Reader question: My passport is getting full, can it be replaced?
Due to the many travels in Asia, my passport threatens to become full of stamps and visas. Can I also replace it at the Dutch embassy in Bangkok for a new one? Or is this only possible in the Netherlands?
No night in Bangkok and a new passport
Sometimes it is difficult to make a decision. Going to Bangkok for a book presentation at the embassy or not. And, if I were to go, stay overnight or not.
Passport office for Thais in Pattaya
Good news for your Thai partner, neighbours, friends and acquaintances. Since the beginning of this month, Thais in and around Pattaya no longer have to travel to Bang-na to apply for or renew a passport.
Do you have to submit an income statement from the embassy to the immigration service when you apply for an extension for your NON immigrant O visa if you have 800.000 baht in a Thai account or is the statement from the bank sufficient?
Reader question: My Thai son has two nationalities, how should I travel to the Netherlands?
I'm going to the Netherlands for the first time this year with my 2 year old son and Thai wife. My son has 2 nationalities (Thai/Dutch) and so the question arose with me how to handle the immigration formalities.
Dutch Embassy: Passport applications in Chiang Mai
On February 20, 2013 there will be an opportunity to submit passport applications in Chiang Mai. Dutch people are very welcome at the Holiday Inn between 11.00:15.00 and XNUMX:XNUMX to meet mr. J. Bosma (Head of Consular and Internal Affairs) to submit a passport application. It is also possible to have pre-printed declarations of life signed during this occasion.
Almost half (46%) of Dutch travelers find the passport the most stressful element of their trip.
Expats with dual nationality
VVD, CDA and D66 want Dutch expats to be allowed to have a second nationality. VVD and CDA support an amendment from D66 to regulate this.
News from Thailand – March 15, 2012
Forty female riot police officers are deployed to Suvarnabhumi to reduce waiting times at passport control.
'Issuing passport to Thaksin is against the rules'
Providing a passport to former Prime Minister Thaksin violates Foreign Ministry regulations, which prohibit issuing a passport to a person against whom an arrest warrant has been issued by the Criminal Court.
Thaksin would already have his passport back
Did former Prime Minister Thaksin secretly get his passport revoked by the previous government?
Thaksin gets passport back 'very soon'
Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin will 'very soon' get his passport back, which was revoked by the previous government.
A day in Bangkok
I can vividly imagine that people in the Netherlands and Belgium, who are about to go on holiday to Thailand, are worried about what awaits them upon arrival.
The Visa run
A story by André Breuer about his experiences with the Visa run to Cambodia. André lives and works in Bangkok since 1996. In 2003 he started his bicycle tour company Bangkok Biking. Like many foreigners, he also went to Aranyaprathet at the time to get the desired stamp.
Suvarnabhumi Airport has invested more than 76 million baht in an automated passport control system. With this, the international airport near Bangkok wants to do something about the problems with waiting times at immigration and passport control. The deputy director of Suvarnabhumi Airport, Wilaiwan Nadwilai, said the passport control system should significantly reduce waiting times. A total of 16 of these types of systems will be installed. Eight at an arrival check and eight at the departure check. Travelers can check in and…