I have an appointment on 23/08/2017 at the Dutch embassy to apply for a new passport. If there are Dutch people in the Pattaya area and also need to be at the embassy, they can ride for free.
Letter of support from the embassy
Soon it will be time again to extend the Non-immigration (retirement) visa to be allowed to live in Thailand for another year. It was not entirely clear to me how to proceed with regard to obtaining the income statement, because from 22 May 2017 the procedure for applying for an income statement changed.
Visa file under construction, now already question and answer about the visa procedures
At the beginning of April, I called for feedback for an update of the Schengen visa file. There have been several reactions to this on the blog and via e-mail. Thanks for that! I am now setting up the file and I do not yet have all the information that I want to include in the update. Further comments, questions, etc. are always welcome! Comment below or email the editors via the contact form here on the site.
I'm not that great with the computer so I'm asking for your help please. Do not manage to make an appointment with the Dutch embassy via computer for legalization. My question is, who can help me? If yes, can it be done step by step because I am at my wits end.
Schengen visa: NL Embassy in Bangkok gives incorrect information about visa application
Contrary to the reporting in the Thailand blog article of July 15, which reports that it is possible to apply for a Schengen visa directly at the Dutch embassy, this appears to be incorrect in practice after telephone contact, according to the embassy employee. I am referred to: Netherlands Visa Application Center Bangkok on Sukhumvit Soi 13 in Bangkok.
I want to apply for a Schengen visa for my girlfriend and went to the website of VFS Global to see that everything has changed. Making an appointment at the embassy and paying through the bank is no longer possible.
This morning (23-11) I went to the embassy in Bangkok to activate my DigiD. But the system is STILL not working in Bangkok.
I will be notified when these issues are resolved.
Reader submission Annual Visa: Please note when applying for a new passport at the embassy in Bangkok
Henk went to the Dutch embassy in Bangkok for a new passport. Annoyingly enough, he had to go to the embassy in Bangkok again because immigration was not satisfied with a receipt as proof.
Reader question: Obtain DigiD via the embassy in Bangkok?
During my holiday in the Netherlands, I tried to request a new DigiD, so that my one-time login code could be sent to my old address in the Netherlands. This was not possible. The physical collection of a one-time login code had to be done via Haarlem (Schiphol).
Ambassador Hartogh: No negative travel advice Thailand
There will be no negative travel advice for Thailand after the attack yesterday in a tourist area in the capital Bangkok. “There is no reason not to travel to the country,” says the Dutch ambassador to Thailand Karel Hartogh. "It's a big country and Bangkok is a big city." Tourists are advised to avoid the area of the attack.
'Embassies busier with confused Dutch people abroad'
The Dutch embassies are increasingly busy with confused compatriots abroad. In the past ten years, the demand for help from tourists with psychological problems has doubled. At least sixty times a year holidaymakers are flown back to the Netherlands under supervision after consular mediation and assistance. Via the emergency centers there are also about 500 cases that have to be repatriated because of their mental condition.
After the bus trip with a large bus and not with such a suicide taxi van arrived in Bangkok. After arriving at the hotel that was supposed to be close to the embassy according to information on the internet, an initial inspection of our room followed. The smell of cigarette smoke hit me, immediately reported that I wanted a NON-smoking room and would not accept this room.
Koh Tao murder suspects: We have been tortured
Police held a press conference yesterday to counter criticism of the Koh Tao double homicide investigation. But the criticism is far from over. The doubts remain.
The Dutch embassy in Bangkok says that Dutch people can watch the World Cup at Sofitel Sukhumvit (between Nana and Asok BTS or Soi 13-15). You can go there from midnight to 6.30 in the morning for 250 BHT with one drink coupon.
I want to get married in Thailand and would like to know exactly what I need for that.
Whether it was really the first copy, we do not know, but ambassador Joan Boer now owns a copy of the booklet The Best of Thailandblog. About forty interested people and several authors came to the residence of the embassy on Wednesday to witness the handover and to eat a herring.
The Dutch Consulate offers help, but always?
Every Embassy of the Netherlands has a Consular Department, which is responsible for a number of so-called Civil Affairs. This is also the case in Bangkok and because of the distances there are also Consulates in Chiang Mai and Phuket.