[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 22CFR5.2]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 5--ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 5.2  Central and field organization, established places at which, the officers from whom, and the methods whereby the public may secure information, make 

          submittals, or request, or obtain decisions; and statements of 
          the general course and method by which its functions are 
          channeled and determined.

    (a) The following statements of the central and field organization 
of the Department of State and its Foreign Service posts are hereby 
prescribed:
    (1) The central organization of the Department of State was issued 
as Public Notice No. 267, 32 FR 8923, June 22, 1967.
    (2) The foreign field organization of the Department of State was 
issued as Public Notice No. 254, 32 FR 3712, March 3, 1967.
    (3) The domestic field organization of the Department of State was 
issued as Public Notice No. 268, 32 FR 8925, June 22, 1967.
    (b) As used in the following sections, the term ``Department of 
State'' includes all offices within the Department in Washington, its 
domestic field offices in the United States, all Foreign Service posts 
throughout the world, and U.S. missions to international organizations 
unless otherwise specified.
    (c) Any person desiring information concerning a matter handled by 
the Department of State, or any person desiring to make a submittal or 
request in connection with such a matter, should communicate either 
orally or in writing with the appropriate office. If the office 
receiving the communication does not have jurisdiction to handle the 
matter, the communication, if written, will be forwarded to the proper 
office, or, if oral, the person will be advised how to proceed. When the 
submittal or request consists of a formal application for one of the 
documents, privileges, or other benefits provided for in the laws 
administered by the Department of State, or in the regulations 
implementing these laws, the instructions on the form as to preparation 
and place of submission should be followed. In such cases, the 
provisions of this part referring to the particular regulation concerned 
should be consulted.

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