Renewing a UK passport from Thailand

[Terry]

Pleng - I travel to HCMC again next week, returning 22 December and have no plans to travel after that.

I will be lodging my application on 23 December - so won't know for a while yet.

Start to finish of 8 weeks sound about right from what I've heard.

You keep your old passport for I.D. purposes but you are supposed not to travel. Frankly I don't see how they can monitor that one ......................

[Pleng]

Start to finish of 8 weeks sound about right from what I've heard.

A tight squeeze of you're on a 60-day entry permit from a tourist Visa, then!

You keep your old passport for I.D. purposes but you are supposed not to travel. Frankly I don't see how they can monitor that one ......................

Well last time I renewed my passport in the UK, they returned my old one with the corner cut off rendering it unusable. I suppose they could do the same in BKK??

[Bristolian]

To update those of you needing to update your UK passport. I applied for new UK passports, for my son and me, on the 18th December, at the Trendy Building in Bangkok. I was told that it would take 6-12 weeks for the new passports to arrive . To my surprise, I have been advised by email, that the new passports are already awaiting collection from the Trendy Building. To collect the new passports you must take the old passports with you for cancellation.

A little over 3 weeks for the service and over the Christmas and new year period. I must say that I am surprised and impressed

Now I need to brace myself for the process of getting my visa transferred in BKK. This is not a hard process but due to teh numbers of people queuing, it usually takes the whole morning.

[fft100]

Why get the visa transferred in bkk ? You can do it in HH. Took me less than 30 mins in december.

[Bristolian]

^^ Unfortunately I still live and work in Bangkok during the working week

[malcolminthemiddle]

A friend recently received her New Passport in BKK. When she tried to transfer her current visa from the Old Passport to the New Passport at HH Immigration she was told to provide a letter from the Embassy in BKK (cost 30 GBP) confirming the New Passport is genuine. The reason given by HH Immigration is that without any travel stamps they cannot confirm the New Passport is genuine.

[Terry]

Applied for my new one on 23rd December
According to DHL tracking - it arrived in Liverpool on 29th

I'm waiting with baited breath

[Pleng]

Once you've got the new passport is it possible to leave the country, showing the visa on the old passport - if you only have a few days left of our stay, for example?

[lomuamart]

Yes, that should be fine.

[russ]

A friend recently received her New Passport in BKK. When she tried to transfer her current visa from the Old Passport to the New Passport at HH Immigration she was told to provide a letter from the Embassy in BKK (cost 30 GBP) confirming the New Passport is genuine. The reason given by HH Immigration is that without any travel stamps they cannot confirm the New Passport is genuine.

the letter from the Embassy is free not 30 pounds I have just done it in bkk no charge

[Matlot]

I don't know if there is another thread relating to this but could someone please point me in the right direction on what the process is and documentation required to get my son a UK passport....thanks in advance.

[Terry]

I am in a state of wondrous shock

Got a call from 'Trendy' building this p.m.

My new Passport is ready for collection - it arrived in Bangkok yesterday -20 days after it was applied for - including the New Year holiday

So - maybe someone put a ferret up the trouser legs of the Liverpoon Passport Office

What about the 6-8 weeks

Anyways I collect in the morning - deliver to my secretary in Bangkok and she can go get the Visa transferred - she says it's easy - let's see.

For now I am a happy bunny.

[Pleng]

Yes, that should be fine.

Ok thanks. So as far as I understand, you only need to transfer the visa if you are intending to extend your stay?

[Dannie Boy]

I don't know if there is another thread relating to this but could someone please point me in the right direction on what the process is and documentation required to get my son a UK passport....thanks in advance.

Yes it has been covered before, but this should help you
https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports/y ... _new/child

[Terry]

Picked up the New Passport at 'Trendy' this a.m
No problems - my secretary will try and get the visa transferred this afternoon, here in Bangkok - let's see what happens

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Note to Matlot
I managed to get UK Passports for my two sons last year, no problem and used the info at the link provided by Dannie Boy.

The only difference was that I was able to lodge the applications at the Bangkok Consular section which has now been superseded by the application at the 'Trendy' Building.

I have found the staff there to be friendly and efficient

Good luck