Information about travel and residence

Welcome to the Consular Section of the Danish Embassy in Bangkok 

On these pages you will find information about the kind of assistance the Embassy can offer you, if you are in need during your travel to Thailand, Cambodia and Burma.

Consular Assistance

A Danish Embassy or Consulate can assist with:

• Issue of a new Danish passport
• Contact to an attorney if you are arrested
• Contact to relatives in Denmark
• Contact to insurance companies in relation to accidents, illness or death
• Information on risk areas on your way
• Transferring money to purchase a return ticket (requires bank guarantee)

A Danish Embassy or Consulate cannot assist with:

• Performing  banking transactions
• Paying out funds from Danish authorities such as pensions, unemployments benefits etc.
• Getting people released from prison or pay for a lawyer
• Paying hospital or doctor's bills without collateral from yourself, your bank or your family
• Obtaining work permits or finding jobs

Evacuation and Emergency

If you are travelling in the Thailand and you need help urgently, you may contact the Danish Embassy or the Danish Consulates in Pattya or Phuket.

The Embassy or the Consulates can provide immediate assistance in case of an emergency or provide you with the relevant contact information on someone who can assist you.

If you need help after normal business hours, at night or during weekends and holidays, you may contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 24/7 Emergency Center at +45 3392 1112 / BBB@um.dk.

Please, also see the Ministry of Foreign Affairs central website for emergency matters: http://um.dk/da/rejse-og-ophold/hvis-uheldet-er-ude/ (in Danish only).

For more on the current conditions regarding weather forecasts please see the Thai Meteorological Department’s website: http://www.tmd.go.th/en/.

Please also note that your local authorities may have additional emergency precautions, so please check with them as well.

Please note that as a general rule a fee is applicable to most services, with the exceptions of imprisonment, child abduction cases and in the instance of a serious crime committed against a Danish national.

If the information on this webpage is not sufficient, please contact the Embassy, please see the menu bar on the right hand side for contact details.