The Department of Consular Affairs will open a new passport issuing office at the MRT station in Klong Toey on Dec 9.
The new office will by in the Metro Mall area, with 20 booths able to serve about 800 people a day. It will be open Monday to Friday from 8.30-3.30pm, according to a statement issued by the MRT operator Bangkok Expressway and Metro Plc.
The service aims to serve people living in inner Bangkok and reduce traffic congestion by encouraging use of the mass transportation system.
The public can reserve their online queue number at https:///www.passport.in.th/.
The department already has an office in east Bangkok at Thanya Park shopping mall on Srinakarin Road in Suan Luang district, in addition to its head office on Chaeng Wattana Road.