Dutch Embassy Bangkok closed until May 19
The embassy is temporarily closed to the public Due to the current security situation in the vicinity of the embassy, the consular and visa department will be closed to the public from Monday 17 to Wednesday 19 May. If you had booked an appointment for a visa application on May 17, 18 or 19, you are requested to book a new appointment via http://bangkok.embassytools.com/ As a result, the processing of visa applications will be delayed. If you have an appointment…
Just to the Dutch Embassy
by: Pim Hoonhout After so many years in Thailand you are used to not making a script. So many preparations have been made to make everything run smoothly as possible, for the name of a foster child. We already knew that the government agencies were closed on the 13th, so on that day we went to Bangkok with the now infamous kamikaze 15 person VAN. When we arrived at the Victory monument, we already got the feeling of …
CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE MAY 16 Avoid downtown Bangkok at all times! Dutch Embassy is not available to visitors until further notice (but by phone). Given the extreme violence of the past few days, everyone in Bangkok is asked to be extra vigilant. Non-essential travel to Bangkok is not recommended by the Dutch government. Movement in a large part of the center is strongly discouraged. Both now and in the days to come. There are now 'no go' areas…
Embassy in Bangkok closed on Friday 14 May
Source: //www.netherlandsembassy.in.th/velhedensituality The Dutch embassy, including the consular and visa department, will be closed on Friday 14 May. If you have booked an appointment with the consular or visa department on 14 May, you are requested to book a new appointment. You are advised – until further notice – not to come near the embassy and Wireless Road. On May 13 from 18.00 pm, the security forces will have access to various roads around the location of …
Travel Advice Bangkok – Thailand
CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE JUNE 2010 On April 28, another confrontation took place in Bangkok between red shirts and security forces. About XNUMX red shirts traveled through the city in pick-up trucks and mopeds and were stopped by soldiers on Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road, in the north of the city near the old Don Muang airport. In the skirmishes that followed, in which live ammunition was fired, one person was reportedly killed and at least…
Travel advice Thailand: do not move in Bangkok
CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE JUNE 2010 The website of the Dutch Embassy in Bangkok contains the following announcement about the situation in Thailand. On April 7, Prime Minister Abhisit issued a special crisis regulation for Bangkok, Nonthaburi and parts of the surrounding provinces of Samut Prakarn, Pathumthani, Nakhon Pathom and Ayutthaya. The crisis regulation gives relevant state security organizations (particularly the police and the military) far-reaching powers to bring the large-scale protests in Bangkok to an end.
Embassy warns Dutch people in Thailand about disturbances
Current Travel Advice for Bangkok and Thailand – click here! In an email from the Dutch Embassy in Thailand, sent today, all Dutch people are warned to be extra careful around February 26. On the website of the Embassy, everyone is again alerted to the color of the clothing. It is not advisable to take to the streets in red or yellow clothing in the near future. The email is addressed to all members of the…