Orchid of Siam UK Visas For Thais
UK Visa For Thai Nationals Specialists & Immigration Appeals Help & Advocacy, Bangkok & Epsom Offices.
 
 

Today the UK Government announced that the new minimum salary required to sponsor a wife, husband or partner will increase to £29,000 on 11th April 2024.

The minimum salary for a skilled worker to get a visa will be £38,700 from 4th April 2024.
The UK Government is increasing the IHS as from 16/01/2024 to £3105 for a settlement visa for an adult and £2328 for a child under 18. These figures are approximate as they are not paid in £sterling and will depend on the prevailing exchange rate.

For further leave to remain in the UK this will be £2587.50 for an adult and £1940 for a child under 18.
We have been advised today that the Home Office are now taking about six months to process family and settlement applications after attendance at the application centre in Bangkok. This is due to the situation in Ukraine.
Within hours of Tony being interviewed twice by ITV Meridian for the news at 6 today the case in question has been immediately overturned by the Home Office and the visa issued. This was a case where the Home Office refused a settlement visa for a wife by applying the incorrect rule. Tony was asked for his comments on this case.

 
 
 



With effect from 6th April 2011 applications for Settlement as well as applications for British Citizenship are subject to a Criminality threshold. The length of sentence and the affect it will have on an application are as in the following table:

Sentence

Rehabilitation Period

A sentence of imprisonment or corrective training for a term exceeding 30 months or preventative detention or detention during Her Majesty’s pleasure or imprisonment or detention for public protection.

This will not become ‘spent.’

* Imprisonment or youth custody for 6 months to 30 months.

10 years.

* Imprisonment or youth custody up to 6 months.

7 years.

* Fine, community service/community punishment order or compensation order.

5 years.

Bind over, conditional discharge or supervision order.

1 year or when the order ceases to have effect, whichever is the later.

Absolute discharge.

6 months.

Driving disqualification.

Once the disqualification has ceased.

* All halved if the person is under 18 when convicted.

 
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