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Hi,

We have recently welcomed our firth child. My wife is a dual national UK/Thai and we are currently based in the UK. But she wishes to resignation our daughter for Thai citizenship and passport.

Therefore I am looking for some advice on the best way to proceed with this, given that we live in Yorkshire. Looking at the Thai embassy websites, it appears that we would have to register the birth with them first before we can apply for a passport and the process can take up to 6-8 weeks. Given the current covid situation we don’t fancy having to travel to London to do this, and wonder if it can be done remotely or via the consulate in Hull.

Or is it possible to travel to Thailand with her UK passport (application in process) and then complete all the Thai resignation requirements (birth certificate/Passport) once we arrive in Thailand.

We have contacted the Thai embassy a number of times via the phone but never been able to get through, and are awaiting a reply to emails sent.

Any thoughts or experience in the above would be welcomed?

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My wife holds but Thai and UK citizenship, she is currently in Thailand and wants to return to the UK. She has been in Thailand overseeing a construction project which has over ran. During this time he Thai passport (which she used to enter the country) has expired. She now wants to return to the UK, using her UK passport still in date. I can not see a problem when she arrives in the UK. But will she have a problem leaving Thailand, i.e if she used her UK passport to leave she have no stamp and/or her Thai passport been out of date.

Or would she have to have her Thai passport renewed, which i believe needs to be done in bangkok.

Thanks

thanks for the clarification 

Thanks for the replays guys,

It has given me lots to look at. With regards to having 40K per month, could this come from my wife income? or would it have to be mine. The reason i ask is that the job she has been offered at the Uni is 35,000THb a month. Or would income from the resort count (i.e this could just be deposited into a thai bank account) or would the bank ask questions as to where the money has come from?

The other option that we have would be to transfer the money (400K thb) from the UK and just leave it sat in the bank.

Thanks again

Morning,

Thanks everyone for all you feedback, lots of reading and to take in. Just to confirm our marriage is registered in the Thailand and the Thai business will be set up in her name. Which will hopefully make s things easier, we are back across for 3 weeks in July so will be looking at a few potential  properties in Pattaya, and carry out further research. 

Once again thanks for all you help and comments

Hi Thanks for the reply's

By the sound of things the Entry Non-O visa would seems to be the best option at the given moment.  Would this allow for the opening of a bank account and Thai driving licence? Given that this can also be applied for in the UK seems to be the best option. As it will mostly likely be the 2nd half of the year before we move over there.

We hope to use Pattaya as our main bases so Chonburi immigration will most likely be the best for us to deal with.  We have been to peppers the last time we were in Ubon very nice restaurant and great food. If you could send me the contact details of the owner (if hes agreeable) that would be a great help.

Thanks again for all the information, it gives me ideas and a great starting point.

Regards 

Hi I am looking for some advice as to the best form of visa I need to move to Thailand and operate a business with my wife. I am a 32 year old UK national, my wife of 7 years is Thai but has been in the UK for the last 7 years and has a UK passport.

Over the last few years we have been setting up a business in the UK which we hope to operate remotely form Thailand, plus renting out our house in the UK.
But we have also built a small resort in Ubon and looking to set up a small restaurant in Pattaya, to generate an Income in Thailand, to live in Thailand.

My question is what would be the best visa for me to apply for to start with, which would allow me to stay in Thailand long term. With the view to the possibility of getting a work permit.

I understand that there are many factors to take into consideration but I am looking for a starting point to work from. As a lot of information that I have been able to find out is aim at retirement age people. Ideally I would be looking to open a bank account and obtain and Thai driving licence. So please let me know if you require any additional information that would help.

Thanks

Afternoon,

I am looking for some advice please for my wife. She has been living in the UK now for 6 years and holds a UK passport. Although her old Thai passport has now expired. She is looking to return to Thailand for more than 30 days, so would like to enter Thailand as a Thai national rather than using her UK passport.

She has spoken to the embassy today in London, which was little to no help, aside from the rude they rude manner (when speaking in Thai). All they can suggest is that we need to go to the embassy in London in person to get a new passport. Given that we live in North Yorkshire this would not be easy option given travel and work commitments.

We have read in that it is possible to enter Thailand on an expired passport. Hence leave the UK on her UK passport and enter Thailand on her expired passport. Has anybody tried this or know if it is an option?

The other option we have seen would be to go to Thailand on her UK passport, while in Thailand renew her Thai passport. Then say take a trip Singapore or Korea, and return to Thailand on her Thai passport, which would then allow her unlimited stay in Thailand? When this was mentioned to the Thai embassy she was told this would be illegal, but a reason as to why was unclear.

If anybody has any experience with this or is able to offer any advice this would be most welcomed.

Thanks

Just a Quick update to confirm that my FIL got his visa last week. Thank you all for your help and advice!

Thanks for all the reply s

We are hoping to have the application form, finished today and then send it across to my wife's sister to print in Bangkok. Once the appointment has been booked and we have a date, we will then arrange for my FIL to travel to bangkok and stay with my sister in law for a few days, while he processes the visa at VFS.

Although the supporting evidence that we are sending bank statements wages slips, will be in the format of PDF's, will in be OK for my sister in law to print these off in Thailand and use as part of the application? Given that my wife gets electronic wages slips, and we both have paperless statements from the bank? and we don't have originals.

My FIL will also be bringing proof of his pension, house ownership and land ownership, given that these documents are in Thai, I believe that they will need to be translated. Can anyone recommend any good translation services near the VFS building?

My final questions is current processing times, has anyone had any recent experience in turnaround times for a visit visa?

Thanks again guys for all the help and advice it is much apprenticed. As many you have pointed out i would rather make sure we have everything in order first time round before we submit the application.

Cheers

Thanks Bob,

You make some valid points. I should have made clear that the farther in-law has a small business in Thailand and some farms. he also has a wife and some grandchildren that they look after, hence the reason why my mother-in-law wont travel.

As for the funds for the trip this will be coming from my wife, who works full time in the UK. Myself I work full time in the UK and from savings. These sources of money will be sent to the embassy with the visa application (Wage slips, savings, bank statement ect)

Thanks again for your help.

Hi all,

Sorry for the long post, but i am looking for some advice please. My wife has recently passed her master degree in the UK. So would like her father to come across to attend the graduation ceremony, which is the of November.

I am just looking for advice as to how we can make the application as easy as possible. Given that me Wife is now a UK national (passport) and in full time work, I am hoping that we shouldn't face to many problems. Below I have listed all the evidence support documents that we have for the application, but if anyone can think of any additional requirements please let me know:

Wife's UK Passport,

My UK Passport,

Farther in-laws passport

Mortgage agreement for house

Wife's wages slips

Wife's Bank statements (show house-keeping money from myself also

University details shows that course have been passed

Farther in-laws pension payment (ex school teacher)

Farther in-laws bank statement

Invite letter

The visa that we are looking to apply for is the visit visa, that i believe can be submitted on-line. The current cost is £87 and processing time approx 2 weeks? Given that the visa is for less than 6 months will my farther in law need to attend regent house in Bangkok to give his bio metrics?

Given that my Wife Visa UK national, will I also need to provide any supporting evidence, such as my wages bank statements ect?

Thank you all for you help.

Regards

Thanks again 7by7

As she is still studying for the degree i think she will have to take the B1 test. The best i can find so far is offered via PTE Academic and have a location in Newcastle. But could i just confrim that course offered (b1 cefr/esol entry test level 3 English) is the correct course. They do say it is suitable for settlement and irl. But if anyone as any experince with them or the course it would be great to hear.

Thanks again for your advise.

Hi 7by7

Thanks for the update, I was aware that the rule had changed regarding the B1 test. Although was not sure if it would apply to my wife, given that she passed her LifeInUK test in 2012. I most have got this mixed up with the new LifeInUK test. My wife is enrolled to study a master degree started later in the year. But am I correct in thinking that this requirement is only over looked, on completion of a degree in the UK?

We are now looking into the local test centres for her to do this test, via you links. It appears that the nearest test centre to us (based in Yarm Nyorks) would be Newcastle. For the B1 CEFR / ESOL Entry Level 3 (£125 cost) I believe is the correct course. If possible does anyone have any good links for websites with test questions etc. My wife has a good level of English speaking and listening, but practice questions would be a great help for her.

Thanks for the heads up on the national checking centre, I will be worth using this service to check though the app.

Regards

Thanks for the replys. I will contact the embassy and etihad tomorrow as they are closed today. Looking on the web i have seen some people mention about right to abode in UK, you do not need visa. If thus was the case then it would give us something to do. As we have 8 hours to kill in the day time, and the airport is crap spending all day there would not be pleasant.

so was just wondering if anyone else had any experince.

thanks again

Thank you for all your help, we have now sent off the application.

Thank you for the reply,

Just a few more questions if you would be so kind to help. The supporting documents which are sent with the application bank-statements, wages slips Ect. How many should we send for each person (i.e 3 months?) and should these be spread thought the last 2 year period.

Would somebody also be able to confirm how long my wife would have to be in the UK before she can apply for UK citizenship and passport. I have been told 3 years by some people and 5 by others Her Settlement visa was issued in 2010 should this have any impact?

Once again thank you for your help.

Regrads

Just looking for confirmation before we submit the application.

My wife got her settlement visa back in Aug 2010, she has been in the UK since then. We have been back to Thailand a few times but not totalling more than 6 weeks overall. Her current visa is due to run out end of Nov so we are now looking to apply for the indefinite leave to remain via post.

We have downloaded the application form, but confused about a few things. Firstly am I correct in thinking that because her visa was issued in 2010 the old rules apply? Where by she can applied for IDL after 24 months in the UK. Also she's only needs the life in UK test, which she has passed. The application/visa we are looking at is SET(M) for spouse?

Because we where married in Thailand, and sent a copy of the marriage certificate to the embassy in BKK, do we need to submit a copy with our application?

We have seen the section about Biometric Residence Permit, my wife has never been issued with one of these or been sent a letter,does/should she have one? The only time that her finger-prints ect have been taken was in BKK when we first applied for the settlement visa, and when we have come back to the UK from holiday. The is the only thing that has me concern really about the process, have we missed something, as the only visa she has is printed in her passport?

Aside form the above, i think we have everything else in order. She has worked since she came to the UK so have pay slips, bank statements along with a UK driving licence to show for documents. But are there any other documents that we should send to help the application? Or any other ideas aside form the application that will help??

Sorry for all the questions, but we wont to make sure that we have everything correct first time.

I welcome any feedback any ideas, tank you in advanced

Regards

Thanks for the help, It seems that the Life in UK test would be the best option. She has been studying the book and materials for a while now, given that he english skill is good this should be the best option.

thanks again

Hello,

Sorry for the long post, but I am looking for some advice. My wife is currently in the UK after coming across from Thailand on 28/08/2010. She currently has a UK settlement visa which is due to expire in October 2012. It is my understanding that the next visa that we would apply for is the ILR, this can be done after she has been in the UK for 24 months?

So far she has worked full time in the UK since arriving here, has a UK bank account, UK driving licence, NI number ect. In the past 2 years we have been back to Thailand but only for 4 weeks in total. Although we are due to travel back in September for 3 weeks. So my first question is how long does the application take? I understand that she can stay in the UK while the visa application is been process. So we are hoping to apply once she comes back to the UK in early October? As we will need her passport for travel.

From what i have read on that internet i believe that we should be able to put the application together ourselves. We did this with the help of the form for the settlement visa so see no need to use an agency. Do most people do it this way have experience?

Although i am a bit confused with regards to the ESOL course and life in UK test. Would my wife have to pass these before we apply for the visa. Her English skills are very good and used on a daily basis in life and with work. I dare say that the life in UK test she could pass ok with a bit of study, but which if these are required for the application?

Also can anyone give any idea about the best time to start to prepare the application. I know that we can not submit before 28 days, of her 2 years date in the UK. But should there be certain documents that we need to collect and put together?

Any advice that you could give would be a great help.

The next step would be to do UK citizen which is something that she is also interested in. But i believe that she would have to have been in the UK for 3 years before we can do this?

Thanks again for you help.

My wife is from near Mukdahan, and we often stay there when we go to visit her parents.

To be honest i have always found mukdahan clam and quite, but there are a few places that we go to, most have been mentioned above. There is one place near the tower we have been a few times. just across from the tower on the main road, does Thai country music. My wife seems to like it. Although we often go to a bar which is nice near the night market on the road that goes to Tesco's . They have big screens and outside areas, pool and stuff. I will check with my wife when she gets back from work as for the name of the area. All i no it is near a 7 eleven lol, but we always go there when the football is on.

I will find out some more info from her and report back. Although manor B&B is the best place for food in the city i find, nice location also.

Thank you for all the help, it has given us some things to think about. I understand that education is not always the best, and experience is highly valued. But getting experience is the hard part, as many jobs need experience before you can get them. So hopefully that is why we are thinking that the master degree may help as it will be from a UK university. The course that she is interested in would be a management course, so hopefully this would be useful in the end.

But we will also look into the translation options that have been discussed, once again thanks for all your help.

Regards