Renew British Passport: Appointment Blocked

[rbkk]

If this is in the wrong place I apologize. I've been trying to get an appt. to renew my UK passport. Access to VFS Thailand has been blocked for the last 2 days. https://visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/tha/schedule-an-appointment  Any help/idea's?

[richard_smith237]

Ignore their webpage appointment system.

Write directly to them via e-mail 

 

BangkokHMPO[at]vfshelpline.com

 

Give them 3 preferred dates - they will respond with an appointment time on one of those preferred dates.

 

Note: The VFS for British Passport renewal is no longer at the Trendy Building, the location is now at Belle Grand Rama 9.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZWwy3vzf5MzY1WGo8

 

 

 

 

[Will B Good]

Are you using a VPN by any chance...that might cause you to be blocked??

 

That link you posted goes to India????

 

 

 

 

[Crossy]

Start here https://visa.vfsglobal.com/tha/en/gbr/hmpo

 

 

[rbkk]

4 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Start here https://visa.vfsglobal.com/tha/en/gbr/hmpo

 

 

Blocked as well!

[rbkk]

17 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Are you using a VPN by any chance...that might cause you to be blocked??

 

That link you posted goes to India????

 

 

 

 

No VPN on. Same issue when I use my son's computer. That link I gave above is the first google hit for "VFS Thailand appointment" search. 

[Will B Good]

Just now, rbkk said:

No VPN on. Same issue when I use my son's computer. That link I gave above is the first google hit for "VFS Thailand appointment" search. 

 

 

Which is for India, but you know that now....however......just checking.....I take it you have you already created an account with VFS?

 

 

[rbkk]

21 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Ignore their webpage appointment system.

Write directly to them via e-mail 

 

BangkokHMPO[at]vfshelpline.com

 

Give them 3 preferred dates - they will respond with an appointment time on one of those preferred dates.

 

Note: The VFS for British Passport renewal is no longer at the Trendy Building, the location is now at Belle Grand Rama 9.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZWwy3vzf5MzY1WGo8

 

 

 

 

I will give that e-mail a go. Thx. Being a public holiday today I'm guessing I'll have to wait until tomorrow for a response.

[terryq]

9 minutes ago, rbkk said:

Blocked as well!

Initially blocked for me but turning script blocker off makes it accessible.

 

 

[Crossy]

11 minutes ago, rbkk said:

Blocked as well!

 

Hmmm, what is the message you are seeing??

[rbkk]

1 minute ago, terryq said:

Initially blocked for me but turning script blocker off makes it accessible.

 

 

Great. If only i knew how!

[Crossy]

Just now, rbkk said:

Great. If only i knew how!

 

Which browser and OS are you using?

[rbkk]

5 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

Hmmm, what is the message you are seeing??

 

Yesterday, I screen saved this. The link shows /tha. Today, the link is via /ind. Odd.

[richard_smith237]

Why did my post come up like this ??

 

[rbkk]

5 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

Which browser and OS are you using?

Currently using Firefox (to get Youtube with no ads-Origin) but i have the same issue when I use Chrome. Windows 11.

 

[rbkk]

3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Why did my post come up like this ??

 

 

Except for the top line, that's how it is appearing to me.

[richard_smith237]

2 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Why did my post come up like this ??

 

 

 

I just had an appointment for a passport renewal 10 days ago.

 

I'd written to them to book the appointment two weeks before hand, and received the booking confirmation within 10 minutes of e-mailing.

 

 

[richard_smith237]

1 minute ago, rbkk said:

Except for the top line, that's how it is appearing to me.

 

Maybe because we are posting an official e-mail address - and the mods want to check for risk of misinformation perhaps...   A new forum feature ?

[Crossy]

29 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Why did my post come up like this ??

 

 

 

It contained an email address, I've edited and approved it.

[Crossy]

23 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Maybe because we are posting an official e-mail address - and the mods want to check for risk of misinformation perhaps...   A new forum feature ?

 

It's been a rule since forever, no clickable email addresses in posts. Just replace the @ with [at] and it won't get flagged.