Thursday, April 2, 2009

Thai Wife Renewing UK Tourist Visa

Thai Wife Renewing UK Tourist Visa





If you are married then you are able to apply for a UK settlement visa which for a married couple is more beneficial than a tourist visa. A tourist visa is issued for 6 months, at which time your Thai wife would have to return to Thailand
Any Thai person travelling to the UK on a tourist visa, when returning to the Thailand will not be able to apply for another tourist visa for 6 months. The visa has to be applied and issued at the British embassy in Bangkok. So your Thai wife is in the UK and the tourist visa is running out, she will not be able to renew or extend the visa, she would have to return to Thailand and wait 6 months before making a new visa application. The British embassy will not issue two tourist visas in one year as they view it that you are abusing the immigration rules.

UK tourist visa cannot be extended or renewed


The UK tourist visa cannot be extended or renewed. When it expires you would need to make a new visa application, a Thai citizen would need to apply in Bangkok.

If you are married to a Thai lady, the best visa is a settlement visa, they take longer to get issued, and at the time of writing this the average time to get a reply from the embassy is 90 days.

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