A SCOT who has eventually managed to wed his Thai partner thanks to this newspaper has called for banks to improve the way they treat potential customers from abroad.
Ashby McGowan, a refugee activist from Glasgow, and Thanaporn Sonkew tied the knot in a Glasgow registrar’s office last month – a year after they went through a Buddhist wedding ceremony in her home country of Thailand, which was not recognised by the UK Home Office – and two years after they first confessed that they had feelings for each other.
Their on-off wedding in Scotland went ahead after three rejected visa applications and ensuing months of delays, during which he feared she might never be able to join him.
