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Visa Success At Last!
After several YEARS of trying (and no doubt boring you all to death with the saga), I'm overjoyed to be able to tell anybody who's interested that I have finally succeeded in getting my Vietnamese BF a UK Visa.
He has today been issued with a (wait for it....SIX MONTHS) multiple entry Visitors Visa, valid from late December.
My new book "How I Did It" will be published in January 2018 and will feature full illustrated details :D - meanwhile helpful advice for anybody in the same position can he had free of charge by PM.
Thanks to those SGT members who supported/helped along the way.
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Congratulations!
One of the few highlights in life.
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Persistence sometimes pays off.
December is a bit of a worry though - hope he doesn't freeze his nuts off!
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That will be a wonderful feeling for you both. Congratulations!
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Congrats! Hope you guys have a good time in the UK.
May I ask, how do you think he'll take the UK? Do you think he'll enjoy it, or will he hate it, and won't be able to wait to get back on a plane to Vietnam? Could go either way, all depending on his personality. For example, think he'll be ok for eating over there? There's no sticky rice in the UK. :)
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The temperature will be the biggest hurdle - but I do have my central heating on 24/7/365 at 23c which although I realise is cooler than he is used to, it's not exactly freezing.
For outside, a trip to the shops will be high on the agenda as he has nothing warm to wear (why would he?). Once he is properly kitted out he should be ok - if I can survive the heat of Saigon why can't he survive the cold of Scotland lol
Food-wise he eats very simply, really just boiled rice, fried chicken, pork, and vegetable soups. He likes seafood but that will be curbed pronto as we'd be broke in a month with that malarkey at UK prices.
Personality wise he's a quiet one - perfectly happy at home as opposed to be out clubbing every night so hopefully that will work out.
However the proof of the pudding will be in the eating !!
He's been given a 6 month Visa but its multiple entry so if he gets homesick he can take a break, go home, and come back at a later date
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Well done there.
Remember he's got to get from the airport without freezing his nuts off as well. Scotland's a bit cold for me in summer, never mind December. So I've no idea how he's going to manage.
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Well obviously I'd be meeting him at the airport so maybe I'll bring a duvet he can wrap round himself in the car :D
Hey guys, it's Scotland, not Siberia !!
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Ah scottish, that is surely great news. I'm genuinely really happy for you both.
I assume by now you've picked out the required tartan for his kilt?
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Throw him at the deep end.
Instead of 23c. 24/7 indoors go straight to a grouse moor on Day 2.
Followed by a day’s rough shooting.
On day 3 a more relaxed session of driven shooting.
Then a few days or whatever it takes to bag a Stag.
Then a go at Pike in your local burn.
In other words normal life for a Scot....he must learn that when in Rome....
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Congrats! I remember only too well the frustration of Attempting to get my BFs first Irish visa... And of course the elation when he finally got it
There are loads of Asian food stores in Dublin.. so I presume that there are also in Scotland? He can get all his frozen seafood there....
BTW is his Dad coming too? Wasn't that part of one of your Visa applications?
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Yes - but although they both applied at the same time - and actually as part of the same application as far as letters of invitation etc were concerned - his father has not had a yes or no so far.
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SG. might I ask what his name is?
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When elderly men turn up with their 'boyfriend' 30 years younger than them it would be remiss of the immigration department not to ask a few questions.
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Really don't see the point of that comment.
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If you don't mind, please keep us updated on how his trip goes. I'd like to know how he takes to the UK. For example, will he find it a very cold and isolating society? Things like that...
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Otherwise every sex starved jock would pitch up in Vietnam, Cambodia or some other dirt poor country, collect their 'boyfriend' and bring him back to The UK.
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Congratulations Scottish!
I am sure you will find a way to keep him warm...
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Len you are so bitter and twisted - I haven't just "pitched up in Vietnam" and "brought him back", I've been in this relationship for seven years.
Obnoxious as you're being, you're not going to spoil my day!
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SG: About winter clothing: BF can spend some time at the clothing stalls in Saigon Square Market. He will definitely find suitable and adequate winter wear. I got a very substantial Northface jacket, with removable insulated lining. No need for you to bring a duvet to the airport when he arrives. :)
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Just imagine. You spend all that time and money getting a visa to get your 'boyfriend' back to Gorbals. He takes one look at the place and says 'I'm not staying here." Assuming he speaks English.
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This post should be exclusively about celebrating the success of SG's bf in getting his visa. Anything else is inappropriate.
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Give it receive it. End of.
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arsenal
Give it receive it. End of.
There was nothing inappropriate in this thread until your post 14.
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This thread, no. Plenty of others. He gives it out he gets it back. End of. But you're right, this is a very special day for Gorbals Jock and his eh..."boyfriend'.
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arsenal, all of us who've posted on this thread are really happy that SG''s BF has finally got his visa. Your comments are so far out from the feeling here. Bitter? probably. Why not just be happy for SG's good news>
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I don't wish to put a dampener on the subject but having a Visa does not guarantee entry to the UK.
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scottish-guy
After several YEARS of trying (and no doubt boring you all to death with the saga), I'm overjoyed to be able to tell anybody who's interested that I have finally succeeded in getting my Vietnamese BF a UK Visa.
Congrats, scottish-guy! Your perseverance paid off. I hope your bf will enjoy his stay in the UK and wish the both of you the very best. :)
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arsenal
This thread, no. Plenty of others. He gives it out he gets it back. End of. But you're right, this is a very special day for Gorbals Jock and his eh..."boyfriend'.
Classless
perhaps we should all start to post the comment "classless" @Arsenal each time he posts another one of his bitter posts
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scottish-guy
Hey guys, it's Scotland, not Siberia !!
What's the difference? Both are desolate and unpleasant.
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Marti, you've obviously been to both?
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As are you.
But thanks for previously giving me the tagline which I've placed immediately above my avatar
:p
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colmx
...BTW is his Dad coming too? Wasn't that part of one of your Visa applications?
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scottish-guy
Yes - but although they both applied at the same time... his father has not had a yes or no so far.
Just to update - his father has also now received a Visa (am I good or what :D).
So the plan is for both to come over late Dec, with his father going home after 2 weeks (he suggested a week but that's a waste of a trip) - and BF staying on.
Christ - I'll have to get up the loft and get my pink (yes, pink) Xmas tree down, haven't bothered with it for about 15yrs !
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A pink tree? Ah please Mary.
Really hope it all goes well SG.
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The pink Xmas tree has been liberated from the loft but even though it was in a couple of black bags it's a bit grimy after 15yrs (prob condensation) - so I will have to erect it, stick it in the shower, spray it with Cillit Bang and rinse it off - then it should be sparkly clean.
I have ordered tinsel, baubles, and lights as I threw everything out years ago.
I feel I should post a pic once I manage to get it up :p
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I'm not sure the board rules allow you to post a pic when you finally get it up. Though I've heard other sites are available to share that kind of smut. Would you not just throw it out and buy a new one? I know you're Scottish, but there has to be a limit.
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Thanks for the good news Scotttsh ... I'm sure you're ecstatic.
Last time I heard of a Thai guy enjoying Scotland's weather was when he was accepted in 1995 as a neophyte golf instructor/cum/masseur (nudge nudge) at St. Andrews.
Good luck with your guy in this interesting journey.
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scottish-guy
The pink Xmas tree has been liberated from the loft but even though it was in a couple of black bags it's a bit grimy after 15yrs (prob condensation) - so I will have to erect it, stick it in the shower, spray it with Cillit Bang and rinse it off - then it should be sparkly clean.....
No offense SG, but even here in Vietnam I think people would eschew a pink tree. So démodé, so passé. Maybe BF's father will offer you 100,000 Dong to replace the tree (or simply to keep it out of sight).
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There you go SG. The board is anonymous on this - ditch the pink tree.
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Fuck off the lot of you - the pink tree stays and I shall even buy (darker) pink tinsel for it just to annoy you even more :p
As for Joe posting about "smut" - it's been decades since I heard that word and I can only assume that he had a masturbatory fantasies about Mary Whitehouse when he was a teenager
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