Recd this email:

Dear Udon Thani Area American Citizens,

The Consular Section of the American Embassy in Bangkok is pleased to inform you of the addition of a last minute consular outreach visit to Udon Thani. Please come if you can!

Consular staff will be available to provide consular services at the following date and location:

Friday, May 16, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in Udon Thani at the Charoensri Grand Royal Hotel. Please look for signs in the hotel lobby pointing to the location of the outreach.

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)

* 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 can no longer be able to complete processing of 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 change in procedure, and we are still working on gaining authorization to begin mailing passports back to applicants.

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.

We look forward to seeing you in Udon Thani on May 16th.

Sincerely,

American Citizen Services

U.S. Embassy

Bangkok, Thailand

Ohhh, how sweet! They actually like to think they're taking care of us! too bad they can't show the same concern for our women, but instead ban them from our home country like they had the plaugue. Burn those consular heathens at the stake! Pelt them with stones and chase them into the hills! Ok, I know a lot of you guys don't have visa problems with the Isaan lady, but for me and others, the embassy's cruel and inane policies are seriously damaging our lives. It pi$sses me off to no end to think that they spend all this time and money to waddle their fat as$es up to Udon from BKK just so some old codger doesn't have to go to BKK, but they can't spend an extra 10 minutes equittably considering a tourist visa application. I speak in generalities of course, directed more to the dept. heads and policy than the employees. Sorry for venting on your thread OP.

Edited May 10, 200818 yr by RY12