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

Originally Posted by somtamslap

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

Give them a couple of days to settle in, then you come back for a little holiday whilst they get on with it.

Congratulations, one way ticket is fine on a Settlement visa and a lot cheaper.

Not necessarily. Most one way tickets are loaded by the airlines and more or less amount to same price as a return. Lucky if you can actually find one for under £500.

Originally Posted by somtamslap

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

Mine were cooked for nine months and still not ready for school.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Not necessarily. Most one way tickets are loaded by the airlines and more or less amount to same price as a return. Lucky if you can actually find one for under £500.

Aeroflot for 242 quid, I'd rather hitchhike.

Pseudo, you gormless fuckwit, those prices don't include the fucking taxes or fuel surcharges, and are "from" which means not available unless you inhabit a parallel universe.
Anyway, who in their right mind would fly Aeroflot? And, frankly, given the hooha over the current Thai aviation standards Thai Airways aren't much better.

All three tickets - direct to LHR - for less than a grand, is half the hit I was initially expecting.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Pseudo, you gormless fuckwit, those prices don't include the fucking taxes or fuel surcharges, and are "from" which means not available unless you inhabit a parallel universe.
Anyway, who in their right mind would fly Aeroflot? And, frankly, given the hooha over the current Thai aviation standards Thai Airways aren't much better.

Can't read so well can you? Are your eyes painted on?

"....include ALL TAXES AND FEES...": and yes, you can click through and book at those prices. Its even written in a different colour on there... a different bleeding colour.

What is wrong with you? Getting all angsty that ever time you write something or challenge something I have written, you are shown up to be a know nothing fool?

Give up boy - go back to the gameboy forum or something. Single flights are usually 60% of the price of a return flight. All your bullshit knowledge about "ahhh the same price" is from trains with their screw up pricing.

Originally Posted by somtamslap

All three tickets - direct to LHR - for less than a grand, is half the hit I was initially expecting.

That was on ebookers, and I don't know how old your kids are mate, so I stuck in 3 and 6. That is the prices that popped up. That was the prices for 1 adult and 2 kids.

Glad you got it sorted in the end.

Originally Posted by Iceman123

The visa procedure is a joke.
More than 50% of partner visa applications to the UK and Australia are abandoned by the applicants before a decision is reached.
The process is made very difficult on purpose. The money is paid whether the application is successful or not.

Yes AUD5,000 paid, and no visa

Well done indeed, personally I would get all the other bits and pieces as and when you can. It's worth it IMO to be able to live a relatively normal life

Originally Posted by Kurgen

Aeroflot for 242 quid, I'd rather hitchhike.

Why?
Having a modest pension, I'm grateful for the cheap and excellent flights of Aeroflot.
Flew with them this March and was most impressed by their professionalism and friendliness. At check-in I was even able to select a bulkhead seat. Sheremetjevo is a spacious and comfortable transfer airport, unlike DXB or AUH.
Now planning my next trip, BKK-MUC and VIE- BKK; about 570 euros with Aeroflot.
My worst-ever flight was with BA; an 11 hr torture with tight seats and a downright hostile cabin crew.
My best-ever flight (admittedly 1st class) was in the upper lounge/bar of a 747 with the much criticized Air India.
Having an open mind can lead to pleasant surprises and save money.

Gotta agree with the BA experience ,, never again

Originally Posted by eceg

I'm grateful for the cheap and excellent flights of Aeroflot.

What are the trolly dollies like?

Originally Posted by pseudolus

What are the trolly dollies like?

Very nice.







If you like that sort of thing.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Originally Posted by eceg

I'm grateful for the cheap and excellent flights of Aeroflot.

What are the trolly dollies like?

They were young, spoke passable English and did their job efficiently and smilingly.
What more could you ask for for?
At my age I have no desire to join the Mile High Club.
Although one of the best shags I've had was in Budapest with a stunning blond, until she complimented me out of her flat at 4 in the morning. She had to get an early flight....as a stewardess!

Originally Posted by eceg

Originally Posted by Kurgen

Aeroflot for 242 quid, I'd rather hitchhike.

Why?
Having a modest pension, I'm grateful for the cheap and excellent flights of Aeroflot.
Flew with them this March and was most impressed by their professionalism and friendliness. At check-in I was even able to select a bulkhead seat. Sheremetjevo is a spacious and comfortable transfer airport, unlike DXB or AUH.
Now planning my next trip, BKK-MUC and VIE- BKK; about 570 euros with Aeroflot.
My worst-ever flight was with BA; an 11 hr torture with tight seats and a downright hostile cabin crew.
My best-ever flight (admittedly 1st class) was in the upper lounge/bar of a 747 with the much criticized Air India.
Having an open mind can lead to pleasant surprises and save money.

You need to keep in mind that many members of TD have experienced nothing but impotent rage since the mid 1980s. Locked within the confines of their own autonomic nervous systems having learned nothing new since their long-ago late teens. Having an open mind presupposes having a mind, many of TDs more opinionated fall at this initial hurdle.

The high financial and administrative hurdles for a British Citizen to bring home his foreign wife, as described by somtamslap, are an absolute disgrace imo.
I married my first wife, from Turkey, on a Saturday in 1978 in Sussex. Got the marriage certificate on Monday and on Tuesday went to London to apply for her British
passport, which came with the post a week later. The normal passport fee was our only expense.
Respect for somtamslap for his endurance in obtaining his wife's visa. I believe she must be resident in the UK for 5 years before getting a British passport.
Sometimes the " good old days" really were better.

Slap will have a lot more shit to go through yet, with all the tests and shit his misses will have to do to turn the settlement visa into Indefinate Leave to Remain then getting British citizenship, not cheap either. But in fairness the other shit is a lot easier than getting the settlement visa so his biggest hurdle has been overcome.

I know it's early days but the fukers keep changing the requirements for ILR, so I'd get up to date and get your misses started as soon as possible on preparing for the Life in the UK test, depending on what her reading and writing English level is at might be worth enrolling her in a college course.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

You need to keep in mind that many members of TD have experienced nothing but impotent rage since the mid 1980s. Locked within the confines of their own autonomic nervous systems having learned nothing new since their long-ago late teens. Having an open mind presupposes having a mind, many of TDs more opinionated fall at this initial hurdle.

A good one

Originally Posted by buriramboy

I know it's early days but the fukers keep changing the requirements for ILR, so I'd get up to date and get your misses started as soon as possible on preparing for the Life in the UK test, depending on what her reading and writing English level is at might be worth enrolling her in a college course

This is probably the biggest hurdle for Thais coming to the UK now on a settlement visa.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

many of TDs more opinionated fall at this initial hurdle.

Class rant, should use that as a signature. I blame the wacky backy

Originally Posted by eceg

At my age I have no desire to join the Mile High Club.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

What are the trolly dollies like?

Got upgraded to Aerflop business once upon a time, no complaints

In a nutshell, a foreign spouse has to spend 5 years in the UK before they can apply for indefinite leave to remain - 30 months granted on the issue of the settlement visa and a further 30 months given as leave to remain on an in-country application to the Home Office. Once ILR has been given the settled person can then apply for nationalisation after one year's further residence.

The policy of the Home Office is to increase annually the fees for these applications and to set a higher level of proficiency in the English language in order to qualify.

The financial requirements imposed on any sponsor will doubtless also increase under annual reviews.

The financial burden from initial visa application through to nationalisation on average, taking into account NHS contributions, language test fees and the Home Office fees, is running at about £6,000 but if there are foreign national children involved, not unusual in Thai/Brit relationships, then the costs are knocking on the door of £10,000.

This assumes applications run smoothly but frequently there are problems only resolved by further application which of course entails more fees and the final amount will be more. In many cases only professional representation can assist adding yet more to the burden.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

In many cases only professional representation can assist adding yet more to the burden.

Good post Gent , however the last sentence ( generally speaking ) I know there are exceptions but generally STAY AWAY from legal teams , knuckle down and DIY , yes I am afraid it will amount to 3 trips to lunar house , but its your best bet IN PERSON .

That is a simplistic view and not one reflected in current immigration law practice.

I don't know many folk who have had a poor education and are of less than average intelligence who can address effectively the flawed basis of a previous refusal and its effect upon a subsequent application in such a way that compels the Home Office to consider it in the light of case law and recent judgements. Certainly, no lay person is equipped to submit a "sole responsibility" application in respect of a Thai spouse's child by another man with any realistic prospect of success.

You make the assumption that a properly submitted application will always meet with success if the requirements appear to have been satisfied. This is not always the case by any means and implies an infallibility which the Home Office simply does not have.

Given the mounting costs involved it is perhaps prudent for anyone who is less than confident of their abilities to seek the advice of a professional. A stitch in time, as they say.