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Do I need the jab for land border entry?

Its that hard?

Would it be cheaper to enter on 45 day visa exempts and just extend versus get tourist visas from thai embassy vientian?

Under 50. Hard to say for now, at least a few months

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Thanks, good to see your still here and helpfull as ever.

I have money in A Thai account but not a lot. My kid is 4 with British nationality. So i should go to the embassy in Vientian and get a tourist visa before entering Thailand? 

Im in Laos and would like to bring my old Honda 2 stroke into Thai. It has paperwork. Is this easy?

I want to move to Thailand from Laos with my 4 year old son. What are our best options for cheap long term visas? Should we go to the Thai embassy here in Vientian and make bisas before leaving? Thanks

My kids just recovering from Dengue here in Vientian. Any advice on avoiding this? A second infection is even deadlier

Bought a Honda Tena rs. Been ragging the lil 125 2 stroke up the trails here in Laos. Thing rips, barks and smells lovely. 

Is it still possible to extend my visa exempt at Chaeng WTtana?

Are they currently open for 30 day visa exempt extensions? 

Savannakhet tourist visa was denied yesterday. I have 1 previous tourist visa from Voentian. There was a Brazillian guy behind me with 3 tourist visa who was accepted.

After he told me that he was denied previous day. He was trying his luck and worked out. Of maybe they want to see your actually coming here for tourism. I.e staying more than a night before appliny for thai visa. What to do.?

My current passport has been filled up with tourist visa's and even a red stamp, as far as I can see I've no option but to get a new passport or leave the country. If I get a new passport here in Bangkok, would I have any troubles applying for a tourist visa in, say, Vientianne? I'm sure they'd like to see my old passport and may refuse me when seeing red stamp etc.

Is UK immigration sensitive on visit length? In the first application we said a trip of 3 months was planned, in the 2nd application 2 months, they highlighted this on the 2nd refusal letter. This for a Visit visa.

13 hours ago, 7by7 said:

If the intention is to live together in the UK, why are you considering a visit visa?

 

As theoldgit says, regardless of whether or not she gets a visit visa first, she will still have to meet the requiremts for settlement in order to live in the UK. 

 

Remember, too, that a visit visa, even a marriage visit visa, cannot be converted to settlement in the UK; she will have to return to either Laos, her country of nationality, or Thailand, her country of legal residence, in order to apply for settlemen.

 

If you do not meet the criterion as unmarried partners, living together in a relationship akin to marriage for at least the previous two years, and so wish to marry so she can apply as your spouse, why not marry in Laos or Thaiand so she can then apply for settlement as your spouse? Save the cost of a return trip Thaiand to UK.

 

As theoldgit asked; why do you think a settlement application could be refused? Previous visit applications, successful and unsuccesful, are basically irrelevent in a settlement application; the criteria are different.

 

But, you say that you are not employed in Thailand. Are you employed in the UK? If not, how do you live? Unearned income? Savings?

 

You must be able to meet the financial requirement in one way or another or any application she makes for settlemnt will be automaticaly refused; and, unlike a visit, third party financial support, such as from your parents, is not allowed for settlement applications.

 

If you don't currently meet it, then I'm afraid that you will have to do what many couples have done and return to the Uk, find a job paying at least £18,600pa and be in that job for at least 6 months before she can apply for settlement.

 

In which case a visit visa so she can spend that 6 months with you and your son is an option; provided you can convince the decision maker that she will return to Laos or Thailand at the end of the 6 months to apply dfor settlement there and not simply remain in the UK illegally.

 

 

 

Thanks 7x7

Going for the visit marriage visa because we simply don't yet met the criteria for a settlement visa yet.

As far as I know, she being Laos makes a marriage in Thai difficult because of the laws here.

I've been living off savings for the past year, I will be looking for work in Thailand so we can keep our options open. We will begin applying for a visit marriage visa, if We can go to UK I will be busy getting into a position to meet the financial requirements.

So we are hoping to get a visit visa, any advice on this greatly appreciated. As I say, she has no assets here in Thailand, no savings or job, but we have a son together who is lawfully a British citizen. I've read that they sometimes grant visa's based off the strength of a genuine relationship with a lawful UK sponsor.

Thanks all, one issue on the previous application was proof of the wedding booking, I provided the email booking but apparently they weren't satisfied with it. Is UK immigration sensitive on visit length? In the first application we said a trip of 3 months was planned, in the 2nd application 2 months, they highlighted this on the 2nd refusal letter. She is unemployed with no assets in Thailand, were living together in Bangkok, she's on 30 day exempt visa's. Although they acknowledge that my parents will meet the cost of visit they are concerned that I'm not employed in Thailand and have no reason to return. They really want to see that our relationship is genuine, on the previous application we sent a bunch of dated pictures of us together along with a letter from me outlining our relationship, they weren't satisfied with this. Although my parents have traveled out here and met her, they aren't satisfied that they have a genuine relationship.

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I married my Lao girlfriend in the UK - she was on a Marriage Visitor visa. As the Oldgit says, apply for the visa you need. Lao citizens can apply in Bangkok and as long as you and she meet the requirements of either the Visitor visa or Settlement visa, there should be no issues.

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I think we will go for the marriage visitor visa, last two times applying were a unsuccessful. Now we have a son together who is naturally half UK with a UK passport, do you think the chances are better?

I would like to take my Laos girlfriend whom I have a son with to stay and live in England, obviously we should be going for the UK settlement visa, but our situation is somewhat unique and circumstances dictate that the visa may not be granted. To save wasting the 1000 pounds for a visa we may be refused, would it be better to go for a visit visa first, follow all the rules and and return to Thailand, after we have gained UK immigration's trust, begin applying for a settlement visa with more confidence?

On 6/9/2018 at 8:03 AM, ubonjoe said:

At least the equivalent of 20k baht in Savannakhet.

Will the Bank passbook / Book bank suffice?

Thanks.

My 30 day exempt visa runs out in a few days, would it be better to begin the passport application process again once I have a longer visa?

Yes, my son was born in Thailand and we have all the hospital records, are you sure this would suffice?

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I'm afraid I don't know. My wife doesn't have a Lao birth certificate so we were advised to get her housebook translated and submit that. I guess if she has a birth certificate (translated) the housebook is unnecessary.

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Unfortunately, no birth cert or id card, only passport.

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

For proof of address, I used a letter from my employer in Bangkok. If you're not working, I believe a 90 Day Report receipt is accepted.

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I'm on a 30 day exempt visa, so no 90 day receipts. I'm working on getting a tenancy agreement from landlady and if possible will try to get it translated today, our appointment is tomorrow morning so I don't really want to get the house book translated, I'm guessing it would take quite a while to do. Do you think I would get away without the translation?

5 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I did get my then girlfriend's Lao housebook translated. Not sure if it was overkill, but the passport was granted.

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Looking at this Laos house book it seems it would be complicated to translate, and expensive. Has anyone else gone as far as to do this? Right now i'm struggling with getting a proof of address, landlady doesn't seem keen to provide it..