Consular outreach to visit Pattaya

The Consular Section of the American Embassy in Bangkok is pleased to announce an outreach visit to Pattaya on November 19, 2009. Consular staff will be available to provide consular services at the following location:

Thursday, November 19, 2009, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Dusit Thani Pattaya, at 240/2 Pattaya Beach Road, Pattaya City, Chonburi, 20150, Thailand. Telephone: 03-842-5611.

The following consular services will be available during the outreach visit:

* Passport renewal applications ($75.00 or 2550 baht for adult passports, and $85 or 2890 baht for a child’s passport)

* Notarial Services and Certified Copies ($30 or 1020 baht). This includes income affidavits for retirees in Thailand.

* Social security, VA or other federal benefits questions will be limited, but the staff will try to provide forms and answers.

(Please bring exact change!)

NOTE: The consular staff cannot process extra visa pages during outreach trips. They 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. They regret any inconvenience caused by this.

Additionally, Consular Reports of Birth cannot be processed during consular outreach trips.

If you have any questions, please email: acsbkk @state.gov or call the American Citizen Services Unit at: 02-205-4049.

-- Pattaya Mail 2009-11-17

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What is the procedure for passport renewal during an outreach? Do they hold the old passport and give it back when you get the new one? Do they mail the new passports or must you pick it up at the embassy? Personally, I would feel quite nervous about having my passport in the Thai mail system.

Edited November 17, 200916 yr by Jingthing

One would assume that the procedure for Passport renewal would be the same as for new pages in the Passport

NOTE: The consular staff cannot process extra visa pages during outreach trips. They 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. They regret any inconvenience caused by this.