Visa Application - Presentation

[steveweaver99]

Hi Guys/Gals

Just like to say I think this is an excellent forum for information for visa applications etc and the members are very helpful.

Im in the process of puttiing together a tourist visa application for my Thai girlfriend and just wanted some feedback of the presentation of an application to the ECO and any other suggestions.

Thanks in advance

My table of contents (draft) looks as follows:

Page My comment for purposes of this thread

1 Covering Letter 4 Just a letter from me introduciing the application and supporting information and brief details of

me that kind of thing

2 VAF1A – Visa Application 5 Completed visa application

3 Partnership History 6

3.1 Partnership Details 6 How we met, how long we been together, dates I have come to Thailand, future plans

3.2 Email Headers 6 Printed email headers

3.3 Photographs 6 Datestamped photographs

3.4 Telephone Calls/SMS Logs 7 From telephone provider

3.5 Miscellaneous 7 E-ricket of travel for visa run (me and the GF) with matching passport stamp copies

4 Sponsorship 8 Sponsorship letter, details of finances, mortgage agreements, copy of house deeds, bank

statements

5 Visit Itinerary 9 Itinerary of trip to UK

6 Miscellaneous Supporting Information 10 Contract of Employment/Tenancy Agreement. Motorbike ownership.

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Edited February 18, 2010 by steveweaver99

[steveweaver99]

Just to add to this post. Do I need to submit an Itinerary ? I read at http://www.vfs-uk-gh.com/supporting.aspx that you should only require the Itinerary if its a tourist visa rather than a visit visa.

What is the difference? On the VAF1 application form it states 'is the applicant visitng as a Tourist or visiting friends or other'.

Thanks

Edited February 18, 2010 by steveweaver99

[Thongkorn]

You do not have to put an Itinerary in , The main thing is to prove your girlfriend will go home,As long as you submit your approprate documents as you have shown on your post. it should be enough,

[ThaiVisaExpress]

Demonstrate you meet the rules and you satisfy the reason to return issue to the ECO.

[gregchambers]

very important to state the obvious in the covering letter, though, do not assume that the ECO will wade through every document you submit and be able to draw conclusions that agree with the reality which you need to present

[sumrit]

Firstly, as TVE says make sure your g/f meets the 'reason to return to Thailand' criteria.

You seem to have covered everything else.

On presentation, when your g/f takes everything to the VFS centre if all the paperwork is loose it tends to get jumbled up when the staff are checking everything making it more difficult for the ECO to find what he wants. For that reason I would clearly label then staple/bind each section individually so they can't get mixed up. It also makes it easy for the ECO to find and check everything.

[doctormann]

In the past I have used a ring binder and transparent pocket separators to organise the various documents. Each separator is labelled appropriately, e.g. passport copies; finances; correspondence etc. Seems to work and you do get back the binder once the visa is, hopefully, approved.

DM