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Certified True Copies of a Foreign Passport
For use with Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) applications
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This process takes approximately 7-10 days from the date we receive your completed package to when you receive your return package by mail.

Required paperwork:

  • Completed Checklist (PDF 171KB) (print and complete)
  • Original foreign passport
  • Fee: Non-refundable service fee 1,600 THB – purchase a bank draft

    Effective on September 18, 2025, Exchange rate for U.S. Mission Thailand will be Baht 32: USD 1. Please use the following rate.

    + print “Bank draft request form_1600” (PDF 330KB)

  • Return Envelope: pay Thailand Post Courier Pass Back envelope fee 100THB here. (If the page appears in Thai, you may use a translate function into English at the top right corner of the page.)   Then, includes a payment confirmation email in your application package.An actual envelope will be delivered to U.S. Embassy in Bangkok or U.S. Consulate General in Chiang Mai for returning your document. The fee is non-refundable, and the mailing information cannot be amended after paid; ensure providing the applicant’s full name and accurate returning address on both shipping and billing address.The tracking number will be provided in a separate email from the vendor. You may trace your passport after the processing time has passed by using the tracking number here https://track.thailandpost.co.th/.NOTE: Prepaid envelope cannot be accepted.

Mailing:
Send your package ONLY through the following couriers (Thailand Post and DHL), otherwise the package will be rejected; ensuring that you received a tracking number from the courier.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mailing address:
U.S. Embassy Bangkok Mailing Address:
Certified-true-copy by Mail Service
ACS/Consular Section,
U.S. Embassy,
95 Wireless Road,
Bangkok 10330, Thailand

OR

Consulate General Chiang Mai Mailing Address:
Certified-true-copy by Mail Service
ACS/Consular Section,
U.S. Consulate General Chiang Mai
131 Moo 4, Chiang Mai – Lampang Superhighway Road, Nongpakrang, Mueang, Chiang Mai 50000