I shall be away in the USA and Mexico (Los Angeles, Miami, Cancun, Las Vegas, Denver and New York) until Saturday, 9th June 2012.

My apologies for not being involved much in the forums of late or keeping this Blog up to date, I've had a very busy period on my travels and have simply not had any time to take part in discussions or update my status.

If you are waiting on me for a reply to a PM or post, please see here.

I will be in Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver (USA) until Friday, 23rd March 2012.

My apologies for not keeping up to date, I've had a busy period on my travels and not had time to keep this updated.

If you are waiting on me for a reply to a PM or post, please see here.

I spent my latest sojourn up in the village doing a bit of landscape gardening - or more accurately, supervising Wan and her mum doing the landscaping due to my lack of work permit. I can't believe she actually still thinks that excuse is genuine!

Anyway, as she's not coming with me this time when I go to the UK in April, I rather rashly said that she could have the airfare equivalent to do with what she wished. I knew that Gucci handbags and Prada shoes are not her thing and I thought ...

I will be in Miami and Los Angeles (USA) and Cancun (Mexico) until Tuesday, 31st January 2012.

My apologies for not keeping up to date, I've had a busy period on my travels and not had time to keep this updated.

If you are waiting on me for a reply to a PM or post, please see here.

Visa Application Process
Once you have collected all the information you will want (or more correctly) your wife will want to apply for a Settlement Visa.

In Thailand, the UKBA outsource the handling of the Settlement Visa applications to a company called VFS Global, they initially collect the application from your spouse and forward it to the UKBA at the British Embassy for processing.

Your visa application will be processed and decided by UK Border Agency staff. ...