Simon Havard

Thanks oldgit - the only person who qualifies is my sister who resides in the UK so we have got a photo of our daughter and will print, counter sign and then send back to my wife in TH. 

Thanks Sanemax apparently the counter signature has to be someone who has a British Passport. 

Also the passport application has to be made by my wife and from the country our daughter resides. 

If I am reading this wrong and someone who is Thai and has known my wife for 3 years could sign it would make life easier to get our daughter a passport. 

A great deal of jumping through hoops. 

Thanks Bob - really appreciate you replying. 

Would you advise waiting for our daughters passport to arrive before applying for the Settlement Visa for my wife . ?

On ‎1‎/‎9‎/‎2018 at 3:46 AM, sanemax said:

You would also need to get your son a UK passport , which can be done in Bangkok

Dear friends an update :

Our daughter was born on 13.06.18  10 days early. I arrived in BKK the day my wife came out of Hospital and we spent a month together as a family. The first 10 days the mother-in-law was helping out before she went went back to Khon Kaen. My wife our daughter and I then spent the time to get the Birth Certificate translated and a TB test done for my wife. The passport form has been signed but the counter signature on the photos and then photos themselves are holding us a bit. Once we can resolve this delay most probably by getting someone here in the UK to counter sign the photos and sending them to my wife in TH who will then have to go to the passport office in BKK from Khon Kaen.

As soon as we get the passport we want to apply for the Settlement Visa. The documents we need to send supporting the application is just a nightmare. also she has her documents there and some of mine but I have a great deal here.

Can we send our documents separate.?

Do we need to use VFS ?

Can I apply for her as a sponsor.?

Can I do this online.?

Or can she or I apply for either of EEA family permit or family residence card ?

Any help  and advice is always very appreciated.

Best wishes 

Simon

2 minutes ago, theoldgit said:

No, the British Embassy isn't involved, all the details are here

https://www.passport.service.gov.uk/overseas/information/thailand/first/child/thailand

Thanks for this info mate. 

On ‎09‎/‎01‎/‎2018 at 3:46 AM, sanemax said:

You would also need to get your son a UK passport , which can be done in Bangkok

Hi Sanemax,

I presume I go to the British consulate with my wife and the birth certificate to apply for this ??

Or would I need to visit the Ampour first to obtain the birth certificate.

My wife is changing her family name to my family name so I hope this makes the process easier.

To both theoldgit and Sanemax,

Just wanted to say thank you for your help and advice with this. can you advise the agent who sponsors this board please as I would like to contact them.

All the best and thanks again.

Hi rasg,

Thanks for your post I will attempt to do this myself and appreciate your detailed reply. 

When should I begin the application and will it be worth waiting for the baby to be born first.?

My wife has a degree which was taught in English I read somewhere that this would help with the English Language test.

Also will I make the application for her to come from the UK or will she have to apply herself from TH.?

Many thanks

Si

Hi Sanemax,

I have been in full time employment for more than 3 years and earn in excess of 20k.

Thanks for your post in reply.

Dear friends,

I am recently married to my Thai girlfriend who is 16 weeks pregnant we are due to register the marriage with the Ampour this week as we were married in Hong Kong last week.

My wife will give birth in June 2018 and we both want to live in the UK and raise our child there from September 2018 and we need help and advise on how to obtain a VISA for my wife and register the child when born. 

We have had our marriage certificate translated and today this has been sent to the Thai consulate for stamping ahead of us taking this to the Ampour to register our marriage and for my wife to change her name to my name. 

I have been looking at the forum but still unsure when and how to begin the process to apply for a VISA and if I should use an agency such as Visalogic.? I would be very grateful for any advise at this stage so I can prepare for the registration of our child in June and to then apply for a Spouse VISA so we can live together as a family in the UK.  I have tried to seek work in IT networking here in Thailand but have had no luck even after sending my CV to every recruitment agency and registering with various job sites. 

I would be extremely grateful for any help at all please.