Looking to bring a Thai girl to the uk

[AmberWolf]

Hi all, I met a thai girl on holiday and want to continue our relationship back in scotland. She has no proper job back home and like me is looking for a new life.

I thought I would pay the visa application fees and take her home. I am willing to totally fund her fares and life here.

I have read that the brittish embassy in bangkok are extremely difficult.

Can anyone help here. Thanks

[AmberWolf]

Uk visa

[theoldgit]

It's not that the Embassy staff are difficult, it's because the UKVI staff processing the application have to ensure that the applicant complies with the UK Immigration Act, and they are not designed for somebody who wants to up sticks and start a new life in the UK.

To get a visit visa, and you don't say if she's looking for a visit or settlement visa, she has to satisfy the Entry Clearance Officer that her proposed visit is genuine, affordable, and that, on the balance of probabilities, she will return to Thailand.

From what you have described, she doesn't meet that criteria. You might want to read this pinned topic http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/446602-uk-visit-visa-basics/

If she's looking to settle in the UK, and I suspect she doesn't qualify, she either needs to be married to a UK National, about to marry or be in a long term relationship akin to marriage. The sponsor would need to prove that they had an income of £18,600. As I say I don't think this is what she's after, but you might want to read this, http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/524561-uk-settlement-visa-basics/

[Ginkas]

Well!

Presumably you're not thinking about a Visitor Visa (i.e. Tourist) as this would not meet your intentions.

She, also, would never be granted one as she has no job, no compelling reason to return to Thailand, and intends to remain in the UK long term.

As you are not married this leaves the following from the UK Government's website:

Apply to join family living permanently in the UK

Eligibility

To apply for a ‘family of a settled person’ visa, you must be from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland.

Your partner or family member must have one of the following:

• British citizenship
• settlement in the UK
• asylum or humanitarian protection in the UK

You must also prove that:

• you’re 18 or over, unless you’re applying as a child
• your relationship to your family member is genuine and recognised in the UK, eg your marriage is legal in your country
• you intend to continue living with your family member or partner in the UK after you apply (unless you’re a parent with access rights)
• either you or your family member can support and accommodate you and any dependent children while in the UK, or you meet the financial requirement
• you and your family will have an adequate place to live in the UK
• you have a good knowledge of English if you’re 18 or over - unless you’re applying as an adult dependent relative

Joining your partner

You must prove that you and your partner are 18 or over and in a genuine relationship.

You must be one of the following:

• married or civil partners
• living together in a relationship for 2 years
• engaged to be married or to become civil partners

You must prove that any previous relationships you or your partner had are permanently broken down.

You must also meet the financial requirement of:

• £18,600 per year if you’re applying only for yourself
• £22,400 per year for you and one child
• £2,400 per year for each additional child

And that's just for starters.

Good Luck, but don't hold your breath!

Edited October 10, 2014 by Ginkas

[Ginkas]

Also, strongly recommend the links theoldgit has given, especially the first one.

[The Fat Controller]

AmberWolf, suggest you spend the next couple of days reading the forums, most of your questions will have been answered somewhere.

[AmberWolf]

Thanks guys this is an excellent forum and your answers are very much appreciated. My thoughts were to take the girl over with me as her sponsor.

She has a son in school looked after my her sister is her rain to return but the truth is we want for her to live here and return to thailand with me on a regular basis

Do you see this being viable as a visitor application?

[theoldgit]

Not really no, a visit visa is just that, somebody who wants to visit the UK for a holiday, that doesn't seem to be what you have in mind.

From what you have told us, I believe it's highly unlikely that her visit visa application would succeed.

Sorry if that's not what you want to hear.

[Upnotover]

I don't think they see kids as a reason to return and as the truth is that you want her to live in the UK then a visitor visa is definitely not the thing. Of course no need to mention that in the application but as you've presumably only recently met you're going to have a hard job convincing them of your relationship. You might be in for the long haul here, a series of holidays over the next couple of years.

[AmberWolf]

So guys the only way to make this happen is to apply for a visitors visa and say that she is looking for a holiday and not tell about the intended relationship instead cite her return to assist with her family. Or is this too vague?

[Upnotover]

Reason to return doesn't exist it seems and (I'm guessing) that her intended holiday in the UK would be for a period longer than your relationship to date? Highly likely to fail I'm afraid.

[7by7]

Children alone are not seen as a reason to return; many Thais leave their children with relatives while they work away from home; often abroad.

Does she work? Own property?

Have you read UK visit visa basics, linked to by theoldgit earlier?

Even if there is no 'concrete' reason to return, many people have obtained a UK visit visa based upon the strength of their relationship with their sponsor. If the ECO believes the relationship to be genuine then they will also believe that the applicant would not want to jeopardise future applications, such as settlement, by overstaying or otherwise breaching the conditions of a visit visa.

However, as it seems from what you have said that you have only known her or a short period, showing such a relationship will be difficult.

For settlement, obviously there is no need to show a reason to return; but she wont qualify for settlement unless she is your spouse, fiancé or unmarried partner.

For unmarried partner you need to have been living together in a relationship akin to marriage outside the UK for at least the past two years.

Spouse, you need to be married; fiancé you need to marry within 6 months of her arrival in the UK.

How long have you known her?

Is it long enough to be sure that the two of you want to marry and spend the rest of your lives together?

I cannot stress the following enough: do not marry her just to get her a visa!

[jacksam]

Hells Bells, if the OP actually had developed a serious relationship and gradually progress towards having her live with him in Scotland then fine. Take it step by step ...

Quote "met a girl on a holiday" ......how long have you known her?

[wooloomooloo]

Hells Bells, if the OP actually had developed a serious relationship and gradually progress towards having her live with him in Scotland then fine. Take it step by step ...

Quote "met a girl on a holiday" ......how long have you known her?

My only caveat is it's not for us to judge.

I met my wife online and visited her three months later. I visited her again three months after the initial visit. We married on my third visit - eleven months after meeting.

My wife applied for settlement immediately after our marriage and visa granted [October 2010] fourteen months after our first online meet. Strange, but true.

As long as you both meet the criterion and provide a solid application then all will be well.

[RAZZELL]

Finding it hard to actually understand what the OP means?

Does he want his gf to join him on a permanent basis, get a job, etc etc Or just visit for 6 months?

The former is impossible I'm afraid without marriage or being "in a a relationship akin to marriage" (i.e. living together for at least two years) and the latter not easy without a but of a relationship history/reason to return to Thailand.

What does the OP want?

RAZZ