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The UKVI website for a Standard Visit Visa is more clear, though still contradicts the VFS advice https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor/apply-standard-visitor-visa Apply for a Standard Visitor visa If you need a Standard Visitor visa, you must apply online before you travel to the UK and attend an appointment at a visa application centre. The earliest you can apply is 3 months before you travel.

Did you subsequently ascertain the reason for delay at the UK Border, was she subjected to questioning by the UK Border Force officers, or was it the queue waiting to be processed?

I get a credit report every year for my Thai credit card, a real card which was not issued against a deposit, and when I had a bank loan to purchase a car, that was also included in the annual report. I'm retired and have never had a Work Permit in Thailand.

Whilst I fully agree that an indicative queue time, regularly updated, would be of benefit to those in your position, all the time the UKVI offer a queue jumping service for those who are prepared to fork out almost 10,000 Baht, it is difficult to manage a queue. As far as I'm aware this option is stiil available, and whilst I think it's morally wrong, it might be appropriate in exception circumstances, though I'm of the view that fast tracking the event of an emergency should be free.

Save that Wise Debit Cards are not readily available for those resident in Thailand.

I’ve just picked one of the reasons at random, and it’s worked every time. I’ve sent to the UK, Singapore and Malaysia. I think that once when I sent to Singapore it asked for details of the recipient, so I picked another one and it went through.

I've just got a similar response, they added "we are starting with Europe".

Was that online when you were in the UK or in a store, I've certainly not had a problem using my Thai CC in the UK and, as you say, the debit cards also work fine, even accepting the six digit PIN.

It would seem that she might need to follow the testing and quarantine rules that are applicable to travellers who are fully vaccinated. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-to-england-from-another-country-during-coronavirus-covid-19 Travelling with children Children aged 4 and under do not have to take any COVID-19 travel tests. Children of all ages do not have to take a COVID-19 test before travel to England. Children aged 5 to 17 have to follow the testing and quarantine rules for people who qualify as fully vaccinated on arrival in England. This means that they have to quarantine on arrival and take a PCR test on or before day 2. Check the rules in this guidance for people who qualify as fully vaccinated for travel to England for more details. You should also check the rules in the country you are travelling from as they may require children to take a test at the start of your journey to England. There are different rules for children who have been in a red list country or territory in the 10 days before they arrive in England.

Off topic and misleading post removed, along with a response.

Travellers from Thailand, including those in transit, can access the Vaccinated Travel Lanes from 15th December https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/sg/travel-info/vaccinated-travel-lanes/

It would seem so I'm afraid, it might be worth visiting the hospital, or vaccination centre, where the vaccine was administered and ask if they could issue one with an English spelling. She obviously wont have her passport but her ID should also have an English spelling. The vaccine certificate must be issued by a national or state-level public health authority, be in English, French or Spanish, and include as a minimum:

Thailand is included in the VTL from December 16.

It doesn't say on their T&C's, though I thought it was per day.

I think you can use the online service but you need to register each account you're send cash to by completing a form and sending it to the bank for approval, with the app it's all done on the app. I don't know if you can install the App from overseas, but you have to set up the account via the app on a phone whose number that Kasikorn have on file for you, so I suspect you can't, though I don't know for sure.

Do let us know when and if they answer, hopefully we've been spared this year.

I can only speak for transfers to the UK via Kasikorn, using the the K+ App, I've done it a number of times without any issius, no visits to a branch, no documents and no work permit, I imagine other banks have something similar. The limit is $49,999. https://www.kasikornbank.com/en/international-business/global-money-transfer/pages/international-transferviakplus.aspx

As your question is about travel to Thailand, rather than from Thailand, I'll move your post to the correct forum.

As you are asking about travel to Thailand, I'll move your question to the correct forum.

Visitors from Thailand to the UK are only required to show a vaccination certificate, a Vaccine Passport isn't required. Vaccine certificates only If the table below says you can use a ‘Vaccine certificate’ as proof of vaccination, the following rules apply. The vaccine certificate must be issued by a national or state-level public health authority, be in English, French or Spanish, and include as a minimum: your forename and surname(s) your date of birth vaccine brand and manufacturer date of vaccination for every dose country or territory of vaccination and/or certificate issuer https://www.gov.uk/guidance/countries-with-approved-covid-19-vaccination-programmes-and-proof-of-vaccination Of course requirements can and do change fairly quickly

The UKVI do supply a generic list of documents required, though this is pretty general. The applicant must satisfy the decision maker that they are a planning a genuine visit, the visit is affordable and that, on the balance of probabilities, they have sufficient ties to their home country to indicate they will leave the UK at the conclusion of their visit. It really depends on what you want to do in the UK, but financial evidence is most certainly required and ties to the home country. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visitor-visa-guide-to-supporting-documents/guide-to-supporting-documents-visiting-the-uk https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor https://visa.vfsglobal.com/tha/en/gbr/apply-visa Whilst an agent isn't really neccessary, some people do find the use of an agent comforting, though they should be chosen with caution as there are a number of cowboys out there, is there a particular reason you don't want to use one?

There's already a, very, long running thread on this problem https://aseannow.com/topic/1234763-wise-transfers-not-being-processed-as-international-specifically-bangkok-bank/page/34/?tab=comments#comment-17000368 With the help of a senior, and very helpful, bank employee I received this advice from Bangkok Banks senior management, which they asked me to share, it was actully posted in the depths of the long running thread, but it may be of help and negate the need plough through all 34 pages. Have you asked Wise to tag your account to ensure that transfers through BKK Bangkok Bank, they still don't guarantee it 100% though? Guideline for obtaining a Confirmation Letter of Int. Funds Transfer (1).docx

No that's not correct, National Insurance contributions are paid into a fund, from which some state benefits are paid. This includes the state pension, statutory sick pay or maternity leave, or entitlement to additional unemployment benefits. This was made very clear to me when I wrote to the Health Secretary calling foul in the change of rules surrounding NHS charges for visiting expats of pensionable age, even though I hadn't mentioned NI contributions in my submission. The NHS is funded from general taxation, many of us pay substantial amounts of UK tax on their pensions, with many joining the ranks of the higher rate tax payers as the freeze in personal allowances bites over the next few years.

That's not strictly correct, when embarkation controls were abolished in 1994 there was no real control of who had actually left the country, The solution was the e-borders fiasco, which was supposed to keep a check on all arrivals and departures, it cost well over £830m, final estimates exceed £1.1bn, and failed miserably, the UKBA has a history of failed computer projects. The follow up solution was for carriers to record all those leaving the UK and to pass that information to the UBA, who would in turn pass onto relevent agencies and check for visa violaters, so UK Nationals are recorded when leaving the UK, but what if anything is done with that data is another question, one I suspect we all know the answer to.

Glad to see that you agree with the facts I've posted. Your wife went to A&E with a suspected fishbone in her throat, that was clearly an emergency and not ongoing treatment, so was rightfully treated free of chage. Friends of mine here in Thailand, a couple of whom happen to be forum members, were charged for ongoing treatment in line with the legal requirements, and I didn't feel the need to question their claims. Both are true, but I didn't feel the need to shout. I think we're done now.