visa service for foreign nationals. Ispent a lot of my time looking carefully at the area and people�s 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 BRITAIN & IRELAND. 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 & I am well aware of the difficulties faced when applying yourself without professional help.

What Visa Types Are Availiable for Ireland?

The two most common visa types are the holiday & fianc_e visa we have found that the process when dealing with the Irish consulate in Bangkok is a similar project they follow the same guidelines in the scrutiny of paperwork as the British embassy the paperwork to accompany the application is to substantiate the relationship which is the job of a visa consultant to advise & help with the collation of the correct paperwork. Below is some guidelines of the type of information the consulate/embassy wishes to see.

What Visa types Are Availiable for Britain?

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 & your 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 strong 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 ourse