Registering with your country’s embassy in Thailand

While visiting the Land Of Smiles for quite a long stay, it would be a great idea to register yourself with the consular section of your respective country’s embassy. It will not only enable them to locate you in case of a family emergency, but also keep them better informed of the number and location of citizens from your country in the event of a large-scale emergency.

There are 61 foreign embassies in Bangkok. These include countries like India, USA, China, Australia etc. while some are located in sub urban areas of Bangkok, others are also found in the Chiang Mai and Phuket districts. Most embassies are required by law to keep any information you give them completely confidential, and will release it only when authorized by you to do so.

There are various ways of locating and registering yourself with the Thai Embassies.  Firstly you can look for the Thailand Yellow Pages of the Official Thailand Survival Guide, Pattaya Edition to find the location of your embassy. Once you find your country’s embassy office, you can call them and ask them to fax you a registration form which you complete and fax back. If that sounds tedious, you can even search on the web and click on “online registration form” and follow the directions. You will be registered electronically with the consular section. Registering at the Consular Section will facilitate things in the following cases:

* loss or theft of Passport
* loss of airline ticket
* any sudden death of a tourist
* imprisonment of a tourist

The embassies of Bangkok are usually working between Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m., or 1:00 p.m. — 3:00 p.m. (except holidays of your country and Thai holidays).