Answered2 years ago
What should I do with my passport after moving permanently to Thailand on a retirement visa?
Can someone enlighten me on what happens to your passport status after you sell up and move permanently to Thailand on a retirement visa
Assuming you have multiple years left before passport expires ,
Your Passport information will contain your now outdated old home address
should you inform your home embassy or consulate in Thailand and give them your Thailand address so that they can replace your current passport with a new passport showing your new Thailand address
Or What. ??
If you continue to use your passport with your now outdated address could you be denied entry into your home country due to you sharing the same address as the people who bought your old home and now have passports of their own
Comments welcome
Assuming you have multiple years left before passport expires ,
Your Passport information will contain your now outdated old home address
should you inform your home embassy or consulate in Thailand and give them your Thailand address so that they can replace your current passport with a new passport showing your new Thailand address
Or What. ??
If you continue to use your passport with your now outdated address could you be denied entry into your home country due to you sharing the same address as the people who bought your old home and now have passports of their own
Comments welcome
Answer summary
When moving to Thailand on a retirement visa, your passport remains valid regardless of your old home address being outdated. It's a common misconception that passports contain personal address information; they do not. Instead, passports serve as proof of nationality and allow international travel. If you plan to renew your passport, you may provide your current address in Thailand at that time, but this is not required until renewal is necessary. Generally, countries do not deny entry based on outdated address information in your passport, making it unnecessary to inform your home embassy about your living arrangements in Thailand.
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Andy ********
Passports are issued to people not addresses. A fixed abode has never been a condition of being issued a passport, in fact those without a fixed address do far more travelling.
Davis ******
Christ almighty, please just stay at home
Paul *******
OP@Davis *****
don't need twats like you commenting. Put your beer back in the fridge and go to bed
Jim *******
Passport has no home address.
Detlef ***********
Is a valid question Paul !! I bet a lot of people never thought of this so overlook the " smart travelers" here ,!!! But I think your question is answered,👌
Bruce *******
Status remains the same because its proof of citizenship.
John ********
I renewed my 🇬🇧 passport in Thailand and you will have to give your address on the form in order to receive the new passport
The form is the standard one for the British passport application
The form is the standard one for the British passport application
Von ***********
It is found within the name of the document… Passport…
Pass through any Port
The whole concept is as an Identifier of a person that is recognised as a Citizen of a country to allow movement through other countries.
Where your abode or address within the origin of your Citizenship is of no importance to the country you are visiting/travelling through, they want to know WHERE you are staying when within their country.
Pass through any Port
The whole concept is as an Identifier of a person that is recognised as a Citizen of a country to allow movement through other countries.
Where your abode or address within the origin of your Citizenship is of no importance to the country you are visiting/travelling through, they want to know WHERE you are staying when within their country.
Francesco ***********
No no passport name surneme Number date issue date ...end stop...6 month before espired.
Anna *********
Nothing happens Obviously you have never lived anywhere but your passport country😀😀
Ian *****
WTF...is it April 1st
James ******
Live your life until you have to renew it when it expires and then you can put it in your new address
David ********
There's a lot of idiots in this group smartass comments
Frank **********
@David *******
I think the comments are Hilarious.
Sarah *******
@David *******
I found the comments rather amusing, British sense of humour maybe 😁Craig *******
@David *******
David you should understand that most of us are not American so we have a different sense of humor. Lighten up.
Martyn ***********
Short answer... It isn't a problem, never had been.. Never will be.
I've had 4 UK addresses and 2 Thai while I've had this passport.. Never questioned in anyway.
I've had 4 UK addresses and 2 Thai while I've had this passport.. Never questioned in anyway.
Bonnie *******
You also may be able to vote using your last address depending on the state
Kerry *********
@Bonnie ******
that's the way that it works for US citizens but that's unrelated to passports.
Judy *******
My passport was issued in Peterborough, UK when I had already left the country, so the address they used was a Premier Inn! No-one has ever questioned it
Frank **********
Some people really just need to stay home.
Kevin ******
When you apply for a passport, you provide your address on the application form, and that address may be stored by the passport office or issuing authority in their records but it’s not linked to the physical document.
If you register with your country’s embassy or consulate while living abroad, then your passport and address can be linked in their internal system but this is still separate from the passport itself.
If you register with your country’s embassy or consulate while living abroad, then your passport and address can be linked in their internal system but this is still separate from the passport itself.
Peter **********
No need . I moved 10 times during the last passport life
Euan ********
@Peter *********
were you on the run?Peter **********
@Euan *******
it’s called ex pat life …..Euan ********
@Peter *********
was supposed to be a bit of humour.
Jim ***********
You sure you are ready for Thailand?
Frank **********
@Jim **********
Pattaya will eat him alive 5555.Craig *******
@Jim **********
Good question.Jim ***********
@Craig ******
sick buffalo incoming 😅
Robert ********
Say what.
Gary **********
Don't have to say any thing...over thinking you are
Craig *******
@Gary *********
Exactly
Mick **********
Nothing changes with the status of the passport. Your passport has nothing to do with where you live. When it's due to expire just apply for a new one at your chosen address
Steve *******
Your passport doesn't have address/house/home details in it.
It's purely proof of Nationality/Citizenship
It's purely proof of Nationality/Citizenship
Peter ******
As soon as you arrive in Thailand , go straight to the British Embassy and and request a meeting with the Ambassador and tell him where you will be staying in Thailand , then go to Pattaya and give the first woman you see all your money
Johnny *********
@Peter *****
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Dca *****
Well, what country's passport specifically are we discussing about?
Generally, many people from nearly all countries have lived and are living in various countries around the world for decades, some continuously moving and have been able to renew their passport at their own country's embassy/consulate for decades without problems at different locations, so dunno what this inquiry about passport "status" is all about???
Generally, many people from nearly all countries have lived and are living in various countries around the world for decades, some continuously moving and have been able to renew their passport at their own country's embassy/consulate for decades without problems at different locations, so dunno what this inquiry about passport "status" is all about???
Bent *************
My passport (Denmark) doesn’t say anything about my address in Denmark!
Maksym ***********
Any country can't deny own citizens to come back ..
Mel ******
@Maksym **********
except some countries during a period pandemic
Wannikea *********
Go to sleep, its 2am. Does your caregiver know you're awake? The purpose of a passport is to leave your country.
Kim *********
@Wannikea ********
no the purpose of a passport is to enter a country
Lynnette *******
Passport is issued to "the person" regardless of where they go live. My son's got a US passport and never lived there in 48years.
Jay *********
@Lynnette ******
thank you
Ernst *********
You are over thinking this.
Your passport is valid as it is till expiry date.
You will never be questioned on this where ever in the world you go as long as it is valid including your SA.
Your passport is valid as it is till expiry date.
You will never be questioned on this where ever in the world you go as long as it is valid including your SA.
Brandon ************
What passport has your address in it? I've never seen that before.
Dca *****
@Brandon ***********
for example, French PassportsPaul *******
OP@Brandon ***********
all passports hold your address electronically
Mary ********
@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.
Jeffrey *********
@Mary *******
I don't know what happened in your case, but there is absolutely no requirement for a US citizen to maintain a US address - and I say this as a former passport officer.
Aaron *********
@Mary *******
agreee on the doors closing but also the US has a weird obsession with documents for a democracy. I watched a documentary recently where they the lad couldn't event get a train in California without ID - China is the only other country I can think of that does thatMary ********
@Brandon ***********
absolutely true. It SHOULDN'T make a difference but we are in a new era. Doors are closing world wide.Brandon ************
@Mary *******
But there is no way to "update" your address like the op was stating. You get a passport and that is your passport for 10 years. There is no updating anything.Bent *************
@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.
Willem ****
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
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
Mikkel *******
@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.
Johny ******
@Mikkel ******
exactly 💯 There's some proper numpties out there 🤣🤣🤣Willem ****
@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.
Bobby *********
@Paul ******
yes it does I been here in Thailand 🇹🇭. For 9 yearsActivity
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