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toryboy1979

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  1. My g/f is currently in UK with me and her visa expires on 18 August 2016. We however will return to Thailand on 12 May 2016.

    Unfortunately we will not have completed the legal matters that was the main purpose of the visit due to time constraints on the part of my solicitor and will require to return to UK at the beginning of August 2016 for a further 10 days to complete our business and for my g/f to make a statement in the present of my solicitor.

    Question: Is the current visitors visa good for only one visit and is cancelled on departure from UK or will we be able to make a second visit at the beginning of august providing we depart UK prior to 18 August 2016 or will we have to go through the visa application process again in order to be able to travel to he UK at the beginning of August 2016.

    Many thanks

  2. My current Retirement Stamp was obtain in Chiang Mai where I was living at the time. My rental contract ended on 15 January 2016 and I went to UK for a couple of weeks. I am going to the UK again in March and whilst I am there will apply for a new passport. When I return I will move elsewhere in Thailand. If I submit a change of address to the Immigration of wherever, will they, with the support of the Consulate letter, transfer the stamp or do I have to go back to Chiang Mai.

  3. Currently on holiday in Thailand but returning to UK mid March. I would like to return to Thailand to live here permanently. I am 77 years old have a net income of £3000 per month,no criminal record and in reasonably good health.

    I understand that in the first instance I need to get an OA visa. What are the requirements for that please. How much do I have to have in the UK bank or is my monthly income, which is guaranteed, sufficient.

    I am tod that the OA visa will allow me to stay for up to one year during which time I can go to Thai immigration and apply for a Retirement Stamp.

    Have I got this correct or am I way off beam.

    Thank you in advance

  4. My partner has a visitors visa for the UK which is for six month from 17 Dec 2015 to 16 June 2016 albeit in the application it was out intention to only be in UK 15 March - 29 April 2016.

    We have now been invited to a 40thbirthday party in UK on 3 May 2016.

    Before I say yes to the invite who do I tell that we will not leave UK on 29 April 2016 but would like to move the departure date to 5 May 2016?

    Our travel dates will still be within the six month period of the visa, but maybe to change the departure date is not acceptable to UKVI

    Advice please

  5. Just to say that the documents and partners passport arrived back today. I realize that the UKVI may not be as busy currently as they can be. However from the application presumably landing on a desk on Thursday 17th December 2015 and being returned to VFS Global Bangkok at around 9a.m. on Friday 19th December 2015, I consider that a fast turn around. The good news is that my pessimism was misplaced and my partner is now the proud holder of a UK Visitors visa.

    We had both believed that such a quick turnaround could only have one result, but how wrong we were.

    Thank you all particularly the three wise men - namely 'The old Git', 7x7 and Bobbrussel for the precise advice you gave to me from your various posts.

    Thank you

  6. Hi Guys

    My partner went to hand documents into VFS Global on Wednesday and as of yesterday received an email that a decision had been made. Tracking them, the documents were in the postal system last evening.

    Call me a pessimist but have never heard of a successful outcome after such a short time for a decision. Guess we will find out the reason when the post arrives with the bag of documents.

    To all who gave me advice prior to submission - thank you for your help.

  7. My Thai partner has submitted on-line her application for a visit to the UK with me. I know find that it would be beneficial to have the visa processed using the Priority service of 3-5 days normally.

    The instructions say this cannot be done after the application has been 'submitted'. I am seeking clarification of the 'has been submitted'. does this mean once she pressed the button it has been 'submitted' or is the submission accomplished when she goes for her interview.

    It appears ambiguous to me but that's only me.

    Thank you

  8. From all that I read on the UK Government web site there are a number of documents that are a 'must' when submitting an application for a visitors visa. I also understand that other supporting documents both from the applicant and the sponsor ( partner, husband) that the applicant believes they would wish to submit can be included. I also read that it is advisable to present the application in a professional and organized manner, such as alphabetical/numerical flags between different documents with an index to make it easier for the UKVI staff to process the application.

    I therefore pose the question why do the staff of VFS Global Bangkok take it upon themselves to destroy the presentation of the application by removing the separation flags and handing back documents to the applicant saying that they are not required.

    In addition to this I also understand that on occasions questions are put to the applicant which if the remit of VFS is merely to receive and act as a 'post office' for the UKVI, they have no right to be doing.

    In the light that only the applicant is normally permitted to enter the VFS office and given the reluctance of Thais to confront others, if this happens what can be done.

    Maybe I am totally wrong and VFS Global Bangkok have instructions from UKVI to sort out the wheat from the chaff and what applicant's want to submit is not the issue.

    The above concern is as a result of 'verbatim' reports I have heard from others over the last few year or so.

  9. Very re-assuring reply - thank you.

    Application is for a Visitor/Tourist visa of six weeks duration with dates. I am satisfied that other criteria will be satisfied and by that I mean:

    'Is the Relationship genuine'

    Reason for the visit'

    Will/Does the applicant have a reason to return to Thailand'

    'Is the trip affordable'

    Based on your reply I will use my Thai account - which does contain the amount quoted - but do as you did and tell then that I have five pension providers all being paid into the UK account and include the original letters from the providers and that I hope will keep hem happy and they will know where my funds come from.

    The 'Notsowiseone" is know a little more knowledgeable. Than you.

  10. There have been so many posts on this subject that I was unsure where to put this, so I decided a new post and if I am wrong for doing this, I apologise.

    I understand completely that where a Visa officer is unsure or suspects a document, he/she has the right to refuse or at least query, but given the pressure of work, I suspect that it will just be a refusal.

    My situation is that my bank account is an on-line account and is paperless. All monthly statements are archived by the bank and can be called up and downloaded when required and when printed will have the word 'Duplicate' shown across the statement and as far as the bank and I are concerned they are 'original'.

    I queried the bank on this and asked - some may say a stupid question - why does it have 'Duplicate' on it and not perhaps 'Original' because I have not had a particular statement prior to the request. The answer was your on-line account is digital and once the particular month has passed, the statement which is on magnetic tape, is archived and any request for data from a particular month has to called a 'Duplicate'. You should note (this is to me) that it is not a copy because a copy can and often is, taken from another copy or even another copy, whereas a duplicate is always taken from the original which in this case is magnetic tape.

    Okay I get to the point soon. On learning this I asked them to let me have either a full set of statements signed by the bank or a letter/certificate confirming that the 'duplicates' that I could download were in fact 'genuine'. Yep they said, can do but it will take up to 10 days to generate and get to your UK address. I am not living in the UK but in Thailand so that is a further 10 - 14 days even by Post Office International Tracking - DHL etc far too expensive for this exercise - so when I get this paper work it is going to be at least 3 weeks old and I will want to receive it in good time to submit with the application, so it could be as much as 5 - 6 weeks old.

    The other option is to have it sent to my UK address - so 10 days and then my son would scan and send - so say 11 days in all to me and maybe 14 - 21 days before it gets to the UKVI

    Fast becoming paranoiac on this subject. Am I worrying too much but then again I have put much time and effort into preparing all the other documentation and don't want the application to fail just because I have not done due diligence on the bank statements.

    I would appreciate words of wisdom from the three wise men - they know who they are - who regularly comment on the subject of visa for the UK.

    Many thanks from the Notsowiseone.

  11. Advice please from those that know. My lady partner has submitted her application for a UK visit. She has had 'finger' trouble in that in the question "how much money do you get each month' she has put 300 (pounds sterling) and it should have been 200. In fact to be pedantic it should be 185 in line with current exchange rate. The mistake is as much mine as hers because I missed it as well when looking through the application before she sent it. The bank slips will confirm that it is the new figure. She has yet to go for the appointment. I tried to recall the Application but could not.

    Do I call UKVI or will there be an opportunity to put it right on the day of the appointment or more drastically do we ignore this application and start again.

    I have never been involved with visa applications to UKVI so factual advice would be much appreciated.

  12. Thank you to everyone who has replied I am most grateful. I have already written my letter and in it I say that I have deposited some money in her account to meet items she might feel like buying for herself so that she does not feel she has to continually ask me for money or to buy presents for her family when she returns at the end of the visit, but have made it clear that all visit costs will be my financial responsibility and that I will be with her throughout the trip.

    You have all been extremely helpful. Thank you once again.

  13. In preparing for the application for my unmarried partner to accompany me to the UK next year I am unsure of the best course of action regarding to put a sum of money in her account or not. Why would I do this? Well it would give her the flexibility to buy whatever she want in the UK albeit she has a small sum in the bank of her own. The application specifically asks the question 'How much money will you have for the visit'. Maybe it is a general question and meant more for those who travel alone and not under the care of their partner/sponsor.

    The advice of 7x7 in another thread says 'don't pad her account with a lump sum'. and I respect his advice. Then I have friends who have gone through this process who say ' you must put money in her account before she goes to the appointment'.

    So chaps please help and advise me. Do I or don't I? I don't want to cause a complication by doing so and I don't want to cause a complication by not doing it! By the way the entire trip - 6 weeks - is being financed by me and have said so in my letter to UKVI.

  14. I have read this thread with great interest, particularly the extremely informative and sensible contributions made by 7 x 7 and the Old Git who are without a shadow of a doubt two very knowledgeable gentlemen.

    It was also satisfying to discover that Saltwater received a satisfactory outcome. Without wishing to hijack this thread in anyway I trust no one will be offended if I ask a question of my own as I am preparing the documentation for a similar visit.

    My question is: I bank in the UK with the Nationwide and they have served me well. Using the secure message system they have for clients I asked them about getting a statement of account for six months, doing this because it was my understanding that the Bank Statement has to be an original document. I did this because my account is classed as 'paperless' in that they do not send out monthly or quarterly statements to me at my home address rather it is up to me to go on-line and produce a statement should I require one and as I understand the requirements this will not satisfy the UKVI.

    They replied that it would be no problem and could do so at a cost of 5 pounds sterling and it would take about 7 - 10 days to reach me in the UK, which probably means a somewhat longer period to reach me in Thailand given the length of time it takes from arriving in Bangkok to final destination in Chiang Mai. They added that they could only send by post to my registered address and could or would not use email or fax. For Interest: I recently had a letter sent from my son via the UK Post Office via International Tracking and from BKK to CNX it took longer than the time from UK to Bangkok

    I digress, so bearing in mind the postal delay, does anyone have experience in this and how likely are the UKVI to accept a document that has been generated some two to three weeks previously. I have a feeling very unlikely. Or will a statement produced on-line complete with address of bank branch, statement number and dated be acceptable in the circumstances

    So advice please gentlemen as to how I might overcome this matter.

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