bifftastic

Whilst it's probably correct that the 'normally resident' rule should apply, and you will probably need travel insurance to cover NHS treatment. I'd just like to add my experience to the debate.

When my wife was here in the UK on a Family Visit Visa, I asked at my GP about how we would go about making a doctor's appointment should she fall ill during her visit.

I made it clear that she was here on a Visit Visa, and that she had adequate travel insurance to cover any expenses.

They told me that it wouldn't be a problem, and I could register her as a visitor. When I asked about how the payments should be made (would we have to pay first and claim from the insurance) they told me there would be no charges made for the doctor's appointments!

I know they were probably mistaken, and we would have ended up with a bill of some kind had my wife actually needed treatment, but in reality, if your daughter has a British passport and you register her at your GP practice, saying that she has no previous NHS history as she used to live in Thailand, I reckon they'll register her as a patient and you'll be fine.

As has been mentioned before in a few threads, all that a UK national needs to do in order to receive NHS treatment (even if they've been non-resident for the required amount of time to 'un-qualify' themselves for free treatment) is to declare that they are, now, resident in the UK.

As for any questions such as "how come your wife's on a visit visa?" I doubt that a receptionist would even know what one of those is! And anyway, it's not relevant to your daughter's eligibility for NHS treatment, she's a UK citizen and as such is entitled to it (being normally resident in the UK, as she would be, until your plans change and you go back to Thailand).

The system is there for you to use, the loopholes are there to be wriggled through, so wriggle through them and get what your daughter needs. We've all paid into the NHS for all of our working lives, so use it when you need it.

I think that the reason to return based on a job that she doesn't really need (as she can afford to have so much time off) is quite shaky ground really. If that is the only reason to return, coupled with the fact that the first visa was issued for a funeral, which takes one day, and she stayed for three months. Now she wants to visit again, after you have both spent three months in Thailand together.

In my opinion, it will have to be a very strong application if it is to be successful. If I were you, I'd try to establish some additional reasons to return, such as family ties, responsibilities etc. Also, it might be useful to remember, that even for a proposed visit of say, one month, the visa issued will be for six. People's plans do change!

It's not a visa at all, it's an entry stamp it's given to passport holders of certain countries.

As for which border crossing, that would really depend on which part of Thailand you're staying in, go to the nearest one.

I don't think you can do that for 2 years! I have only seen reports of people being denied Tourist visas after a few back-to-back applications (at Thai consulates/embassies in neighbouring countries).

Honestly, I don't know how many times you could do that on a visa-exempt entry stamp. Perhaps someone else will know

visavisavisa, on 2012-01-02 02:14:10, said:

That's not a tourist visa

You'll get 15 days from a land border and 30 from an airport.

There's no questions, you just fill out your arrival/departure card (the one they gave you when you first arrived), you just turn up at the border, leave Thailand, enter the bordering country (they all have slightly different requirements for you to do that) and then, if you want to, you can just turn around and go back to Thailand. Obviously that's a bit more complicated if you're flying, you need plane tickets, and a plane

There's different information because it depends on what visa you've got in the first place

Some get 15 days at a land border, some get 90 days, depends what's in their passport when they cross.