Oh and 40% of health care providers in the UK, immigrants, left the system because of government regs no longer allowing family members to tag along without exorbitant, extortionate Visa fees, negative attitudes, and extremely low pay scales
Also, immigrants pay a NIS fee in addition to Visa fees, after showing their UK sponsor has an income over 26k/yr, an MIR, (minimum income requirement) higher than the average UK income for almost
For a Partner Visa, you need to earn 29k+ per year able to show a minimum of 6 months pay slips, you must have accommodation, not necessarily in your name, but letter from landlord, The current Visa/NHS fees are approx additional 3k+ paid up front for either a 10 or 5 year pd at approx 2.5yr intervals AND then ILR can be applied for
Just for a Visitors Visa,She will need to show very strong ties to Thailand, job, home, children, ANYTHING to show she has a reason to not be gone from Thailand for any long length of time.
The Home Office is a cesspit as far as granting Visit Visa's if a Visitor can't show a strong, valud reason to return to their home country.