Can't use bank draft at US Embassy !?!?!?

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Can't use bank draft at US Embassy !?!?!?

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I just spoke to a friend who missed the outreach, but had the bank draft. He went to the USA embassy in Bangkok to get his proof-of-income statement for his retirement visa renewal. He said the embassy refused to accept the bank draft and told him they only accept the bank drafts at the outreaches, but not at the embassy. He ended up paying cash.

Does that make sense to anyone? If you pay with the bank draft at the outreach, don't they take it right back to the embassy?

In any case, that's what he said happened to him.

Now he's stuck with the bank draft. He hasn't tried it yet, but he wants to see if the bank will let him cash in the bank draft. I told him if they don't, ask them if it will still be good next year, for use at the outreach. I don't see why it wouldn't be, but the way things work in Thailand, who knows? I hope he doesn't miss that outreach too.
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