What should I do with my passport after moving permanently to Thailand on a retirement visa?

@Euan *******

it’s called ex pat life …..

@Craig ******

sick buffalo incoming 😅

@Paul ******

I actually faced problems returning to US because of this. We have been abroad for 15 years. My passport expired June of 2024. I renewed using the embassy in Rome (living in Italy at that time). Flew to Texas in August and no problems. We did a run across the border into Mexico. Coming back I got detained by ICE because I didn't have a USA address. They let me go when I showed my Italian carta d identita. CRAZY I know!! The equivalent of a non-US document letting me back into the US when I was a legitimate (nearly lifelong 67 years) passport holder.

I can only assume that because my passport was issued through an embassy that triggered something. In hindsight I probably should have renewed using my brother's address stateside.

So to answer OP question. At least in my case it did make a difference.

@Paul ******

It holds the adresse you had when you applied for the passport, but it’s still valid for 10 years no matter how many times and how many addresses you change.

Paul James

The following information is on your passport or identity card:

passport photo;

surname;

first names;

date of birth;

place of birth;

gender;

height;

signature;

citizen service number (bsn) (this can also be on the ID card as a QR code);

document number;

nationality;

2 fingerprints (are not visible).

This is info about a passport from the Netherlands

@Paul ******

if that were true you'd have to get a new passport anytime you moved within your own country. A passport is not linked to an address.

@Paul ******

Not true. I moved a few times in my country and never had to show my passport any time. No altering of any data on my passport.

@Paul ******

yes it does I been here in Thailand 🇹🇭. For 9 years