How Long Will It Take

[Torphun]

hey guys,

how long does it usually take to get a Thai Passport?

I have got a new job back home in New Zealand and I have to be there in 3 weeks. My wife and baby need a Thai Passport and then need to apply for a New Zealand tourists visa, could it all be done in 3 weeks?

We are living in Bangkok

thanks.

[ozzydom]

hey guys,

how long does it usually take to get a Thai Passport?

I have got a new job back home in New Zealand and I have to be there in 3 weeks. My wife and baby need a Thai Passport and then need to apply for a New Zealand tourists visa, could it all be done in 3 weeks?

We are living in Bangkok

thanks.

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Torphun, it only took about 30mins to do the application for my T/W passport at City Hall C/M and Passport was in letterbox 5 days later, dont know about NZ visas but can take months to get visa for oz.

type NZ visas in the search box ,there will be plenty of advise come bak

[aletta]

A Thai passport is very simple to get and will have within the week.

[manfromoz]

took 3 working days to get my babies Thai passport in the Bangkok (Bang Na) office. It is very efficient and they do all of the pictures required at the office.

Visa to NZ? No idea, sorry.

[samran]

How long are you going back to NZ for?

If it is for a while, then your wife will need a spousal visa for her to stay an extended period of time, a tourist visa won't do and won't let yout wife stay longer than a month or two.

If the child is yours, then you should get it a NZ passport, as she/he will be eligible for citizenship via descent.

Edited June 10, 2005 by samran

[Torphun]

Thanks guys, it good to hear that the Thai passports will take no more than a week.

Yes baby is mine and have looked at the citizen by decent forms but they have to be sent to New Zealand so that's going to take a bit longer to process.

The Tourist visa applicaton for NZ does ask if you will be applying for residency when in NZ and asks for information regarding the supporting NZ citizen, so it seems that you can go as a tourist and then apply for residency if you meet the criteria.

[samran]

If you are certain that NZ allows switching visa categories from tourist to a more permanent status, then that is fine. I know a lot of countries don't though, and require that permanent visas are applied for offshore.

[Torphun]

If you are certain that NZ allows switching visa categories from tourist to a more permanent status, then that is fine. I know a lot of countries don't though, and require that permanent visas are applied for offshore.

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yes this is what is stated on the form.......

Steps to apply for a Visitor’s Visa or Permit

Follow these steps if you wish to apply for a visa or permit to:

.travel to New Zealand

.be in New Zealand to visit

.visit your partner who is a New Zealander or resident in New Zealand

.travel to new Zealand for a short term specific purpose (limited purpose)

.visit for the purpose of a culturally arranged marriage.

gee!.... you can even have a visa for a pre arranged cultural marriage and partner can mean just about anything so long as it's human

[samran]

gee!.... you can even have a visa for a pre arranged cultural marriage and partner can mean just about anything so long as it's human 

now, now, comments like that simply invite the inevitible sheep jokes....which I would happy partake in if my better half wasn't a Kiwi herself......

[pandaparty]

It takes only 2 days at the consular office in Chaeng Wattana road and 3 days at the offices at Central Bangna and Central Pinklao

[buadhai]

The Thai passport agency was out-stationed at The Mall in Korat a couple of weeks ago. We applied for a passport for a 10 year old child. It was ready for pickup the same day. The had all the machinery, cameras, computers, etc. necessary to produce passports right there.