This is slightly off topic but...

 

Do you really need to make financial guarantees for a tourist visa to the UK?

 

I'm a US citizen, Mrs G is a US Permanent Resident, and we are thinking of a European vacation later this summer.

 

Obviously I'm visa exempt, but we still have to get her a Schengen and UK visa.

 

I'm reliably told as a married US permanent resident it's not the same issue you run into with female Thai residents, but surely I'm not going to have to somehow provide a financial guarantee for Gods sake, that would be insane

17 minutes ago, Hummin said:

I hold my breath, and wondering why you repeat yourself over and over with pure misinformation! 
 

I guess he guaranteed for her stay by signing the guarantee form? If so, I rest my case! 

There is NO guarantee form, there is no legal guarantee enforceable  by law,  Post your source that shows the poster is liable

 

I wouldn't be vindictive re the money or the relationship - just put it down to experience.

 

I would inform the relevant dept as to the change in circumstances to which the visa was granted.

 

I remember when we applied many years ago, we put that my then gf would be staying with me and I would be supporting her whilst in England ( she didn't need it she had plenty of cash ), we thought it'd just make the visa easier. I believe we included that in a covering letter, with obv' employment details & both our bank statements.

 

If you remove your part of the equation a visa may not have been granted

 

If she gets into trouble, overstays etc your going to be their first point of call. At least if you email them you have proof you tried to contact them as a bit of covering your <deleted>.

 

I think you're well within your rights to do that. I'd tell her too, that you're not being vindictive you just need to cover yourself.

 

Obv' kiss goodbye to any sort of reconciliation.

 

Good Luck

 

 

26 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

This is slightly off topic but...

 

Do you really need to make financial guarantees for a tourist visa to the UK?

 

I'm a US citizen, Mrs G is a US Permanent Resident, and we are thinking of a European vacation later this summer.

 

Obviously I'm visa exempt, but we still have to get her a Schengen and UK visa.

 

I'm reliably told as a married US permanent resident it's not the same issue you run into with female Thai residents, but surely I'm not going to have to somehow provide a financial guarantee for Gods sake, that would be insane

No guarantee is required or indeed possible.  She will be asked about the cost of her trip, how she will afford it and if somebody else will be helping with the cost.  It is normal for her and maybe you to provide bank statements to demonstrate funds are available, however nothing consitutes a guarantee from anybody, it just gives them some confidence in the application.

Not to late to see this as an opportunity, a door opening for you.

You have the experience and material to pursue a career as a blues singer.

 

"i woke up this morning I saw my woman was gone,

She's run off with a Frenchman ..."

 

Well you get the idea, right?

3 hours ago, Hummin said:

Her legal reason to visit Uk is terminated, and it is your duty to inform UKVI, if not you can be held responsible. 

The OP would not be held responsible. There is no financial guarantee or legal punishment that he could suffer. 

 

What I would be most worried about would be IF the ex girlfriend gets into the UK, overstays, works illegally or commits a crime and is caught, then the OP as sponsor would possibly never get another visa issued for a future partner or friend. That would add insult to his current situation. Rightly, as the circumstances have changed, the ex GF could well be denied entry depending on the border officer's questioning on arrival.

 

 

Perhaps she woke up and saw how spineless and immature some farangs are.  Too many "fresh off the airplane" farangs get their first "taste" of Thai ladies and lose their minds. 

This happened to me . Then gf succeeded getting the visa etc plane ticket in her name of course to London and I was to meet her off the plane. Night before she rang me and said she wasnt coming , sorry etc etc . I was gutted naturally but after a week or so I found out through a friend of hers she was planning on using the visa/ticket to go to UK to see a guy she had known for ages. I contacted my passport office and they flagged up British Embassy and called her in. Bottom line is they cancelled her visa and banned her for 10 years from applying for a visa again. She wasnt happy but neither was I and it had cost me lots. Not that was the reason I did what I did. I think she got cold feet , which I get , and even had sent ahead loads of her clothes and stuff for her planned future. While I never really spoke to her again I did of course send her stuff back. Sorry for similar happening to you . Get a good one and happy days but a bad one it can be hell. And yes as others have said not telling UKVI   would leave you with a possible difficult situation if anything happened with her travel for other reasons. 

9 hours ago, petermik said:

She will not be allowed to use the visa that was issued under your name to travel to meet this other guy...

come on guys she had been planing this for month;s this was not a overnight move check it out

I would with my country in such a matter contact the US consular section involved providing the minimum pertinent details.  Get contact confirmation or send a letter by certified post. Even if the consul takes no action and USCIS does nothing if the absolute worst were to occur and she is a smuggler or violent extremist you can say "I told you".  There seems to be a record of everything, at least as data points* 

 

 8000 baht expenses is a small pittance forget it. In fact consider Frenchman having done you a favor taking the subject off your hands imagine what she could have cost you?

 

• Thai lady A I know applied for a visitor visa. Another Thai lady B who had sent a reference letter for A actually went to the US on a fiance visa then got divorced in the US a few years later and married another American. Thai lady B had done nothing wrong or illegal. All of this is shockingly brought up at the visa interview "Why should we give you a visitor visa when this friend of yours ran off?". As if she was chattel who must stay with a philanderer to remain trustworthy in the eyes of the US govt.

10 hours ago, UKJASE said:

A week later she has told me that she has left me, then she tells me she has met some french guy

These girls can be really cold. 

 

Use this example as lessons learnt. 

 

Forget about the money, it's not a lot. 

Hope you recover quickly. 

 

 

5 hours ago, BangkokAlan said:

she can get French visa. 

Is a French visa a guarantee to enter UK? It may be a guarantee to enter Schengen countries but not UK, I think. I was denied entry into UK with a US passport in 2009 because I was doing visa run - 3 month Schengen countries and 3 months UK. The first one they let me in but the second one they denied entry. 

Don’t be too worried about the Visa and the 8,000 baht,  what if she and her new French man show up at your dear old mum’s house for a few nights stay.

7 hours ago, Hummin said:

I guess he guaranteed for her stay by signing the guarantee form? If so, I rest my case! 

 

There is no such thing as a "guarantee form" for a visit visa and the OP would not be liable if the ex girlfriend travelled to the UK under any circumstances.

A couple of points.  Firstly, you are not legally responsible for this lady's current situation. You are not a guarantor.  She does have a valid visa, but it can be cancelled or curtailed if there has been a material change of circumstances (as detailed by "theoldgit").  However, your name and address will be in the UKVI data, and will possibly/probably come up in any future applications for anyone you wish to sponsor.  Secondly, you can report this "crime" if you want to, and can even do so anonymously. You can make the report online or by phone.  But, if you do want to do that, then you will need to do it fairly quickly as she is traveling soon ?  This is the link to reporting immigration "crime" :

 

https://www.amsallegations.homeoffice.gov.uk/default.aspx/RenderForm/?F.Name=Lf62UB7cz4C

 

As some members continue to post so much misleading and totally inaccurate advice, I feel i have no option but to close this thread.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the OP has given no guarantees only offered to provide financial support for his ex girlfriends visa application.

 

Any guarantees offerred during the application process would be discounted by the decision maker, as they are unenforcable in law, the op's details would remain flagged on the system and would come up should he sponsor any further applicant for a visa. 

 

My earlier advice stands.

 

 

6 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

This is slightly off topic but...

 

Do you really need to make financial guarantees for a tourist visa to the UK?

 

 

No, there are no financial guarantees required for a Standard Visit Visa to the UK, any guarantees offerred would be discounted at the application stage.