Foreign Affairs Manual: 7 FAM Consular Affairs
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7 FAM Consular Affairs

000 CONSULAR PROTECTION OF U.S. NATIONALS ABROAD

010 INTRODUCTION

020 AUTHORITIES

030 GOOD OFFICES AND DEMARCHES

040 SMART TRAVELER ENROLLMENT OF U.S. CITIZENS

050 NO DOUBLE STANDARD POLICY

060 THE PRIVACY ACT AND AMERICAN CITIZENS SERVICES

070 UNAVAILABLE

080 DUAL NATIONALITY

090 CONSULAR DISTRICTS, CONSULAR TITLES, AND DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SEALS

000 APPENDIX A CONSULAR INFORMATION PROGRAM

000 APPENDIX B MANAGING AN AMERICAN CITIZENS SERVICES (ACS) UNIT OVERSEAS

100 WELFARE AND WHEREABOUTS OF U.S. NATIONALS ABROAD

110 INTRODUCTION

120 EMERGENCY FAMILY MESSAGES

130 OVERDUE ARRIVAL

140 CONSULAR VISITS IN WELFARE AND WHEREABOUTS CASES

150 MISSING PERSONS

160 FAMILY ABUSE SITUATIONS

170 REPORTING ON AMERICAN COMMUNITY GROUPS ABROAD

180 REFUGE - TEMPORARY EMERGENCY PROTECTION OF PRIVATE U.S. NATIONALS AT OVERSEAS POSTS

200 DEATHS AND ESTATES OF U.S. NATIONALS ABROAD

210 INTRODUCTION

220 NOTIFICATION AND REPORTING OF DEATHS OF U.S. NATIONALS ABROAD

230 DEATHS OF NON-NATURAL CAUSES - HOMICIDE, SUICIDE, ACCIDENTAL DEATH

240 IDENTIFICATION OF REMAINS

250 DISPOSITION OF REMAINS

260 DISPOSITION OF REMAINS REPORT

270 REPORT OF DEATH OF A U.S. CITIZEN ABROAD

280 PRESUMPTIVE DEATH

290 PERSONAL ESTATES OF DECEASED U.S. CITIZENS ABROAD

200 APPENDIX A DEATH ON HIGH SEAS OR ON AIRCRAFT

200 APPENDIX B GRIEF, BEREAVEMENT, MOURNING, FUNERAL CUSTOMS, CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS

200 APPENDIX C DEATH OF CHILDREN, STILLBIRTHS, AND MISCARRIAGES

200 APPENDIX D IDENTIFYING NEXT OF KIN OR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE

200 APPENDIX E DEATH WITH DIGNITY

200 APPENDIX F DEATHS OF FOREIGN NATIONALS IN THE UNITED STATES

300 EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR U.S. CITIZENS ABROAD

310 INTRODUCTION

320 GENERAL FINANCIAL ISSUES AND INFORMATION

330 HEALTH AND MEDICAL ISSUES, INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION, AND LISTS OF MEDICAL RESOURCES

340 MENTAL ILLNESS AND OTHER CASES OF CITIZENS LACKING FULL MENTAL CAPACITY

350 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

360 MEDICAL EVACUATION

370 REPATRIATION LOANS

380 EMERGENCY MEDICAL, DIETARY, TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE (EMDA II) TO NON-INCARCERATED U.S. CITIZENS ABROAD

390 RECEPTION AND RESETTLEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES FOR DESTITUTE, MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY ILL U.S. NATIONALS AND DEPENDENTS

400 ARREST OF U.S. CITIZENS ABROAD

410 INTRODUCTION TO ARREST AND DETENTION

420 NOTIFICATION AND ACCESS

430 PRETRIAL CONFINEMENT

440 EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND DIETARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR INCARCERATED CITIZENS AND NATIONALS

450 TRIALS, APPEALS, SENTENCES, POST SENTENCING

460 PROLONGED IMPRISONMENT

470 SPECIAL ARREST CASES

480 INTERNATIONAL PRISONER TRANSFER PROGRAM

490 POST-CONFINEMENT AND RELEASE ISSUES

400 APPENDIX A REQUESTS FOR CLEMENCY, PARDON, AND RELEASE OF PRISONERS ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS OR OTHER REASONS

400 APPENDIX B INITIAL ARREST VISIT CHECKLIST

500 FEDERAL BENEFITS AND OBLIGATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS ABROAD AND SERVICES FOR OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES

510 INTRODUCTION

520 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

530 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

540 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

550 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM (SSS)

560 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

570 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

580 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (OPM)

590 MANAGING A FEDERAL BENEFITS UNIT (FBU)

500 APPENDIX A INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

500 APPENDIX B U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

600 PROPERTY, CLAIMS AND RELATED MATTERS

610 INTRODUCTION

620 ACCEPTING PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR SAFEKEEPING

630 TOURIST AND TRADE COMPLAINTS

640 CUSTOMS DISPUTES

650 VEHICLE, VESSEL AND AIRCRAFT SEIZURE AND THEFT CLAIMS

660 REAL PROPERTY INQUIRIES

670 ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS INVOLVED IN COMMERCIAL, INVESTMENT AND OTHER BUSINESS RELATED DISPUTES ABROAD

680 CULTURAL OBJECTS

690 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

700 SHIPPING AND SEAMEN

710 INTRODUCTION

720 DEFINITIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS

730 SHIPMENT AND DISCHARGE OF SEAMEN

740 DESERTION, FAILURE TO REJOIN SHIP, ARREST OF SEAMEN

750 REPATRIATION OF SEAMAN

760 DECEASED SEAMEN AND THEIR EFFECTS

770 PROTESTS, DISPUTES, AND OFFENSES

780 MARITIME DISASTERS AND SEIZURES

790 VESSEL DOCUMENTATION

800 NOTARIAL AND AUTHENTICATION SERVICES

810 INTRODUCTION

820 AUTHORITIES

830 NOTARIAL ACTS IN GENERAL

840 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND ATTESTATION OF WITNESS TO ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF EXECUTION OF AN INSTRUMENT

850 TAKING AN AFFIDAVIT

860 CERTIFICATION OF TRUE COPIES OF DOCUMENTS

870 AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS

880 FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCY DOCUMENTS

890 UNUSUAL NOTARIAL REQUESTS

900 INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE

910 INTRODUCTION AND AUTHORITIES

920 TAKING VOLUNTARY DEPOSITIONS OF WILLING WITNESSES

930 COMPULSION OF EVIDENCE

940 TRAVEL OF WITNESSES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

950 SERVICE OF PROCESS

960 CRIMINAL MATTERS, REQUESTS FROM FOREIGN TRIBUNALS, AND OTHER SPECIAL ISSUES

970 SUITS AGAINST THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND/OR U.S. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

980 SUBPOENA OF CONSULAR OFFICER OR CONSULAR RECORDS

990 LISTS OF ATTORNEYS AND LEGAL RESOURCES

900 APPENDIX A U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION

1000 PROTECTION OF FOREIGN INTERESTS AND THIRD COUNTRY PROTECTING POWER

1010 INTRODUCTION

1020 AUTHORITIES

1030 UNITED STATES AS PROTECTING POWER

1040 SERVICES ON BEHALF OF PROTECTED FOREIGN POWERS

1050 RELINQUISHING PROTECTION

1060 EXTENTION OF INFORMAL GOOD OFFICES BY THE UNITED STATES

1070 REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES BY THIRD POWERS

1100 UNASSIGNED

1110 UNASSIGNED

1120 UNASSIGNED

1130 UNASSIGNED

1140 UNASSIGNED

1150 UNASSIGNED

1160 UNASSIGNED

1170 UNASSIGNED

1180 UNASSIGNED

1190 UNASSIGNED

1100 APPENDIX H MISCELLANEOUS CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONALITY RELATED CERTIFICATES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

1100 APPENDIX K UNASSIGNED

1100 APPENDIX L UNASSIGNED

1100 APPENDIX N UNASSIGNED

1200 LOSS AND RESTORATION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP

1210 INTRODUCTION

1220 DEVELOPING A LOSS-OF-NATIONALITY CASE

1230 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEAL OF LOSS-OF-NATIONALITY FINDINGS

1240 INTERAGENCY COORDINATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

1250 NATURALIZATION AND OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO A FOREIGN STATE

1260 RENUNCIATION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP ABROAD

1270 MILITARY SERVICE AND LOSS OF NATIONALITY

1280 LOSS OF NATIONALITY AND TAKING UP A POSITION IN A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT

1290 MINORS, INCOMPETENTS, PRISONERS, PLEA BARGAINS, CULTS AND OTHER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

1200 APPENDIX A LOSS OF NATIONALITY AND THE EARLY YEARS OF THE REPUBLIC

1200 APPENDIX B U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON LOSS OF NATIONALITY

1200 APPENDIX C TAKING UP RESIDENCE ABROAD: LOSS OF NATIONALITY, DUAL NATIONALS AND NATURALIZED CITIZENS

1200 APPENDIX D FRAUDULENT NATURALIZATION

1200 APPENDIX E LOSS OF NATIONALITY OF MARRIED WOMEN UNDER THE ACT OF 1907 AND SUCCESSOR STATUTES

1200 APPENDIX F UNAVAILABLE

1200 APPENDIX G POSTHUMOUS LOSS OF NATIONALITY

1300 UNASSIGNED

1400 DOCUMENTATION OF MAJOR LIFE EVENTS

1410 INTRODUCTION

1420 PLACE OF BIRTH, DEATH, MARRIAGE, AND DIVORCE

1430 DRIVER'S LICENSES

1440 UNASSIGNED

1450 MARRIAGE OF U.S. CITIZENS ABROAD

1460 DIVORCE OVERSEAS

1470 DOCUMENTING STILLBIRTH (FETAL DEATH)

1500 OVERSEAS VOTING PROGRAM

1510 INTRODUCTION

1520 VOTING FORMS AND MOTIVATIONAL VOTING MATERIALS

1530 VOTING ACTION PLAN

1540 BASIC ABSENTEE VOTING PROCESS

1550 VOTING ASSISTANCE REPORTING

1560 POLITICAL ACTIVITIES AND THE OVERSEAS VOTING PROGRAM GUIDANCE

1570 FOREIGN COUNTRY ELECTION ACTIVITY IN THE UNITED STATES

1600 THE CONSULAR ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL EXTRADITION

1610 INTRODUCTION

1620 EXTRADITION OF FUGITIVES TO THE UNITED STATES

1630 EXTRADITION OF FUGITIVES FROM THE UNITED STATES

1640 OTHER EXTRADITION MATTERS

1700 SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF MINORS

1710 INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION

1720 CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT

1730 CHILD EXPLOITATION

1740 FORCED MARRIAGE OF MINORS

1750 INTERNATIONAL CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT

1760 RUNAWAYS, ABANDONED CHILDREN, AND OTHER UNACCOMPANIED MINORS

1770 RETURN OF CHILDREN

1780 BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION FACILITIES

1790 INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION

1700 APPENDIX A ADOPTION CASE PROCESSING GUIDANCE IN NON-HAGUE COUNTRIES

1700 APPENDIX B DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: IMPLICATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION TO THE UNITED STATES

1700 APPENDIX C ABDUCTIONS INVOLVING PERSONS UNDER CHIEF OF MISSION AUTHORITY

1700 APPENDIX D U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION

1800 CONSULAR CRISIS MANAGEMENT

1810 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

1820 UNAVAILABLE

1830 AVIATION AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION DISASTERS

1840 NATURAL DISASTERS

1850 UNAVAILABLE

1860 UNAVAILABLE

1870 PRIVATE U.S. CITIZEN FATALITIES DURING A DISASTER

1880 AT THE FOCAL POINT OF A DISASTER

1890 PROPERTY AND PERSONAL EFFECTS OF U.S. CITIZEN VICTIMS OF A DISASTER

1800 APPENDIX A MANAGING STRESS AND THE CONSULAR CRISIS WORKER

1800 APPENDIX B CONSULAR FLY AWAY TEAM AND CRISIS TDY CHECKLIST

1800 APPENDIX C UNAVAILABLE

1800 APPENDIX D CRISIS EVACUATION LOANS AND EVACUATION DOCUMENTATION

1900 CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE

1910 INTRODUCTION AND AUTHORITIES

1920 CONSULAR OFFICER ROLES WITH RESPECT TO VICTIMS OF SERIOUS CRIMES

1930 UNAVAILABLE

1940 REPORTING CRIME VICTIM CASES

1950 CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS

1960 CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE, COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, AND RESOURCES

1970 INFORMATION RESOURCES

2000 LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CONSULAR PROTECTION

2010 UNASSIGNED

2020 UNAVAILABLE

2030 UNAVAILABLE

2040 UNAVAILABLE