billzant Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Next year I have to renew my passport. I will check the details fully next year. I understand that I attend an appointment at an agency off Sukhumvit who take my passport and send it off to the UK for renewal. The new passport is then posted back to me. What measures are in place If I have to attend a 90 days check if I don't have the passport? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) Your passport is returned to you after lodging your application. You have to collect your new passport from the passport office in The Trendy, Soi 13. Edited July 20, 2021 by Liverpool Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billzant Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 Thanks Lou, I had misunderstood - they don't keep the passport. Good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteBuffaloATM Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 You must follow ukgov website passport renewal from thailand needs.period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Just used VFSGlobal for renewal. Took just 3 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 15 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said: Your passport is returned to you after lodging your application. You have to collect your new passport from the passport office in The Trendy, Soi 13. Can anybody from the 'Actual Embassy' explain why they are not posted directly to us anymore and why must we engage a 5,000 baht agent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, brianthainess said: Can anybody from the 'Actual Embassy' explain why they are not posted directly to us anymore and why must we engage a 5,000 baht agent. You don't have to use an agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, brianthainess said: Can anybody from the 'Actual Embassy' explain why they are not posted directly to us anymore and why must we engage a 5,000 baht agent. Security, perhaps? You have to sign for it and present your expiring passport for euthanising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 11 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said: Security, perhaps? You have to sign for it and present your expiring passport for euthanising. So you don't know. Never was a problem before. Do you work at the embassy????. if you live far from BKK then the whole cost is a lot cheaper than 2 trips to BKK so to say I don't have to use an agent is just ignorance. All was done before without 2 trips and passport cut when applying. If you are not employed by the UK government please don't speculate as to the reasons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubbaJohnny Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 The embassy doesn't care about you, just your taxes to ensure they get vaxxed but we don't, contrast how the Swiss French treat their frail elederly here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, brianthainess said: 22 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said: Security, perhaps? You have to sign for it and present your expiring passport for euthanising. So you don't know. Never was a problem before. Do you work at the embassy????. if you live far from BKK then the whole cost is a lot cheaper than 2 trips to BKK so to say I don't have to use an agent is just ignorance. All was done before without 2 trips and passport cut when applying. If you are not employed by the UK government please don't speculate as to the reasons. I was making a suggestion based on probability, not speculating. See the question mark? No one has to engage the services of an agent, that would be an individual's choice, and my saying that is not ignorance, it is fact. If you, to use your words, are not employed by the UK government, perhaps you shouldn't be responding, either, or is it only me who has to comply with your exclusion directions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtank Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 The VFS at Trendy building is now closed. https://aseannow.com/topic/1224683-vfs-closed-bangkok/#elControls_16670485_menu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, RubbaJohnny said: The embassy doesn't care about you, just your taxes to ensure they get vaxxed but we don't, contrast how the Swiss French treat their frail elederly here. It's not any embassy's job to "care about you" in general, neither is the embassy involved in anyone's taxes. Switzerland and France are just two countries that are exceptions, the other 193 countries, i.e. 99% of them are the norm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubbaJohnny Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said: neither is the embassy involved in anyone's taxes So are they volunteers , or paid for by British taxpayers ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, RubbaJohnny said: 5 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said: neither is the embassy involved in anyone's taxes So are they volunteers , or paid for by British taxpayers ? Their salaries are paid by the FCDO, yes, with tax-payer money but, despite your disparaging dig at them, the embassy staff have nothing to do with your taxes, as you suggested, in the same way that no UK council street cleaner has anything to do with tax-payers money, either. By the way, how do you know that all the embassy staff are vaccinated, where was that reported? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcab Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Moved to the Home Country forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 18 hours ago, brianthainess said: So you don't know. Never was a problem before. Do you work at the embassy????. if you live far from BKK then the whole cost is a lot cheaper than 2 trips to BKK so to say I don't have to use an agent is just ignorance. All was done before without 2 trips and passport cut when applying. If you are not employed by the UK government please don't speculate as to the reasons. so whingeing about 5000thb once every 10 years, the system is the system, go via an agent or go via VFS, either way it will cost, it still had an over the UK price attached when they were sent to Hong Kong. I am paid by the UK government Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 21 hours ago, brianthainess said: Can anybody from the 'Actual Embassy' explain why they are not posted directly to us anymore and why must we engage a 5,000 baht agent. Security, I would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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