JELLIS1000

We will be applying for a marraige visit visa. Tell me what you think. I have lived in Thailand for 4 years, we have been together for 3 and engaged for 2 BUT we never thought about the visa thing until recently, we have literally 1000's of photos from the beginning from the village, with my family whilst in holiday etc but not with dates, we have been to Singapore, Hong Kong and have tickets, same with islands around the country from Koi Samui to Koi Chang Phuket etc, I have 4 condos in Pattaya and a flat in the UK, the Mrs doesn't have any land, or family responsiblites no kids etc, for the last 14 months she has been working in a hotel which is a proper Thai company with payslips, contract etc, we have a wedding booked in the UK for May, as I said I have only just started working offshore and will start 6 on 4 off from March and thanks to the advice on here if she gets the visa then she will return to Thailand and continue to work, they have been great at her work with regards to the time off, also in May being a quieter time of year and she won't be the 1st girl there to visit overseas and return to work. I have letters from my parents inviting us to stay there. The Mrs also has 2 banks account (not much cash in them) but they were both opened using my address as the contact address so she has a letter from the banks saying that, the earliest one was from over 2 years ago. I have mails from the last 6 months whilst i've been working and we have phone records from when I have gone back to the UK in the last couple of years for friends weddings etc. The wedding day in the UK has been been booked by me Ma believe it or not and she has the date, our names etc on a letter from the registry office as confirmation. I have about 10 grand in the UK bank (by the tmie we go home in May will be 16 as im at work now) and about 70,000 baht in my Thai bank

What do you think then folks, what are our chances?

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

Jimmy

Maybe being dumb hre but, what is a Brit Cit?

Happy New year peeps.

Jimmy

Another question, what is the maximum time that we can ask for on the marraige visit visa, i.e 6 months, 1 year etc and I know that the maximum time spent can only be 6 months at a time.

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AAARRRHHH, just been thinking, I know I jnow, New year etc should really try and stop doing that, anyway, I currently work offshore and am working 8 weeks on and 4 off, this is due to change in March to 6 on 4 off, the thought was will the embassy think that I won't be there enough for the fiance visa if the Mrs stays in the UK, whereas if we go for the marraige visit visa then the Mrs can fly to the UK when I will be there, either way she will be quitting her job in the hotel when she gets a visa, so there won't be a massive incentive to come back to Thailand as I know that she will love it in my town with my family and friends as shes already met them all - right once and for all, marraige visit or fiance?????????????????? come on come on!!!!!

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Jimmy

I've taken the Mrs to The Maldives.

Happy Birthday squire, hope its a good one!!

Happy New Year to all, thanks for all your advice.

Jimmy

Thanks, fiance visa it is then.

You folks are great.

Jimmy

Oh and of course the wedding day booked etc, we have this for May.

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Hi, once again, thanks for all the advice and forgive me if I sound dumb, I have read through everything and all of the same information is required for all the visas, i.e where we will live, money etc, the fiance visa mentioned already is on the settlement form and we have to get married within the 6 months and can then apply for Further Leave to Remain, the marraige visit visa is on the VAF1, get married and return to Thailand and the visit visa is also the VAF1, visit but can't get married and have to come back to Thailand.

Is that correct?

Jimmy

Hi again, the Fiance visa that has been mentioned and means that we have to get married during the 6 months - is that on a VAF1?

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Thats great thanks, why can't it expalin it in those terms on the embassy website!!

The marraige visit visa, if we did that one, spent the 6 months in the UK, we would then have to retun to Thailand and re-apply for either social visas or the settlement if we did indeed intend to settle - is that right?

Thanks again.

Jimmy

Thanks peeps for the advide, these are our plans:

I wish the Mrs to come to the UK to meet the folks and for us to get married, I have property in the UK and Thailand so we can stay in either, we will be staying in the UK for long periods of time and when we eventually have kids will stay in the UK long term, it sounds like the settlement visa is the best one to go for, if we get a marraige visit visa then we will be applying for a settlement at a later date anyway.

Please advise.

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That form says its for a settlement, I live in Thailand and the only reason we plan to go back to the UK is for the Mrs to meet the parents and get married later in the year.

Get married where? A fiancee Visa is intended to allow her to go to UK as your fiancee and then change it to a settlement Visa once you are married there. You must marry within the 6 month validity of the Visa. It is not expected you will return to Thailand. As said if you live in Thailand and she wishes to visit UK then she is a visitor and applies for a Visitor Visa as she will be even after you marry if you are living in Thailand.

I think we will go for a settlement visa, we will be spending at least the last 4 months of next year in the UK so I don't see why not.

You should complete a VAF2 application form and tick the box that describes your girlfriend as your fiancée. She will only become your spouse once you are married, and civil partnerships relate to same-sex partners.

Scouse.

That form says its for a settlement, I live in Thailand and the only reason we plan to go back to the UK is for the Mrs to meet the parents and get married later in the year.

Thanks in advance.

Hi, to confirm, its a VAF1 that she fills out, also we are engaged but not married, is she classed as my spouse and are we in a civil partnership?

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Jimmy

If you don't intend to settle in the UK and your wife-to-be has no intention of seeking employment whilst there, it'll be cheaper for her to apply for a "marriage visit" visa which will grants her the same entry conditions as a visitor (a maximum stay of 6 months) but will also enable you to marry. For subsequent stays in the UK, a usual visit visa can be sought.

Scouse.

Thats great thanks, if we went for that visa instead of a settlement, would it in anyway hamper any chances later to get a settlement visa, we are both in our twenties so we may wish to stay in the UK and the Mrs work - at a later date?

Hi, we will be applying for a fiance visa in Febuary, we meet all the criteria by far but I can't seem to find the answer to 1 question I have, the plan is that we will apply in Febuary and go home in May, I have lived in Thailand for nearly 4 years, I have recently started working offshore in The USA and am currently working 8 weeks and 4 off, we will go back in May and then again in August at which point we will get married BUT we don't plan to live in the UK, the plan is to stay in Thailand throughout the winter months and the UK in the summer, can anyone advise if this will be a problem?

Thanks

Jellis