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Do I need to get my Thai visa stamped if I have an emergency passport after losing my passport?

Scott **********
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So I lost my passport and my visa expires on 5 January as the uk is so backlogged will need to get an emergency passport, do I then need to get my visa stamped in it at the immigration office in Bangkok?
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The user has lost their passport, and their visa is set to expire soon. They are uncertain whether they need to have their visa stamped in an emergency passport (ETD) to exit Thailand. The community advises that an ETD can only be used to travel back to the UK and will not include a visa stamp. Users recommend reporting the passport loss to the police and obtaining the necessary documentation from the UK Embassy. It is crucial to act quickly to avoid overstaying in Thailand.
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Scott **********
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i understand the protocol, when i renewed my passport in 2018 an di was on a non o i never needed to get a stamp at an immigration office, thats my question, do i need to get a stand i an emergency travel document
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@Scott *********
You should have no problems passing through "Swampy" either. As you are not the first person immigration has seen pass through with a ETD.

If you think about it along these lines your Visa stamp in your lost passport remains valid until expiry.

If you have a copy of it it can't do you any harm either?

Your ETD should cross reference your lost passport number.

Immigration can check you out of the country with that info and verify any overstay etc .

So I would not worry about it if that helps?
Scott **********
Scott **********
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@Jay ********
thanks a sensible answer, i just didnt want to go to chaengwattan to get stamped
เจสัน ******
เจสัน ******
@Scott *********
The ETD only allows travel back to UK. It will not be stamped with your Thai Visa.
เจสัน ******
เจสัน ******
Scott Williams You need to act without delay if you don't want to be pinged for overstay.

As stated report Passport Lost / Stolen to RTP.

Take this Police document to the UK Embassy and request an ETD.

This will permit you to travel back to the UK unhindered.

You are gonna have to get your skates on with booking a flight back to "blighty" before the end of 5th January 2023.

You can possibly start the online process of getting a replacement PP, once you have your RTP report to scan and send your new PP to an address in the UK to be picked up later.

Then once you have your new UK passport you can return to Thailand and start your "Visa" process all over again.
Sid *******
Sid *******
Good luck with that Scott
Paul ********
Paul ********
Yes
Gray ******
Gray ******
Y’all Brits make the US government appear reasonable. The world has gone crazy.
Paul ********
Paul ********
@Gray *****
%100 !! Stop starting Wars , And leaving Europe to clean up your SHIT
Ron *******
Ron *******
There is no such thing as a UK emergency passport.

You can get a travel document allowing you to leave the country. You cannot come back to Thailand on it or get any visa stamps etc.

If you haven't got a new passport by midnight the 5th January and extended your visa or haven't left Thailand, you'll be on overstay
Henry *********
Henry *********
@Ron ******
Correct. The ETD just gets you back to the UK.
Kool *******
Kool *******
The first thing to do is report your passport lost/stolen to the police, and get a copy of the report. This is a kind of silly security step trying to prevent people from just selling their passport for money. It gets it flagged in the Thai police computer system immediately. Thailand only became centrally tied in to all their different computer departments in the last few years. If it was only voided by the US embassy, a small border crossing into Cambodia, or Laos, never used to be aware of those things, as they were only tied into the police system, which immigration falls under. Now it is different with the computer systems, but the old rules still apply.
Sonia *******
Sonia *******
Go to the Embassy in Bangkok, they will give you all the info

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Sonia *******
Sonia *******
@Ron ******
that's why I added the link to emergency travel documents
Ron *******
Ron *******
@Sonia ******
the UK embassy has nothing to do with passports.

They only issue emergency travel documents.
Otto *********
Otto *********
You sure need to do that.

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