As a United States passport holder with driver's licenses from Arizona and Georgia, I receive the majority of my US mail at a Georgia address. I am inquiring whether I can submit an application through the Los Angeles consulate, where the estimated processing time is approximately three days, or if I must apply through the Washington, D.C. embassy, which has an estimated processing time of three to four weeks.

*Anyone else waiting on the new visa updates for the 5yr DTV? Im 33yrs old coming from USA and with this visa it seems you can only stay 6mo a year so im now thinking to buy a house there thats a little cheaper than I was planning and now thinking I should start looking for another country with a similar easy cheap visa (since im too young for any retirement visa even tho im retired). What other countries that are NOT western that would be good to spend the other 6mo of the year and where cost of living is reasonable and 50-70k usd will get a respectable 60sqm+ condo? Im from miami so im already used to the disgusting 90* 90% humidity everyday, figuring ill spend winters in Pattaya then go to the other country for summer to be a good combo? South of france like Nice-antibes would be great and cost of living is low except purchasing a condo is miami pricing... easy visa tho.... dont want to rent anywhere, so purchasing a property is the critical part of the equation. *

*So what are you guys doing that spend half a year in thailand and the other half somewhere else thats not from the western world?*

Everything else: Wasn't Thai AirAsia X supposed to resume direct flights from Bangkok to Tbilisi (Georgia) by October 8? Another hoax? Can't seem to find any such flights. Any leads?