@Craig *********

Perfect thanks for your reply 🙏🙏

@John *********

the beers are on me if that works 🍺🍺 seems like it could be possible, and hopefully the foreign consulates can provide some advice

@John *********

well my wife is thai, if they issue me with a tourist visa we will begin the process of applying for a marriage visa. However usually when things arent straight forward in thailand they can be very complex to resolve.

There wasn't an option for an expedited service (that I'm aware of) and also to make things messier there's talk of the passport office going on strike in the uk 😂

I mean as a last last resort i have the means to fly back to the UK, wait for the passport to arrive in Thailand. Send it back to the UK and fly back to Thailand 😂 id just rather not have to do that

@Will ***********

and i guess if your visa has expired you cant technically be living there full time? I actually do live in thailand full time but my visa will have expired

@John *********

No it allows you to re-enter the country you are leaving from, specifically to gain more time if there are delays in recieveing your passport. Ofcourse this is the advice from the UK embassy id like to hear that someone has experience of this