Jordan Harris The procedure at Hull UK now, is to send copies of all documents by email to Hull. They then forward to Thai Embassy London who will reply yea or nay, then and only then you travel to the consulate at hull with your passport and original documents and they will stamp the visa into your passport.

I had to get one several years ago when applying for my Brazilian WP. At that time I went to the RTP HQ building at Rama I road in Bangkok. My clearance was posted back to me around 12 days later.

Me either after 36 years of world wide travel. Having said that I always had a print out of my ticket (after they stopped paper tickets) and itinerary along with reference numbers. As

@Tod ********

says, err on the side of caution. A ship mate of mine was almost refused transit through LHR because he had not printed out his ticket or reference, luckily another of our crew had printed the whole list and the problem was resolved.

It was a damn sight quicker and more convenient when you could do it at the British embassy though 😧

Yes, cannot leave the country with it, but the OP wanted to know about travel to CM from BKK.

@Ellis *****************************

Not until the new one is received.

You do not need to surrender your old passport in BKK while you are waiting for a new one. Also you do not apply for a new passport at the British embassy in Bangkok, you apply at UK Visa Application Centre

The Trendy Office Building, 28th Floor, Sukhumvit Soi 13, Bangkok.

@Tod ********

You should try arriving In Houston at the wrong time.........

Really ??, because my wife has been told by different immigration officers that it was OK to write the TM6 in Thai script.

@Robert ******

I agree, just trying to show their perspective. I have also seen a couple of posts here where people have reported late ( as in after 90 days, but not after 97 days) and been fined.