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    its not always right that

    By Anonymous, Created on: 20/12/2002, Last updated on: 12/08/2010

    » actually i have a thai pretty girlfriend who being my girl for a year now. and i think thai women are serious and good one bcoz of i've known thai friends both men and women and they're not think about your money in their brain! now a days, they can work and earn as much as men can do. don't look...

    • Anonymous commented : Hi there, My girlfriend and I are about to apply for a Fiancé visa early next year and would appreciate if you could help us in any way with the following questions; 1. Do we need to prove our engagement? (If so how do we do this as we are not formally engaged as such, although I have bought her an engagement ring.) 2. What documents do we need to present to UK embassy in BKK? (We already gave them a mountain of documents for this particular ‘tourist visa’ she is currently on, do you think we need to provide them all again? And if so, is there any other particular documents required as we will be applying for a fiancé visa?) 3. What questions is the embassy staff likely to ask her? (Her English is good, she has no problem in answering in all truth, but she is a little apprehensive as to any questions she may need to be prepared for.) 4. What is the Fee? Can she pay be cashier cheque or does it have to be cash? (I appreciate this is more than likely to increase by the time we apply.) 5. How long for the interview? Does she need to get to the embassy early as before and queue? (for her current visa like I said earlier although we got there at 5.30 am she was in and out within forty five minutes of the doors opening at 7.30am. We picked up her visa at 3pm three days later.) Is this the case also with a fiancé visa? 6. For her to get all this information so as not to waste time and not to mention lots of money its important for her to get as much as possible. Do you know if she goes to the embassy to gain the above information if she will have to go in the morning or afternoon? (everything I’m sure you will agree is very vague to say the least with Thai/farang relationships when applying for visas) Do you know of any friends or web sites that can help us? 7. Someone mentioned to us somewhere along the way we need to have had a relationship two years, is this correct? ( We will have known each other two years this coming February. If all fails we plan to marry in Thailand in August 06 and go down another road of visa form filling (can’t wait!)

    • 27 replies, 36,653 views

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    family visa

    By Anonymous, Created on: 02/01/2004, Last updated on: 12/09/2006

    » When the Thai government will allow foreigners with Thai spouse and children to own a one year visa without the need to travel out of the country every 3 month or to show 800 thousands bahts in a bank account, this is very unfair and even most of the Thais don't earn this sum per year, why this discrimination...

    • Anonymous commented : And why does the government make it now so difficult to allow my thai in-laws to travel to the US on a 6 month tourist visa to visit us? I'm not sure the thai government is trying to keep people out of their country, but the US seems to be keeping out the thai people too.

    • 65 replies, 24,845 views

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    Dowery

    By Anonymous, Created on: 26/05/2004, Last updated on: 09/03/2007

    » Hello and thanks to all that responded to my last questions. Those of you who have been following my last questions thanks. I am set to marry in Nov or Dec and I talked to her family. My dowery is set at 2 milllion bath and I already gave a 200,000 bath strater to show that I was interested. What...

    • Anonymous commented : I was asked for $20KUS by her family. I said NO WAY! Eventually the family dropped that demand. I decided not to invite her here. But she came over here ON HER OWN (I never paid for the ticket). I tried to stop the K-1 visa but INS said I could not. She pleaded with me to marry her. I don't know what to do. I offered to reapply for a K-1 in 6 months to get my bearings again.. She is nice girl but I am afraid the family is scamming me. They appear to be wealthy. They all have tourist visas and had come to USA on vacation a few times. She won't go for it. Any suggestions?

    • Anonymous commented : What is the motive for this wealthy girl to beg you to marry her other than being ignorant? If she does have tourist visa, she could ask any men in the USA to marry her since she would be some Asian freeby to them. And it is not uncommon for Asian girls and women to arrive in developed countries with some type of visas, then they are actually pursuing some foreign for husbands. I am thinking that she either very ignorant and or very unattractive person. On the other hand, her family could steal somethings and or on the verge of bankruptcy.?

    • 61 replies, 27,697 views

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    British Embassy in Bangkok

    By Anonymous, Created on: 05/10/2004, Last updated on: 25/02/2011

    » In March, my Thai partner wanted to visit me in London. Before granting a visa, the Embassy wanted a mountain of paperwork including proof of my income, whether or not I woned my own home and a whole lot of other things. At this stage, I have to say that we have many controversial issues in the UK...

    • Anonymous commented : My (Thai) wife and I have been in the UK now for seven years. She was initially refused a tourist visa when she was my girlfriend after an interview (1997) when the Thai female interviewer basically told her to bribe her to get a visa. The interviewer spoke rudely the entire time. When the visa application was subsequently refused, I demanded to be allowed to speak to the English official and he told me that I was being naïve and my girlfriend would leave me the moment we got out of the airport. A year later, married with a son with a British passport, we got a visa without issues since as the mother of a British citizen, they have to give her a visa. The Embassy no doubt deals with an enormous number of applications which should not be granted but they apply their rules without too much care. We also heard the stories of visas being available for money. The Embassy became very upset with me when I suggested that to them.

    • Anonymous commented : My girlfriend is a Thai university student and I am a Brit living in Bangkok. I have taken her to the UK twice on tourist visas and once each to Spain and the US. (The US embassy gave her a 10 year tourist visa.) She is not from a wealthy family and doesn't have a lot of assets but did have the minimum B200k in a bank account deposited over a period of time before the first application. The US embassy didn't even look at her bank book. I read all the various embassy requirements very carefully before each application and provided detailed documentation on both of our backgrounds as well as invitations from hosts with copies of their passports and evidence of their addresses. I attended all the interviews with her. On each occasion she was given the visa immediately after brief interviews to confirm some of the details in the documentation. I have no complaints at all except that the American Embassy is very hot and queues there are long and that the Spanish Embassy requires notarised documents from a host which cost me 200 euros. The British Embassy came out absolute tops in terms of efficiency and courtesy for my money. I also have nothing but praise for the consular section. If you look at British Embassy web site you will see that they are looking for a company to outsource some of the visa work to. I hope they can maintain the same standards.

    • Anonymous commented : Hi All, I wanted to add my experience. I have a Thai girlfriend and I am 26 years old. I submitted 22 pages of documentation 2 months ago , details of both our University Education, Jobs, Salaries, 12 months paycheques, Bank Statements, Passport Pictures, Photos, a 3 page sponsorship letter, signatures from my parents etc etc. Taan also submitted details of her mothers businesses and documents proving she had to be back in Thailand and would not be of risk to UK immigration. Anyway she went to teh embassy in BKK, she speaks fluent German and English, got a 5 month Visa in 1 hour even though she only wanted a 2 week stay, and we had a great time last month at my house in the UK. It helps that we both have Master's Degrees, healthy salaries and impressive CV's. I was worried about her being able to obtain a tourist visa prior to the visit, owing to many stories I had read and heard, but when I spent time collating all the relevant documentation, it all worked out fine. I have seen many guys trying to have relationships with bar girls and it is often messy. I've witnessed friends sleeping with girls who get texts from the UK or US from their fiance's etc, usually saying something like '' hi honey I miss you , can't wait to be married/with you... etc'' , subsequently the girl replies and then roles over and falls back asleep next to her one night stand. Generally If I worked for UK Immigration and was interviewing a guy who was 10 years + older than his Thai lady friend , I would be very dubious as to her intensions and also her integrity. Lets be fair , no matter how cute they are and how great the body language and general loved up chit chat is, a Thai girl with an older guy is usually a relationship based on security and financial gain. As for the Embassy in BKK, it's a damn tough job dealing with so many ridiculous visa apps, and I respect anyone who would take on such a task day in day out. BR Rich

    • digalow commented : UK VISIT VISA REFUSAL - EMAILED SENT to the BRITISH EMBASSY AS FOLLOWS... Dir Sirs I write to express my dismay at your decision to refuse my fiancée a tourist visa to sample life in the UK with me before we make a final commitment to marriage. I believe your decision to be totally incorrect and not within the Immigration Rules for which you kindly provided a link. In paragraph 1 of the refusal you state that she has no assets or ties to Thailand. This is totally untrue as she owns property in Thailand and the land title deed and an English translation were provided as part of the documentary evidence submitted with the application but you have ignored them. That she is unemployed and supported by me is no barrier to her being granted a tourist visa. In paragraph 2 you imply that I am unable to financially support her during her time in the UK despite me supplying recent payslips and a letter from my employer. Further both my mother and grandmother wrote letters to support our application offering to help financially if necessary and supplying evidence of funds available. Your refusal notice suggests that they are lying and I take great umbrage at that suggestion. Obviously the accommodation available is suitable for a visitor and I see no reason for you to doubt that. A recent mortgage statement was provided as evidence. Of more importance is the fact that our relationship is very genuine and we have spent five months living together in Thailand just prior to making this application. We only want to act in a sensible and prudent manner and feel it would be common sense for her to at least sample my lifestyle and meet my family and friends in the UK before getting married. As declared we are both extremely well aware that if my fiancée broke any of the immigration rules, for example by working or overstaying, this would seriously jeopardise our future plans to marry and apply for a settlement visa. In the circumstances I would ask you to revisit this case and overturn your original decision. Sincerely Mr Christopher Thomas how about that then?

    • 64 replies, 66,876 views

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    Understanding the American ways

    By Anonymous, Created on: 16/10/2004, Last updated on: 28/03/2007

    » I am a Thai lady who left Bangkok at the age of 20, lived in Singapore for 11 years before residing now in the US for the past 4 years. I lived in California for the first year & a half and now I live in Boise, Idaho. Determine to upgrade myself educationally, I enrolled for classes at the local...

    • Anonymous commented : I guess I do not get it. If you are looking for people that care about your culture and want to talk about your culture, why didn't you just stay in your culture? When I go to Thailand, I am doing every thing I can to learn their culture, not give lessons on my culture. I f I were to move to Thailand and waned to speak English and talk about the US, I would go down where the tourist were, I would not get mad at the people Nomg Khai because they did not want to learn about Florida.

    • 39 replies, 17,828 views

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    How difference between Thai lady and Us lady

    By Anonymous, Created on: 25/11/2004, Last updated on: 19/04/2007

    » I need to know why many Us guy falling with Thai lady.

    • Anonymous commented : I'm no expert, this is through love of cultures and personal observations. I've been going to and from Thailand on a regular basis for business for 2 years now. I'm slowing learning the culture and even more slowly speaking the language. But many friends constantly tell me that family is the most important thing. Even after being married, original family is still as important or even more so. Also, most Thai's are extremely loyal to Thailand, and will want to visit so don't think if you marry, you can drag them away forever. No matter what, general rule is, the amount of money you can provide directly represents your love in Thailand. Some of the younger women are starting to believe otherwise due to the larger influx of westernized movies though. Don't think they're taking you to the bank, most Thai girlfriends expect their Thai boyfriends to pay them weekly; as a decade ago, women weren't "supposed" to work. I STRONGLY advise anyone marrying Thai to learn everything possible about their culture. Depending on the village your bride/spouse may be from and how devout she may be to their culture (most are) there may be things you might want to know about. I.E. - Up in the northern villages, if someone is deathly ill, or dies, the oldest woman in the family (your wife maybe) must shave all her hair (entire body)and offer fruit to the Buddha in the local temple while fasting all day and sitting only on her knees. Others involve sucking the insides of scarabs out of their body after tearing off their wings, etc. Normal place in some villages, so you may be eating this when you visit your new mom in law. BTW - Most farang are considered bums if you don't, prior to getting married, pay a tribute to the mother. Roughly 2500 US dollars is the minimum expected of any foreigner. Just things to be ready for. You need to be prepared to accept their culture as well, because most are strongly loyal to their way of life. You may think you're being taking advantage of, but thats how a majority of women in Thailand think. Its only recently women there are questioning that. Abuse is never a good sign though. But I wouldn't think twice about "more money, more money, find a way to send more, think of your baby, bla bla". That seems to be what almost every woman I've talked to there would say. However I've noticed younger women obsessed with the western movie stereotype of love lately. So, in time, Thai shouldn't base their love on money. Considering all else, while it is not "ok" for Thai men to run around on their woman. There's no law about it AND its not looked down upon at all save for traditionalist Thai's in villages. Very few in a city, albeit. The result, is Thai women found out, that there are laws on Western men cheating on them and more on child support etc. Quite a few of them, especially ones working in bars, or tourist locales has grown up without a father, and had many failed relationships, and therefore do not trust men or simply don't expect them to be faithful. They tend to then, place all their love and importance on their child and family. Because although their family may be abusive (Thai families i've seen practice tough love, ie mother "you're stupid, prove you're smart to me") They do honestly believe their family is the one thing that will stay with them forever but you, their spouse, may not. I'm not out to offend anyone, Honestly, I think Thailand is one of the most beautiful, and respectful countries in the world. If you're outside of Bangkok and Pattaya, Its the best. If you're there for sex, that's your thing. I don't blame those girls, they can sleep with two men a month, and make enough to live very well. Anyone, feel free to email me, I really do love Thailand. Its a great place and the people, if you understand them and don't pass judgement, are THE most respectful people I've ever met. I'd love to talk about it, and/or attempt to answer any questions. Im American BTW

    • 17 replies, 9,795 views

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