What are the steps for obtaining a UK visitor visa for my Thai friend?

All that way for 2 weeks ?

Good luck we that

As far as i know she should apply for a visa in Thailand to come here

Go to the appropriate government website...?

There's a visa agent in On Nut who specializes in UK visas. Let me know if you want more info. I was looking for something else and happened upon her. She has amazing reviews.

Ive done lots of UK visas for my Thai wife and mates who have Thai wives and girlfriends before.

Theres endless amounts of paperwork involved especially for a first time visit.

Main reason for rejection is no reason to return to Thailand. If she has a job, property, children and assets and you can afford to sponsor her then theres no problem.

Be prepared to submit your bank statements, work contract etc though.

Would say plan for longer. 2 weeks is a short time for the cost involved.

I know of people paying agents K and still being refused and there is no refund!

Done it myself a few times and no issues. The more documents you can supply the better. You need to prove she will be financially taken care of or she has enough funds, letter of invitation from whoever owns the house she will be staying at and also prove she has good reason to return to Thailand.

Good information I have done it for my girl twice.

Make sure when you supply photos there is no alcohol in the photos as they don’t like that. Also they will look at the age difference around 25 years younger is the said ligit they look at.Also bear in mind now that the agents looking at the visas now in India have about 15 minutes to review the case so label all documents if you do it yourself.

2 options. Either do it yourself through gov. U.K. website or, pay 20-30,000 baht for an agent to do it. I tried to do myself twice and got 2 rejections for my partner. Then used an agent, submitting all the same documentation and got approved. Did all 3 applications within the space of 2 months, so no change in circumstances. There are two main things that needs to be proved. Most importantly, she has a valid reason to return to Thailand. If she owns property (Thais often do) or cars or has a regular job or has dependents (children or elderly), show evidence of this. Next thing you have to prove is finances. Either £62,500 in savings or, income of at least £9,300, over the last 6 months. Don’t go and deposit a large chunk in her account just before the application, to make it look like she has funds, they don’t like that. Show plenty of evidence of conversations between the both of you, screen shots of messages or call etc. Show copies of flight tickets and pictures of you both together. It seems fairly straight forward and you should be able to complete yourself, I thought so. But it does seem to be a bit of a racket and using agents seems to guarantee an approval. After you’ve got the first approval, it seems to get easier after that. I did application myself and got second visit, no issues. All the best and good luck 👍

All info is on Gov website.

First of all check the British Embassies website in Bangkok.

VFS do all the stuff now.

She will need prove her job, bank details etc. Need stuff from you as well.

See the photo of all them £20 notes? You can kiss all that goodbye!