Going back to the UK to work . Thai Wife Visit Visa and/or Spousal Visa

[Dave67]

Going back to work in  a few weeks. I will have no trouble with the supporting salary requirement once I have started work there. My wife want to come and work as well, I read she can do that on a Spousal visa ?. Is it easier/faster for her to get a 6 month visitor first and then a spousal Visa in the UK?.

 

Also where do I/we apply for these Visas in Thailand ? It used to be Sukhumvit Soi 33

[SteveK]

It will be very difficult. British embassy is on wireless road, nearest BTS is Phloen Chit. Get ready to be asked for a shit load of documents.

[Dave67]

I though the Visa's for the UK had been outsourced to India ?

[brewsterbudgen]

You cannot get a Spousal settlement visa while in the UK. Visitor visas are dealt with by VFS in soi 13 Bangkok although the decision is made in India. Settlement visas are decided in Sheffield UK, although the biometrics are taken at VFS in Bangkok.

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[brewsterbudgen]

It will be very difficult. British embassy is on wireless road, nearest BTS is Phloen Chit. Get ready to be asked for a shit load of documents.

The British Embassy in Bangkok a has nothing to do with visas. They are dealt with by VFS in Sukhumvit soi 13, Bangkok.

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[Dave67]

12 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

You cannot get a Spousal settlement visa while in the UK. Visitor visas are dealt with by VFS in soi 13 Bangkok although the decision is made in India. Settlement visas are decided in Sheffield UK, although the biometrics are taken at VFS in Bangkok.

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Thanks

[RichardColeman]

I doubt if the embassy would grant a visa based on a couple of months work in the UK, their site says 6 months of wage slips.

 

I would get her over on a tourist visa to be together and to be able to show any embassy that you have worked for longer at your company on application - or whatever - and her return would be evidence that she had not absonded. Might delay her and not be what she wants, but hey ho - if you do not have the savings.

 

I would estimate without savings - she will not be with you in the UK for about a 9-12 months (6 months wage slips, plus application and processing and interview etc)

 

[Dave67]

5 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I doubt if the embassy would grant a visa based on a couple of months work in the UK, their site says 6 months of wage slips.

 

I would get her over on a tourist visa to be together and to be able to show any embassy that you have worked for longer at your company on application - or whatever - and her return would be evidence that she had not absonded. Might delay her and not be what she wants, but hey ho - if you do not have the savings.

 

I would estimate without savings - she will not be with you in the UK for about a 9-12 months (6 months wage slips, plus application and processing and interview etc)

 

Cheers I'm going to work long term actually, We are a getting 6 month visitors Visa then sort it out later

[Tongjaw]

How would it work if your retired and no wage slips. How much savings in your bank account would you require to get the visa or is that even possible? 

[rasg]

On 10/29/2018 at 6:44 AM, Dave67 said:

Going back to work in  a few weeks. I will have no trouble with the supporting salary requirement once I have started work there. My wife want to come and work as well, I read she can do that on a Spousal visa ?. Is it easier/faster for her to get a 6 month visitor first and then a spousal Visa in the UK?.

 

Also where do I/we apply for these Visas in Thailand ? It used to be Sukhumvit Soi 33

No work is allowed on a visit visa and penalties for a business employing somebody without the right visa are fierce.

 

Here is a post I typed for somebody a few weeks ago.

 

Marrying in the UK is quite a bit more expensive than marrying in Thailand. If you marry in the UK there is an "extra" visa to pay for. The Settlement  (Fiancée) visa lasts for six months and no work is allowed.

 

If you marry in Thailand the Settlement (marriage) visa lasts for 33 months followed by Further Leave to Remain (FLR) (30 months) which your, then wife, will apply from within the UK. The same applies to Indefinite to Remain (ILR) after she has lived in the UK for five years.
 
The applicant needs to satisfy the ECO of the following.
1. That the relationship/marriage is genuine and subsisting.
2. You earn £18,600 or more.
3. Accommodation arrangements in UK.
 
To get the Settlement visa, she will also need an A1 English language certificate (£150) and a TB test (3300 baht) that she will have in Bangkok at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). For FLR she will need the A2 English language certificate. For ILR she will need the B1 language test and to pass the Life in the UK test. If her English is good, get her to take the B1 test for the first visa so that she, hopefully, won't need to take another language test. If the UK government don't change the rules as they did last year.
 
On top of the cost of the visas you will need to pay the NHS surcharge for the first two visas and expect the whole thing to cost north of £10K over the five years as the visas seem to go up by around 20% each year. It's over £7,000 at the moment. The NHS surcharge is £200 a year but will probably double to £400 a year, next year. For the Settlement visa it is currently £1600 and FLR will be £500. No NHS surcharge for ILR. Your wife will be allowed to work when she comes here.

 

[Dave67]

3 hours ago, rasg said:

No work is allowed on a visit visa and penalties for a business employing somebody without the right visa are fierce.

 

Here is a post I typed for somebody a few weeks ago.

 

Marrying in the UK is quite a bit more expensive than marrying in Thailand. If you marry in the UK there is an "extra" visa to pay for. The Settlement  (Fiancée) visa lasts for six months and no work is allowed.

 

If you marry in Thailand the Settlement (marriage) visa lasts for 33 months followed by Further Leave to Remain (FLR) (30 months) which your, then wife, will apply from within the UK. The same applies to Indefinite to Remain (ILR) after she has lived in the UK for five years.
 
The applicant needs to satisfy the ECO of the following.
1. That the relationship/marriage is genuine and subsisting.
2. You earn £18,600 or more.
3. Accommodation arrangements in UK.
 
To get the Settlement visa, she will also need an A1 English language certificate (£150) and a TB test (3300 baht) that she will have in Bangkok at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). For FLR she will need the A2 English language certificate. For ILR she will need the B1 language test and to pass the Life in the UK test. If her English is good, get her to take the B1 test for the first visa so that she, hopefully, won't need to take another language test. If the UK government don't change the rules as they did last year.
 
On top of the cost of the visas you will need to pay the NHS surcharge for the first two visas and expect the whole thing to cost north of £10K over the five years as the visas seem to go up by around 20% each year. It's over £7,000 at the moment. The NHS surcharge is £200 a year but will probably double to £400 a year, next year. For the Settlement visa it is currently £1600 and FLR will be £500. No NHS surcharge for ILR. Your wife will be allowed to work when she comes here.

 

Thanks. A wife of a British citizen has be proficient in English, when there are millions in my country with no relations to a British citizen who speak do not speak a word of English. I'm normally left of centre but theses double standards rile me

[rasg]

27 minutes ago, Dave67 said:

Thanks. A wife of a British citizen has be proficient in English, when there are millions in my country with no relations to a British citizen who speak do not speak a word of English. I'm normally left of centre but theses double standards rile me

Not a problem. Rile you or not, they are the rules if your wife wants a visa.

[Dave67]

6 hours ago, rasg said:

Not a problem. Rile you or not, they are the rules if your wife wants a visa.

Apologies for the rant Siam Legal quoted a similar price

[rasg]

No need to apologise. It just doesn't achieve anything. That's all.

[GinBoy2]

On 10/30/2018 at 4:38 PM, Dave67 said:

Thanks. A wife of a British citizen has be proficient in English, when there are millions in my country with no relations to a British citizen who speak do not speak a word of English. I'm normally left of centre but theses double standards rile me

Now I'm not British, but I understand what you're saying.

 

I think for many liberal minded people on both sides of the Atlantic, the whole immigration thing is a hard circle to square in many of our minds