visa checking service

[MaprangHolmes]

If you use the visa checking service will they give my wife back her passport? And would she be able to travel while her ilr application is made?

thank you

[David48]

OP, we can't read your mind.

What country is your wife applying for?

What Visa Checking Service do you refer to?

The assumption is the UK and VFS ... but it's best to have the facts.

[MaprangHolmes]

It is the UK checking service that councils offer but when checking different ones they come up with different answers.

[Stanaris]

It is the UK checking service that councils offer but when checking different ones they come up with different answers.

Hi

All the checking services will copy all of the documents needed (including passports) and give you the originals back.

Yes you can travel using your passports.

Apart from them making sure that all of the required documents are submitted, the other reason for using this service is to still have use of passports.

Hope this helps.

We have just donw the same with my wifes Citizenship application and she still has her passport so we can travel ok

[brewsterbudgen]

So does this service apply when applying in Bangkok for a UK Visitor visa? The "passport pass back" service is available, but this still requires bringing back the passport after 10 days and then presumably they hold onto it until the visa is issued or denied? My Gf will need her passport approximately 20 days after submiting it, in order to do her monthly border run (she's from Laos).

[7by7]

No, it is for in UK applications.

Outside the UK, it's different and, as you say, she will need to return her passport within 10 days of submitting the application, and is only available for visit visa applicants.

See Passport Pass Back Service

I think you may need to rethink when to submit her application and when she does her next border run.

[brewsterbudgen]

No, it is for in UK applications.

Outside the UK, it's different and, as you say, she will need to return her passport within 10 days of submitting the application, and is only available for visit visa applicants.

See Passport Pass Back Service

I think you may need to rethink when to submit her application and when she does her next border run.

Indeed. She's due to re-enter Thailand on 8 or 9 September. I'm hoping to be able to book an appointment for 10 or 11 September, which should give enough time to issue (or deny) the visa before she has to use her passport again.

In order to get an appointment on 10 or 11 Sept, when do you advise I should submit the application?

I'm not going to bother with the Passport Pass back as I fear it might slow up the process even more. Hopefully when the ECO sees her passport he/she will realise the importance of making sure it's back before she needs to leave Thailand. I will also make reference to it in the application.

Thanks for your advice.

[7by7]

I have not used the online service, but understand that appointments are released a week in advance.

The ECO will not see her passport until s/he comes to process the application, and applications are processed in the order they are received.

Applicants can ask to 'jump the queue' if they have an urgent, compassionate reason for so doing; but I doubt that doing a border run will be considered such.

Edited September 1, 2014 by 7by7

[MaprangHolmes]

They will return the passport but you are not permitted to travel for some reason god knows why but your not allowed to when applying for ILR if applying for citizenship then travel is allowed.

[brewsterbudgen]

One of my Thai students works for the Embassy as assistant to an ECO and she has advised me (just now) to use the Passport Passback service. My GF will be able to take her passport back after submitting the application and will be called to bring it back when they're ready to "put the sticker in". This should (theoretically) only take a few days.

I'm still not sure as I don't altogether trust that VFS will speedily transfer the passport to the Embassy and there must be a good chance of it not getting matched with the application, so I might still risk it and hope that it doesn't take 30 days.

She has told me that due to huge numbers of student applications and to "computer problems" most visit visas are taking 30 days to process :-(

[MaprangHolmes]

It would have better to start a new topic than hijack another persons thread.

[brewsterbudgen]

It would have better to start a new topic than hijack another persons thread.

Hijack?

[MaprangHolmes]

It would have better to start a new topic than hijack another persons thread.

Hijack?

it is just a term meaning a person asking there own questions within a thread, when really it would be politer to start your own thread asking whatever question you want too.

[brewsterbudgen]

It would have better to start a new topic than hijack another persons thread.

Hijack?

it is just a term meaning a person asking there own questions within a thread, when really it would be politer to start your own thread asking whatever question you want too.

You'll find it's the job of the Moderators to determine if threads have been "hi-jacked". This is not a personal enquiry board, it's a discussion forum. Threads can go off topic and, if they do, they are then usually tidied up by a Mod, if it detracts from the topic.

I can't see how "your" thread has been hi-jacked

[MaprangHolmes]

It would have better to start a new topic than hijack another persons thread.

Hijack?

it is just a term meaning a person asking there own questions within a thread, when really it would be politer to start your own thread asking whatever question you want too.

You'll find it's the job of the Moderators to determine if threads have been "hi-jacked". This is not a personal enquiry board, it's a discussion forum. Threads can go off topic and, if they do, they are then usually tidied up by a Mod, if it detracts from the topic.

I can't see how "your" thread has been hi-jacked

I suppose that asking about a service that councils run in the UK, is the same as asking about a service in Bangkok.