain in the a$$ to get my partners bank accounts ( we have 3 joint ones ) passport , tabian baan etc... changed into her new surname? Is her passport with her old surname obsolete as soon as we marry?

cheers

Choppy

why are you trying to change name in all documents, she can continue using her maiden name, her passport is still valid and she can get all visas stamped in this, ILR included don't make yourself work for no reason!!

When using Thai I always find that the service and food is very good, the seats comfortable with good leg room. The down side is the age of the 747's with no seat back tv's,

If a FLR is obtained due to not passing the citizenship test, would it not be possible to avoid a ILR and go straight to Citizenship,( 3 years resident in uk) therefore avoiding the £750.00 fee.

No because you have to have an ILR visa for 1 year before you can get a UK passport and you need to be in the UK for a minimum of 2 years before you can get an ILR visa but you must get the ILR before you can get a UK passport.

many thanks for that

If a FLR is obtained due to not passing the citizenship test, would it not be possible to avoid a ILR and go straight to Citizenship,( 3 years resident in uk) therefore avoiding the £750.00 fee.

the funnist thread i read for long time

thats increased my post count

which offices were used by the people that got licences issued on a 30 day stamp.

thanks in advance

why not pass uk test here , thai licence is only good for one year here anyway. Then renew thai licence on next trip out.

She left her kiddie in the car with the engine running, what a <deleted> whit ( Kurgen)

Kurgen

what was she to do take the keys out? ( risk of child getting hot)

or carry the child about on a busy road? ( risk of a further accident)

easy to criticize sitting in a chair in front of a computer

many thanks for the replies

Looking at the forms on the immigration bureau site.

Q1-form tm 28. do I as a visitor have to fill in this form and take it to the police or immigration,

and Q2- does this form tm 30 have to be done by the property owner also,

so is it one of the other or both?.

I am arriving 26th December for a six week holiday. staying in family home in Plutaluang (near u-tapao)

any help would be appreciated

as far as i'm aware an international licence is required to drive in thailand, as well as your home country licence. my thai wife insures our car and i drive on an international, never had a problem with police a big smile always helps i find.

Hi my wife is looking for one of these so i did a google search for :- 'u900 thailand' and it shows your thread and another one that is listing the phone for $199. not sure if i can put a link on here but if you do the search it is easy to find.

My thoughts are with the people of china at this time, here is a link to some photos showing the suffering.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2008-05...ent_6681988.htm