Hm okay thanks for your help, it makes sense but I was told otherwise... will try calling the embassy again and double check

Okay so you suggest when I travel I bring both? And show my visa in my cancelled passport if needed?

I don't plan to do that lol I lost a lot of money getting a new fast track passport and getting a train all the way to newport, it's not just the £35 but lost a few hundred in this mess

In england it's illegal to keep cancelled passports... not expired, especially travelling with it. That's my problem

But I can't keep this passport, so I'd have no other proof of having a visa

Sorry I worded it wrong, it's illegal to keep cancelled passports, of course you can keep expired passports

It's illegal to keep your old passports though... surely my visa needs to be in my passport that's valid?

Yeah also true, I've been saving up for nearly year and luckily have a few connections where I'm going which helps me out a bit

Yeah exactly I have been told so many times its impossible but you're right with luck and hard work it is! The pay is never great though

This is what I'm doing too, going to thailand in Feb with a tourist visa once I'm there I wil find a job (there are very little jobs for foreigners other than teaching but some other businesses are allowed to employ foreigners if they have the license) once you've found a job you should change into a non immigrant b visa and get a work permit but your employer should help you with that and all the paperwork... it's not easy but it is possible! :)