UDON SOCIAL

Did anyone receive a notification of the consular visit to KK on Thursday? I did not, when normally I do.

The following is from an e-mail I received on October 4, 2011:

Dear American Citizens,

The American Citizen Services section of the American Embassy in Bangkok
is pleased to inform you of our upcoming Embassy consular visits in
2011/2012. Consular staff will be available to provide services in many
locations across the country on the following dates:

* Monday, November 21, 2011 Pattaya
* Thursday, December 1, 2011 Phuket
* Thursday, December 15, 2011 Khon Khaen
* Thursday, January 12, 2012 Ubon Ratchathani
* Wednesday, Feb 29, 2012 Pattaya
* Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Udorn
* Thursday, March 15, 2012 Phuket
* Thursday, March 22, 2012 Hua Hin
* Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Pattaya
* Thursday, June 14, 2012 Khon Khaen
* Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Phuket
* Thursday, September 6, 2012 Pattaya
* Thursday, September 13 2012 Udorn
* Friday, September 21, 2012 Phuket

The following consular services will be available:

* Passport renewal applications
* Notarial services
* Embassy registration and/or address change for on-line
information
* Absentee ballot application and voting abroad information
* Social Security, VA or other federal benefits questions

NOTE: Applications for Consular Reports of Birth Abroad cannot be
accepted during consular outreach trips.

The venue and hours of each visit will be announced individually a few
weeks before each date.

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

We look forward to seeing you during out outreach visits.

Sincerely,

American Citizen Services
U.S. Embassy Bangkok

I posted the above e-mail last October, as a reminder to everyone as to the coming years schedule: http://www.udontalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=6683" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Plus, I keep all my e-mails from ACS in a separate folder, plus I physically make notations on my personal calendar for important dates, IE: ACS Consular visits. Yeah! I know...I'm fvcking perfect .

I did not receive an reminder e-mail from ACS in regards to their KK visit, however, if, I had needed their services, I would have physically picked up the phone, and called them, and asked them personally, if they were still planning a visit.

Oh wait, silly me, I forgot. We are now living in the "e-age", where no one personally calls anyone anymore...these days it's all about texting, e-mails, face booking, twittering, etc., ... People walking around all day, diddling their fvcking i-pads, or whatever the hell they use...

Dear American citizens residing in or near Khon Kaen and throughout Issan,
The Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok is pleased to inform you the location for the scheduled consular outreach visit to Khon Kaen on December 13, 2012.
Consular staff will be available to provide services on Thursday, December 13, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the:
The Pullman Khon Kaen Raja Orchid
9/9 Prachasumran Road, Nai Muang, Muang Khon Kaen 40000, Thailand
Phone: +66 (0) 43 322 155 Fax: +66 (0) 43 322 150
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The following consular services will be available during our outreach visits:

Passport renewal applications ($110.00 or Baht 3,520 for adult passports, and $105 or Baht 3,360 for a child’s passport).
Notarial Services and Certified Copies ($50.00 or Baht 1,600). This includes income affidavits for retirees in Thailand.
Extra visa pages ($82 or Baht 2,624). Note: we can accept applications, but the passports will have to be brought back to the Embassy for final processing the next working day. We will bring prepaid Thailand Post envelopes on outreaches that you can buy from us at cost (Baht 75) if you wish us have us mail your passport back to you. Alternatively, you can pick up your passport at the Embassy. You can also have a friend pick up your passport at the Embassy by giving them written authorization to present to us.
Social security, VA, or other federal benefits questions will be limited, but we will try to provide forms and answers.

Please bring exact change!
Please see http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/service.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; <http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/service.html> for information and requirements for each service.
Consular Reports of Birth Abroad cannot be processed during consular outreach trips.
Appointments are not necessary for consular services during outreach visits. If you have any questions, please email acsbkk@state.gov or call the American Citizen Services Unit at 02-205-4049. Also, please follow us on Twitter by searching our username @ACSBKK <https://twitter.com/ACSBKK> .
Sincerely,
American Citizen Services
U.S. Embassy in Bangkok

If all goes as schedule they will be here tomorrow, 6 March 2013, 8am until 12 noon, Centara Hotel. :dance: SAVE many a trip to the BIG MANGO, aka., Bangkok, and those dreaded traffic JAMS!!

(B) Banger wrote:If all goes as schedule they will be here tomorrow, 6 March 2013, 8am until 12 noon, Centara Hotel. :dance: SAVE many a trip to the BIG MANGO, aka., Bangkok, and those dreaded traffic JAMS!!

8AM is when consular staff kick it off, but the sign in sheet is out earlier. Arrive before 8AM and sign in. My last visit I arrived about 7:40 and there were already about 20 people ahead of me.

Can anyone estimate how many yanks live in Easan and Thailand?

greenisgood wrote:Can anyone estimate how many yanks live in Easan and Thailand?

I could tell ya but...then I'd have to kill you. :lol: :http://www.udontalk.com/forum/viewtopic ... &hilit=CIA

A reminder for all yanks out there in need of consular services, next visits are:

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Khon Kaen
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 Udon Thani

Just a reminder. Two weeks from today, the US Embassy will be in town.