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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