Hi everyone! I'm new here. I'm so glad I found this place. I'm applying for a tourist visa for my honeymoon trip to UK and will be flying with my US citizen husband. We're planning to spend 5 days in London before flying to the next destination, Amsterdam. My US citizen husband won't need a visa for this but I'm a green card holder with Thai citizenship, so I still need to get a visa.
A little background about me, I work part time as a waitress for about 20 hours a week and only make about $1,500 per month. I am mainly be supported by my husband who has his own accounting practice plus dividends from family business 4 times a year. We have several joint checking and savings accounts together. I don't know how much they usually want to see in order to consider issuing a short term visitor visa. So here's my list of documents I have sent.
• Visa application forms and Receipt from Biometrics appointment
• Thai Passport with a copy
• Original US Permanent Resident Green Card with a notarized copy
• Original marriage certificate with a copy
• Trip itinerary with details of places I am planning to visit
(I included not just the details for UK, but also details about the whole trip 9 cities 7 countries for 28 days)
• Copy of plane and train tickets for each destinations for entire trip (all booked and paid for)
• Copy of hotel bookings for the entire trip
• Letter of employment for my part time job
• Copy of joint bank statements with my husband (approximately $60,000 in both checking and savings)
• Letter of financial support from my husband saying he would responsible for all expenses in this trip
• Copy of my husband’s personal business bank statements and business registration documents
• Copy of my husband’s passport and most recent filed tax return
• Copy of my husband’s family business stock certificates evidencing his ownership in the company
• Statements from my husband’s retirement investment accounts ($ 60,000 approximately)
• Copy of mortgage statements and primary residence appraisal (currently $100,000 in equity)
I know that UKBA suggested not paying for the ticket until the visa is issued. However, I had to apply for Schengen visa earlier and they required to see the evidence of a purchased plane tickets for the whole trip and since UK will be my first stop, I had no choice but to book the ticket.
How difficult is it to get a tourist visa and how long should it take to get it? Are my supporting documents are strong enough? Also I have specified the date I intend to arrive in UK (May 11th, 2012), do they normally grant you an entry on the exact date you specify on the application? I just want to make sure they will not grant my entry later than May 11th since the plane ticket is already booked.
Thank you in advance for your help.
A little background about me, I work part time as a waitress for about 20 hours a week and only make about $1,500 per month. I am mainly be supported by my husband who has his own accounting practice plus dividends from family business 4 times a year. We have several joint checking and savings accounts together. I don't know how much they usually want to see in order to consider issuing a short term visitor visa. So here's my list of documents I have sent.
• Visa application forms and Receipt from Biometrics appointment
• Thai Passport with a copy
• Original US Permanent Resident Green Card with a notarized copy
• Original marriage certificate with a copy
• Trip itinerary with details of places I am planning to visit
(I included not just the details for UK, but also details about the whole trip 9 cities 7 countries for 28 days)
• Copy of plane and train tickets for each destinations for entire trip (all booked and paid for)
• Copy of hotel bookings for the entire trip
• Letter of employment for my part time job
• Copy of joint bank statements with my husband (approximately $60,000 in both checking and savings)
• Letter of financial support from my husband saying he would responsible for all expenses in this trip
• Copy of my husband’s personal business bank statements and business registration documents
• Copy of my husband’s passport and most recent filed tax return
• Copy of my husband’s family business stock certificates evidencing his ownership in the company
• Statements from my husband’s retirement investment accounts ($ 60,000 approximately)
• Copy of mortgage statements and primary residence appraisal (currently $100,000 in equity)
I know that UKBA suggested not paying for the ticket until the visa is issued. However, I had to apply for Schengen visa earlier and they required to see the evidence of a purchased plane tickets for the whole trip and since UK will be my first stop, I had no choice but to book the ticket.
How difficult is it to get a tourist visa and how long should it take to get it? Are my supporting documents are strong enough? Also I have specified the date I intend to arrive in UK (May 11th, 2012), do they normally grant you an entry on the exact date you specify on the application? I just want to make sure they will not grant my entry later than May 11th since the plane ticket is already booked.
Thank you in advance for your help.