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[dowman73]

Great to see so many getting approvals in time for Xmas.

I just wanted to thank everyone who has posted on here all 107 pages I have read them all and I know that when I was waiting for my wifes visa to come through that this was the always the first and last thing I would check everyday as just reading this and knowing that I was not the only one going through the agony and then joy of a visa application was areal comfort and help, the information and support given on here is priceless.

I hope that everyone who has got an approval this year has the best Xmas ever and those waiting know that there are people on here wishing you all the very best of luck in gettting the correct descision...VISA GRANTED!!


Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year


From Mr & Mrs Dowman

[tjthai]

Oh yes, know the feeling. I was based in Thailand so with the time difference I would wake up and read what the UK based posters had said the night before and then it went all quiet until the lazy lot got up again  
Thaivisa was always the first and last thing I read everyday and it helped mostly but sometimes it made me worry more and so I found myself telling my Wife not to read it....then sneaking a peak when she wasn't looking......I guess a bit like those other sites on the internet people have told me about - although I know nothing of them myself  

I'm now UK based and looking forward to picking up my step daughter when we can actually get a flight after the festivities

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to everyone. May all your wishes be granted.

Mr & Mrs tjthai

[enquirer]

Same here. I read the site obsessively while I was helping my son and daughter-in-law with their settlement visa. For several reasons, it was up to me to do the donkey work, and I learned huge amounts from this site, even one or two things new to the specialist immigration solicitor I was paying (TB Certificate!!!)  They are back here now and helping with Christmas cooking and present packing, but I still keep an eye on this site, and like to see how people are getting on. Best wishes to all for Visas, Christmas and future life!

[ridgydidge]

My wife is flying into the UK tomorrow . Can she come through the EU customs channel with a uk settlement visa or does she have to go through the non EU like everyone else? If anyone knows please let me know within the next 16 hours!! Thanks!!

[kennkate]

Ridgy  I think she will have to go through the non EU.
If she is traveling with you then she can go through the EU channel with you

All the best.
Have you told her it's Cooooold   She could see snow on her first day in the UK

[sumrit]

kennkate, on 2009-12-29 17:04:33, said:

Ridgy  I think she will have to go through the non EU.
If she is traveling with you then she can go through the EU channel with you

All the best.
Have you told her it's Cooooold   She could see snow on her first day in the UK

That's exactly right. If you're together you can go through either channel together, but if she's on her own she has to use the non EU channel.

[ridgydidge]

Thanks for the advice guys. I can't believe the wait is over!! It still hasn't sunk in!

[skinnymilinky]

We applied for my partners setlement visa on the 23rd November and it came back in 7 days no interview required!! I think all thanks to Rob Settlement Visa Guide, Thanks Rob!!
We really expected things to take 3 months!
For everyone who is just starting the process, make sure that you give in as much supporting documents as possible, we  gave them a lever arch file full!! I think they looked at it and must have thought about how much extra reading I had given them and decided it was easier just to give the visa!!
Thanks to everyone for all their help!
  

[7by7]

sumrit, on 2009-12-29 17:36:23, said:

kennkate, on 2009-12-29 17:04:33, said:

Ridgy I think she will have to go through the non EU.
If she is traveling with you then she can go through the EU channel with you

All the best.
Have you told her it's Cooooold She could see snow on her first day in the UK

That's exactly right. If you're together you can go through either channel together, but if she's on her own she has to use the non EU channel.

I was told by an IO at Heathrow that officially non EU citizens must always go through the non EU channel; regardless of any other factor. However, in practice if they are residents and accompanied by their EU partner then it was up to the IO's discretion, but it was unlikely that a non EU citizen would be allowed through the EU channel on their first entry as a resident.

So I would leave her in the non EU queue while you go and check.

You can, of course, always go through the non EU channel with her.

[TheFiend]

tlusername, on 2009-12-14 13:10:58, said:

Wow 2,650 posts!!

In March I remember starting this topic with a heavy, weary heart and an application pending with the Embassy.  It took around 10 weeks back then, so it seems like whatever the issues the Embassy were having are resolved now as some of you are getting 2-3 day turnarounds? wow thats good.

As for us we got married in August joined by my family and my wife's sister and mum. It was a lovely day.  We now have a little girl on the way and she will be due on March 2010 which ironically is almost a year onwards from when we had that trip of traipsing around Bangkok visiting officials to get documents stamped and translated, permissions to marry granted, TB scans carried out with me constantly moaning about everyone ripping me off and my better half patiently telling me 'jai yen yen, jai yen yen'

So anyone who has all this ahead of them or is mid application you have my best wishes. It can be tough but well worth it in the end. Myself and my other half look back on that very difficult period of having 'our lives in someones else's hands' and we see it as a challenge that ultimately made us closer and stronger. The words of Nietzsche comes to mind 'What does not destroy us, makes us stronger'.

Best of luck to you all and hello to those I met through this thread.

108 pages..... You've got a lot to answer for!!!!!

Congrats on your upcoming bundle of joy!!!!

My wife's been in the UK 6 months now....... and she started her first job this morning!!!!!

One of my friends has just got married to a friend of the wife, so he'll be going through the Visa process soon.

Congrats to all those whose visas have been granted.

[chriswatson]

7by7, on 2009-12-30 08:31:59, said:

sumrit, on 2009-12-29 17:36:23, said:

kennkate, on 2009-12-29 17:04:33, said:

Ridgy I think she will have to go through the non EU.
If she is traveling with you then she can go through the EU channel with you

All the best.
Have you told her it's Cooooold She could see snow on her first day in the UK

That's exactly right. If you're together you can go through either channel together, but if she's on her own she has to use the non EU channel.

I was told by an IO at Heathrow that officially non EU citizens must always go through the non EU channel; regardless of any other factor. However, in practice if they are residents and accompanied by their EU partner then it was up to the IO's discretion, but it was unlikely that a non EU citizen would be allowed through the EU channel on their first entry as a resident.

So I would leave her in the non EU queue while you go and check.

You can, of course, always go through the non EU channel with her.

The beauty of having dual-national offspring is my wife and child can avoid the tourist queues when arriving in BKK (using their Thai passports - I can too if I'm with them and holding my child ), and the non-EU queues at LHR when she's holding my child and the child's British passport

[ThaiVisaExpress]

I walk through with my wife at Bangkok with just my hand luggage

[chriswatson]

ThaiVisaExpress, on 2009-12-30 10:48:48, said:

I walk through with my wife at Bangkok with just my hand luggage

I used to too (pre-child), but my wife couldn't do the same coming back to the UK  

[rolypie]

Truly unbelievable that this forum is still going!!!!!

[mikeyp]

Just reading through all the pages and re-calling how stressful it all was at the time ago (nearly 2 years ago when sent visa application to VFS BKK).  And like ROLYPIE cannot believe this topic is still going. I am sure all the advice and inputs from all posters have helped many people understand some of the problems that we face.

Anyway, wife has been here since August 2009, we had baby girl November last year, they are over in LOS now, she has just been to VFS BKK to hand visa application for her 7 year old daughter to come to UK, Should be no problem with that one.

Anyway good to go back and read all the old posts.

All I have to worry about now and stress over is doing the wife's UK RESIDENCY visa in August/September this year !!!!

Good luck to all those who are applying for settlement visa.

Cheers

[7by7]

mikeyp, on 2011-02-17 03:51:59, said:

And like ROLYPIE cannot believe this topic is still going

Er, it wasn't; the last post before yours was over 12 months ago!

LM09 has started a 2011 topic here, so I'm closing this one.