Hi

If I decide in the future that I would like to move back to the UK with my Thai wife - how should I go about doing this?

If we have been married for several years would it be a problem?

I am a young guy, with no assets or job in the UK although I do have a nice family who would us up until we get our feet on the ground. My wife speaks reasonable English. I imagine she would like to work as a waitress or do kitchen work. She is a country girl, shes smart but has little education. Also my father is aging and is quite ill, I would like my wife to work part time taking care of him - my father will pay her to do so. So exactly what should I say to the UK embassy? I dont want to take her on holiday if we go there I want us to both work in the UK for a few years to get some cash together.

So has anyone tried coming clean with the embassy? Tell the straight up, you want to take your wife to the UK to live. Is this wrong? Am I not entitled to do this? Would i be better off lying and saying shes coming for a hl;kiday and then stay? How about disguising her as a kosovan and getting her in through the euro tunnel?

My wife keeps telling me she wants to come to the UK for a few years but I have almost written it off as impossible.

I'd ask the embassy in almost the exact same words you wrote down here.

It's not impossible at all. Ask what paperwork you need and get it all sorted down to the last scrap of paper.

Cheers,

Chanchao

I'd ask the embassy in almost the exact same words you wrote down here.

It's not impossible at all. Ask what paperwork you need and get it all sorted down to the last scrap of paper.

Cheers,

Chanchao

I wouldn't mention the Kosovan bit, though. You can't get a visa changed when you are in the UK - you have to do that bit here.

The longer you are married, the better it is. See also Spouses and Spouses and how they qualify.

So has anyone tried coming clean with the embassy? Tell the straight up, you want to take your wife to the UK to live.

It is the only way. Tell the truth.

Is this wrong? Am I not entitled to do this?

No, it's not wrong and yes, you are entitled to do this.

Would i be better off lying and saying shes coming for a hl;kiday

Only if you want to <deleted> up any chance of the two of you ever living together in the UK.

My wife keeps telling me she wants to come to the UK for a few years but I have almost written it off as impossible.

Why? Several thousand couples do this every year from Thailand alone.

You basically have to show two things.

1) The marriage and relationship is genuine and you intend to live together permanently. Obviously, the longer the two of you have been together, especially the longer you have been married, the easier this will be.

2) You can support and accommodate your selves without recourse to public funds.

If you will have no job to return to then you will need to show that you can do this either from your savings or with the help of a family member. I would not say that your father intends to employ your wife, merely that he will offer to support you both until you find work. Of course, if he is going to do this he will have to provide evidence that he has the funds to do so.

You may also, want to get yourself back to blighty and get a job. Then go back to Thailand and apply.

There's no reason why your wife shouldn't apply for a visa. Your primary concern would seem to be to ensure that you have a means of supporting the 2 of you once in the UK, either through employment or family and friends.

Scouse.