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So are you going to share the nationalities of the intended applicants or leave us to guess? Fellow members will try to advise or offer personal experiences but you really need to give fellow posters a fighting chance rather than just picking arguments.

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Transam is spot on, the unexpired period on a UK passport is no longer added on to a renewed passport, that concession ended in September 2018. Your current passport is still valid until it’s expiry date, except for entry to countries that have a rule that a passport must be no more than ten years old when the holder leaves the jurisdiction, the Schengen Area is one of those jurisdictions. It wasn’t an issue when the UK was a member of the EU, but it’s something that became an issue once we left, we were warned that as third country nationals we no longer benefited from the concession, it would seem the benefits outweighed the inconvenience.

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They certainly would send to Hua Hin from their Bangkok office, l suspect they would also do so from Chiang Mai. When she applies she would pay a nominal fee for courier delivery (they send EMS) and she would also write the delivery address on the envelope, so assuming you already have the address, l don’t think there would be a problem. My wife applied for her visa earlier this year and was going to collect from Bangkok as we had a new address, she later asked if they would sent to our new Hua Hin address, and they did.

It wasn’t really a suggestion, l was pointing out their disclaimer following the advice from the guy who posted link.

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This old thread was started over a decade ago by a member who was asking if his UK State Pension could be paid directly to Thailand, and has been answered. It has nothing to do with pensions being frozen, there have been numerous threads directed at this injustice. The imposition of Ultra High Emission Zones in certain areas in the UK is also not a topic for debate here, though it’s probably worth saying that far from the British people just nodding to say ok, there have numerous protests and court cases on the issue, l suspect that may have missed the reports in the media. You might not be aware that these restrictions have also been introduced in parts of mainland China, including Hong Kong, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy etc etc, where there have been similar protests.

if you use your current passport to get a further extension you could only get an extension until the expiry of your current passport, so you are correct - maybe the IO was trying to be helpful. My renewal took three weeks over the Christmas/New Year period, don’t know how long they’re currently taking.

Yes she can, but obviously not whilst in UK on a visit.

We’re currently in the UK and have come across numerous retailers who would only accept card payments. My wife even purchased a single Krispy Kreme doughnut at a stall in a shopping mall, and they would only accept card payments. l have however noticed a few shops having signs near tills complaining that the banks charge them high fees to process cards and asking customers to pay cash if they could, but all l came across would still take cards.

This thread is about Settlement Visas, l needed to clarify to prevent false hopes.

Maintaining a UK bank account, and having a pension paid into it, will not in itself mean that you will receive the annual increases, and neither will the fact that you own property in the UK, you actually have to declare to the DWP that you are ordinarily resident in the UK. Many people lie and claim they’re ordinarily resident, some use friends or families addresses whilst others use the address of a property they own but don’t live in, l suspect that most, if not all, get away with it. l am aware that the DWP have taken to checking Council Tax records and Credit Agencies, I’ve no idea if that’s making any difference to the issue.

No, as I mentioned, l wasn’t resident in the UK. l just had my pensions paid into my UK based account, and transferred what l needed as and when.

But the guy you’ve responded hasn’t mentioned that he might be in the UK, in fact he’s posting from Thailand. I was clarifying your answer that if he had his pension paid into a UK account he would receive the uplift, obviously it’s not automatic, and certainly not on what he said.

For settlement?

Surely only if they are able to confirm they are also resident in the UK. Some years ago l stopped having my pensions paid to my Thai bank and reverted to my UK bank, I was specifically asked if l was now resident in the UK, which l wasn’t.

This thread is thirteen years old, and was accurate when originally posted.

Things have changed: Schengen visa VFS Global service center has been assigned to process the Schengen visa application instead. The visa application centers are located in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket. VFS Global processes your visa application every step of the way. Advise on the preparation of complete documents for filing a claim collecting visa fees collect fingerprints Including returning / delivering your passport after processing by the visa department of the embassy. https://visa.vfsglobal.com/tha/en/deu embassy The VFS Global Service Center has been assigned to handle additional new visa applications. From 1 April 2023, visas for nursing practitioners with partial professional qualification certificates It must be submitted at a VFS Global service center.

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The virtual cards I’ve used have been been issued by Kasikorn and linked to my account, and given a visa credit card number and funds taken whenever l’ve made a a purchase, I imagine refunds would be made the same. I’ve never come accused burner cards and would have no need for one for the transaction you describe.

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So probably the same as some members who say the visa free entry to Thailand is a visa on arrival, when it is isn’t. Those applying for a visa will need to satisfy the decision maker that they are a genuine visitor and, in most cases, will leave the destination country at the conclusion their visit, maybe also meet the financial, accommodation and insurance requirements before the visa is issued or refused. Their security background will be checked at the visa application stage. You are correct that, for the most part, permission to travel for none visa nationals, will be automated and applicants will have there details checked against various databases, SIS, Schengen Information or probably the Warning Index for the UK electronic system, with flagged travellers requiring further examination. The US, Australia, Singapore, Japan, and other countries, already have Electronic Travel Authorisations in place and will check against their own databases.

Yes l know that the Yahoo story mentions visas but the fact remains the Electronic Authorisations are just that, authoritarian to travel and will only be available, and required, for those who can travel visa free. You quote Yahoo an saying “the sooner you apply and are approved, the sooner the visa will arrive”, it’s worth noting that the system isn’t up and running yet, and applications are not able to be made just yet.

The ETIAS that’s being finally being rolled out by the EU isn’t a visa, it’s an Electronic Travel Authorisation that mirrors the ESTA used for travel to the US, along with similar systems currently running, or about to be, in a number of other countries. These do not take the place of the visa requirements by some countries or by various classes of travellers.