Guemlum

The application form does not list a "standard visitor visa" and simply gives you the option of the following...

Reason for Vist - Visit

Visa type - Family

Visa Sub Type - Visit Family 6 months.

Guemlum

Thank you both, and thanks 7by7 for mentioning the visa "name change". I wasn't aware it had?.

guemlum

I really should know this answer based on previous applications, but any guidance would be appreciated.

If my wife applies for a UK family visit visa 3 months in advance of her intended travel date of the 14/12/16, does the visa start from the date of her arrival in the UK or from the time the visa is issued, which in this case if she applied on the 14/09/16 it could be granted around the end of September?

Guemlum

Thanks for that!!

Hi, has anyone here tried sending their dog to the UK from Thailand? If so, any advice on the step by step process would be very much appreciated.

Guemlum

I'm a Ltd company and pay myself a basic salary of £10,600 per year. I take in excess of 42k in dividends per year. Do they take into consideration the dividend payouts as a form of income?

The fish did it and it was from Myanmar.

What an idiotic comment

Don't carp on about it, he was having a whale of a time until somebody told him eel go to jail if gets caught, the flathead didn't listen but I doubt he did it on porpoise.

I have more of these, would you like to hear them?

Please......No

Bet that wallet doesn't contain 70 Baht anymore.

There are several "Thai agents" in and around NK. But saying that, I know of people that have been trying to sell their property for over 1 year now and have still not sold. Good luck with the 1 month deadline.

I'm 43...been coming and going for 13 years.

Are any Thais taught the Heimlich manoeuvre? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_thrusts

This probably would have saved him.

St. Johns first-aid training courses I have attended refuse to teach the Heimlich manoeuvre, as it is too complicated and can cause internal organ damage.

The simplest and most effective method to clear an airway obstruction is to bend the subject's torso forward and using an open palm thump between his shoulder blades a couple of times.

That's using your noodle.

Just re sat my 3 year 1st aid with St Johns Ambulance and they taught us the Heimlich Manouvere.

Aww bless, they got called a "name". Is this another case of hearing the wrong thing like the situation with the monk who lashed out at a tourist/backpacker some time back?

I hope they stamp down on the crazy drivers from Laos up here in Nongkhai. They think they own the road. Only a short while back, a young lad in our soi got knocked of his motorbike by a driver from Laos and broke his back. The police were called and they ushered the driver away apparently commenting on the amount of paperwork the incident would involve. Fortunately, it was caught on cctv and by a security guards phone. No idea what happened to the officers but the driver from Laos has now been ordered to pay for his hospital and rehabilitation costs on a monthly basis.

RIP little one...the authorities will probably blame the family for being there. "If you didn't come to Thailand, it wouldn't have happened". This country will never ever learn from past mistakes.

Would be interesting to see whether the other airlines pilots meet the required standard or whether this is just a Nok Air problem.

Doing everything he can so not.

"To loose Face"

To lose face

Has anyone experienced any major/minor problems with the Ford Ranger 2013 - 2016?

Guemlum

I'm disappointed with these figures. How the hell are we to break last years record if more people don't go out and kill themselves. Come on Thailand, you can do better than that!!

I will be in touch with you shortly Brewsterbudgen. We also prepared by viewing the videos on both the Trinity website and on YouTube but my wife said the test questions were different and therefore was not prepared...she said the interviewer who was male was abrubt and was more interested in me than anything else. Anyway, we will now prepare her for the IELTS Life Skills A1 test in Thailand.

Thank you theoldgit :-)

No problem 7by7...I'm hoping that others may have some information or experience in preparing for this test, although whilst in Thailand the test will be harder as it includes reading and writing. Not important as part of the visa application I might add.

Guemlum

I would say that based on the attached, she didn't. She only had to sit the speaking and listening part which was a 6 minute test.

My wife has just sat the above mentioned test here in the UK and failed. It became apparent that she could take the test whilst here in the UK on a family visit visa so I booked her on the test to see what her standard of English would be and whether she would pass. The cost of the test was irrelevant. She took the test with the Trinity College of London test centre in Peterborough.

We prepared her at home by using the test centre sample material posted on their website. What surprised my wife, was that the test material and example questions were nothing like what she was asked in her test, and as a result, was not prepared for the questions. She failed on Communicative Skills and Grammar. The thing is, she can conversate with everyone in English on a range of topics, but her grammar has let her down.

So now she has failed, we are considering the next steps for a re-test. We are both returning to Thailand at the end of this month, and would like her to sit the test again at one of the recognised centres in Thailand.

What I am strugling to find, is somewhere that provides training in advance for this test. I remember one Language centre called Vantage Siam in BKK who did a 3-4 day preparation course prior to sitting the test, but this used to be for the old BULATS test.

Has anyone's partners prepared for this test and can recommend any courses in preparation?

Guemlum

Thanks for the replies guys. Trinity seem to have appointments daily for the next couple of months. Will more than likely use them.

Guemlum

My wife is currently in the UK on a family visit visa. It has become apparent that she would be able to sit an English Test here in the UK which would give her the necessary certificate when applying for a spouse visa in the early part of 2016.

I do understand that she is not allowed to study for this test whilst she is here, and that she can simply apply/walk in to a test centre and sit a basic A1 test in speaking and listening.

My question is, has anyone tried this before? and which courses are available? From what I can see it is either the IELTS Life Skills with the IELT SELT consortium or the Graded Examinations in Spoken English with Trinity College London.

Is the ESOL Skills for Life Entry 1 no longer accepted?

Guemlum