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Really sorry to hear about your current issues John.

As has been pointed out by the previous poster, the forum you posted your story in isn’t really appropriate, though I’m not really sure what help you’re seeking, you seem to be posting from the US.

As suggested, I’ll move your post to the Chiang Mai forum, where maybe you’ll get some support.

I wish you well.

6 hours ago, OJAS said:

Correction: this refusal only appears to apply to transfers of £5,000 and above, and not to those of £4,999 and below.

This is now showing for a £1,000 transfer

For this transfer, the exchange rate isn’t guaranteed — Wise will use the exchange rate at the moment of receiving your money.

37 minutes ago, Delight said:

 The only hope for the UK economy is an export boom

 

Maybe this sterling devaluation was engineered to create this opportunity.

Very Risky.

You could well be right, but I wonder if they factored in the danger that these cheap exports would earn less harder currencies in return.

Imports will of course cost more, like fuels, maybe that was part of the thinking.

38 minutes ago, foreverlomsak said:

9 am 19th 42.13

I got 42.24 on Thursday 22nd, and was complaining about that.

The USD is touching 39 this morning.

8 hours ago, Pmbkk said:

 

We fast-tracked our ILR application ( the one before citizenship ) and it cost us £800 in Feb' 2022.

The OP is asking for advice reading the initial application from Thailand, not the end of the line process from within the UK,

For the avoidance of doubt, the Premium Service for Family Visa applications isn’t currently available within Thailand. 

The Priority Service is currently suspended for Family Visas, when they were available I think it was in the region of £500 each for a decision in five working days, or £800 for a next day decision, that's the published price but applicants in Thailand are charged in Baht, even if you pay in the UK, and the cost is higher.

The UKVI currently advise that processing is currently taking 24 weeks.

https://visa.vfsglobal.com/tha/en/gbr/news/important-changes-to-priority-visa-services-offered-by-ukvi

Yes, @howerdeis spot on, it has to be done in Bangkok.

https://register-uktb.iom.int/uktbdp-register/login.jsp

14 hours ago, Steps said:

i am now on the application. I have this statement with a tick box "Payslips covering any period of salaried employment (current and previous) in the period of 12 months prior to the date of application" and i am confused as i thought it was 6 months salary slips that you needed to provide and not 12!!

 

Can you elaborate on this further? Thank you

It depends how long you have been in salaried employment in the UK, you seem to be posting from the UK so I'm assuming that's where you're employed.

The Financial Requirement document state the following requirements:

In respect of salaried employment in the UK (except where paragraph 9 applies) all of the following evidence must be provided:

Payslips covering:

a period of 6 months prior to the date of application if the person has been employed by their current employer for at least 6 months (and where paragraph 13(b) of this Appendix does not apply); or

• any period of salaried employment in the period of 12 months prior to the date of application if the person has been employed by their current employer for less than 6 months (or at least 6 months but the person does not rely on paragraph 13(a) of this Appendix), or in the financial year(s) relied upon by a self-employed person A letter from the employer(s) who issued the payslips at paragraph 2(a) confirming:

• the person's employment and gross annual salary

• the length of their employment

• the period over which they have been or were paid the level of salary relied upon in the application

• the type of employment (permanent, fixed-term contract or agency)

• Personal bank statements corresponding to the same period(s) as the payslips at paragraph 2(a), showing that the salary has been paid into an account in the name of the person or in the name of the person and their partner jointly

• where the person is either a director or employee (or both) of a limited company based in the UK, evidence that the company is not a type specified in paragraph 9(a). This can include the latest Annual Return filed at Companies House In addition to the evidence listed above, paragraph 2A of Appendix FM-SE specifies that P60(s) for the relevant period(s) of employment (if issued) and a signed contract(s) of employment may also be submitted in respect of paid employment in the UK. If they are not submitted, the decision-maker may grant the application if otherwise satisfied that the requirements of Appendix FM-SE relating to that employment are met, or they may ask for the documents to be submitted in accordance with paragraph D of the Appendix.

The above is lifted from 1.7_-_Financial_requirement.pdf starting from page 28.

The Financial parts regarding salaries are outside of my comfort zone, if you have any specific questions maybe contact @TonyMhe'll have it on the tip of his tongue.

The instructions say the translations should be dated, unlike the English and TB Tests there's no mention of expiry dates for translations.

 

Certifying a translation

If you need to certify a translation of a document that’s not written in English or Welsh, ask the translation company to confirm in writing on the translation:

• that it’s a ‘true and accurate translation of the original document’
• the date of the translation
• the full name and contact details of the translator or a representative of the translation company

https://www.gov.uk/certifying-a-document

https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse

As you’re talking about Thai Immigration I’ll move your question to a more appropriate forum.

2 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

Does Thailand enforce/require Thai nationals to have the ubiquitous six months validity on their passport?

No she doesn’t, as has been correctly pointed out previously Thais can enter their home country even with an expired passport, though that could cause carriers to be twitchy.
 

You’ve already confirmed that she will renew her passport on arrival, very good thinking.

I can also confirm that passport renewals here are excellent, my wife renewed her passport in MBK when we visited Bangkok for a long weekend, her new passport was delivered before we got back home.

I’ll move your post to the Thailand Forum, though you’ve already got a definitive answer. 

We’ve just been driven from Hua Hin to Bangkok, there was a police check point on the Hua Hin by pass and another in Petchaburi, each with at least twenty Police Officers milling around, they were checking that those in cars were wearing seatbelts, motorcyclists, with or without helmets passed at their leisure. 
Whilst I applaud the officers giving occupants of cars the opportunity to “belt up” whilst waiting in the queue for the check point, I did wonder if it was an effective deterrent, and if they might have been better used elsewhere.

I'm assuming you're talking about the UK State Pension when you refer to a "Government Pension" as opposed to a pension as a former Government employee.

Transam has covered everything, but you might also find this helpful State Pension if you retire abroad

11 hours ago, OJAS said:

Last time was in 2014:

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/restricting-non-residents-entitlement-to-the-uk-personal-allowance/restricting-non-residents-entitlement-to-the-uk-personal-allowance

 

Indeed, by the Cameron/Clegg coalition, the same pair that removed free NHS care for expat pensioners visiting the UK.

5 hours ago, JourdanA said:

Thanks. Who is CW?

Chang Watthana 

As Upnotover has said, there are commercial operators who provide a meet and assistance service but they don't come cheap, probably in the region of £350, in the absence of any freeservices for non English speakers/readers on arrival maybe she should just follow the crowd to Immigration, if she's on a direct flight I'm sure there will be others in her position, or at least someone she can ask.

I'm assuming you and you wife will be there to meet her, she should your phone number available in the case the Border Force Officer wants to clarify any points, they do have access to telephone translators, and they do use them.
Once through Immigration, again follow the crowds, it's all one way.
Downloading a Thai to English app was a good suggestion.

Troll posts removed.

Yes, you've this in the wrong forum, but as I see you've now also posted in the correct forum, I'll close this thread. 

5 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Surely if the GBP is down on the THB, it means the THB is STRONGER not weaker.

As I said, the THB is weaker against many currencies, but stronger against against Sterling.

19 hours ago, jayboy said:

Not if the beneficiary is not resident in the UK for tax purposes.

I don’t think that’s correct, my understanding is that pensions from the UK are taxed at source, that’s certainly what my pension provider advised what would happen when my wife was eligible for her widows pension.

The figure of 200,000 Baht you mentioned equates to less than the Personal Allowance, l don’t think non UK residents who are not British Nationals who are recipients of a pension automatically get the PA, but they may be able to claim the tax back at the end of the tax year.

I note that the pension is paid from offshore, does that mean it doesn’t originate from the UK?