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Joint statement from UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen - 13 December 2020

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 As you're asking about a return to Thailand, I'll move your question to the appropriate forum.

As your girlfriend is Thai she is allowed to return to here to her home country, you're right in saying that she'll currently need to quarantine on her return.

She will need to contact the Thai Embassy that handles Certificates of Entry and other requirements for Thai nationals in Ecuador, Thailand only has an Honory Consul there, and I pretty sure they don't issue CoE's.

 https://www.consuladotailandia.com/web_en/index.php/about/ 

On 11/23/2020 at 12:55 PM, vogie said:

Darren at Key Visa will sign it for you for 500 baht.

Do you know any retired UK Civil Servants, there must be plenty in Pattaya, along with retired bank managers and other groups they can sign and I'm sure most, if not all, would do so for free.

You're asking on a forum about visas and travel to countries other than Thailand, so I'll move it.

On balance the Immigration to Thailand forum might get a better response that the Covid-19 Forum.

Have you looked on the Thai Embassy website in the US?

Statement on UK-EU negotiations 9 December

Some BTS Stations have lockers, the nearest to the Embassy is probably Sala Daeng, and then a couple of stops to Surasak and then five minutes or so walk to the Embassy.
Not ideal, but an option.

 https://www.lockbox-th.com/service_storage.html

22 hours ago, JensenZ said:

K-Bank has 2 levels of debit/ATM cards at different prices. What I did notice the other week is that the yellow ATMs are now charging 10 baht to withdraw cash. I tried some other ATMs and they didn't charge it (yet). 

They've actually got at least five different debit cards, with annual fees of 200, 599, 999 and 1,599 Baht, the more expensive ones come with various bells and whistles add ons, many of which are usually not worth the paper they're written on.

https://www.scb.co.th/en/personal-banking/cards/debit-cards.html

According to their instructions you pay online as part of the application process, the facility to do so automatically shows once you've entered all your details and indicated you'll pay online

Getting married in Thailand

To get married in Thailand you need to:

• complete your affirmation of marital status online
• swear and sign your affirmation at the embassy in Bangkok

Your affirmation will be valid for 3 months from the date they are stamped at the Embassy.

If your partner is British they will also need to swear an affirmation. If they're not, they might need an equivalent document.

This service costs £50. You can pay online as part of your application.

https://www.prove-eligibility-foreign-government.service.gov.uk/thailand/complete-affirmation

Just now, Tyler Visan said:

And how much of it is still left?    LOL

All of it, it's for a party on Boxing Day.

2 minutes ago, Tyler Visan said:

Just think what you could cook yourself & family for say Bht 4000! 

Ineed, but that wasn't the question, I paid over 4,000 Baht for a turkey last week.

Is this what you're looking for?

https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/provide-information

I think it’s time to close this thread now.

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8 hours ago, HerbyJFlash said:

@7by7Thanks , yes I’m thinking a few weeks in turkey maybe cheaper and more fun than being apart and also paying for ASQ / another set of flights for Thailand to U.K.

 

Just hope it doesn’t effect the next application for a visa . I wonder if her staying longer than 90 days would come into consideration for a different type of visa such as fiancé visa .

Turkey is nice and of course your girlfriend wouldn’t need a visa.

I’d be a tad nervous doing too many side trips in the current environment, my wife and I were due to stop off in Turkey on a scheduled trip to the UK and the EU recently, in the end we cancelled the lot.

I don’t want you to think that your girlfriend staying longer than planned is going to automatically scupper her chances in the future, but there’s always a risk, does she really need to stay longer than originally planned?
 

Whatever you decide to do, good luck.

I agree with both yourself and 7by7 about you being over cautious, if the documents were translated for the original application, they will still be valid.

Might help if we knew where you are located.

I’ve used companies in Thailand who can do translations online, I suspect they may be cheaper.

19 hours ago, HerbyJFlash said:

The visa agent wrote 90 days on the application. Would the current covid situation be a reason for her not to leave. 

The UKVI considered her application on the details provided by her, that agent wrote that she intended to stay for 90 days implies that was her instructions, and her application would have been considered on that basis.

If she decides to stay longer it wouldn’t cause her any problems in the UK, unless in the highly unlikely event, she crossed paths with Immigration Enforcement, even then there would be no action..

Whilst there aren’t regular embarkation controls when leaving the UK, carriers record passengers leaving the UK and pass the details onto the UKBA, so her departure will be on record.

She would not be breaking Immigration Rules by staying longer than the 90 days she declared in her application, but it may well cause problems in any future by causing doubt of any declared reasons to return.

I doubt very much if playing the “Covid Card” would work, whilst the UKBA granted concessions to those who were genuinely stuck in the early days of the pandemic, with regular flights and fairly easy procedures for Thai nationals, there is no reason not to return, and of course she arrived in the UK when the Covid difficulties were well known.

In short, she wouldn’t break any Immigration Laws by “overstaying” but ECO’s may well look at the credibility of her reasons to return in any future application.

Happy days, “ride for a ride” on my Vespa adorned with headlights that weren’t connected, Bank Holidays in Brighton, Hastings and Margate, though I do now cringe at some of our antics.

Brighton Police randomly arresting people, I do sometimes wonder if my life may have taken a different route if I’d been selected for arrest and subsequent court appearance.

The full guidance on NHS charging, happy reading

Main_Guidance_post_24_August_2020_V2.pdf

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I know a number of people who’ve travelled to countries other than countries they are nationals of, and have purchased tickets without too much difficulty, other than a little research.

You clearly need to ascertain the current position of each country you’re considering visiting, and keep in mind that restrictions, both on entering and in country, could change overnight.

Likewise airlines could change their schedules at the drop of a hat, with a credit note rather than a refund often being offered.

I think many of us want to travel again, I certainly do, but I’m not keen on being stuck somewhere when travel plans are scuppered.

Each to their own.

23 minutes ago, ELMqgp said:

My Thai friend was so shocked when he knows about this story that he just called immigration is stupid.

What was their response?