Obtaining A Holiday Visa To The Uk

[lrae]

Hello people

I wonder if anyone could kindly tell me what the chances are of obtaining a holiday visa for my Thai girlfriend. To give a quick background we have been together for just over 2 years now and I live in the Uk and have visited my Thai girlfriend three times, I have photos of us together, hotel receipts, telephone logs, copies of emails and chat logs going on since the time we have met. She has a full time job as an accountant and her boss has given her the ok for a month's holiday to the UK and will back it up in a letter. I will be her sponsor and I work full time in the UK and have own a three bedroom apartment which I live in alone. I earn a reasonble wage and I have some savings (about £2k) which I hope will be enough for the embassy. The worry I have is the reason for return, she is in a full time job but does not own any land or business. She is currently in the process of putting her family's farm land (in Isaan and is worth about £5k) in her name but I don't know if that will help of if the embassy will consider it not of high enough value to return. I have had some bad experience of trying for a holiday visa before about 1 1/2 years ago and I used two visa companies who promised we would get a visa but as I now know their promises don't always mean alot!

I would really appreciate anyone who can help with some honest advice.

Thank you

[theoldgit]

I think you are almost there, when she applies she needs to provide the proof of what you have outlined above, ie the proof of your relationship, letters, email and telephone logs and details of your time together, photos and copies of your passport pages proving you trips to Thailand. As her financial sponsor you need to provide a letter outlining your relationship and the reasons for the trip, you should provide evidence that it is appropriate and affordable for you to finance the trip, if that's what you are doing, bank statement and pay slips should do this.

If she can provide a letter from her employer that leave has been approved and she is expected to return to her job after her holiday, then that would normally be regarded as a sufficient reason to return, of course she should back this up with proof of her income from this employment.

Remember that most applications are approved, and your girlfriends application seems pretty straightforward on what you have described. If she has sufficient means she doesn't need a sponsor, but it might help in this case if she wants a month away, which might be regarded as longer than the normal trip.

Good luck.