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    Getting married / divorced in Thailand - what's required

    enry into the u.k. for thai girlfriends/partners

    By Anonymous, Created on: 02/01/2005, Last updated on: 07/06/2006

    » I started out trying to help my Thai employee (with a British passport) to bring her twenty two year old daughter to the U.K. for a family visit. Thought it would be a breeze. Mother rents a single room so I offered my family home for daughter to stay in during visit. I've heard stories about the...

    • Anonymous commented : Thanks one and all for your help. Sadly, I couldn't pick up the help issues until now. So, what happened? Yep, I went out to Thailand on my cause celebre and married the girl I spoke of. It was a beautiful buddhist ceremony followed by a civil ceremony. I thought, that's it then, now they'll have to let her in. Doh! No such chance. Having satisfied all, and I mean all, the criteria, the U.K. Embassy in Bangkok refused to allow a visa entry on the grounds that "the marriage was not subsisiting". Beware everyone, this is their get out clause. So I read up on the issues and citied article 8 of the Human Rights Act whereby we assumed we had the right to a family life and that meant being together. WRONG! It is a protected right and even though the balance of probabilities was in our favour, they still refused. I've had my sympathetic MP on the case and even David Treisman - The Lord Treisman of Tottenham (none the less!) but even these bigwigs are no match for the truly arrogant and seemingly omnipotent Entry Clearance Manager and related staff in Bangkok. Our only hope is to wait for the independant appeal heard in the U.K. but waiting time is somewhere between one and two years (bit of a backlog of asylum seekers to clear). Apparently bribery and corruption is still rife in Bangkok and I advise you, as I was advised, this is the only sure way to get your partners into the U.K. Believe me, I've had a Thai agency, two MPs and a Lord working on it and if they can't do nowt, what hope do you have? I want to waffle about the injustice of it all and how I see, daily, the Thai prostitutes that have been allowed entry into the U.K. as well as all of the other nationalities that are sponging off our soft country. My Thai wife is an academic and wishes to study business, I have considerable means to support her and she requires zilch from our 'precious' public funds. On this basis, I am ashamed to be British and will no longer consider myself as such. I too will leave this stinking country to live in Thailand (although I have young children to take care of first). Be warned, one and all. The process appears simple but THEY will definately judge you and you will be able to do NOTHING about it.

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    Getting married / divorced in Thailand - what's required

    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 : Boy! This subject sure got you guys going. Well, I am in the same boat and can pretty much confirm all your worst fears. There is corruption in the Bangkok Embassy ( I only wish I knew the system before I made a legal application) and there are all sorts of ways to bring your Thai partners in (via the back door). The chinese do it nicely by applying to a country that is a little less stringent, say Belgium or Eire and then once settled make the E.U. hop into the U.K. My original post, " Ways and means of entry into U.K. for Thai nationals" explains my situation with just as much response and support as you see here. My Thai wife is still in Thailand, she's a university graduate in business and I have the support of my MP and enquiriesmade on my behalf by David Treisman, The Lord Treisman of Tottenham. Even a Lord cannot swing it for me. I cannot get an interview with David Fall, the Ambassador in Bangkok, even though it is my right. By god I want to complain! What I would like to know is, is anyone of any worth reading this, anyone who can make a difference, anyone with some sort of power to make change? If not, we are all lost causes and things will continue as they are. As for the BangkokEmbassy staff, they are all very rude, over officious, faceless beaurocrats who really don't give a damn about you or I, let alone some foreign spouse or partner. They are omnipotent in respect of who they grant a visa to. An appeal, I hear you cry! After six months Bangkok have finally released our application papers to the U.K. so we can now expect an appeal date for some one or two years hence, (due to the backlog of asylum seekers I am reliably informed). When the civil uprising begins, someone give me a shout beacuase I hold this country in the lowest of esteems... Good Luck all!

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