December 18th, 2007, 21:32
Whilst this will affect every tourist who is a national from outside the EU entering Britain, it might be of concern to Thai Nationals entering Britain, especially, it seems to me, that the UK authorities are pretty strict in giving out visas to Thai Nationals anyway as they are with certain nationals I'm sure.
Anyway, the UK government is considering halving the amount of time a non-EU national can stay in the UK on a tourist visa. At the moment it is 6 months (which is excellent considering when we go on holiday we only get in some cases 14 days in some countries) and they are considering reducing it to 3 months. Similarly, they are considering tightening up the appeal process, whatever that means, my interpretation is, at the worst, you cannot appeal (probably I'm reacting too heavily there), and also a refundable bond of around ┬г1,000 must be deposited for each tourist.
Anyway, the UK government is considering halving the amount of time a non-EU national can stay in the UK on a tourist visa. At the moment it is 6 months (which is excellent considering when we go on holiday we only get in some cases 14 days in some countries) and they are considering reducing it to 3 months. Similarly, they are considering tightening up the appeal process, whatever that means, my interpretation is, at the worst, you cannot appeal (probably I'm reacting too heavily there), and also a refundable bond of around ┬г1,000 must be deposited for each tourist.