Urgent Advice Re Passport Needed Plse

[jauntyjohn]

Have recently damaged my old passport - 30 day exit stamp expires 5th December - have been to embassy however new pp wont be ready till 14th December.

Should I go to the Poipet border with old passport and new one when I receive it on the 14th given I will be a few days overstay or go to immigration immediately? The old passport is wrecked and cant be used - does anyone know the correct procedure here? Will the border put another entry stamp into my new passport or should this be done at immigration?

Thanks for any advice,

jj.

[thaiflyer1]

What i would do is go to immigration where you are based with the receipt from the Embassy for your passport, explain the situation to them and try to obtain a 10 day extension for 1900 baht that/ll take you through to when your new passport is ready. I see no point in going to the border if your old passport is totally "wrecked". Maybe somebody else has a better idea?

[astral]

I agree, ThaiFlyer, assuming he has his old passport?

Often the embassy wants the old one to process the new one.

Otherwise Immigration has nowhere to stamp!!

[lopburi3]

You should seek the advise of your Embassy. They will probably give you a letter of introduction to immigration that can be used with old passport to obtain legal status until after your new passport arrived and can be validated.