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Thai Visas and Visa Runs Tell us about your Thailand visa run experience, ask about doing a Thai Visa run here. Where is the best place to get a visa for Thailand? What paperwork did you need for a Thai Non Immigrant Visa? Where can you get Thai Multiple Entry Visas? Is a Retirement Visa that difficult to get? Want to take your Thai Girlfriend back to the UK? Also for questions on visa entry requirements to other countries & overstay in Thailand.

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Old 14-06-2009, 11:47 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Visa for wifey to work in the UK

Im considering going back to the UK as Thailand is shite . All being well I should be taking the wife as well. Rather than let her sit around getting fat I'd like to see her pull her weight and get a job.
What visa's can you apply for that would allow her to work while we're there?
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Old 15-06-2009, 12:06 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Settlement if she wants to work,

That's it.
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Old 15-06-2009, 12:21 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Fook, the aren't cheap. Nearly £700.
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Many years since I did this but when I got a settlement visa for my wife she was not allowed to work.
Permission to work came later when she was granted her ILR.

Laws may have changed so check first
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Oh dear, here we go. So there no other way than to get a settlement visa? I was only planning for a year there, 2 maximum.
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Old 15-06-2009, 01:57 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Many years since I did this but when I got a settlement visa for my wife she was not allowed to work. Permission to work came later when she was granted her ILR. Laws may have changed so check first
You can work on a settlement visa now
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Old 15-06-2009, 01:58 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Oh dear, here we go. So there no other way than to get a settlement visa? I was only planning for a year there, 2 maximum.
Maximum stay with any other visa is 6 months, so settlement visa is best even for a year.
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As said above. Settlement is your only choice Melv.
£700 might sound a lot, but that will be paid back in less than a month, if your wife is working.
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UK is shite too AND more expensive. Thailand-UK Website has good info on visas and work
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Depending on what she does, plenty of jobs pay cash-in-hand.
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Depending on what she does, plenty of jobs pay cash-in-hand.
Its the length of time that we could be there thats going to be the issue it seems, no good going on a tourist visa for 6 months doing cash in hand work when we might be there a year or 2.
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Then I believe that she can get a National Insurance number just by asking for one.

The tax office don't care if you're illegal or not as long as you pay taxes.

I read it somewhere.
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Old 15-06-2009, 12:53 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Has anyone applied for the settlement visa recently?
What sort of extra documentation do they need? (gpt the checklist but cant trust them)
I noticed this is now available

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Checklist looks about right.

Pretty much anything you have to prove proof of relationship, finances, accomodation
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How long does it take from start to finish? I might end up going back and leaving her to do it if its a while.
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Depends if she is deemed to need an interview, by the little hitlers in the embassy. Waiting times can vary, but i guess the average is about six weeks. I suppose if youve been married quite some time, then it could be much quicker. Maybe done and dusted in a week.
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Checklist looks about right.

Pretty much anything you have to prove proof of relationship, finances, accommodation
I got my settlement visa for the wife last year. They are heavy on the strength of the relationship. They will want to see a load of documentation to prove it.
I had to submit e mails,bank drafts, loads of photos, phone records, even photos of me in her village with the village name in the background.
They will want to see that you have suitable accommodation in the UK and they will require proof that you have enough income to support yourselves. If your struggling to provide these it might be easier to get the 6 month visa then apply for the 2 year when you have all your documentation together.

As someone else said she cant work legally on a 6 month visa. She can work with a 2 year settlement visa no problem.
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Has anyone applied for the settlement visa recently?
Yes.

Proof of money and accommodation are the main two. Stick some photos of wedding etc... just in case.

I went to England with my son first and they sorted it in a week.
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If you follow the link to T-UK posted above, on the visa sub-forum there are a load of sticky's that tell you in detail how to put a folder together. Worked for me. When applying for a NiNo for the wife, its best to have some evidence that she has been looking for work, responses to job applications, rejection letters, that sort of thing. Things really have tightened up.

Edit: I should point out that by law, your missus is entitled to a NiNo, but somehow that message hasn't filtered down to the DWP clerks!
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