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  1. The initial English test if you get married in Thailand is harder as two candidates have to chat together as part of the test. IMHO the test in the UK was much easier in the UK. The test is six minutes long and my wife was in and out in less than 15 minutes. 

     

    The A2 was similar and I would suggest that your wife takes it in the UK.

     

    I took a flyer on my wife's test and we applied for B1 and I was a little surprised when she passed. Very pleased too.

     

    Here is a link to some A2 test videos.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=trinity+college+a2+test

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  2. 1 hour ago, cantaloupe said:

    If her application does get rejected then i imagine the only option would be to consider a fiancee Visa for her. Can i ask theoldgit is it accurate what i have been able to glean from online sources that a fiancee visa only looks at my situation - and as i have more than the £62500 in my bank (and have for over the 6months and is immediately accessible)

    The main differences between a visit visa and a fiancée visa is that a reason to return is not needed. It is a visa to come to the UK to get married and to live here. Her finances are not that relevant and your savings will be sufficient to cover the financial side of things. She will need a TB test and an A1 language test. You must get married in that six month period and then apply for Further Leave to Remain from inside the UK for her to continue living here. During the fiancée visa she will not be allowed to work.

  3. As long as the college she did the B1 exam is still on the list of approved colleges it is fine. That's unless they have recently changed anything, of course.

     

    LITUK is not that hard if your wife is happy to stick at it for a while.

     

    Join this Facebook group and take a look and you might be surprised. I have a Thai translation of a lot of the LITUK guidebook which can be useful but I do urge you to look at the Facebook group first.

     

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1326461717481328/

  4. The biggest mistake was supplying bank statements at all imho. My girlfriend simply said that she got paid in cash, sent some home and paid her rent and after that there was enough for her to live on. (I did the whole application for her).

    The genie is out of the bottle now and it looks really difficult to recover from this.

     

    If you marry and go for settlement it is a simpler process imho and she won't need any reason to return to Thailand. After a couple of visit visas we simply went for a settlement visa (fiancée) married in the UK and she's never had to go back to Thailand. More expensive but that's what we did. Cheaper getting married in Thailand and it saves one of the visas.

     

    There is no requirement to supply six months of statements for either you as a sponsor or for her. You simply need to show that you have sufficient funds to pay for the trip. 

     

  5. I met my, now, wife at the end of January back in 2015. I visited twice between then and May when she applied to come to the UK. She had job, nothing in the bank and her only real reason to return that we use was the job. She worked away from home in a hotel like so many and she has a son and a huge family but saw them once a year for about a week. NO problem getting a couple of visit visas and went for settlement in February 2016 and then we married in June 2016.

     

    The three visits in four months made quite a difference to the application imho.

  6. 1 hour ago, timstocks666 said:

    My thoughts, it's my first time since returning from Thailand so I am unfamiliar. I will quiz him again. Do you think a tax return and bank statements will suffice.

    Yes it will along with the SA302, a full set of your latest accounts, and validated bank statements for the period. Bank statements either need to be original posted statements. If not get a letter from the bank validating them or get them to stamp and date them. You don't actually need to have paid the tax if it's not due. My wife got her second FLR back in May and the tax is due to be paid at the end of January.

  7. It is more difficult for a guy bringing his girlfriend to the UK if she doesn’t work and doesn't have many ties to Thailand but your circumstances are very different.

     

    You will still have to supply the three main criteria for your wife to get a visa. You need to show affordability for the trip, prove you are a couple and reasons to return for your wife. Also where you will stay while you are in the UK. It should be straightforward as you live as a couple in Thailand and will be travelling together.

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