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Hello all,

I'm sure this has been asked many times so i apologise, but i can't seem to find any previous postings on the subject....

I am British but live in Cali with my girlfriend (calena). We are planning a 6 month trip to UK, so she needs a visa. She has previously studied in the UK for 1 year on a student visa, but hasn't applied for a tourist visa before.....

Any advice on how we can improve our chances of getting a visa (without the obvious marriage option!) What is the best way to go about it?

Cheers all

Andy

By Andy C on Feb 20, 2005, 16:29 in Visa & paperwork.

sandramoreno80 says on Feb 20, 2005, 17:30:

Try looking at these web sites:

www.ukvisas.gov.uk
www.britishembassy.gov.uk

Good luck

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federico says on Feb 21, 2005, 14:13:

uk visas Best way is to sponsor your girlfriend and prove you can financially support her.
Then go WITH HER to the UK embassy in Bogota where they will interview YOU insttead of her.
We leave for England tommorow on my fiancees UK visa
Good luck

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Roncita says on Feb 22, 2005, 15:22:

tourist visa Getting a tourist visa is pretty straight forward, even for 6 months I think - you just have to write a letter to the embassy inviting her to stay in the UK with you and submit that with the application form. If she can't show that she can support herself while she's there, you should also include in the letter that you can support her, and show bank statements etc. As Federico says, go with her to the embassy in Bogota, although when I went with my Paisa husband to get his UK residency visa (I was sponsoring him), they didn't even ask to see me. Any questions just phone the embassy and ask for the Visas section - they're really helpful.

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Byron Farrow says on Feb 23, 2005, 08:15:

If she already has had a visa ... ... even a student one, then an interview may not be required. For her last visa my girlfriend just collected all the paperwork, gave it to a travel agency here in Bogota and they did it all in a day and delivered the visa to her place of work.

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Andy C says on Feb 23, 2005, 13:21:

Thanks everyone. I have all my bank statements etc to show i can supportr her, plus she has a monthly income too, so i think we should be ok. We go to the embassy on Tuesday, so fingers crossed!

Thanks

Andy

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