audaciousnomad

EXCEPT....the lounges have been closed for nearly a year due to covid. ????

I'm up this Sunday. So how'd it go for you? Was your 2nd shot a Pfizer shot ???

Not usually. They usually do that for the 30-day standard extension. But for the Covid extension, most have reported that the 60 days started from the end of their existing stamp. Which office did you go to?

Well, to be fair it is in vogue to run a "subscription-based" business model these days. Pay-as-you-go is so "old school". https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40005603

#IcantBreathe

He's gonna get prosecuted for frightening the public all of us with his TRUE news!

Money talks. Or...money turns heads the other direction. Apparently, these two did not have enough to 'license' their operation.

Hahaha...OK, at the risk of being called Captain Obvious... ALL UNVACCINATED HUMANS ARE VULNERABLE.

Oops...you're right. Yikes! I counted the first week in August twice! LOL I'll update my post. Thanks! ????

Considering the pandemic situation, I was not surprised by it. There was also a delay in the parcel departing the USA. It left Los Angeles on the 28-Jul, but it was sent first to San Francisco and from there it finally departed the USA on 6-Aug!?! (So it stayed within USA for 9 days!!!). If I count from 6-Aug, it should be only 7 days...arrived here on 13-Aug. I think the problem is that airmail often travels on commercial passenger flights, and since there are a lot less of those right now (obviously due to pandemic), then they might have to do consolidation and also wait the for soonest available passenger flight to load the mail onto. Otherwise I suppose it would have left directly from Los Angeles over to Asia. FEDEX/DHL would be quicker, possibly 7-10 days (as they have their own dedicated cargo aircraft)....but double the price or more compared to regular U.S. Postal Service.

I know this post is a year old, but I just successfully did this(and I do inhabit a budget residence) so I want to answer the original poster's question and for the benefit of others who are in the same situation, I will explain what I did that made it a seamless process. First, I will say that the debit card took 23 days exactly from the time the USPS picked it up in Los Angeles(28-Jul) to the envelope being in my hands today(13-Aug). This was for a single envelope sent USPS International Priority. I will say the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING is to put your phone number down as part of the address. This is what guaranteed I received the envelope, as the Thailand Post was able to call me and confirm I would be here before they sent the motorbike courier out. And then he called me one more time when he was waiting out front of the gate to my place so I could come down and get it. I made sure that the TO address includes: 1. Name of residence (example: The Bangkok Apartments Asoke) 2. Building Number and ROOM Number 3. Street Name 4. Soi Name 5. Sub-soi if you're on one of those. (Some sois have multiple 'lanes' or in Thai....yaek) 6. District (Ladprao, Huai Kwang, Asoke, etc.) 7. City and Zip Code 8. MOST IMPORTANT: YOUR MOBILE PHONE NUMBER I was able to track it end-to-end on USPS website, which was very useful. It even tells when your item clears customs and is making its way to the local delivery center for your area. All in all, a satisfactory and pain-free process. And I got the debit card just in time before the current one expires. Hope this helps!

Everywhere in the world.