Divorce And Visa Application

[ianmccaig]

Hi,

I would like some advice regarding the following, I’m from the UK and live there, I married a Thai girl about four months ago, I had been seeing this lady for four years previous and everything was great until we got married, then the calls came from her family asking for money, not because of the dowry, which I paid when we married, then it all went wrong, it seems that they look at me as a money machine, and we are both in agreement to get divorced, I will give her 100,000 Tbt about £2000, and still will pay her what I’ve been sending each month, she is OK with this, and I’m OK with this as well, were still on good terms with each other.

When we divorce in the next few months I have to go with her to the Amphur office, she will get her ID card changed back to her maiden name, this is the question,

I want to apply for a visitor’s Visa for her to come to the UK, can she use her old passport with the previously granted Visa stamp, I would like her to come to the UK on a six month visitor’s visa. for and I think it would look bad with the Entry Clearance Officer if, the immigration department saw that we had been married and then divorced, could she use her old passport as there are no cancelation stamps in it, so would it still be valid for use? but it does show history of a previous visit, which I think would be an advantage, or just say she lost it get a new one and not mention we had been married then divorced.

My wife changed her ID card and passport with her new married name, this is another question, she still has her old passport with an entry Visa showing her visit to the UK last year, there are no cancellation stamps in the old passport, and would it be still valid, we are not sure if it’s been cancelled when she got her new one with her married name in it.

We have no assets together in Thailand and don’t have any children; the divorce should be quite simple as an uncontested divorce.

I have been told that because the Thai marriage is valid in the UK although not registered in the UK, I’m worried that she could engage one of these no win no fee Lawyers and make a claim on my UK property (House).

It seems a bit complicated I know, we are both very fond of each other and would like for her to come to the UK for six months, I’m thinking about buying a small condo unit in Thailand, if I’m still married and it doesn’t work out with her, she could easily take half or more, irrespective where the money came from to pay for it, very sadly I hear of this scenario many times, and I just want to protect myself, many foreigners have lost everything to a Thai lady.

Anyone that could give me some advice I would be very grateful.

Thanks.

[7by7]

If she has obtained a new passport in her married name then the old one will have been canceled. The ECO at the British embassy may not discover this, but Thai passport control will when she attempts to exit Thailand and they the scan the passport; She wont be allowed out with that passport.

If she is going to apply for another UK visit visa then ALL relevant facts should be disclosed in the application; failure to do so will be treated as attempting to obtain a visa by deception and result in a refusal and possible 10 year ban from visiting the UK.

More of a visa question than a divorce one, so I'm moving this to the visa forum.

Edit, just seen your topic in the visa forum, so closing this.

Please do not post the same question across different forums.