March 17, 20206 yr Hi. Was going to apply for O-A visa in nyc. Have all paper completed. Departure date April 20th. Thai Consulate of New York will be closed until April 1st. Los Angeles, Washington and Chicago are probably closed also. Not sure (when they open) will they be granting O-A visas. TC,
March 17, 20206 yr 44 minutes ago, tomx2 said: Thai Consulate of New York will be closed until April 1st. how did you become aware of this?
March 17, 20206 yr Total assumption on my part but since LA has the largest Thai expat community in the world, I'd guess that if there were to be only one Thai consulate open in the US it would be the one in LA.
March 17, 20206 yr Author New York Thai Consulate website about their closer: https://www.thaicgny.com/ภาษาอ-งกฤษ-english-version/ or go to "Thai consulate of new York" The Chicago & Washington website have a bulletin notice in Thai. Washington sent me an automated email reply they will close March 23rd. Tc.
March 18, 20206 yr The embassy in Washington has this on their website. Visa applications by mail only. Source: https://thaiembdc.org/2020/03/17/announcement-temporary-adjustment-of-consular-services-procedures-during-the-covid-19-coronavirus-disease-pandemic/ Los Angeles consulate has nothing about a closure and etc. Chicago visa application by mail only. "3. Visa applications will only be accepted by mail." Source: http://www.thaiconsulatechicago.org/uploads/ประกาศ ลดเวลาให้บริการอังกฤษ.pdf
March 18, 20206 yr Author 1 hour ago, ubonjoe said: The embassy in Washington has this on their website. Visa applications by mail only. Source: https://thaiembdc.org/2020/03/17/announcement-temporary-adjustment-of-consular-services-procedures-during-the-covid-19-coronavirus-disease-pandemic/ Los Angeles consulate has nothing about a closure and etc. Chicago visa application by mail only. "3. Visa applications will only be accepted by mail." Source: http://www.thaiconsulatechicago.org/uploads/ประกาศ ลดเวลาให้บริการอังกฤษ.pdf Hi ubonjoe. Below (in bold) is a snippet of the email reply I received from the Washington Thai Consulate today. “Due to the situation of Coronavirus, we will close for walk-in from March 23, 2020.We encourage visa applicants to mail in the documents from today on”. My question would be, will they still have a staff arriving and working daily but will be closed to the public. Or does the staff stays home, then mailed visa will just remain in their Outbox till the office reopens correct?
March 18, 20206 yr 48 minutes ago, tomx2 said: My question would be, will they still have a staff arriving and working daily but will be closed to the public. Or does the staff stays home, then mailed visa will just remain in their Outbox till the office reopens correct? It appears their will still be people working at the embassy to process visa applications and etc. I think they are just reducing their exposure to those doing visa applications and etc.
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