Thread: What a crock of fecking shite this UK settlement visa bollocks is...

Cheers all.

Concise info much appreciated, Asylum!

Sod the UK as soon as we are sold up here we are off to Belgium or the Nederlands. EU freedom of movement visa costs B270, fee for non EU partner residency card valid for 5 years £80. Job done !

^ Did the Bankao dream turn into a nightmare?

Fookin to right mate and I'm not ashamed to admit it, we both can't wait to get out of here.

Originally Posted by somtamslap

Cheers all.

You're welcome.

Anything else i can help you with?

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Anything else i can help you with?

Yes, old chap. If you could just pop a few thousand pounds into my bank account to pay for the fucking thing, that would be spiffing.

Originally Posted by somtamslap

If you could just pop a few thousand pounds into my bank account

You need to stop gallivanting around Europe!

Originally Posted by bankao dreamer

Fookin to right mate and I'm not ashamed to admit it, we both can't wait to get out of here.

Give us the story warts and all, it will help others that come after you.
(Not to mention give the rest of us a good laugh)

Originally Posted by armstrong

i am having similar headaches over my daughters UK passport. If it wasn't for the ease of travelling later on in life I'd just be happy for her to have a Thai passport.

it's all coming off her inheritance anyway i guess...

Like to hear more about that, my girls are born in Australia, I'm British by birth and have held a UK passport, live and worked there.
In Australia the Uk Embassy says right of descent, passport can be processed at a post office.
Yet here in Thailand, that right seems to be denied, without lots of paper work and money.
Am I missing something, or are there 2 rules, commonwealth countries and non commonwealth countries.

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Originally Posted by armstrong

i am having similar headaches over my daughters UK passport. If it wasn't for the ease of travelling later on in life I'd just be happy for her to have a Thai passport.

Like to hear more about that, my girls are born in Australia, I'm British by birth and have held a UK passport, live and worked there.
In Australia the Uk Embassy says right of descent, passport can be processed at a post office.
Yet here in Thailand, that right seems to be denied, without lots of paper work and money.
Am I missing something, or are there 2 rules, commonwealth countries and non commonwealth countries.

You can do it at the British Embassy/consulate in Bangkok. I've done it and I know others who have done it. It wasn't difficult for me. Phone the consulate first to ask what's required. It was certainly easier in reality than the website made it look.

Originally Posted by Neverna

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Originally Posted by armstrong

i am having similar headaches over my daughters UK passport. If it wasn't for the ease of travelling later on in life I'd just be happy for her to have a Thai passport.

Like to hear more about that, my girls are born in Australia, I'm British by birth and have held a UK passport, live and worked there.
In Australia the Uk Embassy says right of descent, passport can be processed at a post office.
Yet here in Thailand, that right seems to be denied, without lots of paper work and money.
Am I missing something, or are there 2 rules, commonwealth countries and non commonwealth countries.

You can do it at the British Embassy/consulate in Bangkok. I've done it and I know others who have done it. It wasn't difficult for me. Phone the consulate first to ask what's required. It was certainly easier in reality than the website made it look.

Thanks for that, have to go to BKK in a few months to renew my OZ and one daughters passport, plus see about that RRV, from the other thread.
All seems just a money making racket in the end.

Patience Iceman
full disclosure will be forthcoming when we have finally left the LOS, then you will all be made privy to the information.
Then we will be able to laugh along with you.

Considering Somtum is in the UK its a ridiculous suggestion anyway

Originally Posted by Thaimato

You can do it at the British Embassy/consulate in Bangkok. I've done it and I know others who have done it. It wasn't difficult for me. Phone the consulate first to ask what's required. It was certainly easier in reality than the website made it look.


I rather doubt it, cocker - unless perhaps you're mates with an embassy high-up. It's all (long ago) been outsourced to VFS at Trendy Towers, near Nana. Pisspot renewals now require 2 costly visits to the capital. Info on the British Embassy website. Wankers, the lot of them....

It was about 5 years ago, cocker. But yeah, the mileage might vary at the new place.

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Considering Somtum is in the UK its a ridiculous suggestion anyway

Well, Somtanslap doesn't need a visa, a TB test or an English test. I assume his wife does. I've no idea where she currently is but if she wants to get a settlement visa and she's Thai, she'll likely have to get it in Bangkok. I expect English tests and TB tests are available in the UK. Perhaps Slap has looked into that and knows if his wife can follow that route.

Originally Posted by Neverna

I expect English tests and TB tests are available in the UK. Perhaps Slap has looked into that and knows if his wife can follow that route.

They might be, but they're required as part of the visa application. so need to be completed in Thailand.

Done! After five long months in the making. Kids can get on with their schooling now.

Can the mrs, having been given UK clearance, come in on a one-way ticket?

Yes Slap no need for return ticket imho

Yes, no problem if she's going on her settlement visa. Congrats to (Mr and) Mrs Slap.

^ Out of greens.

If you give this code at any Wetherspoons "BOGONGAVEYOUAGREENFORAFREEPINT",
the barman will look at you with awe and probably give you a free pint just for chancing it

Well done!

Originally Posted by Bogon

^ Out of greens.

If you give this code at any Wetherspoons "BOGONGAVEYOUAGREENFORAFREEPINT",
the barman will look at you with awe and probably give you a free pint just for chancing it

Well done!

Thanks, Bogon. I'll try it. Fingers crossed he doesn't think I'm a nutter!

Well done and good luck to the family Somtamslap

Cheers all. Not a little frustration en route but worth it for the children's education. Personally I'd much rather be rolling around in the mud in north-east Thailand.

Well done mate, top work.