Friday, November 25, 2016

Ireland Visa Approved, Time to Buy an Airline Ticket

Today, exactly 13 days after we handed in my wife's visa application, the embassy called to tell us the visa was ready for collection.

Kitty (my wife) was elated, she had been concerned that it may be denied because we declined to submit any documents except marriage certificate and translation (as the certificate is in Thai), but under EU rules we are not required to provide any other documents.  We included a polite letter to explain why we were not providing stuff like proof of accommodation, bank statements, etc.

So now we have to book our flight and I am looking for airlines that fly direct from Bangkok to Dublin, but there are none.  Next best option seems to be an airline that stops about half way, so I compared prices and now I find that the cheapest by far is Turkish Airlines.

Turkish airlines has another benefit, Thai's do not need a visa to fly to Turkey (since Feb 2016) so there can be no question over transit visas, we decide to book Turkish Airways.


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