Thai Wife Visa For Uk

[Abandon]

Friend of mine, 20 yrs old, is married to a Thai Girl. She has a BA and they are applying for her visa so they can go and live/work/study in the UK. They have their interview on the 10th at the Embassy. They are a genuine couple, her family has been supporting them financially for some time.

What does she need to Do/Say/Take to the interview and what can they expect.

Thanks

[the scouser]

In order to get the visa your friend's wife will have to satisfy the relevant paragraph of the immigration rules and the questions the visa officer asks will be directed to that end. If not submitted with the application your friend's wife should take all of the usual supporting documents with her. In the interview the visa officer will probe her knowledge of your friend in order to establish how close they are and whether there is a likelihood that they will stay together. You friend's wife should ideally know the answers to personal questions about him; what job he does, are his parents alive, does he have any brothers and sisters, how old are they, where does he live, does he own his house, etc.

For your friends' information there follow the criteria that his wife needs to fulfil in order to get the visa:-

The requirements to be met by a person seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom with a view to settlement as the spouse of a person present and settled in the United Kingdom or who is on the same occasion being admitted for settlement are that:

(i) (a) the applicant is married to a person present and settled in the United Kingdom or who is on the same occasion being admitted for settlement; or

( the applicant is married to a person who has a right of abode in the United Kingdom or indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom and is on the same occasion seeking admission to the United Kingdom for the purposes of settlement and the parties were married at least 4 years ago, since which time they have been living together outside the United Kingdom; and

(ii) the parties to the marriage have met; and

(iii) each of the parties intends to live permanently with the other as his or her spouse and the marriage is subsisting; and

(iv) there will be adequate accommodation for the parties and any dependants without recourse to public funds in accommodation which they own or occupy exclusively; and

(v) the parties will be able to maintain themselves and any dependants adequately without recourse to public funds.

Scouse.

[Abandon]

thanks scouse. I see you work hard helping people here. World needs more people like you.

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