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10 minutes ago, steven100 said:

how long is a piece of string .....  it's the IO in control so submit and pray ..... 

Ok then. I guess i'll just send what I have and hope for the best. 

35 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said:

Ah the smell of opportunity here...exploitation...IO will love you!

Sorry i'm not sure i understand. Do you mean this is going to cost me more than it should? Or am I going to lose the 1500 quid this visa is costing me?

So we're well on our way with our UK settlement visa application. Everything has been translated, wife TB test and A1 IELTS test done. We've got all accommodation and proof of relationship stuff sorted and ready, everything seemed to be going great but there's something that is a slight worry.

The Chinese company I work for have sent me a confirmation of employment and a tally of my last 6 months earnings (they don't issue payslips). These documents are signed but not stamped and sent via email. I've begged and pleaded with them to send me hand signed/stamped documents through the post but they've said that they can't do this, the documents they have sent me is the best they can do. I'm really worried about this as i realize it states in the rules that all employer/bank documents should be stamped and signed. The other slight worry i have is that my net salary is slightly different to my gross salary due to currency/transfer fees.

So my questions are;

1. Will the documents they have sent me be ok?

2. Will there be a problem with the difference between my net/gross salary figures?

I've also kept the email correspondence to hand regarding my requests for hand signed/stamped documents and the company basically saying they can't do it. I was wondering if it might be worth throwing this in with the application? But would I likely be highlighting an issue that the HO might just look past anyway?

Thanks in advance for any help or advice. This whole thing starting drive me a bit nuts now, i just want it all done asap.

Cheers

I've began applying for UK settlement visa for the wife. When i told her we needed all Thai docs translated she told me that they can issue an English translation for pretty much all of them (boys/her birth cert, her name change/house book/ID card, marriage cert) at our local amphoe. So we went there today and basically they have written them up on headed paper in English and stamped them. It came to around 200 baht for 2 or 3 copies of each.

My main question is, does anyone know if am i able to use these for the application?? It's just that nowhere on any of them does it mention 'certified translation'. It's obviously a cheaper alternative than getting my pants pulled down by the translators at the trendy building but with the amount of time and money at stake i want to get it right.

Any advice or info would be really appreciated.

Cheers

Bit of an ambiguous report to be fair. 'Residue' found but no mention of any particular pesticide or chemical, 'Some are harmful'. Chemicals are permitted and deemed safe for use in agriculture under EU law.

There's a slight difference in this article about school food in Thailand ....

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/vegetables-and-fruits-in-student-lunches-heavily-contaminated-with-toxic-chemicals/

As well as .... 

'Besides the unsafe fruits and vegetables, Mr Marut said meat, meat balls and sausages used in student lunches were also found to be contaminated with borax and formalin.'

52 minutes ago, steven100 said:

I think another very important issue to consider is the future happiness of your 2 kids and the wife.

Some Thai's just prefer to grow up around thai friends, grandparent's, relatives, both at school and near home. Some thai kids just enjoy mixing with their own rather than foreign kids.  As a kid, I wouldn't have wanted to move to a foreign place that's for sure.   It's just an important issue that I think is priority over health or education because if the kids are not happy they won't care about education or health care. 

I totally agree with that, especially if the kids are a bit older. My kids are both very young though so i hope this won't effect them too much. Me personally, i don't care where i am as long as i'm with my family. As for the wife, we'll see what happens lol. I'm sure she'll be fine, i've had many friends over the years take their wives back and they've been ok with it, i guess we'll just see what happens.

I'm in the process of moving the family back to the UK. I've spent endless nights weighing up the move. The pros and the cons. For me it has boiled down to 2 reasons really, education and healthcare for my kids. I've found that both here are very disappointing. The education here is an absolute joke, even at some of the higher tier international schools. As for the healthcare it's overpriced and oversubscribed daylight robbery. I decided to make a comparison. Interestingly enough the remaining amounts after all expenses are not far off each other. Some of the figures might be a bit modest (i think i've spent a lot more on hospital visits over the past year) or even over estimated, i'm sure a number of posters will be quick to point this out. I'm pretty certain though that my kids will (hopefully) have a brighter future for themselves with a proper education, I'd prefer them to have an English outlook on life too as opposed to many Thais who are unaware of the rest of the world and seem to have no ambition or interest in experiencing it.

Thanks for the reply mate. Yeah, I'm hoping the accompanying letter should satisfy the decision maker. I'm going to ask the company to send another letter specifically stating that they don't issue payslips and the amounts shown in the tally are genuine.

There was another thing I forgot to mention in the op. All the stuff the company have sent me has been via email, so i've just printed it out. I'm sure I read somewhere in the application appendix that all documents must be original. Would you recommend original, signed letters from the employer? or would the ones I print out suffice?

With regards to the payment date, they 'say' they release my monthly salary on the same date every month (bank wire transfer). However, some months it's arrived on that date and other months it's been a day or two late. Is this likely to hinder the application?

Sorry for so many questions. I feel like i'm staring at a mountain right now with all this paperwork and i'm worried sick i'm gonna send something wrong. I really appreciate your reply mate, thank you.

Been living here for 10 years. Married to Thai wife for 7 years, 2 kids both with British passports.

We've decided to relocate back to the UK for various reasons.

I work online for a Chinese company, though it's not a salaried position, i get paid per hour. From what I've read, non-salaried and living abroad they average the previous 6 months earnings and then times it by 12 to meet the 18,600. Is this true? If so then that's great because i more than meet the annual requirement. The main problem i have though is that my company doesn't issue payslips, when i asked them to provide them they have only sent me a tally of my earnings over over the past 6 months. They have also sent me a letter confirming my employment/commencement/position/salary etc. I'm really worried about the payslip situation, i'll obviously provide 6 months bank statements to match the salary I've earned, but i'm just worried that the application might be rejected based on not providing any 'payslips'. Everything else in the application is spot on and meeting the requirements. Shall i just chance it with what the company have sent me? Will it be okay? Please any advice or opinions would be greatly appreciated, I'd hate to lose 1500 quid over something trivial especially when our application will meet all the requirements.

Cheers