parryhandy

you will also have to have proof of address in Malaysia

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read what Terry said. He advised exiting Thailand with a BORDER PASS to Laos then asking if they can switch/use both BP and US passport in Laos then come back on US passport.

They wont state that the evidence will be accepted in the first place because like most evidence of that nature here its totally worthless and uncheckable.There is no evidence not on their list that they can legally check or they shouldn't be able to under Thai data protection laws.

This is how stupid and dangerous their rules are. My wife and I had a row last week and she tried to drag me down the local cop shop for a divorce. Now after going to such ridiculous lengths to prove residency do you think I would dare phone them to say my address had changed and potentially leave myself in the crap. I would imagine there's a lot of people who sometimes will find it a lot easier to provide evidence for where they don't live as opposed to where they actually do live.

Yeah i read that post. I've also been told that if the cash hasn't left your account it hasn't' been processed. Maybe his was processed quickly.

But it's ludicrous that we have to go to a border to discover whether our passport works or not. Why can't the passport office give this information? My old lady was told by Liverpool that i was good for a week, as did the guy at the Trendy building. We'll see.

But none of this addresses the elephant in the room:

Why is the British government disabling passports when it's unable to process new ones? Passport renewals are relatively simple affairs but apparently they're far too busy to do it. However they have the time to go through new arrivals and disable them without renewing them. How can this be? Surely if they have time to pull them out of a bag and start playing with them, they have time to turn them around around and send them on? Why are they disabling them for weeks (sometimes months) before they've had the chance to do what they've been paid to do? The system is completely bonkers!

and not just that the same government have the nerve to charge people caught up in the fiasco 95 quid for ETDS.

overseas passports should have a promise to deliver (documents in order) within a certain time frame or any expenses should be reimbursed as part of its charter.I am hoping someone who has really been stung financially by this takes HMPO to court for expenses.

has anyone got the helpline number please ? save me going through this entire thread again looking for it.

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June 25th is ok, all being well you'll have it back some time early/mid September. You can't get an extension if your passport is full.

Amazing that still the frigging embassy can only spare us 3 hours of their day .8 to 11 in these circumstances is a piss take, just a bunch of free loaders..

thats security for ya eh ?? 2 random foreigners can confirm your address ! if I was a fraudster I'd never be able to do that

just hoping one day some one puts their Thai address as the moon in Thai obviously translated into a random address from the phone book . just as easy/cheaper to fake address evidence than to provide the real thing.

and now due to the latest rule changes (can get someone to apply to trendy on your behalf) there's absolutely no real evidence that the person renewing the passport is the person it belongs to.

yes but a political game has ensued and I believe us expats have suffered so as to prove a point

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The funny thing is, I can foresee this passport thing going full circle and you will need to apply at the BE again and pick your PP up from as it was in the past

Exactly what I said on the first page on the previous passport topic a few months ago. There were many good reasons as to why it was done this way which are still valid today.

Can anyone advice of my situation.

My passport is full, and within the next 2 months I will be leaving my job, and subsequently my visa will need to be changed. I have no pages left and I'm concerned about the time it will take to renew my passport. I read a 12 month extension will be granted in some cases, but my passport isn't due for renewal, it is full. I am concerned as I will be leaving leaving my Job as I change in October.

I'm concerned about the visa issue.

Married with child.

Any advice much appreciated.

I would phone the Embassy/HMPO and ask them because at the moment you have no chance of getting your renewal back in time if you start the process now. Extension wont help if your passport is full.

This is what these idiots don't realise is that you cant just up sticks on an ETD (emergency travel document) when you have children and family to consider.

Now if they could issue you with a temporary passport valid for a year then that would help or an ETD that can take visas and the like and make them free.

When you do it in person do you have to have proof of residence ?

Unfortunately yes. This was one of the enhanced security measures that were going to be relaxed for overseas applicants until the aforementioned Yvette Cooper kicked off.

What even if you do it in the UK on a same day service ?

When you do it in person do you have to have proof of residence ?

The reason I ask is that the proof of residence is the one thing that people have a lot of difficulty with over here and Liverpool have difficulty accepting a lot of evidence yet if you are collecting your passport personally I cannot see why the need cannot be removed thus speeding up passport processing for everyone.

There are so many circumstances where at the time of applying you cannot get proof of residence and in a lot of cases only can prove you live somewhere else. How does this help security concerns?

The fact that they cannot legally check you actually live where you say you live is another reason I find it ridiculous.

So some people whose passports are about to expire can have it extended but how does this help people with full passports which I would imagine is the more prevalent in Thailand ? I suppose this helps them keep down the number of people applying for a year.

yeah was thinking something similar involving black biro

how can they extend a passport 12 months ?

reading that bbc article it looks like there were going to be more practical over many things including the stupid address proof rule until labour shadow home secretary started playing politics. grrrr

"Now we find out staff have been told to scale back vital security checks," <deleted> c*** !!what vital checks . the only people we need to be afraid of is our own bloody governments.

Picked up my passport from Tendy today.

Went in just before 9.00 am (2 people said I would not be seen until 10.00 am) and walked out at 9.15 am with the new shiny passport.

I shall email HMPO and ask them why they issued a 32 page passport when I requested a 48 page jumbo version !

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utterly <deleted> appalling service !! make sure you get a refund

I put 114.01 also on my form and that has now left my credit card account.

An update on my application, I submitted it to Trendy House on the 9th April, I had a phone call from Trendy on the 30th, saying my passport was ready for collection, I will be going on Tuesday to collect overall its taken just over 7 weeks.

JOHN

Well that's the quickest one yet, well done.

Good News for the Old Brit.Downloaded all his Forms. Took him to BKK Bank,showed them the Payment Form, and they upgraded an old Deposit Acc Card to work on VISA only,and tested it so it works for Him. Nice one BKK BANK. In and out in 25 Mins....

good man Pop well done.

Did mine today and nothing to report that hasn't been already said.Will advise on how long it takes.I have 88 days before I need to leave the country but can extend 60 days using the cancelled passport if really necessary.

Just back from Nong Khai. Caught the 5.00am express train from khon kaen this morning which I believe starts in Bangkok. On time for the first time ever and everything went like clockwork. Border run was the same as usual with a few soldiers about.

Job done.