How can I transfer my visa from my old British passport to my new one in Thailand?

Thai Visa Transfer Visa Rules Immigration Process Extension of Stay British Passport Renewal Hua Hin Immigration Office

Nov 1, 2021

3 years ago

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I have just received a new British passport in Hua Hin and old passport now cancelled. How do I go about transferring visa from old to new passport, is there any paperwork to complete before I visit Imigration?

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To transfer your visa from an old British passport to a new one in Thailand, you'll need to check whether you have a visa or an extension of stay. If it's an extension of stay, you must bring both passports and a letter from the consulate to the local immigration office where your extension was issued. In some cases, different immigration offices may have varying requirements or fees for processing the transfer. It's important to confirm the process as it may differ between Hua Hin and other locations in Thailand.

Benjamin ******

I goofed about the fee for the transfer stamp. It looks like SOME immigration offices are charging a fee 🙁 Sorry for deleting the comments.

Different immigration offices do things differently, and I know the immigration office over in Kanchanaburi (my immigration office) doesn't charge 🙁 . If I deleted your comment, I undeleted it 🙂

Sorry for the mistake ya'll

3 years ago

David *****

Alan Curtis lucky you. HH Imm charged me B1000

3 years ago

Alex *******

Can I ask you how many weeks your new UK passport took to get?

3 years ago

Mike *******

took about 5weeks for me

using visa global in chaing mai.

3 years ago

Tod *********

@Alex ******

there was a thing in the news not too long ago that stated it can now take up to 11 weeks to get a new Brit Passport visa VFS Global

3 years ago

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Tod *********

Anthony *********

Normally you just hand it to immigration when you leave the county, you should have a letter with your new passport as well to hand to them when you leave either by land or at the airport. That's what I did when I got mine just over two years ago

3 years ago

Tod *********

@Anthony ********

if you have a visa (the sticker in your passport) where you used to bounce in and out every 90 days, you just show both passports when you stamp out. 🙂

3 years ago

Anthony *********

@Tod ********

My bad I was thinking about non b I mustn't have read the post properly 😁

3 years ago

Tod *********

@Anthony ********

nope that is not how it works if you're on a year extension 😕

You have to go to the immigration office and get the extension stamps moved to the new passport.

3 years ago

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Tod *********

Just so you're clear, they won't move a VISA <- sticker or stamp to a new passport. IF you're on an "extension of stay" they will move it to the new passport.

When you got your new passport you got a letter from the consulate addressed to immigrations too.

You take the old passport, the new passport and that letter to the immigration office where you got your extension and they will move the stamps

This is what's required in BANGKOK to move the stamps to a new passport (it may or may not be required in Hua Hin)

3 years ago

Alan ********

@Tod ********

When I did mine recently in Hua Hin, although I had the consulate letter, the pepple at immigration reception gave me their own form to fill in and present upstairs instead. (It is very similar to the letter).

The cost for the transfer was 500 baht.

3 years ago

Ellie *******

Right, you need to fill the application form, and a letter from your embassy is one of the required documents.

The official fee for stamp transfer is free...

3 years ago

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Ellie *******

Lloyd ********

First things first, do you have an actual visa or an extension of stay?

3 years ago

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Lloyd ********

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