scooty

Why would you possibly allow the hairdressers to remain open. If the hairdressers has the virus, then what? 

Hey Steve,

No the child has not been registered at the Thai embassy , it seems the thing to do is register the child and apply for the e passport at the same time.

however looking at the list of documents needed to be shown , one document being a photocopy of the wifes Thai id card, the problem being that the ID card is in Thailand because last time we went to Thailand and updated the ID card we had to come back to the UK before the card was issued ( there was hold ups because of the riots and government buildings being burned ), so i need to find out if the wifes sister can email a scan of the ID card to us and i wonder if that would be acceptable ????

The advice is well appreciated ,, thank you lads.

yea it is the best advice to get a Thai passport for the baby but i suppose it means having to go to London to the Thai embassy.More hassle.

Thanks for the advice,

I am a little bit confused as to what to do. as said above maybe immigration wont be too bothered about a babies overstay.

For example if my Thai wife takes our baby to Thailand for 60 days to see her family, the baby will enter on a British passport(he doesnt have a Thai one yet ). Should i get him a 60 day Tourist visa , or just let him enter and get the 30 day visa on arrival and then either just hope immigration arnt bothered about his overstay or should we get the 30 day visa extended whilst he is in Thailand ? i cant remember how long you can extend a 30 day visa by ? its all so much hassle.

Not to mention the costs of the flights these days, and i thought that your supposed to pay 10-15 % extra for a baby to fly and sit on your knee. What rubbish that is as i have found out. Eva air for one make you pay for an extra seat.

Thanks for the link ripstanley

Thanks for the advice 7by7 its appreciated.

This thought has just come to me, when passengers are going through airport security , these days they take any liquids off you before going to the boarding areas. I am wondering how does that work then if you have bottles of baby milk with you... Surely they wont take baby milk from you ????

Hello,

I am seeking some advice.

I am in UK and am British citizen, i have a Thai wife , she has a British passport as well as her Thai passport. We are planning to go to visit her family in Thailand , we have a baby who is now almost 6 months old, we will get him a British passport, I am wondering with this passport will he still only be able to stay in Thailand for 30 days with the 30 day arrival allowance ? for example if the wife wanted to stay longer in Thailand with the baby , would he have to get a 30 day extension ? or is it a case of , oh hes only a baby he doesnt need a visa ?

Also we are contemplating getting him a Thai passport . If we do will this mean that he will always have dual nationality ( he was born in UK),.

Also if he has a Thai passport will it mean that he can be called up for national service in Thailand when he is older even for example if he lives in UK ?

Thanks for any advice

Scooty , wife and baby

Sorted now thanks.

good luck all

Hi all,

Im trying to do a favour for my neighbour. He is trying to get a visit visa for the UK for his Philipino girlfriend, and his girl has had two refusals.

She is applying for the visa in Hong Kong.I seem to remember the SCOUSER who used to post a lot here, i think he used to work in the UK embassy in Manila , i was wondering , does anyone know the name of his visa company , i would like to give my neighbour the Scousers number so they can talk.

Thanks for any help.

Scooty.

Meanwhile my Thai wife will be going for her citizenship ceremony in the very near future. No more hassle for us. Yippee.

I hope Paul doesn't mind my answering you.

This new test is a requirement for all those applying for their initial settlement visa or for FLR as a spouse, fiance or partner since last November.

As your wife obtained her settlement visa before then and is now ready to apply for ILR she does not need it.

So, from last November:-

Settlement visa as a spouse; new test required.

FLR; new test required, unless already passed to obtain settlement visa.

ILR; LitUK test (or appropriate ESOL with citizenship course) required.

Thank you for answering so quickly I didn't think she would after studying for the Life in the UK but my wife has some thai friends here in london that always seem to know more than anyone else and told her she would have to take another test so I just wanted to clear it up for both of our peace of mind (mainly mine).

Thanks as always this is only place I come to get information I can trust.

Just to let you know, my wifes Thai friends tell her no end of utter rubbish , sometimes i think one person comes up with some rubbish and it spreads like wild fire . Personally i dont take any notice at all whatsoever of what my wifes mates said, if i did take notice i would be in a right mess.TB tests for visit visas etc , complete rubbish . Good luck.

i am looking at your list and i am going with the

"your confirmation that you met this requirement in order to obtain settlement"

In my opinion the fact that the wife has ILR stamped into her passport should be enough evidence as her stamp was given during the period of having to have the ESOL certificate.

Indeed, but I'd suggest she includes a brief confirmation of when and where she obtained the qualification.

I did call someone at the national check in service and i found that i had more knowledge than they did and i had to explain the rules to them...........

Why am I not surprised!?

Believe it or not i also called UK Border agency on the number given on the guide book and one worker told me that i had to have for eg. ESOL level 2 certificates and then had to show that my wife had progreesed a level by showing ESOL level 3 certificates as well . I stood my ground and told her she was totally wrong , she then went to the manager to ask advice and obviouslly she had to say she was wrong , absolutely incredible , she doesnt even know whats what, what chance have the rest of us got ?Now you see why id prefer to seek advice on this website.

BTW Bob , thats good advice cheers mate.

I wish everyone the best of luck with their applications.

Scooty

From The documents we require

Evidence of knowledge of English and of life in the United Kingdom

If you are applying from within the United Kingdom, you should provide one of the following: (my emphasis)

• your certificate of progression from one English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) level to another, with a letter from the college confirming you completed an ESOL with citizenship course; or
• your letter confirming you have passed the life in the UK test, stamped and signed by the test supervisor; or
• your confirmation that you met this requirement in order to obtain settlement.

You may want to consider Applying through the Nationality Checking Service (NCS)

Cheers 7by7,

i am looking at your list and i am going with the

"your confirmation that you met this requirement in order to obtain settlement"

In my opinion the fact that the wife has ILR stamped into her passport should be enough evidence as her stamp was given during the period of having to have the ESOL certificate.

I did call someone at the national check in service and i found that i had more knowledge than they did and i had to explain the rules to them which in turn put me off using them , id rather ask peoples advice on this website who have actually gone through the process.

Regards

Scooty

Hi All,

Basically i am after some confirmation that im doing the right thing.

My wife and i are filling in the form for British citizenship.Am i right in saying that if my wife needed the ESOL certificate with accompanying letter from a college to gain her ILR then we dont need to send this with our application ?

Advice will be greatlly appreciated as i dont fancy loosing my application fee.

Thanks all,

Regards

Scooty and wife.

Thank goodness for that.

Thank you very much Thaiphoon , that explains things perfectlly.

If only the websites that explain about visas , including the Thai embassy UK sites could explain things as straight foreward as you.

I guess we shouldnt expect the Thais to make anything easy.

Thanks once again ,

Scooty and wife.

Well i have been doing a lot of reading about non immigrant visas to stay in Thailand . i still can not find out one way or another whats what. I can find anything that makes my situation clear . I wonder if anyone can clarify the position.

Ive read about non Immigrat multil entry visas being the best bet for a 12 month stay. They say that you need to leave Thailand after every 90 days and then re enter. I ve read about having 40,000 Thai bhat in the bank and just reporting to an immigratiopn office every 90 days.

My position would be to apply as the husband of a Thai citizen.

What would my position be? i understand that i have to apply for the visa outside of Thailand, so what happens when the 12 months expires , do i have to leave Thailand and apply for another visa?

Would i have to leave Thailand every 90 days or just report to an Immigration office?

It really is all very confusing even after reading as much as possible.

Thanks.

Regards Scooty

Thanks again 7by 7 . We applied for her original passport at Khoen Khen, but it seems that it takes longer at these other passport offices. From what i can gather Bangkok is the quickest. I do try to avoid Bangkok now if at all possible but always seem to end up there for one reason or another.

Thank you very much 7 by 7 , that sorts things out for me.

We probablly will apply for the new Thai passport in Bangkok its just the fact that it uses up about 3 days of our valuble holiday time that puts me off.

Hi all,

I would appreciate some advice on my dilema.

I have a Thai wife and weve been living in UK together for 2 and a half years or so , my wife has ILR in her Thai passport.The Thai passport is in her maiden Thai name and her Thai ID card is still in her Thai name.Her Thai passport expires in February 2011.We are planning to holiday in Thailand in January 2011, firstlly i am wondering,When we arrive back in UK ( late January)are there any requirements as to how long she has to have left on her Thai passport for her to be allowed entry into UK , even though she has ILR in her passport ?

Secondlly , if we decide to apply for a new Thai passport this year through the Thai embassy in London , ( i understand now that she will apply for the new style E passport) we are wondering , because her new Thai passport will still have her Thai maiden name ( because she still has her Thai ID card in her Thai maiden name) when we apply for her to get a British passport, Will she be able to have a British passport in her married name , ( my sirname) or can she only have the British passport in her Thai sirname because of her Thai sirname in her Thai passport?

I would very much appreciate some advice so as we can make our plans.Thanks .

Regards

Scooty and wife

Oh also out of interest, if for example my wife gets a British passport and she does not have a Thai passport , does that mean that she would have to get a visa to visit her own country, for example the 60 day tourist visa?

I printed my documents from "online". I then took them to my bank and got someone to stamp each page with an official stamp and to sign them for me.Good luck.

Sawasdee Mickey44,

My wifes application took about 30 days and we applied in May .

Good luck

Londonboy

I havnt heard of this happening before. When my wife got ILR last month we didnt show any evidence of her initial ESOL standard. We just showed pass certificate in ESOL level 2. Im baffled by this, maybe someone more knowledgeable could help you . Seems very odd to me.

Keep us informed.

Good luck to you.

Scooty.

Yep , ours took about 28 days.

Good luck.

Thanks 7by7.

I dont think that we can apply for the citizenship because my wife came in March 2006 on a visit visa and she went back to Thailand in June 2006, she then came to UK again in June 2007 on a settlement visa and so over the last 3 years she would have been out of the UK for more than 270 days. Could you confirm for me if this is the case? Thanks for the advice.

Scooty

Congratulations to you and your wife Pete.

As you know yesterday my wife got her ILR as well and so this morning i am nursing a serious hangover. Today we have to go out again as there is a big birthday party for a Thai lady at a Thai restaurant in our city , should be fun . More celebrating.

Good luck to you and your wife and Ben

Regards

Scooty

When did she first enter the country ?

As in tourist visa fiancee etc as she may be entitled as your wife to citizenship 3 years from her first day of entering the UK ?

Hello Thai visa express,

My wife first came to UK in March 2006 on a 6 month visit visa.So you think that she can now apply for citizenship? although id need to start saving again , its an expensive business.

Thanks for the kind words from everyone else

Scooty