Obtaining a UK Fiance Visa For The Thai Fiance
if your bread and butter in the UK is keeping you from permanently
relocating to Thailand. A UK settlement visa in the form of a fiance
visa is your key to bringing your Thai fiance to stay with you in the
UK for good. This is true for those couples contemplating of getting
married in the UK then proceed in adjusting their fiance's immigration
status after marriage.UK Fiancee Visa RequirementsApplying a UK
fiancee visa for your Thai fiance necessitates meeting two important
requirements: your relationship with your Thai fiancee and your
financial status in the UK. Establishing a believable and an on-going
relationship between you and your fiancee requires your having known
each other and being together for a period of time not less than 6
months. This should be seen as a logical requirement after all you are
sponsoring someone to the UK who will hopefully become your long time
partner in life. The longer you have known each other, the better.
Apart from this, you also need to show tangible proofs of your genuine
existing relationship in the forms of email exchanges, photos together
in various places, money transfer receipts, telephone bills, boarding
passes to Thailand and any other pieces of evidence that could
validate your existing relationship. You would also need to provide
proof of your freedom to marry certificate and if you have been
married before a divorce certificate or spousal death certificate
should be provided to attest the dissolution of your previous
marriage.
Finally, you would need to write a letter detailing the milestones of your
relationship, how it started and developed to become what it is now. This
in turn becomes a literature for all the pieces of relationship evidence
you have so far collected. Just recently the British embassy also started
requiring a letter of intent to marry from a registrar in the UK for the
visa applicant and the British fiance. This, however, would require the
presence of the foreign fiancee in the UK at the registrar's office before
this letter is issued. Contacting the municipal registrar in your area on
how to go with this is the best thing to do to be able to address this
requirement. Your fiancee also needs to undergo a medical check up to
check her health status. They are particularly concerned with checking if
she has Tuberculosis. You would need to call the IOM center in Bangkok to
schedule her check-up and anticipate corresponding medical check up fee.
She would also need to secure a police record to prove her being a good
citizen. This needs to be obtained at the Royal Thai police which can take
up to 2 weeks to have it finally issued. Your financial position in the UK
is the next crucial requirement in question. The rational behind this is
that the UK government wants to make sure that you would be able to
support your future wife's stay in the country without any recourse to
public funds. To show them your financial capability, you would need to
provide your last 6 months bank statements; at least 3 recent pay slips,
employment letter, House Title deed or Mortgage Agreement and photos of
your house. This is aside from the sponsorship letter which confirms your
desire to sponsor her stay in the UK. Speaking of the sponsorship letter,
it's advised to include in it your sincere intention of marrying your
fiancee once she gets there and supporting her financially and morally and
purchasing her airfare ticket and travel insurance after she has obtained
her visa successfully.ProcessThe UK fiance visa application follows a
simple process. Nonetheless, it is advised to take it seriously as
remedying a refused visa application proves to be a more difficult ordeal.
A good way to start the process would be to familiarize yourselves with
the details of the whole procedure i.e. expected time frame, costs,
required documents among others. It would be good to list down all the
required documents from both ends and start collecting them the soonest
possible. In filling out the visa application forms it would be prudent to
start with a draft and if there are questions unclear to you, it's always
good to ask UK visa professionals. You can also call the British embassy
to clarify confusing items in the visa application forms. As for your
fiancé's important documents in Thai i.e. Birth certificate and Single
Certificate, they would need to be translated into English and legalized
at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Once the aforementioned required documents are collected and fully
prepared, you can proceed with submitting your visa application at VFS in
Bangkok which will turn over to the UK consular Section. It would take
approximately 3 months to process the visa application before the result
of the visa application gets issued. If interview is required, the
processing time would expectantly take longer. Your Thai fiancé is
initially allowed to stay in the UK for 6 months if she gets the visa.
After marriage in the UK, her immigration status can be adjusted
accordingly that she may be able to stay and work there for
good.CostsAside from the service fee of the visa agent, you would also
need to anticipate other fees like embassy fees, medical check-up fee and
translation fees.SummaryThe UK fiancee visa application demands a thorough
preparation of the required documents. It is therefore advised to enlist
the service of UK visa specialists to guide you and your Thai fiancee with
the visa application process. UK visa professionals who speak both Thai
and English and have broad experience in assisting UK visa in Thailand are
recommended to carry out the task for you.
Contact Siam Legal International, Thailand's Largest Legal Network via
Email for questions or more information about UK Visa Thailand
Application and Requirements.
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