Scanning/email service in Chiang mai

[mfearon74]

Hi folks,I have to chance to work in Qatar and the company has asked me to scan a copy of my passport and email it to them so they can start with a business visa,I'm new to Chiang mai so I'm asking if anyone knows of a shop which can scan and send the passport info,I'm based in Mae Rim but will travel,thanks

[Dante99]

Good copy shop in Mae Rim on East side of the road about a block south of the Honda dealer. They can scan it onto a thumb drive and from there you can email it, can't you?

[mfearon74]

Good copy shop in Mae Rim on East side of the road about a block south of the Honda dealer. They can scan it onto a thumb drive and from there you can email it, can't you?

yes sure can,I'll have a ride out now,thanks for the info

[2020]

I see by the post here you have access to a computer or smartphone. Just take a photo ( as close up as possible) and email it to them. I use it for timesheets as well when scanning isn't possible.

There are also many free apps that scan and turn into PDF documents as well.

[mfearon74]

I see by the post here you have access to a computer or smartphone. Just take a photo ( as close up as possible) and email it to them. I use it for timesheets as well when scanning isn't possible.

There are also many free apps that scan and turn into PDF documents as well.

They've asked for me to scan a copy so will try that first,but thanks for the idea and probably easier,cheers

[mfearon74]

Done it,thanks for the info

[mfearon74]

Thanks Dante,I did it at the shop you mentioned

[Dante99]

Thanks Dante,I did it at the shop you mentioned

[flyDelight]

Just take a photo with a smartphone that's very normal and accepted now when they ask for a scanned passport.

[mfearon74]

Just take a photo with a smartphone that's very normal and accepted now when they ask for a scanned passport.

yes true,I found a shop to do it this time not far away but in the future I'll take a picture and send,cheers

[LivinLOS]

To be honest I always keep (synced to my google account online) photos in my smartphone of

Passport

Entry stamp and TM6

Credit cards

Drivers licenses

Makro cards etc

Many reasons, not least to be able to argue a fine for not carrying passport, but also because a lost wallet and I have all my numbers accessible to cancel cards, replace DLs, etc etc..

[flyDelight]

To be honest I always keep (synced to my google account online) photos in my smartphone of

Passport

Entry stamp and TM6

Credit cards

Drivers licenses

Makro cards etc

Many reasons, not least to be able to argue a fine for not carrying passport, but also because a lost wallet and I have all my numbers accessible to cancel cards, replace DLs, etc etc..

Not a very good idea if not encrypted...

[scorecard]

To be honest I always keep (synced to my google account online) photos in my smartphone of

Passport

Entry stamp and TM6

Credit cards

Drivers licenses

Makro cards etc

Many reasons, not least to be able to argue a fine for not carrying passport, but also because a lost wallet and I have all my numbers accessible to cancel cards, replace DLs, etc etc..

I'm guessing you have some form of backup of what's in your phone.

I'm not that familiar with the hi-tech aspects of smartphones, can you please share how you keep the backup.

Thanks.

[Konini]

Just take a photo with a smartphone that's very normal and accepted now when they ask for a scanned passport.

yes true,I found a shop to do it this time not far away but in the future I'll take a picture and send,cheers

No need now that you have a copy of the scan - send a copy to another email address just in case and you're good for the life of your passport.

[mfearon74]

Just take a photo with a smartphone that's very normal and accepted now when they ask for a scanned passport.

yes true,I found a shop to do it this time not far away but in the future I'll take a picture and send,cheers

No need now that you have a copy of the scan - send a copy to another email address just in case and you're good for the life of your passport.

Good idea,need to speed up on these things,I've got the scan saved on a memory stick so can use that for the future,thanks

[Konini]

You'll have a good quality copy of the main photo page, should anyone want to see other pages a photo will probably do. It's a good idea to have your important things available - we have scans of our passports, driver's licences, birth and marriage certificates and a couple of other things like a letter from my GP with important past medical conditions and a list of medications carried which I mailed to myself at both a Gmail and Hotmail account, if I can't get to one site I can always get to the other. If you're still in the job market, a copy of your CV and more importantly your references would probably be a good idea as you never know when you'll need access to these whilst on holiday or when working away from home. If you know how to, put them all into a zip file with a password (put a big hint at your password in the filename) to make it secure, or if not you can easily ask someone else to do it for you. This is safer than having them on a flash drive which could easily be lost or stolen, all you will need is access to email to get at them - a self extracting zip file means you don't have to have anything special on the computer you download them from, just simple email access. It's half an hour or so of time very well spent, and will only have to be updated when something changes.

Good luck with the job!

[mfearon74]

You'll have a good quality copy of the main photo page, should anyone want to see other pages a photo will probably do. It's a good idea to have your important things available - we have scans of our passports, driver's licences, birth and marriage certificates and a couple of other things like a letter from my GP with important past medical conditions and a list of medications carried which I mailed to myself at both a Gmail and Hotmail account, if I can't get to one site I can always get to the other. If you're still in the job market, a copy of your CV and more importantly your references would probably be a good idea as you never know when you'll need access to these whilst on holiday or when working away from home. If you know how to, put them all into a zip file with a password (put a big hint at your password in the filename) to make it secure, or if not you can easily ask someone else to do it for you. This is safer than having them on a flash drive which could easily be lost or stolen, all you will need is access to email to get at them - a self extracting zip file means you don't have to have anything special on the computer you download them from, just simple email access. It's half an hour or so of time very well spent, and will only have to be updated when something changes.

Good luck with the job!

Thanks alot,good info

[LivinLOS]

To be honest I always keep (synced to my google account online) photos in my smartphone of

Passport

Entry stamp and TM6

Credit cards

Drivers licenses

Makro cards etc

Many reasons, not least to be able to argue a fine for not carrying passport, but also because a lost wallet and I have all my numbers accessible to cancel cards, replace DLs, etc etc..

I'm guessing you have some form of backup of what's in your phone.

I'm not that familiar with the hi-tech aspects of smartphones, can you please share how you keep the backup.

Thanks.

My android phone syncs all images with googles photo storage system..

So those items are at photo.google.com protected by my google account passwords..

[LivinLOS]

To be honest I always keep (synced to my google account online) photos in my smartphone of

Passport

Entry stamp and TM6

Credit cards

Drivers licenses

Makro cards etc

Many reasons, not least to be able to argue a fine for not carrying passport, but also because a lost wallet and I have all my numbers accessible to cancel cards, replace DLs, etc etc..

Not a very good idea if not encrypted...

Phone auto locks.. And I dont really consider those items that mission critical..

[JaseTheBass]

Use the Office Lens app if you're taking pics of documents.

[flyDelight]

If you download Dashlane password manager on all yoir devices, it has a datasafe to store important docs and images encrypted and locally, hacker safe. If something happens to you (if you havent logged in for x amount of time) you can set it to email a message with entry codes to a specific person.

Edited January 17, 2016 by flyDelight

[SooKee]

Bit late now but most smart phones have quite good scanner apps available that seem to do a better job of documents than the plain camera. Office Lens has already been mentioned, I use Scanner Pro by Readdle.