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1 hour ago, transam said:
Old news chum...
Indeed it is, we don't need another thread on this subject, and certainly not in this forum which is for topics about immigration to other countries.
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9 hours ago, Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai said:
In past I got my wives residency Visa application through Australian Embassey Bangkok.
My wife was not in Australia. Was granted 10 months after application. Having a residence and Australian income makes it easier.
https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/partner-onshore/temporary-820
"You must
be in a genuine relationship with your spouse or de facto partner who is an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen
be in Australia when you apply for this visa and when we decide your temporary visa application. Family who apply with you must also be in Australia"
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On 8/13/2019 at 6:53 PM, Changoverandout said:
Considering a 6 month here and 6 in U.K. but not sure what visa my wife would need as she’d want to work?
I realise I need £18600 income to allow her to apply for spousal visa.
She had permanent leave to remain from 2002 but since expired. What would be best, any thoughts?
Not sure we could live 12 months in U.K.
She could apply for a Returning Resident Visa, but that doesn't really meet your requirements as she would need to demonstrate that she's returning to live permanently in the UK, has string ties to the UK and detail your current circumstances and why you’ve lived outside the UK. https://www.gov.uk/returning-resident-visa
She could apply for a further spouse visa, as you're aware expensive and you'd be back to square one after a while, a visit visa might fit the bill, but in the unlikely event it would be granted in the circumstances you describe, she would be allowed to work.
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They have an app and you can check usage on that for post paid, I don't know if you can check for pre-paid but maybe worth a shot.
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I suppose my FOI request might be what Contract Monitoring is in place to effectively monitor the contracted service delivery, maybe a second FOI could ask about the monitoring of the VFS contract in Thailand.
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You don't need to do anything, other than satisfy the officer at the border that you're both genuine travellers, neither of you need a visa for the length of your trip.
Thai and Canadian citizens can both enter visa free for up to 90 days, your girlfriend might be asked for sight of a return ticket as well as evidence of funds and accomodation as well as the purpose of the visit, she should just be ready with the answers.
We've been a few times, and my girlfriend/wife has been stamped in without question.
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This isn't specifically about the visa application process, so I'm going to move it to "Pub".
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Normally the translation has to be certified by the person carrying out the translation to show they are qualified and competent to do so, at least this is the case for a number of other countries.
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4 minutes ago, Pedrogaz said:
I have been doing this for years and never had a problem anywhere in the world with UK/US passports.
Yes, but do you have a Chinese passport, and attempting to leave China, which is what the OP is asking for advice about?
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1. if my daughter left China on her Chinese passport, but then on arrival produced to Immigration her UK passport - would this be an issue: That would be OK, but she might need to show check-in staff a return ticket from China to Thailand, as well as a visa. Maybe avoid telling the check-in staff about the second passport to avoid the snitching you mention.
2. We would exit Thailand to the UK on her UK passport. That would be fine.
3. On the return journey, on arrival in Thailand (having departed UK on UK passport) she would land using her Chinese passport for visa on arrival Yes, or an e-visa
4. Departing Thailand to China - again would depart using her Chinese passport Yes she would need to, as that's what she entered on
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2 hours ago, LukKrueng said:
Wouldn't it be easier / simpler to get a UK visa for the child on her Chinese passport?
No it wouldn't, the child also holds a British Passport so isn't eligible for a UK Visa.
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9 hours ago, Kwasaki said:
Watford where lived 15 years ago council house tax was a crazy amount. have know idea what it would be now but it ain't no where near 20 pence a year.
I lived in Bovingdon, not a million miles away from Watford, the Council Tax on my home is £2,173 per year, Council Tax is certainly something to take into account if considering relocating.
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21 minutes ago, Jip99 said:
I can relate to all that - I would only take issue with the Schengen comment (I suspect we come from different angles on Brexit) as I don't see that will be an issue post-Brexit. Yes, you will lose the 'automatic right' for a free visa but that only puts you where I am - I have been with my partner for over 12 years but we have not married; there has never been an issue with the 6 Schengens she has had.
Regarding your house sale money..... converting to Sterling and using a Foreign Currency account (I recommend Bangkok Bank) is an option that you can consider. I guess it depends what currency you want to be in - and I can't see that you have any immediate need (if ever) to move into Sterling.
Yes, we probably have differing views on Brextit, but I suspect we both now just want to draw a line and move on.
It's my wife whose pulled the plug on Schengen, she's had third country and FOM visas issued over the years and on each occasion she encountered jobs worths at the VAC's who didn't know, or at least understand, the rules, and try as I may when they gave here incorrect advice, I couldn't hold back. That said if it came to the crunch and a visa was all that stood in between her and a stroll down the Champs-Élysées shopping for a new handbag, I suspect she'd let me apply for a visa on her behalf, her bio details are on file and in time, so she wouuldn't need to attend.At the moment the house sale cash is in a standard account, and accesable in an emergency, probably medical, but hopefully on my demise or to fund a decent handbag.
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A good topic Pilotman, and probably an issue that affects many of us.
In answer to your question, when I moved here the Baht was in the low 70's against Sterling, I suspected it would fall a tad, but in my wildest dreams I never expected it to drop to the level it is now, with the uncertainty surrounding the possibility of a no deal Brexit, I suspect further drops are just round the corner.
I did buy a property when the Baht was higher, I purchased following the sale of a property my ex-wife and I had brought in redneck country in the US, I'm British and my ex wanted to have a house near our daughter in Balitimore, I seem to recall that I got 42 Baht to the USD at the time. I gave up the property following a second failed relationship, but managed to snatch it back and sell it with the help of a dodgy and tenacious Thai lawyer, the drop in the value of Sterling meant that I actually made a profit, but only if I repatriate it, which I'm not intending to do, that's my back up, and I hope not to have to touch it and it's in a joint account with my wife.
We now rent a small villa on the coast, having just moved down from Bangkok, that's cheaper than living in the city, we don't eat out as much as we did in Bangkok and when we do we mix Thai and Western foods, I've cut down on my alcohol intake considerably, my wife sticks to one glass of wine a day, that helps us financially, and certainly doesn't harm my health.
I've cut down on the amount of Western foods we buy in the supermarket, not cut out completely but the local cuisine was one of the things that attracted me to Thailand, so that's no real hardship, and my wife uses the market more than we used to in Bangkok, she's quite content with that.
Like many others we've cut down on the number of trips in the region we take, and when we do travel we don't stay in top notch hotels, but neither do we slum it.
We were also planning a trip to the UK next year returning via Europe, we normally travel in J Class and are thinking of still going, but travelling in steerage and cutting out Europe in the return leg, my wife isn't keen on applying for a Schengen Visa once the Free Movement Directive is no longer an option.
I currently use the income method for my extention of stay, bringing cash over by Transferwise, though with the problems that is now causing, albeit not unsurmountable, I'm now sending funds via Bangkok Bank in London which adds to the cost, though I might stick the 800k from the house sale in an account and leave my wife to try and get it back when the inevitable happens.
We certainly live in uncertain times, and I think things will get a lot worse before they get better, I'm lucky enough to have a half decent, index linked, work pension as well a frozen state pension so will manage, but I'm aware that a number of people aren't so lucky.
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38 minutes ago, Saltire said:Finally I am non resident in the UK 8 years but have paid tax every year. Legally, do I have to give them my Thai address when the pensions start or can I use the correspondence address I have been using since I left the UK?
You are required to give them the actual address where you're living, not a correspondence address.
Being honest will mean that your pension will be frozen at the rate you first receive it, some people choose to flout this law, in the hope of getting a higher pension, some get caught, some don't. A friend of mine was recently caught, and his daughter, whose address he used, is being investigated, as is he, has to be your choice.
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48 minutes ago, Saltire said:
who is eligible to countersign the form? Would the village chief be OK? I am in a small village and can't think of many other options.
Note that you can also be retired from the occupations mentioned, retired Civil Servants and Bank Managers are two a penny here, many of whom will be happy to sign for a beer.
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2 minutes ago, Salerno said:It tells them where a foreigner is
No it doesn't, it shows them where a foreigner was at some time in past, but I'll ask again why would they need to know where a foreigner was at some time in the past, or even in real time?
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15 minutes ago, Salerno said:
To know where a foreigner is staying at any given time.
And the reason you need to know where a foreigner is staying at any given time, even if their systems could show them where each foreigner in real time, what does it tell them?
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2 hours ago, seasia said:Mars bars 3 for a pound at Poundland.Not a pound each.
£1 for a pack of four in Sainsbury, though smaller than the standard 51g weight ????
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1 hour ago, welshboy454 said:We are unable to assist you with your enquiry as this was applied for from overseas for an Entry Clearance Visa. "
Thankfully 7by7 has given you the correct advice, it would have been too much to expect for the Correspondence Unit to look up, and quote, their own Operational Instructions.
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