Help With Uk Extention Or Tourist Visa

[chris9111]

hi

i came to england with my thai wife and baby on a tourist visa. i had the promise of work but this fell through. i have a degree in engineering but finding it really difficult to get work as a graduate. i decided my best option was to go back to uni and complete a masters which takes 1 year. my problem now is my family, i have no savings and no income, my family are supporting me and my family. i do not want to lose my family or see my son not grow up for another year, is there a way i can extend a visit visa, my family and friends have said they will help but unsure if they can. or if they come back to thailand can i obtain another visit visa, they will be staying in england 6 months and i believe that is the limit, but surly if i have a good reason ( my son cannot see his father ) and my family will support me, would this not be enough. thankyou

[theoldgit]

I don't it will be easy for you to do what you wasnt to do in fact the short answer is probably no, you cannot normally extend a tourist visa.

There was a similar thread recently where somebody was asking about extending a Tourist Visa,

Thankfully your position is not the same as this, save that you want to extend a tourist visa. I think that you will find that a tourist visa is just that, for tourists, it's not designed for your wife to live in the UK whilst you improve your degree

From what you have said, because of your status, ie no money, I doubt if you could get a settlement visa, and currently third party support is not permitted.

One of the experts will no doubt advise later, but there do seem to be some challenges to current Government policy.

[chris9111]

I don't it will be easy for you to do what you wasnt to do in fact the short answer is probably no, you cannot normally extend a tourist visa.

There was a similar thread recently where somebody was asking about extending a Tourist Visa, http://www.thaivisa....-circumstances/

Thankfully your position is not the same as this, save that you want to extend a tourist visa. I think that you will find that a tourist visa is just that, for tourists, it's not designed for your wife to live in the UK whilst you improve your degree

From what you have said, because of your status, ie no money, I doubt if you could get a settlement visa, and currently third party support is not permitted.

One of the experts will no doubt advise later, but there do seem to be some challenges to current Government policy.

thanks for your reply,,,my grandad has sufficient funds, so if my wife and child returned back to thailand could he sponser her for another visitor visa

[7by7]

You would be her sponsor as you would be the reason for her visiting the UK. But your grandfather can provide the funds for the visit.

See UK Visit Visa Basics.

But she probably wont be able to return to the UK immediately. There is a convention which says that a visitor should not usually spend more than 6 months out of any 12 in the UK. This is a convention, not a rule, and in some circumstances a visitor may be allowed longer periods in the UK than this. But from what you have said, I cannot see an exception being made in your wife's case.

So, if she spends six months in the UK on this visit there would be little point in applying for another visit visa until she has been out of the UK for at least 6 months as it would probably be refused.

Your baby presumably has both a Thai and a British passport and so, of course, wont need a visa and has no restrictions on his stay in the UK.

I have to ask; as you say you originally came to the UK to work, why did your wife apply for a visit and not for settlement?

[chris9111]

You would be her sponsor as you would be the reason for her visiting the UK. But your grandfather can provide the funds for the visit.

See UK Visit Visa Basics.

But she probably wont be able to return to the UK immediately. There is a convention which says that a visitor should not usually spend more than 6 months out of any 12 in the UK. This is a convention, not a rule, and in some circumstances a visitor may be allowed longer periods in the UK than this. But from what you have said, I cannot see an exception being made in your wife's case.

So, if she spends six months in the UK on this visit there would be little point in applying for another visit visa until she has been out of the UK for at least 6 months as it would probably be refused.

Your baby presumably has both a Thai and a British passport and so, of course, wont need a visa and has no restrictions on his stay in the UK.

I have to ask; as you say you originally came to the UK to work, why did your wife apply for a visit and not for settlement?

because i lived in bangkok for a year teaching maths so i didnt meet all the financial requirements. i really didnt think i,d get a visitor visa but was lucky with my mums support

[7by7]

So you knew that your wife would have to return to Thailand after 6 months.

This would be the case even if the job had not fallen through.

[chris9111]

So you knew that your wife would have to return to Thailand after 6 months.

This would be the case even if the job had not fallen through.

i was hoping to get my financial documents in order, then look at applying for a spouse visa

[7by7]

But she would still have had to return to Thailand to do so; a visitor cannot switch to another category whilst in the UK.

I'm very interested to hear how you and your mother are managing to use the same computer when she is in Thailand and you are in the UK! (See here)

[ThaiVisaExpress]

Hello as above she can generally only spend any 6 months out of 12 in the uk.

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