Bringing your Thai girlfriend to the UK for a holiday to meet your family and friends is without a doubt a romantic prospect. However, even before imagining your excited girlfriend stepping into the plane bound for Birmingham, you need to be aware of the immigration hurdle which you and her need to overcome to successfully obtain a visitor visa to the UK.
Good information is your key to obtaining a UK visitor visa for your Thai girlfriend with flying colors. Among the most important considerations which you need to keep in mind when applying a UK visitor visa for your Thai girlfriend are the circumstances of your girlfriend in Thailand and your relationship with each other. Your girlfriend will have a better chance obtaining the visa if she has a decent and stable job in Thailand. Aside from having a good job, it would also help if she has assets and properties in Thailand, savings account and dependents in Thailand.
Assets can be in the form of cars, buildings or a piece of land. Her parents and children are considered dependents. You can do this by providing as much pieces of evidence you can to show your relationship. These include photos together, email exchanges, chat transcripts, money transfer receipts, boarding pass among others.
The longer you have known each other, the more convincing your relationship would appear. Aside from that you need to write a letter detailing how did your relationship start and the highlights of your relationship. As the UK visit visa sponsor, you need to prove your financial capacity to support your girlfriend once she gets to the UK. In this case you would need to provide bank statements; at least 3 pay slips, House Title deed or Mortgage Agreement and photos of your house.
This is apart from the sponsorship letter which confirms your desire to sponsor her stay in the UK. Once everything is prepared, the visa application is submitted to VFS. It would take them 2 or 3 working days to process the visa application. If interview is required, the processing time would expectedly take longer.
