Application For Second Uk Spouse Visa

[wayner]

Application for Second UK Spouse Visa

Just a few questions

My wife and I are planning to go back to the UK to settle – again.

My wife has been to the UK 2 twice already. First as a tourist in 2004/5 and the second time on a spouse visa in 2006. After 6 months in the UK I had a good job offer back in Laos and we decided to return, therefore forfeiting the opportunity to apply for Indefinite Leave to remain.

Now we plan to settle back in the UK and register and get our son into school there.

Do we have to provide all the same paperwork again? Has the application form itself changed?

We were married in the UK in January 2005, have been married almost four years now. Plus our baby was born in the UK in 2006 and holds British citizenship. I’ll be returning to the UK alone in order to get established and provide relevant documents concerning income, housing and wage slips etc. My wife will bring our son with her when granted a new visa. Does any of this offer any advantage towards the application?

How much does the application cost now?

Is it better to send the application in advance and await an interview date or simply apply in person at the Embassy in Bangkok?

My wife was tested in 2006 for TB prior to the last application, would she need another test?

Any help would be much appreciated

[the scouser]

Do we have to provide all the same paperwork again?

You should update the information you submitted last time and re-submit anything that is fundamental to the application, e.g. your marriage certificate.

Has the application form itself changed?

VAF4.

We were married in the UK in January 2005.... Does any of this offer any advantage towards the application?

Not per se, but that you have been married for three-and-a-half years, have a child, and that your wife has previously successfully obtained a settlement visa, are all plus points.

How much does the application cost now?

£515.00 payable in baht: currently 36050.

Is it better to send the application in advance and await an interview date or simply apply in person at the Embassy in Bangkok?

All applications have to be handed in in-person at the visa application centre in Bangkok. Your wife will need to give her biometric details as part of the process. If an interview is required, she will be given a date and time to attend the embassy.

My wife was tested in 2006 for TB prior to the last application, would she need another test?

Yes.

[wayner]

Thanks Very Much