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Applications for residence (Family Category)

You will receive an acknowledgement letter within fourteen days of your application being received by Bangkok branch. This will give you further information about the application process, your application number and may request additional information where necessary.

 

Your application will then be allocated to a visa officer for assessment.

 

It can be difficult to give an accurate timeframe for the allocation and assessment process, as circumstances differ. Please note that when a file is allocated to a visa officer for assessment you will receive more accurate information about the final processing time for your application.

 

As a guideline, please use the following timeframes. These will be updated as necessary.


Partnership/Dependent child applications

Allocation timeframe – two months
Processing timeframe – Within six months after allocation

 

Adult sibling/Parent applications

Allocation timeframe – 18 months
Processing timeframe – six to nine months after allocation 


Page Last Updated: 12 Nov 2007

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