Originally Posted by TexasRanger

Here's the deal. I normally live here in Thailand but need to visit my parents a bit more than I do. The problem is my work jetting all over the world at short notice. What I would like to do is come home and grab the Mrs and fly to UK for a few weeks, the only problem is all the bullshit about getting a visa, I just don't have the time to get my latest 6 months paperwork sent from the UK to start the procedure before I have to go back to work again. We have visited once but had a lot of time to plan. We really don't want to live in UK so I guess ILR and all that jazz is out of the question, it's a real pain in the hole. Has anyone got experience of the longer term visas or the success rate in applying for them, i.e. 5 or 10 years? Any help gratefully appreciated, my Mum is going to disown me soon.