Thai consulates in the UK will be closing ??

[147bluedog]

Apparently all the Thai consulates in the UK will be closing sometime after June 2020 and the visa app requirements for visiting Thailand will be replaced with an online visa app system direct from BKK. The recent and very ambiguous online system that has been implemented through the London and other embassies may well be stopped and it is hoped the new procedure will be less complicated. One lives in hope.

[ubonjoe]

Do you have a source for the info?

[scubascuba3]

Weird title to this thread

[KhunBENQ]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Weird title to this thread

But guaranteed click baiting else I would not be here

[147bluedog]

Spoke to official at Cardiff consulate who told me that the consulates were indeed going and that a new online visa system would eventually transpire. I doubt  he would be making it all up, what would be the point.

[147bluedog]

My apologies. Prob not closing consulates altogether but stopping the issuing of visas by appointment or otherwise.

[UKresonant]

So if that's the case I might just get one non-O SE from the consulate, before the system is in a state of flux again. Quite sad news.

Now will we have to guess what the new system will require second half of next year.....

[bbi1]

1 hour ago, 147bluedog said:

Spoke to official at Cardiff consulate who told me that the consulates were indeed going and that a new online visa system would eventually transpire. I doubt  he would be making it all up, what would be the point.

Who is Mr. Bloo? Curious to know...

[scubascuba3]

Spoke to official at Cardiff consulate who told me that the consulates were indeed going and that a new online visa system would eventually transpire. I doubt  he would be making it all up, what would be the point.

I wouldn't be surprised, Glasgow has 1 lady working there who is very close to retirement

[alex8912]

On 10/24/2019 at 8:07 PM, 147bluedog said:

My apologies. Prob not closing consulates altogether but stopping the issuing of visas by appointment or otherwise.

That should be a much bigger apology. Did you read your initial statement by any chance?? 

[HHTel]

On 10/24/2019 at 6:12 PM, 147bluedog said:

Apparently all the Thai consulates in the UK will be closing

All 3 of them!

[chilly07]

So what happens to all the other consulate services they supply such as Thai passport renewals? This is not the UK Thai Embassy so I would expect a more responsible approach!

[UnkleGoooose]

On 10/24/2019 at 6:42 PM, bbi1 said:

Who is Mr. Bloo? Curious to know...

Perhaps related to Blue Spunk?

[ubonjoe]

58 minutes ago, chilly07 said:

So what happens to all the other consulate services they supply such as Thai passport renewals? This is not the UK Thai Embassy so I would expect a more responsible approach!

They cannot renew The passport issue ID cards and etc. They are all honorary Thai consulates.

About all the can do is issue visas and offer limited notary services.

[SunsetT]

On 10/24/2019 at 9:15 PM, UKresonant said:

So if that's the case I might just get one non-O SE from the consulate, before the system is in a state of flux again. Quite sad news.

Now will we have to guess what the new system will require second half of next year.....

Once figuring out the quirks and misinfo. on the new online system it was very easy to get a non-O single entry based on retirement by post in September.

[William C F Pierce]

4 hours ago, HHTel said:

All 3 of them!

Which 3 out of Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, Hull and Glasgow. Not sure if there is one in Belfast.

[TaaSaparot]

Well, thanks for that.

 

Suspicions confirmed then.

[steve187]

29 minutes ago, William C F Pierce said:

Which 3 out of Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, Hull and Glasgow. Not sure if there is one in Belfast.

Birmingham is no more

[BritTim]

1 hour ago, William C F Pierce said:

Which 3 out of Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, Hull and Glasgow. Not sure if there is one in Belfast.

Birmingham has been defunct for years now. There is no consulate in Belfast, but the Dublin consulate comes under London, so (although not actually part of the UK) might be affected.

[Alidiver]

9 hours ago, SunsetT said:

Once figuring out the quirks and misinfo. on the new online system it was very easy to get a non-O single entry based on retirement by post in September.

Please, publish a "How To" Blog.
P.S. Apologies, I've just seen an excellent post by Senior Player

 

 

[steve187]

On 10/26/2019 at 4:39 PM, William C F Pierce said:

Which 3 out of Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, Hull and Glasgow. Not sure if there is one in Belfast.

Birmingham has long gone, none in Belfast one in Dublin and another in Gibraltar