Phuket Thailand

bunglist · #1 30-12-2004, 17:26

Hi

I am sponsering my Thai girlfriend to come to UK for a holiday and need to send my bank statements etc to her for the visa. I fully trust her so there is no problem with that. Is it best to send letters via Royal Mail or is there a better alternative. Also how long does it normally take?

Thanks in advance!

Bafana · #2 30-12-2004, 19:46

Fax her or email her.

They only need copies - Be sure she can be trusted though and make sure she is there to get the copies straight away - Get her to ring you when she has recieved them.

Best of luck

bunglist · #3 30-12-2004, 20:03

thanks but when i called the visa people here in the UK they advised not to send copies, send origionals.

Allybabba22 · #4 30-12-2004, 20:17

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Originally Posted by bunglist

thanks but when i called the visa people here in the UK they advised not to send copies, send origionals.

It would probably be better to send them through a good courier company like FedEx,UPS or DHL which require's a signature on delivery and also has a good tracking system, I might cost an extra few quid but at least then you'll know whether they got there or not...

MisterFun · #5 30-12-2004, 21:34

I am curious what this means "sponsoring" for a visa. Is there another process that I am not aware of other than the tourist, fiance, or married visas?

senor123 · #6 31-12-2004, 03:00

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Originally Posted by MisterFun

I am curious what this means "sponsoring" for a visa. Is there another process that I am not aware of other than the tourist, fiance, or married visas?

Hi Tom,
If the UK is the same as OZ basically what it means that you guarantee suport for the person for whom you are applying for a visa. In OZ if you apply for a partner visa you become the sponsor of that person and guarantee to support them for 2 years. You may at any time within those 2 years withdraw your support. In this case the person you are sponsering may have to return to their country of origin.

bunglist · #7 31-12-2004, 14:59

Yeah to sponser means that i will have accomadation and enough funds to support her for her trip.

Thanks everyone for yr advice.

One quick question though, how long does it usually take for something to be posted from uk to thailand?

MisterFun · #8 31-12-2004, 15:14

Does anybody know if the U.S. allows this sponsorship? It might be an easier way to get my GF over to visit

africanw · #9 31-12-2004, 17:26

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Originally Posted by bunglist

Yeah to sponser means that i will have accomadation and enough funds to support her for her trip.

Thanks everyone for yr advice.

One quick question though, how long does it usually take for something to be posted from uk to thailand?

I pm'd the answer to you. I had something posted from thailand to Uk and it took 2.5 weeks.

Mav · #10 23-01-2005, 17:28

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Originally Posted by bunglist

Hi

I am sponsering my Thai girlfriend to come to UK for a holiday and need to send my bank statements etc to her for the visa. I fully trust her so there is no problem with that. Is it best to send letters via Royal Mail or is there a better alternative. Also how long does it normally take?

Thanks in advance!

I've been told that some "Postie's" will open the letter and search for money if they can tell a farnag guy is sending a letter to a tg....then ditch the letter of course.

bunglist · #11 24-01-2005, 20:02

Yeah sounds like Royal Mail here in the UK. I sent a test letter 5 weeks ago and she hasnt recieved it, should of put some monolopy money in it. Think im gonna go down the UPS route.

Nicke · #12 24-01-2005, 20:21

My experience is that postal system works in most cases but I have lost mails sometimes. It usually arrives within a week but sometimes it has arrived after few weeks or even after two months in the worst case.

But most of the time it works fine, but not that reliable as in Europe.

If something important, I would recommend DHL, FedEx or UPS. I usually use DHL myself.