Help Needed

[Thaibrad]

Hi, forum. I wonder if I can seek some advice. I was recently lucky enough to bring my Thai wife to join e in th uk and we are very happy and my wife is now beginning to settle in the uk.

However she has a cousin who married an Irish fella and sold everything she had, including her ome to join him in Northern Ireland. Sadly upon arrival in Ireland he new husband startd treating her very badly, leaving her at home whilst he went to the pub and then coming back and abusing & beating her. ( I have seen the results of this). She came over to London to visit us and because of the way she was treated she obviously doesn't want to go back to her husband and since she has sold everything in Thailand and has no family she now has nothing to return to. I have said that she is welcome to stay with us, in the short term but really do not know how to advise her further. She has a Spouse Visa- but obvoiusly doesn't want to go back, I have also told her that I feel sh has no choice, as the visa was given on the condoition she stays married to her husband. At present the only thing on her mind, and ours is her safety. I am prepared to have her stay in London, but she is not allowed to work, as per visa conditions and I WILL NOT send her back to Thailand to have to live on the streets- or worse. I want to assure everybody here that SHE IS NOT A BAR GIRL. She sold a perfectly respectable pharmacy business to be with her husband and gave the funds to her husband and hjas lost eveything. It is my opinion that now she has no choice but to stay in th uk but we want to do this legally, any help/ advice greatly appreciated

Brad

[Henning Karlsen]

Hello from Vienna!

I suppose the woman has a C+D visa or does she have a formal residence permit.

If she has a D-visa(spousevisa) I have a feeling it is difficult because she will need his signature and insurance to get a residencepermit. If she has a residence permit I think she has a right to stay in GB after divorce too. Usually D visa is given so that an applicant can apply for a residencepermit. At least the rules here in Austria are like that. Usualy a Thai partner can stay in Austria after the divorce if they have an income.

The easiest is to ask the British embassy in Bangkok or at foreign ministry in London.

My wife will arrive in Vienna in August, and I collected most information at the embassy in Bangkok or at the ministry.

Best Regards

Henning

Hi, forum. I wonder if I can seek some advice. I was recently lucky enough to bring my Thai wife to join e in th uk and we are very happy and my wife is now beginning to settle in the uk.

However she has a cousin who married an Irish fella and sold everything she had, including her ome to join him in Northern Ireland. Sadly upon arrival in Ireland he new husband startd treating her very badly, leaving her at home whilst he went to the pub and then coming back and abusing & beating her. ( I have seen the results of this). She came over to London to visit us and because of the way she was treated she obviously doesn't want to go back to her husband and since she has sold everything in Thailand and has no family she now has nothing to return to. I have said that she is welcome to stay with us, in the short term but really do not know how to advise her further. She has a Spouse Visa- but obvoiusly doesn't want to go back, I have also told her that I feel sh has no choice, as the visa was given on the condoition she stays married to her husband. At present the only thing on her mind, and ours is her safety. I am prepared to have her stay in London, but she is not allowed to work, as per visa conditions and I WILL NOT send her back to Thailand to have to live on the streets- or worse. I want to assure everybody here that SHE IS NOT A BAR GIRL. She sold a perfectly respectable pharmacy business to be with her husband and gave the funds to her husband and hjas lost eveything. It is my opinion that now she has no choice but to stay in th uk but we want to do this legally, any help/ advice greatly appreciated

Brad

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[Artisi]

Check with the embassy- if the rules are anything like they are in Australia - under circumstances such as this she would be probably be allowed to stay.

[the scouser]

Brad,

I refer you to the advice given when you first posted this question:-

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=39177

Scouse.

[the scouser]

Duplicate thread. Please refer to the original.

Scouse.