shadyacres29

Hi there.

In the information pack i have seen about getting married at an Amphur office in Bangkok it says i must bring a "full original birth certificate" i lost mine many years ago and have applied to a company called UK Official Services for a replacement. What they have sent is a "certified copy of an entry" of my birth certificate,which has come from the General Register Office. Is this going to be sufficient as it does state "an original"?

And secondly a 30day tourist visa? Isnt that the stamp they put in your passport when you arrive at Suvarnabhumi?

Thanks for any replies?

Some mixed views about whether or not its acceptable to put all documents in a folder or not??

My thinking is that it would be far easier for the officer at the embassy to finf what info they are looking for in a file,rather than the whole lot just piled in one large envelope?

Any other opinions please?

Many thanks

I did not submit any Photo evidence with my Wife's settlement application.

You need to show the Embassy that you are in a position to support and accommodate your family without recourse to public funds.

If you are married then you will have a marraige cert That is proof in itself. No Photos required.

Accommodation proof IE council tax. Utility bills. if rented Rental agreement. Bank statements to prove support possible. Wage slips If employed.

In fact as much as you can get together to support this side of the application. Take care of these and you will be OK. Good Luck

No point trying to prove it's a genuine relationship and marriage and not a sham one then, in your opinion?

OP, personally, I'd put all the pictures you can in to show you've hada long term genuine relationship with your wife and not just married her to get her in the UK. The simple answer is, you can put the pictures in an album, but your Mrs must be prepared for the person in the visa centre to say they all have to be removed from the album to be submitted. I put documents in files, but they had to be taken out of the files. They are quite strict on this, so you may want to save the bother and just put them all together in an envelope in the first place.

When you say you put documents in files,could you elaborate on this please as i dont want to have to go through what you did with taking things out of a carefully prepared applicaton.

Thanks for your opinion and sound advice i feel.

I did not submit any Photo evidence with my Wife's settlement application.

You need to show the Embassy that you are in a position to support and accommodate your family without recourse to public funds.

If you are married then you will have a marraige cert That is proof in itself. No Photos required.

Accommodation proof IE council tax. Utility bills. if rented Rental agreement. Bank statements to prove support possible. Wage slips If employed.

In fact as much as you can get together to support this side of the application. Take care of these and you will be OK. Good Luck

Thanks alot for your reply,taken on board your opinion.

cheers

Just wondering if when we submit our visa application it is ok to have a seperate photo album with all of our pictures rather than putting them in with the apllication folder as we have so many.

Many thanks for any replies.

Dom

Just wondering if you can help me with what the embassy require when they ask the for a House registration certificates to be shown by us when we apply for our marriage certificate? Any ideas please as what they mean by this?

Thanks alot.

Thanks alot for your help,a very informative board.

Cheers

Hi there,

Just wondering if any B/Ms have any info of decent,honest translation services for marriage certificates and the affirmation to marry documents please?

Im on the understanding there will be numerous touts trying to "help" us out and wanna avoid the hassle of it all.

Thanks in advance for any helpfull replies

Dom

Some positive posts guys and thanks for taking the time.Will keep you updated about it all.

Thanks again

When you've lived here for over 25 year's You get to know the set up 99.9% of the time Thai lady's prefer a Thai men fact. There family's want them to marry a Thai fact. As they all think a farang is loaded. They'll go for it. It's known as the ATM syndrome. Now maybe you can see why farang's are a dubious. Best of luck. Maybe you've got the O.1%

Fair enough,1 thing is sure though they certainly know im not loaded I dont want to sound like one of those guys "my girlfriend is different"

My g/f works for ING and her salary is around 45-50000 and her family are quite well off as far as thais go.

Everyone is different i guess.

Why would the Border Agency be interested in your pretty Village wedding photos which are not worth a toss,all that counts for the purpose of your wifes Visa application is the Amphurs wedding certificate.

It sounds as though Thai Immigration wants to see wedding photos before they accept a marriage as genuine. So ShadyAcres29's concern is understandable.

However, unless things have changed recently, a wedding is not necessary for UK settlement and need not be particularly persuasive anyway. The only drawback is that when presented with a certificate saying the marriage had been registered, you might get an Immigration Officer in the UK asking when the marriage actually took place. That gave me a nervous few seconds! Quiet your worries this way - you have stronger evidence that someone bringing his mere fiancée over. Marriage is not a commitment to be entered into lightly.

Thanks for your input and yes good advice i think. Yes i agree marriage is not to be taken lightly but we both feel we love eachother that much and are ready to make the commitment in our lives.We will marry 3 or 4 months before we make our application anyway.

Thanks for posting

Just a tip if your wife is so keen to marry. And is demanding you pay 4 grand to her family dont just walk away run. How far do you think your 350 pound's a week is going to go after she's had a lucky dip every month to send back to her folk's here??? Think think think

1:She doesnt send money to here family as they dont need it!

2:Shes not "so keen to marry" as we will save together and then when we have the money in a year or 2 we will have ceremony then.Just getting marriage certificate to help with settlement visa.

3:The sinsot and thong mung will be returned in full after the wedding ceremony as her parents told me,like i said they dont need a penny of it!The reason its high is because of her status and to show respect and face,she is University educated and has masters degree and is also extremely attractive,im not bargaining with her mum like she is a piece of meat.

4:think think think!!Just wonder why so many negative comments on here,some of you been burnt yourselfs i guess? Just hoping for some positive advice and not just a bunch of disrespectfull threadfuc_kers!!

Cheers for taking the time anyway.

Why would the Border Agency be interested in your pretty Village wedding photos which are not worth a toss,all that counts for the purpose of your wifes Visa application is the Amphurs wedding certificate.

No wonder you are having problems finding the 200,000 baht Sin Sod,as everyone on this site has already told you:Tell them to stuff it,and give what you can reasonably afford,compromises are not one sided unless you choose to allow it!

There,s no need to be disrespectfull mate.You have no idea of my g/fs background or situation. To be honest your opinions not worth a toss either

Myself and the Mrs had known eachother for 1 year before we married and applied for the S Visa 2 weeks after we married.

We had know Thai ceromony just registered at the local ampur in her village.

We was there best part of an hour and paid the 80 baht for tax and received the marriage certificate.

So know my friend, you dont need to have a ceromony, registering at the amphur is legal in enough.

Good luck with the sin sot.

Scotty

Thanks for the reply mate.Just wondered how simple the marriage process is?ive heard there alot of running around and stuff with translations and things?

Any advice greatly apprecieated.

Cheers

Hi again,would just like to post again about my current situaton and would be gratefull for any advice please.

As i posted befroe my girlfriend and i have known eachother for 2 years and have over 300 emails to and from eachother,phone bills and many photos from our time together.

We were going to marry in January of next year and then apply for settlement visa. On further though we have decided to popstpone the ceremony in prachaub khirikhan as we want to be together sooner and cannot afford the sinsot of 200000 anthong mun of 6 baht just yet.My mum is coming over with me in july to visit her family and meet everybody.

We have decided that we will get married in Bkk just for the legal side of it and so it is recognised that we are man and wife,we will also buy 2 wedding rings so in our eyes we will be maried fully even though we have not yet had the full ceremony with her family.Just thinking that as we dont have any photos of a wedding ceremony in the village the embassy will frown upon this?

Will this be enough do you think for the embassy to grant us a visa that we so desperatley hope for? I will look for a nice flat for us as i share at the moment and understand that it is better for application if you have your own flat. I have been employed by my company for 5 years and earn about £350 take home a week.

Can any of you guys see any flaws in our application and will the marriage papers in Bkk be enough for the embassys requirements?

Thanks in advance for your replies and this is a very informative forum

Dom

I'm unable to give you an answer regarding the success rate for settlement visas to the UK but after reading your post it struck me that if you think 33K is a lot of cash, which it is, the extra costs involved in obtaining a visit visa and subsequent flights etc. may be a contributing factor as to whether you should try for a visit visa first or not.

What ever you decide I hope you are successful and have a long and happy future together.

Good point regarding the fee...and yes i guess there will be alot of extras involved for sure. Its a difficult time for us now and money is always an issue,although affordable...just!! But the visit visa would set us up easier i think for a settlement one in the future maybe? Just feel a little lost at the moment.

Thanks for your reply though.

Dominic

Hi all and congratulations on such an informative board.

Im just looking for some advice please as it seems theres so much info about this but looking for some clarification please.

I have known my girlfriend for 15 months and she worked at ING insurance company in Bkk and now she has moved back to Prachuab Khirikhan and working as a teacher and staying with her family.

We have been in contact daily with emails and i have been to see her and stay with her family now 4 times in the last 15 months.We will be getting married in may this year and we wish to be together as its hard now being apart.

My family will come to the wedding and then we will get the marriage legalised in Bkk for obvious reasons.. I am in full time employment and earn a fairly decent salary and rent my flat. We have alot of photos of us together,over 400 emails sent to and from,and she has letters sent by me also.

Im well aware of the problems that can be encountered on applying for a visa but i genuinely feel we have a good case and are serious about our commitments and marriage...im 31 and my g/f is 25 and we have never been married before and have no children.

Im hoping some of you more experienced board members can help us with our curiosity..Im wondering should we apply for a visitor visa first before we go for the full settlement one? will this make things any easier for us? Its just so difficult for us to be apart now and just want the best for us.

Thanks for taking the time to read this post as its only my first or second here but were reall gratefull for any advice you may have please or any questions?

Just thinking about how likely a successful application will be as its going to cost 33000 baht which to me is quite a bit of cash

Many thanks

Dominic

Guys - We have just recently got our settlement visa in 1 working day -

First of all congratulations to both of you. I wish it was that easy for everyone. I seem to be the only british female wanting my Thai husband to come to the UK. I'm interested in the index that you produced to the embassy, could you email them to me at (e-mail address removed; please use PM instead; 7by7)

Thanks

hi 7by7

can i post it on here because i have ahd many requests for the index

regards

jack

Would be really helpfull if you could please.....