I have been looking through the requirements for getting my Thai girlfriend a UK visitor’s visa so she can visit me in the UK for 3 months. We met in March 2009 while I was on holiday in Pattaya. Ever since we met we speak to each other on the phone every day; we also send emails and text messages to each other.

I do not know how to prove that my Thai girlfriend will return to Thailand

I do not know how to prove that my Thai girlfriend will return to Thailand, but because she has a 3 year old daughter, surly the embassy will see that she will have to return to Thailand. She loves her daughter and would never leave her.

Answer to question My Thai girlfriend has a child, does this prove she will return to Thailand

From the basic information given in your question, I am not certain that your Thai girlfriend will be granted a UK visitor’s visa. I will email you with more questions to give you a better idea, but to answer the basic questions.

Your Girlfriend will return to Thailand at the end of the UK Visitor visa.

As you have rightly noted, the British embassy require a strong amount of evidence to suggest that your Girlfriend will return to Thailand at the end of the UK Visitor visa. Your Thai girlfriend has a daughter, but this is not evidence to suggest that she will infact return to Thailand. You stated that she would not leave her daughter, I guess that your girlfriend works in Pattaya while her child is in the Thai village with the grandparents. If this is the case your girlfriend has left her child already. From the British embassy’s point of view, what is the difference between leaving your child to work in Pattaya or leaving your child to work in the UK.

Having a daughter is not evidence that your Thai girlfriend will return to Thailand, however It will show that she has a strong connection to Thailand

Why would your Thai girlfriend want to leave the UK?

It is obvious that more money can be earnt in the UK; so why would your Thai girlfriend want to leave the UK? Every year Thai ladies enter the UK on a valid visitor’s visa and disappear working illegally; sending money home to the Village; to their familys. In some cases the ladies remain in the UK for many years undetected and finally return to Thailand when they have sent home millions of Thai Baht. The money would have been used to buy land, build a home and set up a new lifestyle.

Having a daughter is not evidence that your Thai girlfriend will return to Thailand

Having a daughter is not evidence that your Thai girlfriend will return to Thailand, however It will show that she has a strong connection to Thailand. Thought this information can be used both for and against the application.

This application is going to need more than just a daughter and more than you talk on the phone every day. Showing a real relationship is a good starting point. Though do not get conned into buying land or a house for your Thai girlfriend. Your girlfriend will not need a house or land to get a UK visitor’s Visa.

What is the quickest UK Visa to get for my Thai Girlfriend?
The quickest and cheapest UK visa available to your Thai girlfriend is a UK Tourist visa also known as a UK Visitors Visa.

How long does it take to apply for a UK Tourist Visa

Throughout the year the British embassy take different amount of times to process a UK tourist visa application, but as of writing this article December 2009, it takes roughly 10 working days to get answer from the British Embassy.

What about applying for a UK Fiancee visa.

A UK Fiancee visa is different class of visa and is in the same class system as a UK Settlement Visa. A settlement visa and fiancée visa both take more than 30 days to get a response from the British embassy. Not only does this type of visa take longer to process, there are more checks and there for many more reasons why the visa will be refused. Not only is a settlement – fiancée more difficult to apply for; they take longer, they are also much more expensive to apply For.

A Visa company has told me not to apply for a Tourist Visa.

There are only one of three reasons why a Visa company will tell you not to apply for Uk Tourist Visa – UK Visitors Visa.

• The visa company earns more money applying for different visas such as fiancée of settlement visas
• The visa company do not know how to apply for a UK tourist visa
• Because you have informed them you wish to marry in the UK

What is the quickest UK visa to get for my Thai girlfriend?

The quickest visa to apply for is a UK tourist visa. It costs less, not as much evidence is needed and you will get the result form the British embassy much quicker.

Our advice to you, if your Thai girlfriend has never visited you in the UK before, gets a UK tourist visa first. Getting a Tourist visa first gives you credibility later on with the embassy. If at a later time you decide that you would like your Thai girlfriend or wife to live with you full time in the UK you can show that the relationship has grown and that a Fiancee visa is the correct visa.

After contacting a client in the UK on the telephone and corresponding with emails, the client being the UK sponsor had some reservations about giving a Guarantee for a Thai girlfriend UK visitor’s visa

1. What concerns me is how can anybody “Guarantee” to obtain a UK fiancé/tourist – Visitors visa ? Surely the only people that can guarantee a visa is the British Embassy.

Guarantee Thai girlfriend UK Visitors visa

This is quiet right, nobody can guarantee a UK Visitors visa, My original email explains that we build the correct visa application fully meeting the British embassy’s requirements. We do not guarantee to get you a UK Visitors visa, we guarantee to help you and your Thai girlfriend build the correct UK Visitors visa application to obtain a visa every time.. When you apply for a visa with the correct information, the British embassy will issue the visa

We guarantee to help you build the correct evidence and information, when this is done you will get a visa.

The British embassy cannot guarantee that you will get a visa, getting this visa is just like a test, they mark the test, we get you ready for the test. We also test you first, when you pass our test, you will pass the Embassy’s test.

2. If I ever decided to marry any Thai girl, I need to protect my property in England. Is it better to Marry in England or as I suppose get married in Thailand which would mean that she could never touch my assets in England, should the marriage fail ?

Do not ever get married to obtain a visa for your Thai girlfriend; a visa will be issued without marriage. If you marry your Thai girlfriend, on the breakdown of the marriage she will not be able to claim any assets you had prior to marrying.

i.e you have a house worth 200000 pounds prior to getting married, two years later you separate, the house is still yours and your Thai wife has no claim to the house.

We will help you obtain a UK Visitors visa the correct and quickest way, if you would like to move forward please let me know

Thai wife UK Visa

Even when you are married to your Thai wife, a uk visa will still be required before she wll be able to enter the UK. Being married will not automatically get your Thai wife a visa. If one of the main reasons of getting married is to get a visa easier, stop.
A Thai wife is able to get two main types of visa

Thai Wife UK Visitors Visa

A visitors visa is ideal for your wife to visit the UK, the amount of time issued on this type of visa is 6 months. While traveling to the UK with this visa, your wife will be allowed to stay in England as a tourist.

Thai Wife UK Tourist Visa

A UK Visitors visa in real terms is a UK Tourist visa.

Thai Wife UK Settlement Visa

A Thai wife UK Settlement visa is granted the first time for 2 year and 3 months. At the end of this time period you will have the opportunity to renew the Visa for another two years in the UK. The UK settlement visa will allow your Thai wife to live in the UK full time and to work.

All visas must be applied for at the British embassy in Bangkok.

Evidence will be needed at the time of the Thai wife UK Visa application.
Thai passport
Marriage certificate
Medical certificate