19 hours ago, CallumWK said:

 

Does your country not have an embassy in Thailand? If so you can send it there, and they will send it back

Yes, there is a UK Embassy in Bangkok, but heaven knows why.

Passports via VFS with appointment, pre-pay and personal visit, or Agent/VFS. 

5 minutes ago, Will Iam Not said:

Yes. You cannot renew a UK Passport whilst in Thailand. VFS is (unfortunately) the only way.

 

 

Actually you can  - but not "legitimately" 

 

I know of a few people who have sent the passport back to relatives in the UK. Whilst physically possible, HMPO advise specifically against...they cited two reasons:-

 

1. You are making a false declaration

 

2. You are in Thailand without your passport.

 

I added a third:-

 

3. If the HMPO official is alert they might notice that you have an entry stamp for Thailand, but no exit stamp  - that would tell me something.

19 hours ago, CallumWK said:

 

Does your country not have an embassy in Thailand? If so you can send it there, and they will send it back

 

 

Not possible with the British embassy - never has been. Previously renewed via Hong Kong, now outsourced to VfS Global.

11 minutes ago, Will Iam Not said:

Passports via VFS with appointment, pre-pay and personal visit, or Agent/VFS

Appointment yes.  Pre-pay no, you fill in the payment form and payment is taken by HMPO in the UK.  Personal visit yes, but can be anybody you nominate/authorise, not necessarily an "agent".

7 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Appointment yes.  Pre-pay no, you fill in the payment form and payment is taken by HMPO in the UK.  Personal visit yes, but can be anybody you nominate/authorise, not necessarily an "agent".

As far as I am concerned, filling in a form with my C Card details, which is then sent to HMPO, is in effect pre-paying. No way can you get it back.

 

53 minutes ago, Will Iam Not said:

As far as I am concerned, filling in a form with my C Card details, which is then sent to HMPO, is in effect pre-paying. No way can you get it back.

 

 

 

Why would you want to "get it back"

 

It is not pre-paid it is pre-authorised

16 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

Why would you want to "get it back"

 

It is not pre-paid it is pre-authorised

If you found your lost passport after applying, you would want to ask for the fee returning.

Pre-paid or pre-authorised are really the same thing, only a day or two later that they take your money off the card.

22 minutes ago, Will Iam Not said:

If you found your lost passport after applying, you would want to ask for the fee returning.

Pre-paid or pre-authorised are really the same thing, only a day or two later that they take your money off the card.

 

 

After you apply your old passport is officially cancelled (according to HMPO)

 

That situation wouldn't ever apply.

On 11/21/2025 at 6:55 PM, champers said:

It is about Thai passports being renewed, though the article does not make that crystal clear.

 

 

So the first objective of the new 'head' lady is to improve her communication skills and that of her of her team / their literature etc. 

Typical, a topic about the Thai Passport renewal office in Pattaya, now contains more posts about renewing British passports!

I got a new passport in October, had stamps transferred and renewed my retirement extension on it.

Could not do 90 day checkin with new passport on line as I had previously. Had to run the gauntlet at Jomtien immigration. After going to 3 different desks, asked the final one "Can I now do report on line like before"

NO. In order to get my new number into 90 day checkin I would have to leave and return to Thailand using new passport. Seems immigration entry (which gives numbers to 90 day section) and retirement extension section DO NOT share common data base of pp numbers etc.... in spite of 2 pages of stamps transferring from old pp.  

Enough to piss off a saint

16 minutes ago, Emdog said:

I got a new passport in October, had stamps transferred and renewed my retirement extension on it.

Could not do 90 day checkin with new passport on line as I had previously. Had to run the gauntlet at Jomtien immigration. After going to 3 different desks, asked the final one "Can I now do report on line like before"

NO. In order to get my new number into 90 day checkin I would have to leave and return to Thailand using new passport. Seems immigration entry (which gives numbers to 90 day section) and retirement extension section DO NOT share common data base of pp numbers etc.... in spite of 2 pages of stamps transferring from old pp.  

Enough to piss off a saint

 

Cool story Hansel, what is the relevance to a thread about a Thai passport office ?

On 11/22/2025 at 1:25 PM, couchpotato said:

es it is not a well written article (nothing to do with foreigners, visas or immigration).

Like many articles on AN, oh dear I've criticize AN