Thai Passport Office Chiang Mai - is it closed indefinitely?

[cmsally]

For anyone doing a Thai Passport at the moment, please see the link (seems to be some bug on it - so your antivirus might pop up! )

Basically if you want to do a Thai passport you are stuffed. Only possibility is to go to 2 BKK offices remaining open which are Bang Na and Pinklao. This seems to be indefinite because of the protests.

Remember if the passport is still valid you still need 6 months validity to travel many places.

[cmsally]

Sorry link didn't get pasted into last message

http://www.chiangmai.go.th/mfa/

Here it is announcing closure of passport office

PS Those 2 offices in BKK can handle only 1000 passports per day, so presumably not very efficient as they are handling the whole country!

[northernjohn]

Sorry link didn't get pasted into last message

http://www.chiangmai.go.th/mfa/

Here it is announcing closure of passport office

PS Those 2 offices in BKK can handle only 1000 passports per day, so presumably not very efficient as they are handling the whole country!

Yes the anti virus did pop up.

Could be a fake message. I know the government is not the brightest bulb in the package but closing the Chiang Mai office and forcing people to go to Bangkok where they can not guarantee your safety from Grenades is a little over the top even for them. Particularly as Chiang Mai is Yingluck's home city.

[true blue]

be a shame if its true,thought that office was very efficent,considering how busy it was,and all for only a 1000bht for new passport,only hiccup they posted it to your village address,

[cmsally]

I called a couple of numbers on the page and for the Chiang mai amphur office and they all said office closed until further notice. This is because of the protestors in BKK. Although one of course wonders at the logic, seeing as they can do them at 2 BKK offices. Oh well maybe someone sits in a van at the back signing and sticking in photos!!

[kaptainrob]

There's always Khao San Road ...

[naboo]

Perhaps the logic is that, like in many other countries, the passports are processed in Bangkok and secure movement out of Bangkok is not possible.