you’ve lost me there mate. This announcement is about flying TO Thailand.
If you want to know about flying the other way I would suggest that your airline, or the uk government website would be the places to find out about that.
I attended my appointment today and the officer took the copy of my bank statement and uploaded it himself to my application. He checked everything else and seemed happy. Got the receipt and was told to come and collect my passport on Monday.
Checked the application online again when I got home and, unsurprisingly, the status shows ‘awaiting approval’.
So it turns out you need to show, and upload, a bank statement showing your name, address, and a minimum of £500 for a single entry tourist visa from London.
The decision to refuse entry to the Kingdom based on the Immigration Officer's opinion that a person has been abusing the Tourist visa option is usually taken at a border. Seeing as you will be applying for a long term visa, after using one of the short term options quite reasonably (not back to back, stretching the term 'tourist' to the limit) I would imagine it will be seen as a logical step on your part.
Indeed, some who have used the visa exempt, or Tourist visa system for a while have been advised to 'get a proper visa'.
Ok, I've just spoken to them on the phone and they want a bank statement that shows a minimum balance of £500. Also, the one night's accommodation proof is fine.
It's just a standard auto-generated receipt email that arrived within seconds of the application being submitted. There was no time for a person to have examined the application and made any decisions about it's content.
If you're in the country for 90 days then you report that you've been in the country for 90 days. If you're not in the country for 90 days, then you don't.
