Lusty Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Yes it does.Thats why I wanted another photo to get a positive ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Scrutinizer Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Good to hear this was a case of mistaken identity. A different Village Idiot living rough. Good news Lusty. Cent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit_of_town_hall Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Thats great news Lusty, as you said the resemblence is uncanny. I am glad VI is OK. The number I have for him must be dud. Pity whoever it is. STH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit_of_town_hall Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Not really, no harm would be done, if someone asked the guy, are you VI, he would say no. No harm done. STH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozpharlap Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 I was more concerned about VI being disparaged as some street urchin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 I asked at the Embassy the three days ago how many Americans living on the WAY cheap come to them and ask to be sent back home. They did not have numbers but said it was really very few. Less than one a month at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Scrutinizer Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 I know one that needs to go home, but hasn't the money to pay airfare to do so. So what do they do at the embassy to help? I've heard they will front the air tix, one way, to the states, then take your passport on arrival until you repay the 'loan' on the airfare. Once paid back they'll give you back your passport. Is that the standard help scenario they provide the down and out guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Not that I know of. Best I think they will do is give you a few free phone calls to the US. I have never heard of them fronting airfare. Even if they arrest you, most times they will just let you sit in a Thai prison till you get someone to fly you home. I was told the longest anyone stayed like that is only three days in Thai lock up till the guy got someone to give him some cash to get the hell back to a good clean US prison! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 I had the misfortune to know a deadbeat American back in the mid 1980s who did get his airfare back to the States from the US embassy. This was a guy who once told me how hard it was to live without working. "It's easy for you," he said. "You have a job." Whatever. Anyway, the embassy finally got him a ticket, but he had to surrender his passport. He could not get it back until he had completely repaid what he owed the embassy. Possibly things were different back then. He told me this himself, and I also heard it from a UN official with contacts in the US embassy. I suspect it was probably some sort of a travel voucher, good only for use as stated and not redeemable for cash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 In case there isn't _any_ other help available German Embassies will give financial support for a ticket home. Of course everything has to be repaid. Link (German) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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