Darren Small married his wife Yanisa in Thailand in 2013. During 2016 Yanisa was diagnosed with cancer, she became very ill and Darren had to vacate his home in UK and sell everything up to pay  for treatment. Darren moved in with his parents who also helped towards the treatment costs.

One day in 2017 the Thai Princess, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn was making a royal visit to Yanisa’s home town of Pakchong and noticed that Yanisa didn’t look well. They had a […]

Patrick Murray, better known as Mickey Pearce for his role in Only Fools & Horses, spent 7 years living in Thailand, latterly with his wife Mam and his 3 year old daughter Josie. He was disappointed to find out that he didn’t comply with Home Office spouse visa rules so returned to the UK to work so he could support his family in Thailand whilst preparing to make an application to the Home Office.  After looking at various other routes, Pat was introduced to Peter Strickland at V4UK by a mutual friend.

Sean, from Essex, working with a Christian religious organisation in Russia, met Christina, a sixth year medical student from Kazakhstan, at a Baptist conference in Samara back in 2014. They stayed in contact over the internet and met each other several times before deciding that they would like to become engaged to be married. Sean wanted to bring Christina to the UK for Christmas to meet his parents before making the engagement official. He also wanted Christina to attend his cousin’s wedding. They duly made an […]