mick01827

It's so difficult because you have to answer the question exactly how they want them answered. My now wife, then gf, applied directly to the embassy twice with no success, we then decided to go through an agent and she got the visa without any problems, she's been to the UK 3 times and will be here again on 28th of this month for 5 months.

48 minutes ago, kannot said:

Goes  way back in history.

Unfortunately it's still happening today with certain groups and I don't mean the man on the street, I think we'd all be shocked if the truth was to come out.

6 hours ago, samsensam said:

 

they might like to pop down to a well known bangkok market and do something about the child pornography openly on sale there.

Please tell me your joking!

What a waste of air, she's on the dole because she doesn't want to work a 'normal' job, in her own words 'She wants to get back where she belongs'....as in back on the tv! Useless t**t!

20 hours ago, PatOngo said:

I knew there were some sick people in this country but I never realised some were THIS SICK!

You'll probably find the perpetrators were western!

You reap what you sow! Good riddance to two scumbags who made others lives miserable! One dead and one will rot in prison. 

And yet people still visit this place! Unbelievable!

Cheap punch!

11 minutes ago, rasg said:

No she doesn't. That is why she has a sponsor.

 

So the 100,00 baht is a guess, yes?

 

Go ahead and stick 100,000 baht in her account without accounting for it and she will get a refusal.

 

Similarly, if the sponsor is paying money into the GF's account and she is financially reliant on those payments and can’t make ends meet each month without it and it will lead to a refusal. I've seen it time and again with people showing visit visa refusals on here. Fine for a settlement visa. Fine for a second visit visa. Do it for a first visit visa and it will be refused. It happened with my now wife. She was made redundant while she was here in the UK and when I explained that I was financially supporting her for the second visit application it was granted without a problem.

Thanks for the info.

One thing I wasn't going to do was just put money into her account for the exact reason you've stated, one of her friends told her that she needs 200,000b in the bank for a 2 year tourist visa, that's the reason I was asking the original question. Do you know if there's any truth in that statement? 

2 minutes ago, SirPaul said:

You need enough money to prove you can live and support your wife. Your wife needs to show she has some money as an indication of intent that she will return to Thailand as financially she does have a reason to return - the money in the bank acts as some proof of your intent.

Thank you very much for your advice, it's appreciated. 

34 minutes ago, 7by7 said:

Sorry, but no reputable company would say this to you; because it is not true!

 

There is nothing in the actual immigration rules about a 'maximum of 6 months out of 12' allowed in the UK as a visitor. But Para V4.2 says

 

Furthermore, from the guidance to UKVI staff (page 17)

 

Remember that obtaining a visa does not guarantee entry to the UK; the final decision whether or not to grant entry rests with Border Force officers at the traveller's port of entry; and the above applies equally when seeking entry as when applying for the visa.

 

If UK Border Force have reason to believe that, on the balance of probabilities, your wife intends to use a visit visa for de facto UK residence then her visa will be cancelled and she will be denied entry and returned to Thailand. This probably wouldn't happen on her first entry, but almost certainly would if she attempted another entry just 1/2 weeks after leaving the UK following a 6 month stay.

 

 

Please don't post on a question that I ask on a forum if you'regoing to insinuate that I'm a liar, unless you were actually there PLEASE DON'T TELL ME WHAT THE AGENCY SAID!

now please don't post anymore, I'm not interested in your garbage!

2 hours ago, 7by7 said:

 I trust that you and she are both aware that whether she has a 2, 5 or 10 year visit visa the maximum time she can spend in the UK per visit is 6 months and, unless there are exceptional circumstances, she cannot spend more than 6 months out of any 12 in the UK as a visitor.

 

As with her previous visit visas, there is no fixed financial requirement. She needs to show that she has sufficient funds available to her to cover the costs of each visit. These funds do not have to be just in her account; they can be in hers, yours, even a third party's or any combination of these.

I knew it was max 6 months per visit but the visa company said that she could return to Thailand for 1/2 weeks and then return to UK and she could do this for the entire span of the 2 year visa 

30 minutes ago, HampiK said:

As you are already married, can you explain, why not go for a partner visa?

 

I not a brit so don't know about their visa specials….

Pretty simple, we've been together just over 5 years, got married last December in Thailand, this was my first holiday in 3 years, due to my mom being sick, so I had 4 weeks in Thailand and 2 weeks in Vietnam, which in total cost me about 5/6k gbp so I just wanted 12 months to save the money for a partner but even if we'd applied for partner visa I'd still want her to visa UK in the meantime due to partner visa taking at least 6/9 months.

Hope that makes sense. 

HI all

And thanks in advance for anyone who gives advice. 

My thai wife is in the process of obtaining a 2 year tourist visa to visit me in the UK.

She visited uk twice in 2017 but looking to spend more time in uk before applying for partner visa.

Does anyone know how much money she needs to show in her Thai bank account? 

Alot of people on here are saying the motorbike shop shouldn't be renting to people who don't have valid licences, would this guy ride a motorbike in his own country without a valid licence? Unless he's a dimwit the answer is NO! so why go to another country and TRY and ride a bike there? No sympathy sorry. Play with fire, you're going to get burnt!

Terrible situation for the whole family BUT yet another gofundme page, why not get a loan or sell things that you own to raise the money instead of begging, where has all this begging come from? I would do everything in power to resolve this if I wasin the same position, I definitely wouldn't rely on donations. 

Sorry if this offends anyone, just my opinion. 

Sorry but the majority of Africans are a nightmare! 

What a sad world we live in! 

I would of smashed his face off the concrete, the fat little p#@!k

I hate bullies!

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Sounds like BS to me, but if you are going to rely on marriage for some future benefit in the UK, it might be a good idea to let them know.

Thanks for the reply but surely they already know about everything as it all had to go through the UK embassy at Bangkok.

1 hour ago, happylarry said:

You dont have to register your marriage mick, the govt dont want to know mate.

Just leave it until you apply for her settlement visa and then they will see.

Just a small tip.....you can always get a copy of the certificate but not another original so I got the two originals laminated so it lasts and isnt so easy to lose...lol

HL

Thanks mate, I know I don't have to register 'the marriage' BUT the woman at the agency we used said I have to let the UK government about my wife although I can't find any info regarding this anywhere