Orchid of Siam UK Visas For Thais
UK Visa For Thai Nationals Specialists & Immigration Appeals Help & Advocacy, Bangkok & Epsom Offices.

Christmas Closure

19-12-2024

Our Epsom office will be closed on 25th and 26th December and 1st January 2025.

Bangkok will be closed 23rd December to 5th January 2025.

Thai New Year Closure

04-04-2024

Please note that Bangkok office will be closed from 11-17th April 2024 for the Songkran oliday.

Minimum Salary Requirements

31-01-2024

Today the UK Government announced that the new minimum salary required to sponsor a wife, husband or partner will increase to Ł29,000 on 11th April 2024.

The minimum salary for a skilled worker to get a visa will be Ł38,700 from 4th April 2024.

Immigration Health Surcharge Increase

02-01-2024

The UK Government is increasing the IHS as from 16/01/2024 to Ł3105 for a settlement visa for an adult and Ł2328 for a child under 18. These figures are approximate as they are not paid in Łsterling and will depend on the prevailing exchange rate.

For further leave to remain in the UK this will be Ł2587.50 for an adult and Ł1940 for a child under 18.

VISA DELAYS

11-05-2022

We have been advised today that the Home Office are now taking about six months to process family and settlement applications after attendance at the application centre in Bangkok. This is due to the situation in Ukraine.

TV Success

13-09-2018

Within hours of Tony being interviewed twice by ITV Meridian for the news at 6 today the case in question has been immediately overturned by the Home Office and the visa issued. This was a case where the Home Office refused a settlement visa for a wife by applying the incorrect rule. Tony was asked for his comments on this case.

We offer a Thai-English-Thai translation service of documents or in-person verbal translations.

Our translator is qualified by the Chartered Institute of Linguists in the UK and works as a member of the UK Visas & Immigration / Home Office Central Interpreters Unit.

All our translations are accepted by the Home Office, UK Visas & Immigration, HM Revenue & Customs and all UK Police Forces. In Thailand our translations are accepted by the Royal Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the British Embassy.

For legal interpreting at Police Stations, detention centres or in Courts including the Immigration Appeals Tribunal requests for our services must be made via the Court Service, Custody Officer or Home Office to qualify for free or subsidised service otherwise clients will be liable to pay our full fee. We supply free quotations for translation work.

The Home Office certificate of competence of our senior translator is shown below.

UKBA Certificate