USA- Bangkok embassy

[joymike 0]

HELP!! DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT TIME THE POST OFFICE OPENS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE USA-Bangkok EMBASSY?

We have 8:00 am appt. on 5-1-8 and need to pay non- immagrant visa fee. thank you. Mike & Joy. any comments on how interview process went? Can you pay for $131 visa fee same day? A close, decent cheap hotel?? thank you

[Passing.star 0]

Hours of Operation

The American Citizen Services unit is open to the public Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., except Thai and American holidays. (In addition, the consular section is closed to the public on the last Friday of every month.) Please bring your passport or other identification. For general recorded information, please call (02) 205-4005. The ACS unit's fax number is (02) 205-4103. Our e-mail address is acsbkk@state.gov.

I hope that helps or visit their website: http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/service.html

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the post offices in Bnagkok are usually open from 8:30am to 5:00 pm.

[BishopMnA 0]

Hey JoyMike,

I'm not sure what time the BKK Post Office opens. However, if your interview is on 5-1-08, you can go anytime between now and then and pay the $131. You don't have to do it the day of the interview. And, you don't have to go to the post office across the street from the Embassy to pay the $131, any post office in BKK will be able to take your money for the fee. Once you pay the $131 visa fee, they'll give you a receipt and that is what you turn in on the day of the interview. We paid our visa fee about a week in advance of the interview, at a Post Office that was on the opposite side of Bangkok from the Embassy.

However, if for some you're not able to pay the fee before the interview, don't let that upset you. When you're at the interview, just tell them that you were unable to pay the fee as of yet. They'll probably give you a 221(g) <I think that is what it is called> form stating that they can't approve you until you pay the fee. Then, after the interview, you can immediate jump across the road and pay the fee for the visa and take it back to the embassy. They will then issue you the visa.

In short, don't worry! They won't permanently deny you the visa based only on the fact that you haven't yet paid the visa fee! When we were at the interview about a year ago, the Embassy was very good about accomodating people who needed to turn in missing documents (in your case, the missing fee).

You'll be fine! If possible have your fiancee go pay the $131 in advance of the interview. She could go today and pay if she wanted, just tell her to be sure to keep the receipt they give her!

GOOD LUCK ON THE INTERVIEW!

Peace,

MarkNAam

[joymike 0]

Hey JoyMike,

I'm not sure what time the BKK Post Office opens. However, if your interview is on 5-1-08, you can go anytime between now and then and pay the $131. You don't have to do it the day of the interview. And, you don't have to go to the post office across the street from the Embassy to pay the $131, any post office in BKK will be able to take your money for the fee. Once you pay the $131 visa fee, they'll give you a receipt and that is what you turn in on the day of the interview. We paid our visa fee about a week in advance of the interview, at a Post Office that was on the opposite side of Bangkok from the Embassy.

However, if for some you're not able to pay the fee before the interview, don't let that upset you. When you're at the interview, just tell them that you were unable to pay the fee as of yet. They'll probably give you a 221(g) <I think that is what it is called> form stating that they can't approve you until you pay the fee. Then, after the interview, you can immediate jump across the road and pay the fee for the visa and take it back to the embassy. They will then issue you the visa.

In short, don't worry! They won't permanently deny you the visa based only on the fact that you haven't yet paid the visa fee! When we were at the interview about a year ago, the Embassy was very good about accomodating people who needed to turn in missing documents (in your case, the missing fee).

You'll be fine! If possible have your fiancee go pay the $131 in advance of the interview. She could go today and pay if she wanted, just tell her to be sure to keep the receipt they give her!

GOOD LUCK ON THE INTERVIEW!

Peace,

MarkNAam

[joymike 0]

Thank you. I think we will go from Pattaya to Bkk the day before and spend the night at a hotel. then go the day before to the post office. I will be in Thailand the weekend before.