chogiekim

I was kidding about jumping the que! I would not want to risk my visa. My visa application is 100% top quality. So i should not have a problem. Why i need to report you??

7by7 you are the moderator on here. Surely you should not be picking my name out like that. You could of wrote that without using my name! When i wrote something the other day you were quite quick to point out that i should not be writing about someone's visa in the way i did. I quite frankly don't care who gets their visa,as long as i get mine!

I submitted the application on the 16th March. I told them i wanted to leave on the 7th of May. I had a good letter from my brother saying i will start a full time job for his company as soon as i arrive. They didn't take this into consideration!! What about all the money people are losing??? i'm spending money that i could be using for the UK. I have to keep paying rent on the place i'm staying because i intended on moving out 2 weeks ago. They really don't care about peoples situations!!

I was told you can't go to uk on a visit visa and change it to a settlement visa once there!

My wife has been on another site for thai people trying to get uk visas. She said some people that applied on the 5th or March got there visa on the 25th of April. Also some that applied on the 12th of March got visa on 9th of May!!

You mean the application tracker? I go on their website but still get the same answer,being processed at the embassy!!! Bored of seeing that message!

I have stopped looking at their websites. Just waiting for and sms or call now. What do you work as? Much work around the Essex area? For me i have been here 6 years now and even though i love Thailand it is now time for a change. I know the UK is not great right now,but it gives my family more options. I have a 2 year old girl and would like to put her in school there. Good education and health care is just too expensive here. Maybe i will come back oneday.

What do you plan to do once your in the UK?

I like Man utd,but my team is Hereford united! One losing out on the league and another getting relegated so not good this year. I'm from Shrewsbury.

I don't drink with Arsenal fans lol just joking. Yeah why not. Where are you staying? I live on the outskirts of Bangkok. I live in Bangbuathong,Nonthaburi. Where you from in the UK then?

Yes. We both live and work here. My wife is an assistant director of a school. I am also a PE teacher at the same school. We both have quit our jobs because the new school year starts now and we had to resign before then. We both can find work again no problem here. But we thought it would arrive within a month. Didn't think it would take this long. Need to start my job soon really. My wife will study there and will look for work once there. The embassy classes 1 week as 5 working days right and not 7??

They did not give me an answer on processing times. Yep coming up to 6 weeks now. I no we had a few days holiday here and there but should really be done soon. I did state that i need to go on the 7th of may to start my new job!

I did this visa a long time ago with my ex. It was so simple back then and i got the visa within 2 weeks. Their was a big documentary on Panorama investigating the Embassy staff in Bangkok. They treated customers badly and i think they were all removed from their positions. I think the government changed everything,maybe that's why now they have an agency to help them with visas. But has anything really changed with the Embassy. They are still quite rude most of the time when you chat with them direct on on the phone. They never seem to want to help people. It just annoys me. I wish you could just get a tourist visa and change it to a settlement once in the UK. Things would be so much easier!

Possibly. I just think they don't have many staff and they probably work on flexi time. It's friday today,can't see them really working hard today! I'm really not that impressed with their service. They charge us for this visa which is way over priced,then we have to pay further more for the uk test and citizenship. Surely if we have to pay for all this we should at least get some kind of help back towards our visa. I might write to my local MP to see if he can help!

Called them today,still they say within 3 months. Went on the application tracker,and it just says the same,being processed at the embassy. They did send me an email about 5 mins ago. This is what they wrote.

Thank you for your e-mail dated 11/05/12

The UK Border Agency aims to process 95% of settlement applications in not more than 12 weeks and is currently working within these time targets. You can visit the UK Border Agency website for a detailed guide to visa processing times, and further details on customer service standards. Each application is assessed individually, and the actual processing time may depend on a number of factors. We are unable to guarantee that your visa application will be assessed by the date that you have requested. This is because of the unique circumstances of each cases.

Entry Clearance Applications fall under the Data Protection Act and therefore we are unable to provide information regarding possible visa applications to third parties including an applicant's partner or sponsor. Please also note that you will not be informed when your application is ready for collection unless you choose to purchase the SMS and email update service at the time of visa application submission. However, you can use the Track your Application facility on the VFS website to track the status of your visa application and to determine when your visa decision and documents are ready for collection from the VFS visa application centre.

So really still not getting anywhere!

ha ha! My mrs spoke to the head monk at a temple somewhere in Bangkok. He also told her she would get the visa and be traveling too! She forgot to ask about next weeks lotto numbers though!

Still no news!!!!

Is there a embassy number to contact? Just to find out what's happening. Wouldn't give my details of course,probably getting pissed off with complaints and will put mine to the bottom of the pile!

Becareful admin will be on to you lol. Yeah this is probably the case! Could of invited me to pattaya!

I can always get a flight,but yeah a good price right now. I just want to get this visa first and think about flights later. I just wish the embassy could just contact people to tell us what's going on. "Sorry for keeping you waiting sir,you are in a line and we will do our best to get your visa done in the next week or so" Anything like this so we have some kind of idea what is going on!

Still no news yet! Getting angry now. Found flights with quite a few airlines at around 18,000-23,000 one way. Cheapest with EVA and British airways! Come on Embassy sort yourselves out!!

We put down settlement. But don't they look at how long you been living together to see what visa will be given. ILE and then you take your test in the uk if you been living together for over 4 years?? am i correct?

It is all confusing. I can't remember what we put down now.

What settlement visa will my wife get,been living together over 4 years in Bangkok. Hoping to take the uk test in England once we get there.

I am confident that my partner will get the visa. I believe we have a good application. There is just that little doubt in my mind that they will try to find a problem or problems! Nothing seems straight forward.