theoldgit

@treetopsMaybe you might want to research the official data published by the ONS rather than relying on “Bings chat box thingy” as the evidence to support your claim that “one in five murders are committed by former murderers released on parole”. The Bot thingy has informed you that 348 murders were committed by those under the supervision of the Prison and Probation Service, the Bot thingy doesn’t claim, according to your quote, that they had previously been convicted a murder or had even served a custodial sentence.

Victims and their families are able to make representations to the Parole Board, and their views are supposed to be taken into account. As the law currently stands there is no legal route to prevent Bellfield marrying in prison, it’s certainly nothing to do with the Parole Board. Raab promised to introduce legislation to prevent such marriages, but didn’t.

What is the source of that claim, l don’t believe it to be correct?

@brewsterbudgenyou are painfully aware the getting a child’s first UK passport is complicated as are the rules surrounding citizenship. DNA testing could be requested as part of the process but it’s not common and certainly not at the behest of VFS. I’m not aware of any changes in the procedure from Thailand, nor do l know of anyone who has been required to undergo such a test, that doesn’t mean it never happens.

One of the acceptable occupations for countersigning these forms are UK Civil Servants, including those who are retired, l suspect they are two a satang in Thailand, many of whom would be only too pleased to countersign the form without a fee. There are also a number of retired bank managers living here who might also do the honours.

Indeed there is no running back and forth to and from Bangkok, though the applicant does need to visit the Visa Application Centre once to have their biometrics captured and deposit their passport, and this is required whether an agent is used or not. A visit to Bangkok may also be required for an English and TB tests, again using an agent doesn’t cancel this requirement. Whilst the use of an agent is certainly not required, basically the applicant qualifies or not, and though the application process isn’t arduous, some applicants prefer the comfort that hand holding by an agent provides. A married couple don’t have to prove they’ve been living together for two years, though an unmarried couple living in a subsisting relationship would need to do so.

My most recent rental was with Avis at Heathrow, my previous rentals were with Hertz and Enterprise, all of whom accepted my Thai licence.

Using an agent could work out cheaper if the applicant lives a long way from one of the two application centres, or their time was valuable, but as the OP is suggesting Pattaya l imagine that using an agent would be more expensive, though the applicant would save the time of two round trips from Pattaya to Asoke. As @OJASrightly points out using an agent is no quicker, they are basically couriers dropping of the application and collecting the new passport, they can not speed up the process.

That’s the details for those renewing passports, the OP is submitting a visa application.

Nothing to do with visas, I’ll move to banking.

A typical Daily Mail “scoop”. I’ll close for now, can reopen if any firm proposals are made.

Moved to the Thailand visa forum

But no six month validity required for Australia or, as a matter of interest, the UK.

Non Australian or New Zealand citizens must hold a passport valid for the duration of the trip, there is no six month requirement. That said, airline staff often revert to their assumption of a six month “rule” so, given how quick and easy it is to obtain a Thai passport she might want to consider renewing her passport, though she would need to update her visa.

I’ve done a number of international transfers to Singapore using the Kasikorn App using that option, all were transferred successfully. However on the last occasion, after the transaction had been completed l received an email from Kasikorn asking for the source of the money with evidence of the income, and a copy of the relevant work permit. I didn’t have either and whilst they didn’t recall the funds, they advised l wouldn’t be able to make further transactions using those codes. l now use Wise from my account in the IoM to send funds to Singapore.

Offensive troll post reported and removed.

https://www.turkishairlines.com/en-int/any-questions/transfer-transit-passengers/

Providing you’re staying in the transit area for the whole ten hours then no visa is required. https://www.mfa.gov.tr/frequently-asked-questions.en.mfa

You might be better asking about repatriating funds in the banking forum, rather than the Visa Forum.

As the crux of your question seems to be about returning to Thailand, your question might be better in the Thailand forum.

I think we can close this topic now, thus ending the bickering. l think it’s been established that Key Visa is one of the numerous agencies up and down the country who will submit an application on behalf of the applicant, and forward the new passport when it arrives at VFS. Forum members may be advised to check if agencies retain the current passport during the application process,some do and this could cause problems to the applicant.

You're correct, you don't need to send a copy of your passport with the Life Certificate. The witness is signing to confirm that they've seen your passport. There are numerous retired UK Civil Servants and Bank Managers in Thailand, any one of them can countersign the form.

A number of off topic troll posts removed.

it’s maybe worth pointing out that all applications need to be submitted via VFS who forward them to the UK, the application can be submitted in person or via an agent who will hand it in on the applicants behalf.

Very sad news, our sincere condolences to his wife and family. RIP my friend ????