Dear Phuket Area American Citizens,

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

inform you of a consular outreach visit to Phuket on October 8, 2009.

Please come if you can!

Consular staff will be available to provide consular services at the

following location:

Thursday, October 8, 2009, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Hilton Phuket

Arcadia Resort and Spa, at 333 Patah Road, Karon Beach, Phuket,

Thailand, 83100, telephone: 076-396-433.

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 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.

Thanks for that sbk. Where did you get this notice? Unfortunately I am out of the country then but hope to get some paperwork done before next Feb 2010. The US embassy cannot tell when they will come again..at least that is what they told me when last in Bangkok. It would be great to have this info a bit sooner, but maybe i am dreaming...thanks again