uk passport renewal

[old man]

Hi how do you renew uk passport and pay for it as one can not get a bankers cheque made out in Hong Kong dollars in thailand.I live here on retirement visa and also have no visa card with which to pay fee with. Website say only 2 ways to pay and 1 way bullsh-t.Anyone got answers

[blue05]

if you need an online visa card just get a k bank account and upgrade the card in the atm machine to online card and you can pay anything online with the card

[HHTel]

Yes, you can get a banker's draft in foreign currency and certainly in HK dollars. When I renewed my ex-wife's passport earlier this year, we first used her Thai Visa card. We heard from HK that Thai cards will not go through their system. So we went to Bangkok Bank and drew a banker's draft in HK dollars and EMS'd it to them. No problem. Passport returned from the UK in a couple of weeks.

[old man]

Tried SCB they said you can-not get a bankers draft in foreign currency in thailand so will try bangkok bank-----thanks for your time

[lomuamart]

As I must get around to doing this myself, probably in the New Year, I'll watch this thread with interest.
I have a UK debit card (visa) but I heard that debit cards weren't accepted in HK, only credit cards. That seems strange to me and I don't know if it's true.
How do I pay the people?
As an aside, I was back in England a couple of months ago and looked at getting the passport renewed then. Wasn't a million miles away from Peterborough so geographically there was no problem. However, the Passport Office wanted another 100 odd quid to process matters within 4-6 weeks. I just couldn't bothered with that and as I was there for only a month, the 6 weeks didn't sound good.

[Frank Hovis]

I used a UK issued Visa Debit Card to pay HK and it worked fine, as long as your Debit Card has the Visa or MC logo, it acts like a credit card but with a zero credit limit, so the funds must be available.

I use that card for all online activities, I just transfer in a little more than the transaction is likely to be before making the transaction, that way should anyone misuse the card information they won't get a lot out of it.

[old man]

Hi phoned uk embassy bangkok[ they not answer emails]after long wait finnaly get operator to let me talk to someone and told to ask for INTERNATIONAL bankers draft in hk dollars so now go on tour of Hua Hin banks then will finish up in bar. This retirement game hard work.Thank god for chang

[old man]

Hi at last got reply to email from uk embassy bangkok that was as much good as a doze of clap!!!!I must email and ask why only insane people work for uk goverment--Yesterday went back to my bank scb in night market street was ushered by service monkeys to take a seat and asked can i have a international bankers draft in HKD a look of horror on all faces plus alot of thai chit-chat Then told sorry sir we can-no issue in HKD you will not get 1 anywhere in thailand its against the law So asked to see head monkey she came from backroom told her what i needed she said yes but we not do here you go other branch on corner of beach road top near traffic lights so went got what i needed no problems also have visa card on way from uk[not needed now]what a load of running about normal i think for here--Its good here--will post monday and let you know when it arrives--cost of bankers draft 202baht on top of passport fee

[christopher1]

I did the same as Frank. No problems.

[old man]

Posted off passport renewal 2 nd December now in state of shock as new passport arrived 17 th December all o/k--thanks to all staff involved u got this one right

[lomuamart]

Good your passport arrived so quickly especially with the seasonal overload on postal systems.
Just another reminder to those, myself included, who'll be renewing from now on - the renewal documents etc now have to be sent to the UK not Hong Kong any more:
https://www.gov.uk/government/world-loc ... n-thailand

[old man]

when you get new passport immigration will not accept new passport for new visa till you have cancelled old one by getting letter from uk embassy bangkok then hua hin immigration charge 500baht for up dating any visas got in uk--there was no charge at embassy and dont forget hua hin immigration is moving to somewhere near
royal palace