for foreign nationals. I spent a lot of my time looking carefully at the area and peoples needs and doing due diligence before my commitment to become a �specialist� visa consultant. Having spent my former years in the UK as a consultant for a multi national company I have a lot of experience with customer care in a business environment.

My team at key visa co feels totally at home with the expats & foreign community and we endeavor to make every visa application a hassle free venture for our clients. We understand the problems clients face and we make every effort

to�� support� them�� until satisfaction is reached. We are the official immigration advisors for the Pattaya expats club & I offer a lot of my time giving free advice to newcomers & expats in Pattaya� specializing�� on retirement & long stay visa applications. I am offering a weekly advice clinic in this newspaper and today I am focusing on the difficulties� faced� when applying for a

Holiday or settlement visa to the U.K.

In my company & as a visa consultant we like to take this type of visa application very personally I myself have been through the arduous task of applying for a holiday visa for my Thai girlfriend before taking up my profession as a visa specialist & 1 am well aware of the difficulties faced when applying yourself without professional help. WHAT VISA TYPES ARE AVAILABLE? The�� two�� most common visa types are the VAF1 holiday visa & the VAF2 settlement visa both the visa types are a difficult process in the respect that the main criteria with the two types is showing the embassy that you & y
our Thai partner have a very strong relationship together you cannot prove this to the embassy by a conversation you

have to provide a large amount

of evidence on paper to substantiate the relationship be it 6 months or 6 years the embassy will not entertain an application unless it is backed up by fruitful information they

like to see that the Thai citizen & the sponsor have a very strong long lasting relationship & this is were we can help the client.

As visa to the UK specialists we deal� with different relationship criteria everyday I can honestly say that no application is the same but as far as embassy protocol is concerned we offer the client

the necessary information we feel the embassy needs to see to prove that the relationship is strong enough for the visa to be awarded which is the secret of success.

How Does the Process Start?

The process begins with the applicants completing a questionnaire about there relationship & financial attributes. We then have a

consultation with the client to enable us to verify off the information given which visa type is appropriate for the client to apply for which is very

important because I have seen so many applicants fail in the process due to a mistake on the application form. During�the consultation we can grasp a strng overview of the relationship & then advise the client the best way forward with the application.

How Can Key Visa Help US?

If the client feels happy to employ key visa to take the application forward we then give the both parties of the relationship the information needed to make a strong application.

When�� all�� the information is then handed to ourselves we collate all the information into an easy reading format�� complete�� with translations. The key to success with any visa applications is that all the information submitted is correct & truthful and the applicants are taking

the application seriously I myself spend alot of my time dealing with clients who have been refused at the embassy helping them with an appeal or a re-application due to them bei