You may think you are doing everything right, but due to insufficient information I did a lot of wrong. I hope there is an opportunity here for others to learn from my mistakes. In order to register our marriage in The Hague, I had to send a legalized copy of my wife's birth certificate.
Renew your passport at the Dutch embassy in Bangkok
Two months ago we had already made two appointments at the embassy via the internet because my wife and I didn't feel like spending the night in Bangkok and therefore we couldn't be at the embassy until late in the morning. Because of that early booking we managed to make arrangements for the renewal of our passports before 10:30 and 10:40h.
Agenda: Sinterklaas is coming to Bangkok!
Sinterklaas has once again confirmed that he and his Pieten will visit us on December 5 at the embassy grounds in Bangkok between 10 and 12 o'clock. There is a lot for the kids to do, don't let them miss this.
Reader Submission: More International Collaboration?
Mark Rutte wishes more international cooperation. Then start with this problem. In 2017, The Hague instructed embassies worldwide to no longer confirm income such as foreign pensions.
The crisis service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In one room in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, lights are on 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If Dutch people are in trouble abroad, they can go there by telephone. This is how a story by Hanneke Keultjes begins in Algemeen Dagblad about consular assistance to the Dutch.
'RVO and NL embassy in Bangkok let SME entrepreneurs down'
Entrepreneurs of (very) small and medium-sized Dutch companies who knock on the door of the Dutch embassy in Bangkok because they want to do business in Thailand, usually waste their effort.
In de Volkskrant you can read a critical opinion piece about the cuts in embassies abroad. Dutch people living abroad are particularly affected by this.
On Wednesday 13 June, the Dutch embassy will organize an NVT coffee morning in the residence.
Ask Schengen visa: Why can't I go to the Dutch embassy?
In an attempt to get information about the Schengen visa, my wife and I went to the Dutch embassy. Upon arrival at the Dutch embassy, in the morning of December 29, 2017, we were refused entry by the security (!) at the gate because the embassy no longer issues a Schengen visa but has outsourced this service to VSF.
On Tuesday December 5, Sint and his Pieten will visit us at the embassy grounds between 10 and 12 o'clock. The Sint will be more interactive this year than in previous years and he will personally see how the children will get their Pieten diploma. In addition, there are extra activities by KIS International School, there is Balloon Sculpture and Face Painting.
Reader Submission: Hassle over annual visa income statement
You all know about the new rules for issuing annual visas. In short, the “income statement”. I have sent all the necessary documents such as bank statements, tax return, accountant's statement, copy sister, copy of that, a whole pack of paper with 2000 baht in it via EMS to the Dutch embassy in Bangkok. A week later the mail brought me the necessary document.
I have to go to the Dutch embassy in Bangkok next Wednesday to renew my passport. The only thing I am missing are the correct passport photos. I have difficulty walking, so I arranged a hotel with a view of the embassy. 8 years ago you could have the right passport photos taken in front of the Dutch embassy, but I saw on Google earth that a lot has changed!
New faces at the Dutch embassy in Bangkok
Due to departure from the service or transfer to a new position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was necessary to fill the gap in the Department of Politics and Economics at the Dutch embassy in Bangkok. That has now happened, the department is back at full strength, albeit that the positions of the three departed diplomats are now filled by a gentleman, a lady and two trainees.
Today I applied for a new passport in Bangkok and was confronted at the embassy with the statement from the Dutch embassy that would be required to convert the current visa into the new passport, which is confirmed by the embassy in this statement that it issued passport.
The economic department of the Dutch embassy in Bangkok has published another factsheet, this time entitled “Tourism in Thailand”. If you or your company is active in the tourism sector and are interested in doing business in Thailand, please download this information sheet.
Our ambassador Karel Hartogh would like to meet the Dutch in Thailand at the residence in Bangkok during a coffee morning (and certainly also non-NVT members).
Lost or stolen passport in Thailand, now what?
Are you on holiday in Thailand and has your Dutch passport been stolen or lost? Then you must report this to the Thai police and the Dutch embassy as soon as possible.