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Hello All,

My sister-in-law came to the UK over Christmas 2012 for two weeks and then returned to Thailand. Her visit visa from then (six months) is still valid and does not expire until the 8th of June.

She would now like to visit again as my wife is due to give birth around the 13th of June.

How would this work? We're happy to pay fee's again and go through all the needed process, but is it possible that she can extend her current visa or have it invaildated and then a new one put in place.

She plans to stay for around 2-3 weeks again. It will be her third visit in total and she has never before left late or been on the wrong side of favor.

Thanks in advance!

The sponsor is the person who is supporting the application; not the person paying for the visit.

The sponsor can be someone, they don't need to be British, in the UK whom the applicant wants to visit or a British national who lives outside the UK and will be traveling with the applicant. So as she will be visiting you and your wife; you'll be her sponsor.

Of course, there is no need for a visitor to have a sponsor at all; unless visiting friends or relatives most don't.

A third party can provide the finances for the visit and they do not need to be British or in the UK. But they must explain why they are doing so and show that they have the finances to do so.

But as you say your sister in law has the finances to pay for the visit herself, why doesn't she do so? From what you have said her only problem last time was a large unexplained deposit into her account shortly before applying. Explain this deposit, where it came from and why, and any others since, and I cannot see her having a problem.

SIncere thanks for the advice.

As I understand it, I cannot be a sponsor to two people (my mother & sister inlaw)?

So he would be the benefactor and I would be just the sponsor?

My sister and mother in-law want to come and see their niece (my daughter) and wife in the UK over Christmas. They have been to the UK before and did not breach the terms of stay and left under good terms within the stay period.

Recently my sister in-laws first application was refused. She was denied as she transferred in some money to her bank before submitting her bank statements as proof of income / reserves this led to the immigration officer seeing this as suspicious and so stamping a denied. A bit silly if you ask me as she is a senior project manager with a multi national and she has plenty of good reasons to return to Thailand. As said she has already shown previous adherence to UK visa terms. It is now not viable to appeal with the time remaining, so she is willing to kiss goodbye to the 80 pounds and re-apply.

Now she plans to have her fiancé sponsor her. They have been together for some time, plan to marry and have plenty of proof of relationship. He is also doing well for himself and runs a successful business, quite a few cars and a property. He also has a good amount of savings with proof. He is willing to provide a letter and proof that he can sponsor her whole trip and should any emergencies arise, he will cover.

What I wanted to ask was can he as a Thai national sponsor another Thai who will visit the UK.

I will be sponsoring the mother-inlaw, who also got refused as she did not submit her house deeds, even though she is ex government employed on a decent pension

This thread is quite hilarious, especially the blokes on here summing up a whole countries female populace based on their failed relationships with a prostitute.

Lets be hearing your views on the topic then.........

First off I was not having a pop at you OP. Its more at the posters who really think they have the whole Thai female populations inner psyche sussed out. These expert views are all to often founded on a very small view they have collated over the years, which tends to be rooted on inner resentment of whole their own life has played out.

Anyway my views are that if you are with the right person then it really does not matter where you live, its going to be failure or success should you live in either Surrey or Surit Thani.

So to put it on the line, if an individual is thinking they perhaps need to move countries to make a relationship work, then its not off to a good start.

Fly Thai Air 4 to 5 times a year and pay £550 to £570 and get great service.

Where do you get that price? They seem to be more in the region of 700 to 800 when I search?

you will also need a Certificate of Origin to bring garments into the EU. If your relatives make the clothes, I doubt it is possible as they might not be member of the Thai Chamber of Commerce...

Hi Raro,

Does one need to be sourced for every delivery or is it a one time issue valid for a period of time?

Are they difficult to get and any tips on how one goes about this?

Thanks

I am contemplating shipping / mailing around 50 items of clothing to sell in the UK which will be manufactured by some relatives in Thailand. I have so far found out that I will need a bill of laden, commercial invoice and a packing list and I have the marketing side worked out and where to sell. The part where I am totally green is what method of delivery to use and how that will interface with customs and excise.

Obviously the cheaper the better, but from what I have so far worked out it will need to be a company that can handle the documentation needed by HM customs and excise, so we have the likes of DHL etc, but they are quite pricey and when factored in with the VAT it will take a fair sized bite out of the profit.

I also don't want to bulk / buy / import as initially we only want to do a test run with 50 so we can see how things work out without losing to much cash.

Anyone have any experience in this area? If so and you could share with me a company recommendation and how the import documentation and tax costs are worked out it would be very much appreciated. I have been on the HM customs website and lost the will to live trying to work out what was required of me.

Thanks!

HI

two weeks ago i booked with thai air for travel mid may, direct flight from LHR-bkk ,£520 each for me and wife and £90 for my babe(will be 7 months old then) not bad for a direct flight (economy) i thought ,when checked air fares with EVA they wanted £550 each for me and my wife and a STAGERING £460 ish(economy) for a 7 month old,so needless to say i passed on that one.

Also booked flights two days ago with etihad for travel 2nd march 10 but with a transfer in abu £530 each and £99 for the babe,

I did not even know they charged for a baby! Just goes to show how valuable this thread has been.

Maybe I need to try Thai then as ralkbkk recommends them too.

Thanks ever so much ralfbkk, richm7 & KhunDave!

Learned alot from this - has to be a direct flight as I don't want to wake a sleeping baby up to sit around in transit...good point!

I will be coming back before November the 15th (a couple of days before I suspect).

As for prices I will just have to keep monitoring and hopefully strike at the right time. I think i might well make it sooner as I don't mind paying around the 500 pound mark.

Finnair sounds good, are the direct from London?

Has anyone tried Eva air with a baby? They do a direct flight.

OH great one, when is the lowest air fair to be?

Did you even read my post?

"I understand this may be difficult to give a certain answer on. I am not expecting anyone to predict the state of the aviation industry and its relation to prices, I understand this is susceptible to up's and down's. I am more making a call out as I should imagine there are a lot of people on this forum with family in Thailand who arrange annual travel to thailand from the UK."

Hi All,

Myself and my wife plan to travel Thailand (BKK) in October 2010 (approximately the 20th) from the UK and I am trying to work out the best approach to booking a bargain flight.

We will have our baby with us (wife is 36 weeks now) so the baby will be 7 months old at time of travel.

The travel will be 8 months away from now so I am trying to work out if it may be better to book earlier in advance or a shoter amount of time before (for example one month before travel)?

I understand this may be difficult to give a certain answer on. I am not expecting anyone to predict the state of the aviation industry and its relation to prices, I understand this is susceptible to up's and down's. I am more making a call out as I should imagine there are a lot of people on this forum with family in Thailand who arrange annual travel to thailand from the UK.

Thanks in advance!

Sean, no thanks to me really mate...it was my wife who helped.

I showed her the post and she looked quizzed at first and then said 'chai, chai!!' turned on the Thai fonts and came up with the video.

She laughed when she heard a guy would be singing it, so a video performance would much appreciated! (you may be able to get someone to film on a mobile, most of them have the capabilities now).

Lydia - Wang Leow Chuay Tor Klab

Custom made for your needs:

Wow 2,650 posts!!

In March I remember starting this topic with a heavy, weary heart and an application pending with the Embassy. It took around 10 weeks back then, so it seems like whatever the issues the Embassy were having are resolved now as some of you are getting 2-3 day turnarounds? wow thats good.

As for us we got married in August joined by my family and my wife's sister and mum. It was a lovely day. We now have a little girl on the way and she will be due on March 2010 which ironically is almost a year onwards from when we had that trip of traipsing around Bangkok visiting officials to get documents stamped and translated, permissions to marry granted, TB scans carried out with me constantly moaning about everyone ripping me off and my better half patiently telling me 'jai yen yen, jai yen yen'

So anyone who has all this ahead of them or is mid application you have my best wishes. It can be tough but well worth it in the end. Myself and my other half look back on that very difficult period of having 'our lives in someones else's hands' and we see it as a challenge that ultimately made us closer and stronger. The words of Nietzsche comes to mind 'What does not destroy us, makes us stronger'.

Best of luck to you all and hello to those I met through this thread.

I don't know, I am willing to be corrected here and maybe rightfully will, but it's kind of lame to need a book to learn and understand how your wife / GF / lover works. Don't get me wrong there is no harm in it and it may well help some situations, but are thai's that stereotypical that a guy who looks like Bill Gates educates you in the framework on how to have a relationship with a women I should imagine you have fallen in love with. I know my wife (thai obviously) is not, she is very much one to her own and I had to work hard at sussing that out just as I did with my previous relationships with the English girls and a South African and Swedish girl I dated and then lived with.

But now it has clicked while writing this - they were from the same class and level of education as me, which makes a big difference....so I am just being a snob and gloating from high..which as arrogant as it appears does feel quite good

Just to let you all know i am pretty much dancing with joy this morning. Just got a text from Wifey and the Application was a success.

Now all i am waiting for is the flight tickets to be booked and she should be here on Saturday.

Excellent news - so happy for you mate!!!

You know I still get butterflys looking through this topic and checking for results, even though my missus has been here for a while now!

I am still hanging around here guys with fingers crossed for you all.

Lets hope we get some Friday results in!!!

Congrats Gypsymoth and Johnson83!

I reckon we will be wooping up Kennkate very soon.

According to ABC News Australia, the woman tried to bribe the police.

Not a simple theft!

Silly, silly woman

Thats standard protocol - you only have to try and drive more then 200k to find that out.

The children are entitled by birth to remain - the mother can not be seperated from her children according to Geneva convention. This is how the Pakis and Indians get their relatives in the UK. Paki guy with British nationality Bangs up a Paki girl in Pakistan - baby gets British status by birth right - cant be seperated from mother - Paki girl home and dry

Are you sure about that? It does not matter where the baby is conceived its where they baby is born. In this case the baby would have been conceived in pakistan which does not give it British status - it would still need mother and baby to go through a visa process as with others are doing with kids here.

Then again I may be wrong as immigration is new to me, so happily stand corrrected if that be the case.

Well she was shattered Saturday night, but yes we made use of the weekend

What... ? a quiet early stroll ?? Invited friends around ??

Cucumber sandwiches followed by a spot of embroidery. We then played charades into the evening topped off with a game of scrabble, then ovaltine and said our prayers.

How is the Wife finding the balmy english May weather? We had hailstones on Saturday.

Luckily 'darn south' it was not to bad this weekend, but there was some rain. She was impressed about it staying light until 9.30 at night though!

Well she was shattered Saturday night, but yes we made use of the weekend