chris41

Just got SMS that my wife's passport is ready for collection in Bangkok - we submitted on 10 February - and said we were travelling on 28 February, So it took just over six weeks (UK settlement visa)

I submitted the application for my wife's settlement visa on 10 February - but I've not heard anything yet - I tried to telephone but the British Embassy visa section do not take telephone calls - I called VFS who suggested emailing the embassy - so I emailed them (about 2 weeks ago) - to check there are no problems - but they have not replied to the email. Its now just over six weeks. Very frustrating - especially as we were expecting it to take only one or two weeks.

we're in the same position - straightforward UK settlement application for my wife - sent to the British Embassy on 10 February - still waiting - its a relief to know that others are in the same boat as I was starting to get worried that something was wrong

we saw a house for sale in Pakchong today - there is a village close to PakChong called pimpaka garden home resort with about 40 houses - mosly completed and being lived in by germans and swiss people - the house we saw came with 2 plots of land - each 700 m2 with a 2 storey house on one plot - the owner wanted 5.1m baht for the lot - the resort website is in german http://www.thailand-immobilie.de/index.html . As for PakChong - I've spent a bit of time there as my wife is from a village 10kms away called Botong. Not many falangs in the village but quite a few knocking around in the town. Tesco Lotus and the Italian restaurant make the place a lot better than when I first visited.