A Visit to the Thailand Embassy in Washington D.C.

After the Taiwan Embassy had had my passport for two weeks I decided there would not be enough time for me to send it to the Thai Embassy and wait 10 days for them to process it. As I was already in D.C. at my dad’s house I figured it would be easier for me to just go to the Embassy myself. I called the Thailand Embassy to ask where they were located. “Between J and M street on Wisconsin Avenue, in a hotel, but I don’t know the name of the hotel.” I don’t know how they didn’t know the name of the hotel considering they go to work there everyday. “How late are you open?” “Until 1 o’clock.” Did she say one or four? I rushed over, and dad got me there by 12 on the dot. I was ushered into the building. It was considerably more organized and neat than the Indian consulate (the only other place I have gone to get a Visa at). A short Thai man with a big bushy white moustache took my stack of Visa-getting papers. He mulled over them for a minute, stamped them a couple of times and handed me a piece of paper telling me when to pick up my passport. The Visa takes 2 business days. The Thai man did not say one word to me. Our only communication was through the little white paper that said Tuesday at 12:30.