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Home » Reader Submission » Reader submission: Sending a passport for a Thailand visa is no longer possible
Dear readers,
Yesterday I personally inquired at the Royal Thai Embassy in The Hague about applying for a visa (I was there due to the renewal of my wife's passport). Found that there was a lot of unclear information about it on the internet.
In the past you could still send your passport, registered incl. money and visa application to the embassy, this is no longer possible.
You must now apply for a visa through a visa office or in person at the embassy. You can still send your passport to your home address afterwards. Provided you leave within 2 weeks of applying. Then you have to come pick it up personally.
Another fact: a Thai passport will be returned for a fee (8 euros). In our case that is cheaper than driving 340 km there & back.
Kind regards,
KhunHans
KhunHans,
“…Provided you leave within 2 weeks after applying. Then you have to come pick him up personally…”
Do you mean IF or UNLESS?
Very attentive!
Excuse!
Thailand remains a difficult country with those visas. What a ridiculous hassle that you can no longer send it by registered mail. I used to go there for 2-3 months. But if everything has to be so difficult, I won't go for at least 4 weeks. It seems like they don't want tourists anymore. I went to the Philippines last year. You can just go to an office there. Complete the form, pay and you have your visa for two months. You will probably never hear why they do this this way.
Gr Tjerk
perhaps because the entire EU has been doing the same for years with Thailand and about 90 other countries.
Correct, this has changed.
I emailed them and asked if I could send my passport (and the required 2 passport photos + application form, money) to someone else
to the consulate.
That is possible, but the delivery person must provide a copy of his/her passport/ID.
this copy must be endorsed by myself with: “Delivery party has my consent/approval”.
Name address signature.
Ron.
If I read correctly, Dutch passports are generally no longer sent. I suspect this has to do with theft/missing of Dutch passports or with fraud.
Then I can understand and justify it.
We have no idea how leaky the mail is and how much Dutch passports are being used for fraud.
You cannot send your application to the consulate, they will send the visa to you by registered mail.
this may of course also have changed because something may have been forgotten in the envelope,
pass photo, money, application, ticket copy, or…. the passport itself!?.
and that's where the consulate is now from.
This measure is indeed in place from 1 January (alignment throughout the EU). And equal monks have equal haircuts: a Thai must go to the Dutch embassy, a Dutchman to the Thai embassy. Incidentally, a travel organization (if you book there) or ANWB (anyone) can also act as authorized representative (of course at extra cost). It won't have anything to do with fraud through the mail, because they can return it through the mail. Apply in person (or through an authorized representative) at the embassy, return by post or pick it up yourself (or authorized person).
“I thought there was a lot of unclear information about this on the internet.”
What unclear?
It's just what you find unclear….
On page 20/21 of the Dossier Visa Thailand it says
“It is possible that you apply for a visa through and/or for third parties
.When applying for a visa and/or when collecting the passport with a visa by a third party, this person must carry a copy of his/her own ID card stating that this person is authorized to collect your passport . The authorization must include your name and signature.
It takes 2 to 3 working days to process the visa application.
"NB!
Visa application by registered mail.
It is no longer possible to apply for your visa application by post or registered mail.
You should submit your application to the Royal Thai Honorary Consulate General, Herengracht 444, 1017 BZ
to apply for in Amsterdam. It is possible to have your passport with the visa in it
have it returned by registered mail to an address in the Netherlands. We only ship on Wednesdays and
Friday Registered Mail”
or on the page of consulate Amsterdam you will find the same information.
http://www.royalthaiconsulateamsterdam.nl/index.php/visa-service/visum-aanvragen
Have heard that you can also apply for a visa through the ANWB shops.
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