Thai Electronic Passport Application Instructions for Thai Citizens under 20 years of age

Thai Electronic Passport (E-Passport): Application Instructions
for Thai Citizens under 20 years of age

** Note: Non-electronic passport can be extended until 28 July 2010 (less than 5 years). If you wish to extend your passport for the full benefit of 5 years, application for a new electronic passport is recommended. E-passport applicants needs to make an appointment prior to arrival at the Royal Thai Embassy

1. Documents required:

The current Thai passport, expired or valid less than 6 months;

Passports of father and mother (including two photocopies);

Father and mother’s Thai Citizen Identity Cards or House Registration Document (Alien father or mother exempted) (including two photocopies);

Marriage Certificate of the parents (including two photocopies);

Divorce Certificate: If parents are divorced or do not live together, a confirmation letter or document certifying child custody (including two photocopies);

Birth Certificate of applicant issued by the Thai authority concerned (including two photocopies) in cases where the applicant does not have a Thai Identity Card;

Please be informed that both father and mother are requested to give consent for their child to apply for a Thai passport by signing a consent form in person at the Thai Embassy;

If your Thai passport has been lost, a police report certificate issued by the local police station (including two photocopies), is also required.

2. How to complete the application form for a new Thai passport

Complete an application form in Thai clearly and correctly, using the applicant’s surname and forename as they appear on the current Thai Citizen Identity Card (Form 1);

If your passport has expired, you are required to fill in an additional Investigation Record Form (Form 2);

If your passport has been lost, you are required to complete an additional Investigation Record Form and Supplementary Record Form when applying for your new Passport (Form 2 and 3);

Please be informed that the process of applying for a new passport takes 6-8 weeks as the new passport must be issued by the Consular Department in Bangkok, Thailand.

3. E-Passport applicants must apply in person at the Consular Section, Royal Thai Embassy, London

Note: Please dress correctly for your new passport photograph which will be taken at the Embassy. During the application process, your fingerprints will be collected.

4. Fee and how to pay

The e-passport application fee is £25.00 GBP. The passport is valid for 5 years and contains 50 pages. It cannot be renewed.

Payment can be made by cash and postal order (which can be purchased at UK post offices, payable to: the Royal Thai Embassy, London). Please be informed that personal cheques and bank drafts are not accepted.

Should the applicants wish the Royal Thai Embassy to mail their new passports by post, a properly stamped and addressed envelope is required, as follows:

If the applicant resides in the United Kingdom, please enclose an SAE, stamped £1.50 GBP for Recorded Delivery, or £5.00 GBP for Special Delivery.

If the applicant resides in the Republic of Ireland, please pay an additional £6.00 GBP. Please be advised that only GBP sterling is accepted.

Note: Please be informed that you are required to provide your personal details i.e., your forename and surname, as they appear on your Thai Citizen Identity Card, Birth Certificate or House Registration document.

Appointments must be made prior to admittance by telephone via 0207 589 2944 ext. 5503- 5507

5. Working hours

The Royal Thai Embassy is open between 9.30 a.m. -12.30 p.m. every Monday to Friday

(except Thai and UK local Public Holidays)

Further enquiries can be made by calling at 0207 589 2944

Extension: 5503, 5504, 5506 and 5507

Website: www.thaiembassyuk.org.uk

E-mail: csinfo@thaiembassyuk.org.uk

For more information, please contact the Royal Thai Embassy, Consular Section, 29-30 Queen’s Gate, LONDON SW7 5JB. Tel. 0207-589-2944.