sattahipchris

Try joing the photos together as a big photo or printing them as pdf files and merging them.

They just sent a standard response about getting documents notarised in Thailand. I'll try again emphasing the points it was either incorrectly read or deliberately misread.

I have today posted the following question on the UK embassy web site.

"If a UK citizen presents the embassy with an UK notarised document from an UK notary public regarding the income of that individual. Will then the embassy then issue a  a certificate regarding that person's income that will be acceptable to the Thai immigration. Given that a notarised document is true and legally binding the onus is no longer on the Embassy to guarantee the details are correct."

I will post any answer that I get.

You will need your marriage certificate plus a copy and the Kor Ror 2 marriage registry you will get when register your marriage.

Copies of your wife's house book and ID card.

A map to your house form the nearest main road or street.

Photos of you and your wife in and around the house and one showing you both under or next to the house number.

Unless you live in Bangkok you will need 2 sets of copies attached to two TM7 application forms.

Proof of money in the bank or income.

The rest is the same as for any other extension.

Edit: Forgot to mention your wife will have to go with you to complete a statement you both will sign.

Plus a Thai witness if its the first time you have aplied for marriage extension.

Loyal

Over the years I've found Thais when faced with declining business increase their prices to regain what has been lost, Europeans lower their prices to make up the short fall of profits by attracting more business. A difference in mind set or culture?

I passed the scene last night. It didn't occur on the beach road but on the Sukumvit. I have never seen so many rescue pickups and ambulances in one place. I was overtaken by six of them and when got to the scene there were at least another half dozen. Ten Russians in a Baht bus, judging from the size of russians generally at least two had to be hanging of the back, probably the most seriously injured. I agree limit the passenger numbers, even then Health and safety in European country would have a field day.

Also performed as Shane Fenton and the Fentones in the late sixties

Thanks for your answers that sets my mind at ease.

When I arrive in Thaialnd Nov 6th it is on a non o multi issued in mid January 2014. I know I can get 3 months followed by another 3 months by doing a border trip before the non o runs out. Can I get a retirement visa after the non o has expired (mid Jan) in Feb or March before my stay runs out. I ask because I have been told rightly or wrongly that if I applied in Nov or Dec that a retirement would run from the date I entered. The reason for asking is that often I have to return to the uk in Nov/Dec and I didn't want it to need to be renewed whilst I was possibly in the UK.

I will be dealing with the Jomtien office.

Mmail2you, there was a time, many decades ago, when a Thai woman married to a foreigner was not allowed to buy land in Thailand, but ever since then no restriction whatsoever applies.

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This is absolutely correct but some land offices for instance the one at Sattahip insist that if a Thai woman is married to a foreigner that she can not own land and bribery doesn't work there, in next-door Pattaya the the girl is allowed to own the land regardless of her marital status.

Regards the passport problem we had been using passports with two names for years, the airline staff are only worried about the possibility of the ticket holder being refused entry as they get fined very heavily.

I know of three pubs in my home area of Devon that have a flexible pricing structure. When the holidaymakers arrive in the summer the price of pint goes up but the locals still pay the winter prices. As one landlord said the season is short and I rely on the locals for my living year long.

What about exiting the country. I know that with a retirement visa you have to pay for either single or multiple exits is it the same with amarriage visa.

Thanks for all the comments and advice. I will reapply for the visa.

• My wifes parents wedding certificate showing that both mothers have the same nee surname well in hand.
  
• Estate agents particulars of my next-door neighbour's identical house which he has on the market at the moment , with room sizes and floorplans etc.
  
• The airline resevation will be re-presented and highlighted to show the return ticket, after all what immigration officier would let someone into the UK on a oneway ticket.
  
• Although we will do the best to explain the erratic money in and out of the bank, this should not have been a concern to ECO as I clearly stated that apart from the airline ticket I was fully funding her stay and that she would not have to pay for anything, all she needed was pocket money. I did the same for every member of my wife's family that have visited the UK. We already have bookings for cottages and a canal boat that sleep 4-6 persons so its not going to me anything extra. My only increases in expenses are due to food and a bit more water and leccy.
  

I forgot to mention this for a UK visa.

My wife's cousin has just been refused a family visit visa for the following reasons.

1. No evidence proving she is a first cousin
   
2. No evidence that her sponsor can adequately accomodate her.
   
3. That she can meet the cost of return journey to Thailand.
   
4. Money in her bank books eratic and that her claimed income does not match her employment.
   

The answers I can provide

1. We will obtain my wifes mother's marriage document which will show the same maiden names.
   
2. zoopla description of our property. I have sponsored 3 nieces and my wifes sister for visits and they have all stayed in the same bedroom which has been exclusively theirs during their stay. A photo of our prpoerty was included in the application
   
3. A print out from the travel agent was also submitted that was for a return ticket bought in Thailand.
   
4. If she had had an interview then she could have explained that money had been lent to her sister to help her sisters business and a lot of it had been converted into gold, would a photo of the gold do here?
   

I sent adequate proof of contact phone records photos of family gatherings and also a letter of invitation, travel itinaries, financial status etc etc

I am particularly aggreaved as she was not given an interview, that suddenly the accomodation that was adequate is not longer accepted as such and that the the ECO could not see that the travel agents itinary was for a return trip.

Should we appeal or re-submit?

It is a good example of why western men should never get married to Thai's expecially isan .

Thai's marry 45-75 y/old semi retired or retired farangs for their money /oseas residency and work rights and the prized possession of a farang passport.

Thais never marry farang for love or companionship. The reason they work bar or go on the net is to get away from their dreadful Thai men.

Find a retired farang with 2 income streams and jump on the money train.

Its that simple.

If it were up to me i would ban all Thai -farang marriages.

Its always one -way with thais. What we can give them not what they can give us.

In my opinion the British are the most gullible when it comes to marriages in the tropics.

I CONGRATULATE the British government for taking a tough stance. She is a parasite...dump her.

Not so!! I've been married to a Thai 23 years my junior for 15 years. She's a gem and I wouldn't change her for the world. Genuine marriages do exist I have friends who have been married 20 and 29 years with no problems and obvious genuine affection for each other. If we broke up tomorrow I can honestly say that I've had 15 years of happiness which is dam_n site more that I had in a previous marriage with an Engish woman.

In early 2010 my wifes cousin aplied for a visa. I was sponsoring her for a family visit. She was going to pay for her own ticket to the UK. I had filled the form in for her but still needed to give her extra details unfortunately on the advice of some friends she decided to go ahead and apply through and agency, as a result she applied with an incomplete set of documents and was refused a visa BUT she did not have a refusal letter nor was her passport stamped in any way. Plus I don't know what the agency did or said only that they charged her 60,000 baht that so depleted her saving she could not really afford to pursue the matter further.

Chris

In early 2010 my wifes cousin aplied for a visa. I was sponsoring her for a family visit. She was going to pay for her own ticket to the UK. I had filled the form in for her but still needed to give her extra details unfortunately on the advice of some friends she decided to go ahead and apply through and agency, as a result she applied with an incomplete set of documents and was refused a visa BUT she did not have a refusal letter nor was her passport stamped in any way. Plus I don't know what the agency did or said only that they charged her 60,000 baht that so depleted her saving she could not really afford to pursue the matter further.

Chris

Looks like some people here are burying their heads in the sand ( even though its quite wet).

Fact, global temperatures are increasing, the ice caps are melting at a worrying and recently increasing rates and all this is in the scientific domain. All national governments went to Durban recently to come up with further ways to reduce man-made emissions which are affecting our systems. Respectfully, I would hope most people here are of sufficient education to recognise this ongoing problem or else why do we have all those specialists in all our universities across the globe researching these problems. I believe too these global changes are/ will affect the hotter regions of the world first because temperature increase has greater effect in places like far east rather than western Europe. Of course Thailand's problems this year could be a very big blip but I think its worth going with the scientists too.

Read Michael Crighton's STATE OF FEAR Yes alright its a work of fiction but just check up on the references he uses they are also in the scientific domain. Look at the graphs of temperature increase over the last 100-150 years, explain why some glaciers are advancing not retreating and why the thickness of some icefields is increasing. How many of the predictions of global warming made by these scientists have been correct? Remember that these experts can't even predict what the weather will be like in a months time.

She went to the UK on the 30th APRIL and returned 30th October. The dates for a subsequent visit would be the same. We took her to Scotland for 2 weeks the lake district for a week and had a canal boat holiday in the Milands for a week. Although at 67 I had intended to work less I found myself really busy that meant we were unable to go to many places we planned to go to. London got missed as did Land's End, Clovelly, trips to the Broads and Yorkshire moors. I also promised her that I was hapy to take again in the future. My wife and I are both extremely fond of this niece and she behaves as if we were her parents, probably she spends more time with us than them. She had wanted to go to University this year but circumstances are against it.

Hi there,

Last year we took our 18 year old niece to the UK for a 6 month Holiday on a tourist visa. We had no problems getting it.

As our niece stays with us most of the time when we are in Thailand (we even took her on a holiday to Laos this year) she has expressed a desire to come back to England with us again this year and both my wife and I would be only too happy to have her stay with us again.

I see when perusing the UK border site that there is a family visa available:-

1. Would this be a more appropriate visa?

2. Can you get the family visa for more than 6 months, as it was inconvenient for us the drop everything we were doing to take her back to Thailand.

3. Can you get more than 6 months on a tourist visa?

My wife a Thai has UK nationality and a UK passport. We have been married/together for 14 years.

Now my niece has a UK visa we wanted to take her to France and Hungary or Greece for a short break. We have friends in these places. Has anyone had experience of getting a schengen visa in either embassy and how long they actually take. We are leaving on the 3rd May