How did you know the passport was in Thailand?

 

Do you get a tracking number when it leaves the UK, do they tell you when it arives, or do you need to chase it around?

Trendy send you an E-mail telling you  to go and collect your passport 

I can confirm you get an email, my wife got one yesterday. 

10 hours ago, Bobtheblob said:

I can confirm you get an email, my wife got one yesterday. 

 

How long did it take to get the new PP?

 

It took 12 weeks from handing in to trendy to getting the email saying it was ready.

Edited September 18, 20223 yr by Bobtheblob

Submitted an application for my daughter's renewal at the beginning of July and still waiting for notification to pick it up from vfs.

<deleted> service in my opinion.

9 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

Submitted an application for my daughter's renewal at the beginning of July and still waiting for notification to pick it up from vfs.

<deleted> service in my opinion.

nothing wrong with trendy or vfs.....found them to be very good

11 hours ago, blackshadow said:

nothing wrong with trendy or vfs.....found them to be very good

12 weeks and counting for a passport application is not a very good service. I don't blame the office in Bangkok but the whole lousy process that sends an application back to the UK where the system is obviously near to breaking.

It took me just over 13 weeks from start to finish.

 

I think calling at the 12 week point helped speed things up. It went from waiting to be checked by an examiner to printed and posted within days.

4 hours ago, edwinchester said:

12 weeks and counting for a passport application is not a very good service. I don't blame the office in Bangkok but the whole lousy process that sends an application back to the UK where the system is obviously near to breaking.

but if you apply in good time what's the big deal? the guys who are lousy at planning and leave to last minute type of guys have trouble

Living in the UK, got my new passport in 1 week, quite impressive. Went to a photo booth and the digital photo becomes available to the passport dept.

Did the applicatione online, just had to send off the old passport,

Edited September 30, 20223 yr by Andrew65

31 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

but if you apply in good time what's the big deal? the guys who are lousy at planning and leave to last minute type of guys have trouble

We have applied with plenty of time to spare so no worries on that score.

The UK Embassy in BKK used to have a one week turnaround for passports, that was good service. My daughter's Thai passport was delivered to our house within two days of applying, the whole application process was efficient and an excellent experience.

Waiting months for a passport is an appalling indictment of the whole sorry process introduced by the UK Govt. The process for UK residents seems to be almost as bad judging by the number of complaints appearing online.

27 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

We have applied with plenty of time to spare so no worries on that score.

The UK Embassy in BKK used to have a one week turnaround for passports, that was good service. My daughter's Thai passport was delivered to our house within two days of applying, the whole application process was efficient and an excellent experience.

Waiting months for a passport is an appalling indictment of the whole sorry process introduced by the UK Govt. The process for UK residents seems to be almost as bad judging by the number of complaints appearing online.

It's a post covid working from home problem, probably sort itself out in a couple years

 

My Thai wife - obtained her British citizenship recently.

She applied for her first UK passport - which requires additional documents to a simple renewal and a face-to-face interview.

The interview they skipped, notified by email.

 

From application(incl' sending her Thai passport ) to receipt of UK passport ( from Liverpool ) it took 4 weeks. This was  in the last week.

 

So not too sloppy !!

15 minutes ago, Pmbkk said:

 

My Thai wife - obtained her British citizenship recently.

She applied for her first UK passport - which requires additional documents to a simple renewal and a face-to-face interview.

The interview they skipped, notified by email.

 

From application(incl' sending her Thai passport ) to receipt of UK passport ( from Liverpool ) it took 4 weeks. This was  in the last week.

 

So not too sloppy !!

This was applied for from within uk though, right?

 

OP is asking about applying from Thailand.

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

It's a post covid working from home problem, probably sort itself out in a couple years

That is being optimistic.

Just got an email from VFS letting me know my daughter's passport is ready for collection. 12 weeks and 5 days since submitting the application.

1 minute ago, edwinchester said:

Just got an email from VFS letting me know my daughter's passport is ready for collection. 12 weeks and 5 days since submitting the application.

After 15 weeks my agent in BKK has my new PP, but I now have a EMS post delivery problem......????

 

 

 

6 minutes ago, transam said:

After 15 weeks my agent in BKK has my new PP, but I now have a EMS post delivery problem......????

 

 

 

Yes, I'm wondering what the traffic is like into BKK right now...may leave it until next week for it to dry out a little.

16 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

Just got an email from VFS letting me know my daughter's passport is ready for collection. 12 weeks and 5 days since submitting the application.

Remember, VHS only keep it for you for 30 days, after that it goes back to the UK...

2 minutes ago, transam said:

Remember, VHS only keep it for you for 30 days, after that it goes back to the UK...

Could try Betamax , they are better than V.H.S 

8 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

Yes, I'm wondering what the traffic is like into BKK right now...may leave it until next week for it to dry out a little.

Floods might get worse.  A lot of water heading south from up north ????

On 9/30/2022 at 12:55 PM, scubascuba3 said:

It's a post covid working from home problem, probably sort itself out in a couple years

Yes.  last year I got mine 3 weeks after submitting in Chiang Mai.

1 hour ago, transam said:

After 15 weeks my agent in BKK has my new PP, but I now have a EMS post delivery problem......????

 

 

 

Would it be worth having it held at local Post Office fof you to collect ? Go get it when you can.

9 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Would it be worth having it held at local Post Office fof you to collect ? Go get it when you can.

Just spoke to our lad, he is Border Patrol Police in Ubon, he told me to EMS it to his office at the Police Station, no water, I hope the agent is OK with that....????

Just picked up daughter's passport from VFS yesterday. The office was very quiet and I was in and out in 5 minutes. The journey in from Kanchanaburi was plain sailing, easiest trip in a long time and I saw no signs of flooding in BKK but then I was on the expressway all the way from before Rangsit. Sukhumvit was remarkably quiet but then wifey was earning merit points in a temple the 3 previous days so according to her Buddha was smiling on us.

VFS did a fine job but wish HMPO could get their act together, 2 days shy of 3 months for delivery of a renewal passport is very poor performance.

13 weeks and counting since UK Passport Office took the $$$ from my credit card ????

 

I knew there were delays, but ...

On 9/17/2022 at 7:36 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

Trendy send you an E-mail telling you  to go and collect your passport 

I thought if you use an agent like key visa, they posted it back to you.

On 10/5/2022 at 4:40 PM, transam said:

After 15 weeks my agent in BKK has my new PP, but I now have a EMS post delivery problem......????

 

 

 

My postman delivers NAFF all, i got my OZ pp sent to a friend's place, who then sent him to my house, next day i got 3months of undelivered mail 2nd delivery in 2.5 years ! nothing since of course. (7weeks and 4days for new OZ pp)

10 minutes ago, Crossy said:

13 weeks and counting since UK Passport Office took the $$$ from my credit card ????

 

I knew there were delays, but ...

There was a post earlier suggesting to ring HMPO back in the UK. I did just that after 12 weeks and the guy who took the call said he'd do what he could to get it printed asap. It was back in Thailand within a week. Staff on the help desk are as helpful as they can be but we'll aware the current waiting times are absolutely shocking.