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Notes
SASE is self-addressed, stamped envelope.
If applying in person, remember to call about office hours. Many
consulates are only open in the morning and closed for local holidays.
This booklet is updated yearly. This publication
and Passports-Applying for them the EASY WAY, which gives detailed
information on how and where to apply for your U.S. passport,
are both available from the Consumer Information Center, Pueblo,
CO 81009 for 50 cents each.
Consular Information Program
The State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs provides assistance
and information to U.S. citizens traveling abroad. Consular Affairs
issues Consular Information Sheets, Travel Warnings, Public Announcements,
and other travel publications. The following gives a brief description
of some of the information currently available through the Consular
Information Program:
Consular
Information Sheets, Travel Warnings, and Public Announcements
Consular Information Sheets are issued for every country
in the world. They include such information as the location of
the U.S. embassy or consulate in the subject country, health conditions,
political disturbances, unusual currency and entry regulations,
crime and security information, and drug penalties.
The State Department also issues Travel Warnings and Public
Announcements. Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department
decides to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a certain
country. Countries where avoidance of travel is recommended will
have Travel Warnings as well as Consular Information Sheets. Public
Announcements are issued as a means to disseminate information
quickly about terrorist threats and other relatively short-term
and/or transnational conditions posing significant risks to the
security of American travelers.
Consular Information Sheets, Travel Warnings, and Public Announcements
may be heard anytime by dialing (202) 647-5225 from a touch-tone
phone. They are also available at U.S. embassies and consulates
abroad, and through airline computer reservation systems, or,
by writing and sending a self-addressed, stamped business-size
envelope to the Office of Overseas Citizens Services, Bureau of
Consular Affairs, Room 4811, U.S. Department of State, Washington,
D.C. 20520-4818.
Travel
Brochures
A
Safe Trip Abroad
contains helpful precautions one can take to minimize the
chance of becoming a victim of terrorism or crime.
Tips
for Americans Residing Abroad offers information for U.S.
citizens living abroad on dual citizenship, tax regulations, voting,
and other consular services.
Travel
Tips for Older Americans contains special health, safety
and travel information for older Americans.
Your
Trip Abroad offers tips on obtaining a passport, considerations
in preparing for your trip and traveling, and other sources of
information.
The following travel tips brochures contain information on currency
regulations, customs, and dual nationality for specific areas
of the world:
Tips
for Travelers to Canada
Tips
for Travelers to the Caribbean
Tips
for Travelers to Central & South America
Tips
for Travelers to Mexico
Tips
for Travelers to the Middle East and North Africa
Tips
for Travelers to the People's Republic of China
Tips
for Travelers to Russia and the Newly Independent States
Tips for
Travelers to South Asia
Tips
for Travelers to Sub-Saharan Africa
Consular
Information Sheets, Travel Warnings, Public Announcements,
and Consular Affairs' publications can be obtained by accessing
Internet at http://travel.state.gov or by dialing by 202/647-3000
from your telephone fax.
Publications can also be purchased from the *U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO). Copies of Consular Affairs'
publications are available for $1.50 - $2.00 from the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC 20402, tel: 202/512-1800, fax: 202/512-2250, Internet:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs. (Prices and availability are
subject to change without notice. Please check with the GPO for
up-to-date information.)
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