Foreign Nationals In Uk Applying For Thailand

[caledonia]

I know this is a bit of a strange one but well if anyone has any ideas!!!

So since my hubby is now in UK on settlement visa I had hoped that I could finally introduce him to fabulous LOS in a nice wee two week holiday - big problem I now realise being that he is Nigerian. Thai embassy London deal with Nigerian application from Nigeria and the info they have is

". When applying for a Thai visa, a Nigerian national has to follow Thai visa regulations accordingly:

2.1 For a Nigerian whose permanent residence is Nigeria or in countries where no Thai Embassy Consulate is situated, application has to be made for a visa only at the Royal Thai Embassy in London with the requirement to present a Certificate of Clearance from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of Nigeria. This is to comply with the request of the Nigerian authority for prevention of drug-trafficking by Nigerians entering Thailand;

2.2 For a Nigerian whose permanent residence is in foreign countries where a Thai Embassy Consulate is situated, one can apply for a visa at the Thai Embassy Consulate

in that country with no requirement of a Certificate of Clearance from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of Nigeria;"

Now silly me HOPED he would fall under point 2.2 as that would be a lot less hassle but according to the man I spoke to in Embassy he falls under point 2.1 !!! But I thought that his permanent address was now here as obviously to come on a settlement visa you have given up your old address!

So did I just explain it all wrong or am I the poor bizzum that has to face the harsh reality of no holidays to LOS for me for another year or so!!

Anyone with any ideas would be much appreciated??? I do hope I just explained it all wrong and hopefully with a letter from his work, bank stuff etc they will let him be classed as resident here!! sob sob!

[Rinrada]

Afraid you may find that the (LOSI)Embassy considers a settlement Visa in the same light as a Visitors....temporary and you may have to wait until your hubby gets his ILR...

I had a similar thingy when wifie and I tried to get her a holiday "chop" to go to Uncles Sams place for a weeks jolli.(cost me £40)

Althought we did all the right things they ...CIA-FBI-NSC-were not convinced that she was gonna stay/return to the UK and gave her a body swerve..Told us to come back when she is more settled ...ie at least an ILD...Ye OIL.....

Now she has the red one we havnt even bothered again....

In looking back however maybe they did us a favour since we had intended going to the Big Apple on the first week in November.....2001.......

[caledonia]

Afraid you may find that the (LOSI)Embassy considers a settlement Visa in the same light as a Visitors....temporary and you may have to wait until your hubby gets his ILR...

I had a similar thingy when wifie and I tried to get her a holiday "chop" to go to Uncles Sams place for a weeks jolli.(cost me £40)

Althought we did all the right things they ...CIA-FBI-NSC-were not convinced that she was gonna stay/return to the UK and gave her a body swerve..Told us to come back when she is more settled ...ie at least an ILD...Ye OIL.....

Now she has the red one we havnt even bothered again....

In looking back however maybe they did us a favour since we had intended going to the Big Apple on the first week in November.....2001.......

yeah that might not havebeen so great a break!

Thanks for the feedback - I will -email them and see what they say and hope that it was just my scottish accent that threw the poor man!

Hmmm not rating my chances though - really fancied getting out of Europe over winter - maybe other places won't be so fussy!

Will wait and see!

[konangrit]

You might have more luck trying a Consulate rather than the Embassy, where they are pretty strict. Cardiff, Birmingham, and Hull are all good.

[Rinrada]

Might be a bit easier....

The Royal Thai Consulate

Woodside Business Centre

4 Woodside Place

Glasgow

G3 7QF

Tel: 0141 353 5090

[caledonia]

Might be a bit easier....

The Royal Thai Consulate

Woodside Business Centre

4 Woodside Place

Glasgow

G3 7QF

Tel: 0141 353 5090

Thanks guys - already tried Glasgow and thel ovely lady had a near fainting attatck when I mentioned my husband was Nigerian ! She reffered me onto London but I may e-mail Hull as dare I say they have a lot clearer info on their website than London. I also noticed they take postal applications but London doesn't - very strange!!!

[caledonia]

P.S plau I have a ridiculous amount of Thai airmiles I was going to spend on a lavish stay at the Sheraton - they expire in December!!! Hmmmm a week in Cost del Sun will just not beat that if they don't give us the go ahead!!!