Applying For 2nd Uk Visit Visa For Gf.

[sumrit]

Hi,

My gf is soon going to apply for her 2nd visit visa to the UK. Our situation is this, I have lived in Thailand with my gf for almost two years but have to go back to the UK every year for a medical. She got here 1st visa when I went back to the UK last July and we stayed for about 10 weeks. I have go again this July and want to take her with me again, for about 1 month this time. What I'd like to know from anybody whose already been through this is do we have to resubmit all the information again to prove our relationship etc or will the embassy have kept a record of it from her visa last year?

[the scouser]

Hi Sumrit,

You will have to submit evidence of your continuing relationship and up-to-date evidence of your financial standing etc.

Scouse.

[sumrit]

Hi Sumrit,

You will have to submit evidence of your continuing relationship and up-to-date evidence of your financial standing etc.

Scouse.

Thanks Scouse,

Finance is no problem, I've money in the bank in the UK plus a 'medical pension' from the company I work for. As for proof of relationship i've got our house rental contract in her name along with my residency certificate for the same address from theThai immigration (their both in Thai, will they have to be translated into English?), flight details from a recent holiday we had together, about 300 photo's from a village wedding we had last December and 300+ photo's from our recent holiday and other places we've visited. All the photo's are on my PC, will the embassy insist on printed photo's, and if so how many is enough, or will they accept me just putting them all on a memory card and giving them that?

[highchol]

Its a few years ago, but I used to take the Mrs back on visits once a year or so. I think all the docs had to be still submitted but no more interviews were ever required and I used to go alone to BKK and submit the application.

[the scouser]

Hi Sumrit,

By issuing your girlfriend her first visa, the embassy has accepted that you are in a relationship, so all you need is to "top up" that evidence and show that you are still together. To be honest, I wouldn't bother with the photos if you have other evidence that you're still together. Having said that, it would do no harm to print off a few and submit them with the application.

I'd have the tenancy agreement and your residency certificate translated into English. I'd also spell out your circumstances, too, in the covering letter, stating that your still together, you have the funds, and your circumstances have otherwise not materially changed.

Scouse.

[sumrit]

Hi Sumrit,

By issuing your girlfriend her first visa, the embassy has accepted that you are in a relationship, so all you need is to "top up" that evidence and show that you are still together. To be honest, I wouldn't bother with the photos if you have other evidence that you're still together. Having said that, it would do no harm to print off a few and submit them with the application.

I'd have the tenancy agreement and your residency certificate translated into English. I'd also spell out your circumstances, too, in the covering letter, stating that your still together, you have the funds, and your circumstances have otherwise not materially changed.

Scouse.

Thanks again Scouse, I was going to put everything in a covering letter, just wasn't sure if they would need proof of our relationship from the beginning or just since the last visa.

[gregchambers]

Yes, Scouser is almost certainly correct, the embassy won't be interested in the photo's - but the guys at the visa agency expect them and are a bit robotic, if they don't have them they want to put a big red circle on the checklist - I was on the third visa with similar background to the poster and the guy at the agency could not get his head around the fact that having nine identical visa stamps in our passports, for visitis to various countries, was a lot better proof than photos. No problem with the third visa from the embassy but I was worried that applications that had highlighted problems on the checklist might come under greater scutiny.

Also, excellent point about making sure to mention stuff in the sponpsor letter - the embassy staff don't really have the time to sift through every document and work things out for themselves. Much better to say, for instance, please see photos of our vilage wedding than just assume they will look at the photos and work it out for themselves. On the other hand, I would not go so far as to give every document a reference number and cross reference it in the sponsor letter, as some people do, creating a whole index file out of the application - seems like making it too easy!