Us Consular Services Visit

[sbk]

Received this email:

US Consular staff will be available to provide consular services at the

following dates and locations:

Friday, December 7, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in Phuket at the Hilton Arcadia

Resort and Spa in Karon Beach. Please look for signs in the hotel

lobby for the location of the outreach.

The following consular services will be available during our outreach

visits:

* Passport renewal applications ($67.00 or Baht 2546 for adult

passports, and $82 or Baht 3116 for a child's passport)

* Notarial Services and Certified Copies ($30.00 or Baht 1140)

* Absentee ballot application and voting abroad information

* 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: Unfortunately, we are no longer able to complete processing of

extra visa pages during our outreach trips, although we are working on

a solution that will allow us to do this. We can accept passport

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 change in procedure, and we are working on

finding a secure solution to mail passports back to applicants from

outreaches. You can now have your passport mailed back to you if you

apply at the embassy.

Additionally, Consular Reports of Birth cannot be processed during

consular outreach trips.

If you have any questions, please e-mail: [email protected] or call the

American Citizen Services Unit at: 02-205-4049.

[MisterMan]

I got a new passport last year and I had to bring my own photos. I dont know if they have changed ths system but at the time the photos were very specific. Also it was less expensive to pay in $US dollars. I had to pick it up in Bangkok but what they didnt explain clearly was that I could still hold on to my current passport until I picked up my new one. Also I had 10 years to pick up my new one . the visa transfer at immigration was easy.

also while I was at the Embassy I was able to get extra pages even before i had my frist stamp. I highly recomend since we use a lot of pages here with all the stupid visa runs.