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

Please note that Bangkok office will be closed from 11-17th April 2024 for the Songkran oliday.
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.

 
 
 

Where To Take A1 B1 SELT Life Skills English Tests In UK

 

English Exam Centres offer regular testing of approved Home Office examinations for English at A1 and B1 levels needed for further leave to remain, indefinite leave to remain and British naturalisation at the following locations in the UK:

Aberdeen, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Canterbury, Cardiff, Coventry, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Oxford, Peterborough, Preston, Sheffield, Southampton.

Please contact English Exam Centres direct on 03333583183 or 02030115183 or visit their website for further information, dates and locations of the various test centres http://www.englishexamcentres.co.uk

 

Trinity have exam centres around the UK and are a major provider of English tests. http://www.trinitycollege.com

 

Cambridge Exam Centres are in:

Bath, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Bury, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chester, Coventry, Cumbria, Eastbourne, East Grinstead, Edinburgh, Harrogate, Hull, Gloucestershire University, Guildford, Hitchin, Inverness, Isle of Man, Jersey, Leeds, Liverpool, Luton, Medway, Melton Mowbray, Newcastle, Newport, Pembrokeshire College, Portsmouth, Reading, Renfrewshire, Rossall, Ruthin, Sidmouth, Southbourne, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Swanage, Swansea, Swindon, Telford, Thanet, Torbay, Warminster, Wolverhampton, Worcester, York.

Plese see http://www.cambridgeenglish.org for full details.

 

In Northern Ireland City & Guilds has centres in Bangor and Lurga. Please see http://www.cityandguilds.com for further details.

 
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