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Will my Thai girlfriend need a visa to visit the UK despite my Irish citizenship?

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Oct 20, 2025

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Damian ********

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Can someone explain this to me please, is there a chance that my Thai girlfriend would not need a visa because even though I was born in the UK, I am an Irish citizen (EU)

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The answer to the question is that yes, your Thai girlfriend will need a visa to visit the UK. Even though you are an Irish citizen (EU), this does not eliminate the need for her to obtain a visa. Responses indicated that she will need to provide evidence of her relationship, ties to Thailand, and the intention to return. The process can be complex and may involve significant documentation.

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I honestly don't understand why anyone would go through hell to bring their Thai gf to a country that is literally worst than hell. England is not a tropical island, the weather sucks and I am not even going to talk about the people. 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Fred *********

You are definitely going to need to apply for a visa for her. And its not a simple process. My girlfriend came over and the application consisted of over 100 pages of information. She will need ties to Thailand, most importantly she needs to convince the UK authorities that she will return.

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Damian ********

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Ohh i know

, this why I am looking at this, I want to try and get the easiest route to a visa, whether its this family permit or a standard visitor visa, everyone thinks I'm looking to get her here without a visa, I'm just exploring my options and this is another.

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Todd ********

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get an visa agent.

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Fred *********

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You will need to go with the standard visitor visa. The easiest, but still a lot of paperwork. We were refused the first time because of something. But were successful the second time once we explained and fixed the reason we were refused. That's your best bet.

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Garry ******

Partner in this care probably refers to actually legally married not.

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Pantiwa *********

To apply for a Family Permit visa for your Thai girlfriend under the EU Settlement Scheme, you must provide evidence of your relationship covering at least two years prior to 2020. I have personally been granted this type of visa before — yes, the application is free of charge, and it allows you to apply for further leave to remain while in the UK.

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Damian ********

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thank you for your reply, you are the only person to give me a sensible reply, I tried to reply to you last night (I'm in N. Ireland) but the comments seemed to be turned off for my post, anyway, I'm going to look into it further

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Pantiwa *********

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I think if you want to invite your girlfriend to visit you in the UK or Northern Ireland, you need to apply for a visit visa. The visa fee is £127.

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Damian ********

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@Pantiwa ********

I just want the quickest and easiest way of getting her here for Christmas, yes, I probably will end up going down the visitor visa road, I'll see what happens, thanks again Pantiwa 😊

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David **********

I understand that if your partner or family member is from the EU, Switzerland etc and you are from the UK.....or Irish with exactly the same rights under the CTA

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the application for the visa is being made by my thai girlfriend, not me, ok, im allowed to fill in all the information for her, but it says in the pic I posted that if your partner, who is me, and not my thai girlfriend, then she can apply for a family permit, anyone know what this family permit is? Obviously she needs something to enter the UK, so I'm going to pick the best and easiest one I can get.

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David **********

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with all due respect fella i think you've misread or misunderstood the form......Your partner, the girlfriend from Thailand wouldnt be able to apply for the family permit as she isn't an EU national and living in the UK since 2020.......

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Damian ********

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@David *********

she doesn't have to be from the EU, I have to be from the EU, and she can get here to N.Ireland without a visa if she applies for the family permit as long as I am her spouse or unmarried partner

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David **********

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good luck to you fella, hope it all works out for you.

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don’t know why he’s asking since he already knows the answer. I’ll just report him for drug offences just to fuck him over either way. 😂

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Damian ********

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not very nice

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Damian ********

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Kay ******

She needs a visa nonetheless.

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Stephen ********

What are you asking? Will she need any visa to visit the UK? Or Ireland? She'll definitely need 1 or the other.

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Marty ******

Mmm is this an Irish thing m8!!!

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Brandon ************

Your question doesn't make any sense. This is about the other person. That person is from Thailand, not from EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Lichtenstein.

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Damian ********

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the other person (My thai girlfriend) is making the application for a visa, it says, if your partner (me) is from the EU, blaa blaa blaa

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Graham ******

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Your girlfriend will be applying for a UK standard visitor visa and, as your not married, where you were born is irrelevant

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Damian ********

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Graham ******

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but not girlfriend ;)

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Damian ********

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girlfriend, partner, life partner, other half, spouse (in some cases) etc, are all the same, just a different way of saying it.

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Brandon ************

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they're not, because they can all mean different things legally, and different countries view them differently as well. For example Thailand does not recognize civil unions or any other type of partnership besides full marriage.

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