Advice Sought For Thai Wife To Come To The Uk On Spousal Visa

[paulsmith4465]

Hi my name is Paul from the U.K. it’s my first post on the site. Firstly I would like to thank all the Thaivisa forum members for taking time to read the posts and sharing help and advice with other members, its greatly appreciated an so very helpful, again thank you all.

My situation is that I live in the UK my financial situation is good, I own two houses without any mortgage, I live in one and rent out the other one, I have enough savings, salary, pension and rental income to satisfy income requirements.

My Thai wife of two years has been to the UK on two Visit Visas and complied with all the requirements i.e. she didn’t overstay. She has experienced life in the U.K. and although she finds it much colder, food different etc etc. she would like to settle here with me, I’m so happy about that.

She now wants a spouse Visa which is I think 30 months, before when we arranged the visit visa we used an agency, they were very good, and got the visit Visas.

I’m considering doing the spouse visa application myself because the agent wants about £900 for the fee plus the visa application fee which is about they quote £950, £826 I think its more like this ammount as on the UKBA site, I know it’s not rocket science to make the application, if you have the time to do it, but there can be many pitfalls if you don’t get everything correct, if you don’t get it right it would be refused, but I understand you can make an appeal if necessary, and that would just drag things out, so it may be better to use an agent.

Are there any step by step guidelines on how make an application from the UK? given that I can’t go to Thailand to make the application for her, also I won’t be in Thailand if they want to interview us both regarding the spouse visa application, I would be available in the UK for a telephone interview if required by the ECO.

My wife has all the previous documents in Thailand, photos, telephone records, copies of the deeds to my houses, my financial verification, marriage certificate and translation, etc etc, which she submitted for her previous applications.

I have been advised that to make a settlement Visa, via an agent, I must supply original documents i.e Deeds to my houses, Original marriage certificates and translations into English, Bank statements, birth certificate, divorce papers from my previous marriage etc etc. If they got lost somewhere in transit I would be a nightmare for me trying to get replacements.

Before when I posted the copied documents to the agent I blanked out on my bank statements some numbers of my bank sort code, and account number, if I must post the originals and knowing what the Thai post service is, i.e. they will not get there, or the agency have all the information to make it easy for identity fraud, I may as well give them my Debit card number with the pin code, I feel that it would be very dangerous to give out all this information as originals, perfect for I.D fraud.

My wife has passed the A1 English test, so that’s OK, what would be the anticipated time scale for the application process for the spouse visa, before for the visit visa it was very quick, about one week.

Again many thanks to all who contribute give their experiences and advice to this forum, very helpful.

Thanks

Paul.

[MAJIC]

So why are you Posting this OP when you have already posted exactly the same one on 08-02-2013 ?

Surprised you didn't get at least one reply!

Edited February 18, 2013 by MAJIC

[theoldgit]

Indeed this is the third time you have posted this first post!

I'm not sure what you are really asking, you seem to have all the necessary proof that your wife meets the requirements for her settlement application and I assume you have read the pinned topic at the head of the page, there is also a wealth of experience from other applicants.

I note you cannot come to Thailand to make the application for your wife, but in any case that isn't necessary, it's her application and it her that has to supply the proof.

The application will almost certainly be considered on the evidence provided so it's imperative she supplies all the documents listed on the UKBA website, it's highly unlikely that the ECO will find it necessary to interview your wife, and even less likely they will need to speak to you.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask.

[7by7]

Have you read UK Settlement Visa Basics, which bobrussell referred you to in your previous topic on this?

[ThaiVisaExpress]

If you require professional help feel free to contact our office I am registered with the OISC in the UK, and we have been operating since 2006.

You do not need to use an agent but if you do choose wisely some agents are not capable of understanding the new financial requirements.In the last week we have taken two clients on who if the used us from the beginning would of been issued a visa.

[ThaiVisaExpress]

Hello if you require professional help feel free to contact our office either in the UK/Thailand, I am registered by the OISC & have been since 2006.

We are the only office in Pattaya who are qualified to give UK Immigration advice, please choose carefully should you engage any agent.