American Consular Outreach Service

If anyone is in need of their services, please e-mail and inform them: acsbkk@state.gov
If enough people request it, perhaps they will schedule a visit to Udon or Khon Kaen?

More info here:
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Us-Embass ... 59836.html

Has anyone ever used the American Embassy in Laos for ACS services?
http://laos.usembassy.gov/information_f ... elers.html

Website reads they perform all services:

The American Citizen Services (ACS) Unit of the Consular Section assists American citizens in Laos. The unit provides a variety of services including: passport and citizenship services, registration of births, assistance with Federal benefits, notarial services, voting and tax information

jingjai wrote:Has anyone ever used the American Embassy in Laos for ACS services?
http://laos.usembassy.gov/information_f ... elers.html

Website reads they perform all services:

I believe any U.S. Embassy in the world can handle most services for U.S. citizens regardless of your country of residence. I recently got citizenship papers and a passport for our newborn daughter at the consulate in Chiang Mai and was informed that I could have gone to the Embassy in Laos, or for that matter, Zambia. (Not that I would consider going to Zambia, but O/T's descriptions do whet the appetite somewhat).

The question is will Thai immigration accept income letters issued by an embassy in another country? Might be worth checking out. Vientiane is a lot closer than Bangkok or Chiang Mai. But I would check very carefully with both the Embassy and Thai immigration.

Good suggestions, thanks very much!
Mike Carroll

I asked the same question re an income letter from the Oz Embassy in Vientiane.
The answer from Thai Immigration was an unequivocal No!

Well, I guess that's that for that plan.

Sure hope enough Americans e-mail the embassy: acsbkk@state.gov and request a consular visit to either Udon or Khon Kaen...sometime between now and mid-June.

Remember, a income verification letter dated anytime in 2010, is valid for your visa renewal, whatever date you need to renew in 2010. So, even if you don't need to renew until later on this year...if the letter is dated 2010...it will be valid.

I need to renew by June 24.
Help me out here...my fellow Americans. Send those e-mails out. I don't want to spend the money to go to Bangkok.

The most frustrating thing about this is, last year (2009), I got a new income verification letter. When I renewed my visa extension in June... The immigration officer in Nong Khai stated to both me and my wife that the income verification letter would be valid for two more renewals.
Now it seems that the new Udon office is requiring a new income verification letter .

Good time to email ACS again. I did, telling them that since they're closed in BKK, why not come here and help all of us out?

Send those emails, people... Get 'em off their butts and up here to provide some service to us!

I'm like most everyone.....much rather have ACS come to Udon than me go to Bangkok. Enough emails from the folks here might do the trick. But, it bears mentioning that the American Embassy is the only embassy (that I know of) that does these sort of trips (KK, Udon, Phuket). They've been doing twice-yearly Udon trips for several years now, and if you miss one of them, you might catch them on a KK trip, also twice yearly. In a nutshell, IMO, they're providing a great service to the folks here in Udon........I'd not want to accuse them of sitting on their butts in Bangkok. Just some food for thought.

They've been doing twice-yearly Udon trips for several years now, and if you miss one of them, you might catch them on a KK trip, also twice yearly. In a nutshell, IMO, they're providing a great service to the folks here in Udon........I'd not want to accuse them of sitting on their butts in Bangkok. Just some food for thought.

Yes, agreed great service, and usually Udon in October and KK in April/May.

So, why did they come back so soon (Feb.10, 2010) after their October 28, 2009 visit? About 90 some days. And how much advance notice did they give for the February visit...a couple of days, a week? Usually they've given 2-3 weeks advance notice.
I was out of town early February [I take a break from the internet, when I am on holiday]. I didn't know they had visited until after I returned to Udon.

I expected them to return to Udon or KK in May, about six months, as they have done in previous years:
April 2008: KK
October 2008: Udon
May 1 2009: KK
October 28 2009: Udon

Have a look at this thread: acs-outreach-t13022.html it shows the dates they have come and how much notice they have given for their 2009 visits to Issan.

I think thedude is referring to the fact that our Embassy was closed yesterday for Ploughing Day...and is now closed temporarily due to the red shirt mess. The Embassy can't even say when it will reopen. So...all our Consulate Officers in Bangkok have short break, with nothing to do...send 'em up to Issan for a day to service their citizens.

So lets keep sending those e-mails.

Yessir - indeedy - that's all.

The woman told me last time that they had some business in Udon that fell through, so they decided to stay and reach out.

I've never had consular or any other bureaucratic service as nice as they.

What a difference without a bloody glass window between people as well! Human!!!

ACS-BKK is a member of this forum so might try sending PMs along with emails to get their attention? They do monitor this forum.

My visa extension date is in July so I wasn't sure if Immigration would accept a letter from February and passed on the opportunity. Usually don't mind making a trip to Bangkok for this purpose since it gives us a chance to get in some shopping, eating at good restaurants, seeing English sound track movies on a big screen, looking for books to read and all that the Big Mango offers but who wants to go there if there's a chance in getting your head blown off? Well, maybe the rice fields will call the protesters home soon.

I will send an email and a PM.

In case anyone wants to send a PM via this forum the username for American Consular Services is: ACSBKK

My PM and email have been sent.

polehawk wrote:My visa extension date is in July so I wasn't sure if Immigration would accept a letter from February and passed on the opportunity....

I'm in the same boat except that my extension date is Sept. So when ACS came in Feb. I went by and asked immigration if they'd accept a letter dated in Feb. when I renewed in Sept. They said that as long as it was dated the same year they'd accept it.

Whether that policy will change by the time I have to renew is another question.

They said that as long as it was dated the same year they'd accept it.

My extension is due the first week in January.
How am I supposed to get my letter in the same year as most offices are closed the first few days of the year?

Go in a couple of weeks early while it's still 2010?

Probably ought to drop by and ask them. Maybe before the ACS visits in October - if they come in October this year.