passeport for scotland

[aarontupelo]

hi, my name is yann i'm from france ( so please excuse me if my english is not perfect) i have a request ..i know a thai firend ( girl ) who have been married in thailand ( roi et ) with a man from scotland 2 years ago ( june 18 2011 ) they made the paper in Amphue ( so now she has the same name as him ) and the man come live in roi et with his children from previous wedding ( her first wife from scotland died so he feeds his children alone )..Sadly this man died 3 monthes ago of motorbike accident in the village..now the children went back to scotland and they would like my friend to come visit them.

- .do you think she can ask for a uk passeport...if yes..where she must ask, which paper she must give etc etc...if she cannot have a uk passeport..what she must do to go scotland visit her husband familly..

i only know the rules for france but not for uk...so please help me

thank so much

yann

[Thaddeus]

She will not be able to get a British Passport, doesn't even vaguely qualify for one.

She could apply at the British Embassy for a visit visa based on compassionate grounds, but as she isn't the childrens mother, that could be very difficult.

How old are the children btw?

[aarontupelo]

She will not be able to get a British Passport, doesn't even vaguely qualify for one.

She could apply at the British Embassy for a visit visa based on compassionate grounds, but as she isn't the childrens mother, that could be very difficult.

How old are the children btw?

12 and 8 years old..now no more dad or mam..so sad..

[7by7]

As Thaddeus says, she does not at present qualify for a British passport; and wont unless she has lived in the UK for at least 5 years.

From what you have said, I cannot see any way in which she would qualify for settlement in the UK.

But she may be able to obtain a visa to visit her step children; see UK Visit Visa Basics.

Presumably her husband has relatives in Scotland with whom the children are now living?

[aarontupelo]

As Thaddeus says, she does not at present qualify for a British passport; and wont unless she has lived in the UK for at least 5 years.

From what you have said, I cannot see any way in which she would qualify for settlement in the UK.

But she may be able to obtain a visa to visit her step children; see UK Visit Visa Basics.

Presumably her husband has relatives in Scotland with whom the children are now living?

yes the brother of her husband..

[GooEng]

As stated above she has no special rights other than compassionate ones to visit these poor kids.

She will have to apply for a tourist visa and have someone in Scotland act as a guarantor on her visa.

[aarontupelo]

As Thaddeus says, she does not at present qualify for a British passport; and wont unless she has lived in the UK for at least 5 years.

From what you have said, I cannot see any way in which she would qualify for settlement in the UK.

But she may be able to obtain a visa to visit her step children; see UK Visit Visa Basics.

Presumably her husband has relatives in Scotland with whom the children are now living?

yes the brother of her husband..

ok..thank's so much...

[7by7]

She will have to apply for a tourist visa and have someone in Scotland act as a guarantor on her visa.

Not guarantor. UK law means that any guarantee made on a visitor's behalf could not be enforced.

aarontupelo, the children's uncle could certainly act as her sponsor.

This does not necessarily mean he would be paying for her visit, but he would be supporting her application and, presumably, be offering her somewhere to stay.

See my link above for more details.

Edited June 21, 2013 by 7by7

[GooEng]

She will have to apply for a tourist visa and have someone in Scotland act as a guarantor on her visa.

Not guarantor. UK law means that any guarantee made on a visitor's behalf could not be enforced.

aarontupelo, the children's uncle could certainly act as her sponsor.

This does not necessarily mean he would be paying for her visit, but he would be supporting her application and, presumably, be offering her somewhere to stay.

See my link above for more details.

Yep, stand corrected on the wrong terminology there.