andyandythai

Ive used Thai rent a car numerous times always good service always a car waiting right there, bring it back to same place good prices too

Hi, when we got married my wife changed her name the same day. As soon as we came out of the ampur we went to the ID place and she got a new one straight away, the to the land registry and changed her name on the blue book all done in a day. The next day she applied for a new passport and got it within a week. If you can spare the time to do this it could save a bit of hassle, especially when travelling as she will have a visa in the old passport with her maiden name then new passport with married name, you may need to carry a translated copy of marriage certificate incase of any questions.

Go to Phoenix Bar, Glenda is the owner originally from Newcastle and been living in Lamai years, loads of Expats go on, great food, great beer and Glendas a great host. If you had walked passed McDonald's on your left take a right after subway / Bahaus and it's a few units up there on your right.

Thanks everyone

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Would anyone know if it's possible to hire a car in roi et? If so do you have any contact details? Thanks

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Hi,

For the last 15 years I have never had any trouble bringing veg back, my wife brings back at least 4 Papaya's and god knows what else home!!!

They never seem to check and we usually fly into Manchester.

Andy

Check out the Visa situation first as its not as straight forward as other countries to get one, you need a letter of invitation and things like that to apply. I once looked at the same option and didn't bother in the end, it was too much hassle and costs soon add up! Depends how much you want to visit Moscow I suppose!!

Andy

Here is my wife's story....You have nothing to worry about

• Arrived in UK 11th June 2010
• Granted ILR November 2012
• Citizenship Granted and Ceremony 25th July 2013
• UK Passport received 12th August 2013

All done an dusted and yes its a long, stressful and expensive process but now we got that passport it all seems worth it!!

Andy

How long did you wait for Citizenship?

And your wife applied and recieved her passport in 3 weeks?

The wife is still waiting for her citizenship letter - just about 4 weeks.

RAZZ

Hi, the citizenship took took 20 days in total then we got the ceremony booked in for the 25th July and same day applied for her passport I couldn't believe how fast the whole process was compared to over 6 months for the ILR. I was expecting a few months wait at least, I presume we got lucky and caught them on a quiet spell, sure you will hear something soon.

Good Luck

Andy

And the identity interview?

RAZZ

Yeah sent the passport application on 25th, I prepared the application before hand and dated it the same day as the ceremony then as soon as she got the certificate from the mayor, I was straight out of the Town Hall across to the Post Office and sent off. We got her Thai passport & Certificate back with a letter to make an appointment on 7th August, rang up and the interview was on the 9th, they actually had appointments available the next day if I wanted. Her passport then arrived on the 12th August, really quick.

Some people use the checking service and it works well for them but I have never used it, even for myself and other members of the family and never had any problems too.

Andy

Here is my wife's story....You have nothing to worry about

• Arrived in UK 11th June 2010
• Granted ILR November 2012
• Citizenship Granted and Ceremony 25th July 2013
• UK Passport received 12th August 2013

All done an dusted and yes its a long, stressful and expensive process but now we got that passport it all seems worth it!!

Andy

How long did you wait for Citizenship?

And your wife applied and recieved her passport in 3 weeks?

The wife is still waiting for her citizenship letter - just about 4 weeks.

RAZZ

Hi, the citizenship took took 20 days in total then we got the ceremony booked in for the 25th July and same day applied for her passport I couldn't believe how fast the whole process was compared to over 6 months for the ILR. I was expecting a few months wait at least, I presume we got lucky and caught them on a quiet spell, sure you will hear something soon.

Good Luck

Andy

Efficiently amended, andy.

I agree 'You have nothing to worry about' once the wife has arrived in the UK and all the rules have been obeyed and you've retained the necessary documentation in preparation of ILR and further citizenship.

To be honest the citizenship is the easiest part as you do all the leg work with the settlement and ILR, you don't need to send as much documentation for citizenship. Follow the guides online and it will be ok.

The last hoop you have to jump through is the passport interview but as long as you are who you say you are that's nothing to worry about either. My wife gave them the wrong name of who countersigned her application, she got mixed up with the citizenship application, but they still issued it, we had the last few day on tender hooks but all ok in the end!!

Andy

Slightly off topic...

@ Bob and Razzell

When you sent in the wife's application for a British passport did you include the Thai one with the application?

CCC

My wife had to send hers, if you pay the 3 quid extra they send it back secure courier.

Here is my wife's story....You have nothing to worry about

• Arrived in UK 11th June 2010
• Granted ILR November 2012
• Citizenship Granted and Ceremony 25th July 2013
• UK Passport received 12th August 2013

All done an dusted and yes its a long, stressful and expensive process but now we got that passport it all seems worth it!!

Andy

Have you checked with your local sorting office?

Maybe the postman forgot to leave a card.

Hi,

My wife got hers by courier and they sent a txt the day is was to be delivered to we knew to stay in. I sent an email to query something on the card and sent it to BRPLost@ho​meoffice.gs​i.gov.uk

I know it was the wrong email address for my question but they answered it the next day as they may look at this mailbox for often as its for lost cards

It may be worth dropping the email to that address if you dont get any joy with the others.

Andy

Here you go I just came across this

http://www.thaivisa.com/visa-overstay-thailand.html

Hi,

If your daughter also has a Thai passport then there wont be a problem just present both. If not from memory I am sure if the child is under 7 there is no overstay fee but for you the first day is free then i think it's 500B per day so it will work out a lot cheaper if that's still the right price.

On the down side to that if you get caught or need to show your passport to the police etc for any reason within that 2 days then you could end up in a spot of bother that could end up costing you more than a tourist visa.

Im not sure I would take the risk

Andy

20 Days and successful.

My wife submitted hers on 12th June we got the letter back today 2nd July the letter was dated 27th June. Amazing I can't believe its was so quick after the whole 6 months wait for ILR.

Thanks to everyone who has input to this site, 7by7 especially always happy to help with excellent advise I don't know what I would have done without it from the first UK visit Visa to UK citizenship support all the way, cheers guy's.

Here are the others from this thread.

feasantplukka Submitted 31st July - awaiting



DonW Submitted 5th September, via nationality checking service in Peterborough - awaiting


7by7 - submitted in 2004 - 10 weeks


MAJIC - Submitted 2nd Jan 2013 - 23 Days.Successful.

Andyandythai - Submitted 12 June 2013 - 20 Days, Successful

Hi,

Me and my wife went on this one http://www.loynava.com/ and it was excellent, we did the sunset cruise and really enjoyed it and the food was very good too.

Andy

Hi,

I got a Non Immigrant O multiple entry, its valid for a year and you will get a 90 stamp on entry, you will need to do a border run when the 3 months is up and then get a further 90 day stamp.

I was in Samui so did a run down to Malaysia, you can do the same from Phuket or get a cheap flight from there.

You can get them from any Thai Embassy before you go about 100GBP, probably gone up now though. I use the Embassy in Hull

http://www.thaiconsul-uk.com/?gclid=COb-14Cay7cCFRLJtAodjlEAew it can be done by post or in person,

Andy

im sure it involves a trip to the American Embassy in London if you check the website it tells you the process

http://london.usembassy.gov/nonimmigrant-visas.html

My wife's employers asked her about her status as the visa had expired and she just took in the letter from UKBA you get when they accept your application and that was good enough, she works for a large retailer and there use to UKBA taking their time with this kind of thing and there wasn't a problem.

Andy

Hi,

I have taken this from the Thai Embassy Hull website. If its in Pounds or another foreign currency then the equivalent of $20,000 (about 13,000 GBP) if its in Baht then just 50,000 (about 1,100 GBP at 45 to the pound)

A Schengen Visa is a Schengen visa - it is not entry country specific.

The general rule is that you must apply for the visa from that country's embassy, where you intend to stay longest, or to which you have the most ties (friends or relatives, explained in the visa application) to. However,bthere is no mention in the rule that this country should be the first country to visit.

The rule relates to the point that the approved visa is only a preliminary permission to arrive to the Schengen area, and the final decision is made by immigration (=passport control). If suspicious behaviour is noticed, it would be very difficult for them to check the credentials of the visa if it is from another country. That is why they try to get you to enter via the issuing country.

Every flight that enters the EU have seeral passengers with connecting flights further in the union. Their passports and visas are checked at the first point of entry, without any further checks once inside the union. The passport control officer in France has no knowledge if your friend has a connecting flight to Sweden or not - nor is he/she at all interested of it unless generalvsuspicions for the purpose of the stay arise.

My wife has had 2 Schengen Visa's issued by the German Embassy. We used them to travel 3 times to Europe and not once entered Germany first, in fact twice didn't go to Germany at all.

First trip we drove through the Tunnel into France, Belgium then Germany, we used the same visa a month later and went straight to Amsterdam. The 2nd visa we flew into Spain and no questions asked at all apart from have you had a nice holiday!!

Hope my experience helps

Andy

I'm afraid that even though he was under 18 when he entered the UK as he is now over 18 he will no longer be classed as a child and so has to meet the standard requirements for naturalisation.

This means he must, among other requirements;

• been living in the UK for at least 5 years,
• have held ILR, or the equivalent, for at least 1 year,
• met the knowledge of life and language in the UK (KOLL) requirement.

Note that KOLL changes for all applications from 28th October 2013. See this post.

So your wife will need to take an English speaking and listening test if she is going to apply on or after that date, and if she met KOLL for her ILR by means of an ESOL course she'll need to pass the LitUK test as well.

Thanks 7by7, I knew you would clarify that for me thanks. My wife will apply next month and has passed Life In UK for her ILR so all ok.

Thank You

Andy

Hi All,

I just want to run this by you and check im not missing anything?

My wife and step son came to the UK June 2010 on Settlement Visa, 2 years later applied for ILR, this was granted in November 2012 for both of them, My step son is now 19 years old (18 when we applied for ILR)

My wife will be applying for Citizenship in June this year as she will have been here 3 years. My son applied for settlement as a child to accompany mother, then ILR as a dependent over 18 and did the ESOL courses to satisfy that part.

Am I right in thinking he needs to wait the 5 years to apply for Citizenship or is there a way he can apply with his mother given the circumstances? I understand from a previous thread that he will need to do Life in UK test also after October so just wondered if I could do anything before the changes.

Thanks

Andy

I remember my wife's 1st visit a good few years ago now and she loved the Bingo!! Now we all live here I have job keeping her away!!