4 hours ago, djayz said:

I can second what samran has weitten. When we got our son's passport, it really was that straight forward. 

i had to complete a written application...maybe cause it was my first passport. anyway, not really important. by chance, does anyone know if the current passports will no longer be valid after the new ones are introduced? 

 

On 12/23/2019 at 8:43 AM, Orton Rd said:

!000 baht is at least a days wages more likely 2 days so not expensive to you but for the people getting them they are and the worst thing about them is that they only last 5 years, why is that?

Because they are made in France! 1000 baht is still cheap, they are the best protected passports of the world.

7 hours ago, samran said:

No, we do have the option of booking in advance if we want. 
 

https://www.passport.in.th

 

But well done to you. World champion !!! Is the secret location the same as the bridge under from which you type? 

I answered your post claiming western countries have a bureaucratic application procedure. It’s just not true, everything is paperless and straightforward here. I have to assume that TH is good in this area too. Maybe just because of international compliance pressure.

15 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

Did you read the article or any of the posts?  Article says "within 12 minutes" and everyone who has been through the process (me included) can confirm you are in and out in a few minutes - there is essentially no queue to jump.

 

Why don't you give it a rest?  Or are you going to persist until someone gives you the gratification of saying "ok, your country is better"?  I'll do it if it'll make you stop.

 

CLS your country is better.  And we are all extremely jealous of your country's special secret location because our countries' passports are put together in someone's garage.

 

12 min is not the wait time, it’s the time to process the application, including iris scan.

14 minutes ago, CLS said:

12 min is not the wait time, it’s the time to process the application, including iris scan.

Yawn.

On 12/23/2019 at 10:33 AM, samran said:

You’ve got no clue.

 

Without doubt, the issuance of Thai passports is one of the most efficient processes - not just in Thailand - but anywhere in the world.

 

There is no application form, people just turn up to a processing centre (No appointment needed), have their ID card scanned, photo and finger prints taken and a passport is posted to your house in three days, often less. All for 1000 baht.

The current passport works fine. 

3 hours ago, CLS said:

I answered your post claiming western countries have a bureaucratic application procedure. It’s just not true, everything is paperless and straightforward here. I have to assume that TH is good in this area too. Maybe just because of international compliance pressure.

My country is the same, application done online, takes no longer than 5 or 10 minutes, delivery within one week to a nearby pick-up point. But Thailand does it easy as well to its citizens.

15 hours ago, CLS said:

I answered your post claiming western countries have a bureaucratic application procedure. It’s just not true, everything is paperless and straightforward here. I have to assume that TH is good in this area too. Maybe just because of international compliance pressure.

I never said it was ‘bureaucratic’.

 

I just said my western (Australian - and Aus /NZ for my kids) passport applications require longer forms, referees and at least 10 days to submit. Thailand is infinitely more efficient. 
 

As for ‘international compliance pressure’, the process has been like this for at least 12 years - and it was an internal Ministry of Interior programme which bought it about. 
 

But given your huge amounts of knowledge about this, perhaps you can explain where this ‘pressure’ came from? But you are really just making it up as you go along aren’t you? Anything to criticize...
 

As said, well done to you. Polite golf clap. Pat yourself on the back and take a bow. 

Edited December 25, 20196 yr by samran

9 hours ago, samran said:

I never said it was ‘bureaucratic’.

 

I just said my western (Australian - and Aus /NZ for my kids) passport applications require longer forms, referees and at least 10 days to submit. Thailand is infinitely more efficient. 
 

 

Well I just checked the requirements when applying for Aus passport and certainly that is the word that best describes the process. I never would have thought that would be still the reality somewhere in the developed world when entering the 2020's, rather like the Soviet Union of the 1970's.