Visa for TGF

Post by **Marky_Mark** » Tue May 12, 2009 7:40 am

Hi mrh
Has your TGF had tourist visa's in the past to the UK? I heard they are a bit funny once they have issued 2 x Tourist visa's to the one applicant.

It all depends on the circumstances of your relationship (ie. how long you have known her) i dare say the UK embassy would work the same way as the Aussie Embassy.

Why not give it a go, as you say she didnt overstay, didnt get into any trouble ect ect..

I am currently still married to my farang wife (divorce in 3 weeks time) we have this stupid rule here that we need to be seperated for 12 months before a divorce is granted, anyways being still married they gave my TGF a Tourist visa still..

Cheers
MnK

Post by **Roel** » Tue May 12, 2009 8:58 am

Multiple tourist visas is no problem at all. Know many people who take their Thai girlfriend/wife for a holiday to their home country regularly, some of them every year for many years in a row.

But now you really surprise me Marky_Mark

to prove we had know eachother since Aug 2008

mmm......9 months

I am currently still married to my farang wife

uhhhhhh

I can see how punters get knocked back when they have met a lady of the night on their 2 week holiday and wanting to take them home, yet if the relationship is genuine then no probs...easy process

I think you were extremely lucky. Always thought it was impossible to get a visa for a Thai partner if you are (still) married in your home country.

Post by **Marky_Mark** » Tue May 12, 2009 9:21 am

Roel
Im not sure what you are trying to get at....Yes i am still legally married, maybe i should have given YOU more info considering your "uhhhhhh" comment...
I meant i am still married to my Aussie wife...maybe i should have stated she left me after 13 weeks, clearly a good actor as it turns out she was a gold digger having knowledge of my extensive portfolio and net worth. So all in all i was hardly married....legally...YES i am until another 3 weeks...unfotunately you have to wait 12 months after seperation for divorce here.

i dont get your snide comments about the mmmmm....9 months, we were advised to apply for a T.Visa until we had known eachother 6 months or more so not sure what your getting at by nit picking my post and adding your little comments.

You may know many ppl who take their TGF to their home countries regulary....it would be clearer if you stated which home country....obviously not Australia as alot of reading on Thaivisa.com states frequently after 2 x T.visa's you will be unlikely to get another one, rather would be more approproate by the AUS embassy that you apply for a spouse visa or the like...

Roel, maybe you should share your expertise on thaivisa.com as they are clearly misleading others, maybe you should pop over there and set them straight.

I will take constructive critisism, however im not one to like snide comments and nit pickers who come in on the end of a post.

Rgds
MnK

Post by **Roel** » Tue May 12, 2009 11:01 am

Do not take it personally Mark. I am not judging you if that is what you mean. Your private life mate, also no need to explain details and I hope you made the right choices and everything works out fine for all of you.

But I am genuinely surprised that they issued the visa whilst you are still married in Australia.

I am certainly no visa expert, but I know that people from Switzerland, Holland and Belgium take their Thai girlfriends (not spouses) back home regularly on tourist visas. But you are right: different countries, different rules. There are many HHAD members from the U.K. so mrh79 will surely get advised soon.

Post by **Marky_Mark** » Tue May 12, 2009 11:08 am

Thanks Roel
Sorry mate im not usually firey, but i thought you were having a dig at me personally.....thanks very much for clarifying i really do appreciate it.
I know there are a few nagative posters on here i was obviously mistaken after reading thought some of your helpful posts to others.
Once again sorry about the confusion.
Have a good day.
Rgds
MnK

Post by **Roel** » Tue May 12, 2009 12:40 pm

Post by **mrh79** » Wed May 13, 2009 5:45 am

thanks for following it up.

She had a marriage visa before, but obviously her divorce has now cancelled that out. She's never had a tourist visa.

I've only spent a month with her so far in January. Im back in Thailand next week, and we'll take it from there. I'm just speculating what may or may not be in the future! I don't plan to bring her over in the immediate future, although i'm suplementing her income each month , as her 200 bht a day job doesnt go very far!

Hopefully , should we stay together, her previous marriage won't go against her if i try and get her a tourist visa!

Post by **Marky_Mark** » Wed May 13, 2009 7:36 am

mrh79
You should be ok if she has never held a tourist visa, well knowing from my intensive reading in regards to visa's anyways.

My TGF earns approx 7000 Baht per month with two days off a month, i've never supplemented her income, as she says to me... i am ok with money before i meet you... I am about to do the first transfer of money in the 9 months i have known her, thats for the taxi to swampy and her motorbike payments for the two months she is here in Aus...

Cheers
MnK

Post by **mrh79** » Wed May 13, 2009 4:26 pm

yeah, its a difficult one. Ive only sent her 3000 bht a couple of times. She never asks for it, but she says it helps to make her life a bit more comfortable in bkk, as opposed to going back to Pattaya, which she hates! Only prob is she work 11 hour shifts in a shoe shop, which she hates, but as she says with the way the world is today - lucky to have a job!! Im open minded about her, and after some time together in HH, we can maybe plan our next steps!!

Post by **Marky_Mark** » Thu May 14, 2009 7:23 am

nice to hear mrh79
As a friend of mine said to me here in Perth....its like winning the lottery when you find the right one...The right girls are fantastic, he is married to a thai girl who worked in a bank in BKK.

Post by **uncle tom** » Fri May 29, 2009 3:40 pm

A couple of years ago I came across a Thai girl in London, and got chatting. As she wasn't married, I asked her how she got her visa.

She explained that she was recruited to work in a Thai restaurant in London, and got a visa on the basis that she was coming to the Uk to work. However, it was never her intention to spend all her days as a waitress.

She told me that the deal with the restaurants was either to work for free for six months, or get a boyfriend to cough up £3k. Sounded like a lucrative little scam for the restaurants.

As far as I can make out, the ethnic restaurants advertise for staff at minimum wage (which no-one will work for in London) and then say they need to recruit abroad to fill the vacancy, because they've had no takers in the UK.

Result, one visa..

After a few months, the new recruit vanishes into the crowds, and the restaurant repeats the process..

Anyone else encountered this, or used this route to get a visa?

Tom

Post by **dtaai-maai** » Fri May 29, 2009 9:18 pm

uncle tom wrote: I asked her how she got her visa...

She explained that she was recruited to work in a Thai restaurant in London, and got a visa on the basis that she was coming to the Uk to work. However, it was never her intention to spend all her days as a waitress.

She told me that the deal with the restaurants was either to work for free for six months, or get a boyfriend to cough up £3k. Sounded like a lucrative little scam for the restaurants.

As far as I can make out, the ethnic restaurants advertise for staff at minimum wage (which no-one will work for in London) and then say they need to recruit abroad to fill the vacancy, because they've had no takers in the UK.

Result, one visa..

After a few months, the new recruit vanishes into the crowds, and the restaurant repeats the process..

One of the reasons why it's often not that easy for a young single Thai lady to get a visa...

Post by **migrant** » Fri May 29, 2009 10:25 pm

uncle tom wrote:A couple of years ago I came across a Thai girl in London, and got chatting. As she wasn't married, I asked her how she got her visa.

She explained that she was recruited to work in a Thai restaurant in London, and got a visa on the basis that she was coming to the Uk to work. However, it was never her intention to spend all her days as a waitress.

She told me that the deal with the restaurants was either to work for free for six months, or get a boyfriend to cough up £3k. Sounded like a lucrative little scam for the restaurants.

As far as I can make out, the ethnic restaurants advertise for staff at minimum wage (which no-one will work for in London) and then say they need to recruit abroad to fill the vacancy, because they've had no takers in the UK.

Result, one visa..

After a few months, the new recruit vanishes into the crowds, and the restaurant repeats the process..

Anyone else encountered this, or used this route to get a visa?

Tom

That happens in the states fairly often. Here in Southern California we have a lot of Hispanics (legal and not) that fill the minimum wage jobs, but in other areas cooks, waitstaff, etc are often OK'd for visa.

Post by **caller** » Sat May 30, 2009 2:18 am

uncle tom wrote:As far as I can make out, the ethnic restaurants advertise for staff at minimum wage (which no-one will work for in London) and then say they need to recruit abroad to fill the vacancy, because they've had no takers in the UK.

Result, one visa..

Tom

Such scams are now dead in the water due to changes in UK immigration law.

restaurants such as this:

http://www.halkin.como.bz/default.aspx?code=1-8672

are concerned that in future they will not be able to bring skilled chefs over, as recently advertised for in the Bangkok Post. Waitresses working for the minimum wage are the norm in London. No need to recruit abroad. Mind you, there are many stories of UK based Thais getting ripped off...

Post by **PeteC** » Sat May 30, 2009 7:01 am

More than just 'ripped off' Caller. Many stories of girls thinking they'll become waitresses only to end up in a brothel and their passport taken from them until they pay back the agent fees +. Throughout the world this happens to them, as well as right here at home when the country girl comes to the big city.

Pete