AnyaDharu

Sorry to hear this story ...

May I share some of my experience about children's settlement visa and this information might be useful for your friend's wife.

I was in Thailand a couple month ago to apply my children's settlement visa with fully evidence of documents supplied.

I would like to reckon your mate to pass on this information from me to his wife about how to prepare all the documents supply for children's settlement visa to UK.

I know that different people they have difference circumstances, but one thing is the same to all mother by nature is caring for their chil(dren) in any situation. I am Thai woman who married with British husband and both of us live in the UK. I left my children in Thiland with my parents for 3 years before I could submitted their settlement visa . I couldn't do it earlier because my ex had sole respontsibility to my children which he never does morally to my children, only came to visit my children at my parent's house time to time with toys supplied but day to day basic was with my parents to cared for them everything ie., school run, food supply at home, general homework, and caring for daily life etc,

I try to arranged and collected all the paper work at all the time I lived separate from my kids in the past 3 years. I went to Thailand once a year every year, and the kids got support from their father came to visited me in the UK once a year every year as well. We are just a normal middle calss people.

My son who is now 13 years of ages, had always wrote his daily diary when we lived apart about how he missed me, and therefore that was a supurb evidence which I think was helped a lot.

I never had right to custody my children because my ex didn't let me, but after sometime I found out that he hadn't look after my children well as he promised, so I went back to Thailand and took him to the Thai court and got sole responsibility out of him which he agreed.

I made a lot of efford for every step toward of sole responsibility to my children carefully, not only a moral support but also taught them their homeworks via internet (Skype or MSN) and I print out all what we've chatted and supplied that to the UK embassy as well. (between me and the kids). My husband and I wrote the covering letter explicited about my children's life in day to day basics, and explained why and when and what and where ... etc., including point in to the papers/pictures too.

What I want to suggest is your friend's wife must show a lot of caring toward her children, collect all the evidence when keep in touch with her children as much as she can, even though she couldn't go back to Thailand to see her children but she should show that she has been support her children morally and mentally too.

I only sent money to show support my kids twice a year and only in the last year before I submitted their settlement visa this year because my kids and my parents didn't need money to support them, but I had support my children everyday and only my decision about children's life had been accepted at my parents's house , including verbally and mentally support at all time when my children needed me and that shown from my children drawing pictures about me, daily diary writen by the kids, telephone bill, and internet chat, homework taught (can print out as a sheet/pictures/any information you teach them), their pictures in the UK every year with me and my husband etc.,

When I collected all the evidence of paper work enough then I was ready to apply their settlement visa in early this year.

Anyway, in this point you friend and his wife shouldn't careless about anything in this children settlement visa case because anything can go wrong at anytime. Your friend's wife should and must study UKBA website very well before she starts to apply her children settlement visa once again later this year or whenever.

I was in Thailand to waited for my children's settlement visa alone after my british husband had gone back to the UK because of work commitment, but he understood. I also have a secure job in the UK and my employer had to waited for my return to work, and they did. So many facts that the UK embassy in Thailand will look to see in your documents that supply to the children's settlement application.

Now, my children are settle in the UK with me and my husband, they got in to the school straightaway when they arrived. They are really happy to be with me and my husband and that is the important for the kids.

Only I want to say to your's friend's wife is ... Please do not careless about anything.

Hope your friend's wife will get a settlement visa for her children soon.

Best wishes,

AnyaDharu

Dear All,

Just want to pass on some news !

My children settlement visa has granted already since 19/05/09 (visa settlement to join parent(s)), anyway I got SMS from the VFS to collected their passport this morning only. No interview required.

I don't know how many visa catergories has granted in a day, but from what I have seen whithin 1 hr when I was there, they are only about 40 people in the queue at collected point. I have no idea how many of them are settlement visa.

I have seen so many Thai women were there to collected their passport. Hope some of them are your Mrs.

I wish you guys all the best.

Cheers,

AnyaDharu

Submitted 09/03/2009

Collected 21/05/2009

Congratulation tlusername !!!

Congratulation Tango7 !!!

I am so happy for you and your Mrs. I submitted the children settlement application on 9th March, after you 5 day! However,when I read this thread again. I am very excited if one day from now will be my turn too !

At least, I know that they are working on March application now !!

I hope to get over a stressful time very soon. I am very sick waiting and waiting .... hold my breath almost death now.

Hi all,

I probably have different situation from you guys. I have ILR already but been in BKK to submited settlement application for my children since 9th March. It'd been already 2 months for me who have been waiting to hear a good news from UK embassy in BKK. Yes of course hope for the settlement visa granted for my children !

When I came back to Thailand I've never thought that this visa process will take time so long. I had 3 weeks annual leave holiday but I asked my boss to give me another 3 weeks without pay on top of my annual leave just in case if I cannot return to work in time, (It was a bad sense of myself that time) and that was true, because my holiday and that extra leave was ended since 18th April and my British husabnd need to go back to the UK because of work commitment, we have to stay apart for 1 month now.

Everything seems messed up, I cannot return to the UK to work, I have to postponed my ticket few time and maybe again, my husband has been sick at home alone ... huh

Anyway, My children need a schooling in this month because a Thai school will open a new semaster term in next week, so I have to put my children into an English language school for now, instead of their major school which they had resigned since the end of Feb. (because their school told me if they want to leave the school to study in the UK , my children need to resigned from the school before a new semaster start, they studied at St.Francis Xavier school)

I am so strees, because I am in fear of lossing my job in the UK too. (even though, my boss knows and very supportive my leave without pay, but who know in this tiem of resession?)

I wish everybody will receive a good new soon, and yes to me and my children as well.

If I have any good new from my side I will sure come to this thread again to pass on the information.

Sorry for my poor English which my husband called this is Thailish! ... and Yes, I like to collect shampoo, conditioner, shower cap and sewing kit from a hotel as well as some of your Mrs, because they are very useful when travelling somewhere else that they don't have them ! like a swimming pool etc.,.. haha

Best wishes,

AnyaDharu