Reminder: US Embassy Consular Visit to Pattaya - Thursday, November 19

[Gaybutton]

Dear Pattaya Area American Citizens,

 

The Consular Section of the American Embassy in Bangkok is pleased to

inform you of a consular outreach visit to Pattaya on November 19, 2009.

Please come if you can!

 

Consular staff will be available to provide services at the following

location:

 

Thursday, November 19, 2009, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Dusit Thani

Pattaya, at 240/2 Pattaya Beach Road, Pattaya City, Chonburi, 20150,

Thailand. Telephone: 03-842-5611.

 

The following consular services will be available during our outreach

visits:

* Passport renewal applications ($75.00 or Baht 2550 for adult

passports, and $85 or Baht 2890 for a child's passport)

* Notarial Services and Certified Copies ($30.00 or Baht 1020).

This includes income affidavits for retirees in Thailand.

* Social security, VA, or other federal benefits question will be

limited, but we will try to provide forms and answers

(Please bring exact change!)

 

NOTE: We cannot process extra visa pages during our outreach trips. We

can accept applications, but the passports will have to be brought back

to the Embassy for final processing the next day. The passports will

then have to be picked up in person (or by a friend upon presentation of

a letter of authorization signed by the applicant) at the Embassy. We

regret any inconvenience caused by this.

 

Additionally, Consular Reports of Birth cannot be processed during

consular outreach trips.

 

If you have any questions, please email acsbkk@state.gov or call the

American Citizen Services Unit at 02-205-4049.

 

We look forward to seeing you in Pattaya on Thursday, November 19th.

 

Sincerely,

 

American Citizen Services

U.S. Embassy

Bangkok, Thailand

[Guest lvdkeyes]

My retirement visa expires on Feb 1, 2010. I was at Pattaya immigration today and asked the officer who processes the retirement visas if I could get my Financial Letter on Thursday, this week. He said, "Can can".

[Bob]

My retirement visa expires on Feb 1, 2010. I was at Pattaya immigration today and asked the officer who processes the retirement visas if I could get my Financial Letter on Thursday, this week. He said, "Can can".

 

Hope it works for you in February; however, I've understood the letter (much like the bank letter) has to be reasonably close to the date of renewal so it might be a problem.

Good luck nonetheless.

[Guest lvdkeyes]

The officer who processes the retirement visas is the one who told me it would be OK.

[Gaybutton]

I've understood the letter (much like the bank letter) has to be reasonably close to the date of renewal so it might be a problem.

Good luck nonetheless.

Not true. While all the other documents have to be very recent, the proof-of-income statement can be many months old. I'm a perfect example. I got mine months in advance last time and had no trouble at all, most likely because they keep the originals, so they know your latest has to be a new original and that a person's retirement income is likely to either remain the same or increase the following year. In any case, lvdkeyes is not going to have a problem.