Australian Consulate Chiang Mai & My Life; Living Thailand

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G’day; I’m the Honorary Consul – an expat Australian, ex-Canadian Mountie and well traveled soul; – Wandering my life’s path enjoying the journey and experiences

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“Explore the MENU” to discover -“Australian Consulate information” – and – some “Musings of my life’s yesterdays and today”

Please note the Consulate is closed from 12 to 17 September. It will reopen on 18 September 2017.

ABOUT THIS SITE – AUSTRALIAN CONSULATE

The Consulate in Chiang Mai for Northern Thailand is headed by an Honorary Consul. It supports the Australian Embassy in the consular district, provides some limited consular assistance to Australians, promotes and strengthens the Australian-Thailand bilateral relationships and participates in the Consular Corps of Northern Thailand.

The Consulate in Chiang Mai is not authorised to provide Notarial services or accept Australian Passport applications. It can offer information or see this Embassy page.

Australian Visa or Citizenship by Decent is managed by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. You can obtain information at this website. The Chiang Mai Consulate can not assist with visa and citizenship matters .

To register a marriage in Thailand you should review the steps & information at this website. You can not register your marriage with the Consulate,

– สถานกงสุลออสเตรเลียในจังหวัดเชียงใหม่สำหรับภาคเหนือ – เว็บไซต์นี้มีข้อมูลและข่าวสารการบริการของสถานกงสุล สถานกงสุลไม่รับยื่นคำร้องขอวีซ่า ,หนังสือเดินทาง,หรือให้บริการงานรับรองเอกสาร แต่เราสามารถให้ข้อมูลและแนะนำได้

See below Consulate contact information. A Consulate Information Brochure in English & Thai is available – on this page . You can also refer for information to an associated “Australian Consulate Chiang Mai Website“

Australians in Northern Thailand

The Consular Section of the Australian Embassy Bangkok undertakes outreach visits to Chiang Mai every two months to provide some notarial and passport services  – Next visit is scheduled for 20th October 2017 at:

Le Méridien Hotel Chiang Mai, 108 Chang Klan Road
Tambol Chang Klan, Amphur Muang, Chiang Mai 50100 Thailand
T +66 (0)53 253 666

Continue reading “Embassy Consular Outreach Chiang Mai – 20 October 2017”

It is often asked; Is the Honorary Consul’s role real? What are the functions?

The honorary consul position is recognised by the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963.  As the Honorary Consul, Ron is a designated “consular officer” which means “any person, including the head of a consular post, entrusted in that capacity with the exercise of consular functions”.

Consular officers are classified in two categories, namely career consular officers, and like me, honorary consular officers.

Continue reading “Consulate Function & Services”

The Honorary Consul is available during consulate business hours, as explained below, for inquires and some assistance. There is a consulate support assistant for inquires in Thai.

Consulate Hours: 

Monday to Thursday 9 – 12  (Visit by appointment only) –

(If urgent or after hours please see “alternate contact details” below)

Mobile:  091 857 6996 (English & Thai)

Fax:  053 336 958        Line: aushoncon

Email: australianconsulate.chiangmai@gmail.com

 

Services provided are in line with functions and limitations explained on this, and the Australian Embassy Bangkok website. If you are in Australia and want to make contact with the Consulate in Chiang Mai it is recommended you contact the DFAT Consular Emergency Centre in the first instance to discuss your needs on: 1 300 555 135 (within Australia Only)

Alternative contact Details:

Continue reading “Australian Consulate Contact”

These “musing”; the written reflections or thoughts, are about my life’s journey and experiences as a resident of Canada, Australia, Thailand and a well travelled sole.  I am convinced, or at least pretty sure, that these journeys and many new destinations helped to shape my life and who I am.

Being exposed to different cultures, traditions and people’s’ in multiple countries and their way’s of life has had a lasting and profound impact on me and the way I approach life today.  These reflections involve some of my background stories and a way to preserve life memories and events while I can still recall them – already some of the detail seems to have escaped me.

Continue reading “Hon Con at a Glance – My Life’s Path”