Embassies Consulates Consular Services
for United States Citizens Abroad Overseas

Overseas Citizens Services (OCS) in the U.S. Department of State and our embassies and consulates abroad are charged with providing consular protection and services to United States citizens abroad. The safety of U.S. citizens traveling and residing abroad is the highest priority of the Department of State. Service to the public is OCS’s mission.

This web site contains extensive information that we hope will be helpful to you. Please review our web-based material first as it may answer your questions. If you are looking for information on a particular subject, this A-Z index should assist you in locating the topic.
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U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan

U.S. Embassy in Tirana, Albania and the Consular Section in Tirana

U.S. Embassy in Luanda, Angola and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the Consular Section in Buenos Aires

U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia and the Consular Section in Yerevan

U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Consulate General in Sydney, Australia and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Consulate General in Melbourne, Australia

U.S. Consulate General in Perth, Australia

U.S. Embassy in Vienna, Austria and the Consular Section in Vienna

U.S. Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan

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U.S. Embassy in Nassau, the Bahamas and the Consular Section in Nassau

U.S. Embassy in Manama, Bahrain and the Consular Section in Manama

U.S. Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh and the Consular Section in Dhaka

U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados and the Consular Section in Bridgetown

U.S. Embassy in Minsk, Belarus and the Consular Section in Minsk

U.S. Embassy in Brussels, Belgium and its services for Americans , nonimmigrant visa services and immigrant visa services

U.S. Embassy in Belize City, Belize and the Consular Section in Belize

U.S. Embassy in Cotonou, Benin and the Consular Section in Cotonou

U.S. Consulate in Hamilton, Bermuda

U.S. Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Consular Section

U.S. Embassy in Gaborone, Botswana and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil

U.S. Consulate General in Sao Paulo, Brazil

U.S. Consulate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

U.S. Embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei and the Consular Section

U.S. Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Burkina Faso and the Consular Section

U.S. Embassy in Rangoon, Burma and the Consular Section in Rangoon

U.S. Embassy in Bujumbura, Burundi and the Consular Section in Bujumbura

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U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and the Consular Section in Phnom Penh

U.S. Embassy in Yaounde, Cameroon and the Consular Section in Yaounde

U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada and for Consular Services

U.S. Consulate General in Toronto, Canada and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Praia, Cape Verde

U.S. Embassy in N'Djamena, Chad

U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile

U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu, China

U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou, China and its services for Americans , nonimmigrant visas and immigrant visas

U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai, China and the Consular Section in Shanghai

U.S. Consulate General in Shenyang, China

U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia

U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa, Congo, the Democratic Republic of and the Consular Section in Kinshasa

U.S. Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica and the Consular Section in San Jose

U.S. Embassy in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire and the Consular Section in Abidjan

U.S. Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia and the Consular Section in Zagreb

U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Cuba

U.S. Consulate General in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles

U.S. Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic and the Consular Section in Prague

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U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark and its American citizens services and visa services

U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Djibouti and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and the Consular Section in Santo Domingo

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U.S. Consulate General in Guayaquil, Ecuador and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Quito, Ecuador

U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt and the Consular Section in Cairo

U.S. Embassy in San Salvador, El Salvador and the Consular Section in San Salvador

U.S. Embassy in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea and the Consular Section in Malabo

U.S. Embassy in Asmara, Eritrea and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Tallinn, Estonia and the Consular Section in Tallinn (American Citizen Services) and Consular Section in Tallinn (VISA Information)

U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Consular Section in Addis Ababa

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U.S. Embassy in Suva, Fiji and the Consular Section in Suva

U.S. Embassy in Helsinki, Finland and the Consular Section in Helsinki

U.S. Embassy in Paris, France and the Consular Section in Paris

U.S. Consulate General in Marseille, France

U.S. Consulate General in Strasbourg, France

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U.S. Embassy in Libreville, Gabon and the Consular Section in Libreville

U.S. Embassy in Banjul, the Gambia

U.S. Embassy in Tblisi, Georgia and the Consular Section in Tblisi

U.S. Mission in Germany and the Consular Sections in Germany

U.S. Consulate General in Frankfurt, Germany and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece and its services for Americans , nonimmigrant visas and immigrant visas

U.S. Consulate General in Thessaloniki, Greece

U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala

U.S. Embassy in Conakry, Guinea and the Consular Section in Conakry

U.S. Embassy in Georgetown, Guyana

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U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and the Consular Section in Port-au-Prince

U.S. Embassy to the Holy See (Vatican City)

U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong and its services to Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Budapest, Hungary and the Consular Section in Budapest

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U.S. Embassy in Reykjavik, Iceland and the Consular Section in Reykjavik

U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Consulate General in Calcutta, India and the Consular Section in Calcutta

U.S. Consulate General in Chennai (Madras), India

U.S. Consulate General in Mumbai, India

U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq

U.S. Embassy in Dublin, Ireland

U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel and the Consular Section in Tel Aviv

U.S. Consulate General in Florence, Italy and the Consular Section in Florence

U.S. Consulate General in Milan, Italy and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Consulate General in Naples, Italy and the Consular Section in Naples

U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy and the Consular Section in Rome

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U.S. Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica and the Consular Section in Kingston

U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Consulate in Fukuoka, Japan and the Consular Section in Fukuoka

U.S. Consulate in Nagoya, Japan and the Consular Section in Nagoya

U.S. Consulate General in Naha, Okinawa, Japan and the Consular Section in Naha

U.S. Consulate General's Consular Section in Osaka-Kobe, Japan

U.S. Consulate in Sapporo, Japan and the Consular Section in Sapporo

U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem and the Consular Section in Jerusalem

U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan and the Consular Section in Amman

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U.S. Embassy in Almaty, Kazakhstan

U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya and the Consular Section in Nairobi

U.S. Embassy in Seoul, Korea and the Consular Section in Seoul

U.S. Embassy in Kuwait and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and the Consular Section in Bishkek

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U.S. Embassy in Vientiane, Laos and the Consular Section in Vientiane

U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia

U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon and the Consular Section in Beirut

U.S. Embassy in Maseru, Lesotho and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia and the Consular Section in Monrovia

U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru and its services for Americans , nonimmigrant visas and immigrant visas

U.S. Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania and the Consular Section in Vilnius

U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg and its services for Americans and visa services

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U.S. Embassy in Skopje, Macedonia and the Consular Section in Skopje

U.S. Embassy in Antananarivo, Madagascar and the Consular Section in Antananarivo

U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe, Malawi and the Consular Section in Lilongwe

U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and the Consular Section in Kuala Lumpur

U.S. Embassy in Bamako, Mali and the Consular Section in Bamako

U.S. Embassy in Valletta, Malta and the Consular Section in Valletta

U.S. Embassy in Majuro, the Marshall Islands

U.S. Embassy in Nouakchott, Mauritania and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Port Louis, Mauritius and the Consular Section in Port Louis

U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and its services for Americans and immigrant and nonimmigrant visa services

U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara, Mexico

U.S. Consulate in Merida, Mexico

U.S. Consulate in Monterrey, Mexico

U.S. Consulate General in Tijuana, Mexico

U.S. Embassy in Kolonia, Micronesia and the Consular Section in Kolonia

U.S. Embassy in Chisinau, Moldova and the Consular Section in Chisinau

U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and the Consular Section in Ulaanbaatar

U.S. Embassy in Rabat, Morocco and the Consular Section in Rabat

U.S. Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique and the Consular Section in Maputo

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U.S. Embassy in Windhoek, Namibia and the Consular Section in Windhoek

U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands

U.S. Consulate General in Amsterdam, Netherlands and the Consular Section in Amsterdam

U.S. Consulate General in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles

U.S. Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand

U.S. Consulate General in Auckland, New Zealand and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Managua, Nicaragua and the Consular Section in Managua

U.S. Embassy in Niamey, Niger and the Consular Section in Niamey

U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria and the Consular Section in Abuja

U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway and the Consular Section in Oslo

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U.S. Embassy in Muscat, Oman and the Consular Section in Muscat

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U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan and the Consular Section in Islamabad

U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan

U.S. Consulate in Lahore, Pakistan

U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan and the Consular Section in Peshawar

U.S. Embassy in Panama City, Panama

U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and the Consular Section in Papua New Guinea

U.S. Embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay

U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru and the Consular Section in Lima

U.S. Embassy in Manila, the Philippines and the Consular Section in Manila

U.S. Consulate General in Krakow, Poland and the Consular Section in Krakow

U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland

U.S. Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal and the Consular Section in Lisbon

U.S. Embassy in Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal and the Consular Section in Ponta Delgada

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U.S. Embassy in Doha, Qatar

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U.S. Embassy in Bucharest, Romania and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia and the Consular Section in Moscow

U.S. Consulate General in St. Petersburg, Russia and the Consular Section in St. Petersburg

The Consular Section of the U.S. Consulate General in Vladivostok, Russia

U.S. Consulate General in Yekatarinburg, Russia and the Consular Section in Yekatarinburg

U.S. Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda and the American Citizens Services and nonimmigrant visa information

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U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and the Consular Section in Riyadh

U.S. Consulate General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

U.S. Consulate General in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and the Consular Section in Dhahran

U.S. Consulate General in Edinburgh, Scotland

U.S. Embassy in Dakar, Senegal and the Consular Section in Dakar

U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia & Montengro and the Consular Section in Belgrade

U.S. Embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone  and the  Consular Section in Freetown

U.S. Embassy in Singapore and its services for Americans , nonimmigrant visas and immigrant visas

U.S. Embassy in Bratislava, Slovakia and the Consular Section in Bratislava

U.S. Embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia and the Consular Section in Ljubljana

U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa and the Consular Section in Pretoria

U.S. Consulate General in Barcelona, Spain and the Consular Section in Barcelona

U.S. Embassy in Madrid, Spain and the Consular Section in Madrid and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka and the Consular Section in Colombo

U.S. Consulate in Khartoum, Sudan

U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan and the Consular Services available from Khartoum

U.S. Embassy in Paramaribo, Suriname and the Consular Section in Paramaribo

U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden and the Consular Section in Stockholm

U.S. Embassy in Mbabane, Swaziland and the Consular Section in Mbabane

U.S. Embassy in Bern, Switzerland

U.S. Embassy in Damascus, Syria and the Consular Section in Damascus

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American Institute in Taiwan (AIT)

U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe, Tajikistan and the Consular Section in Dushanbe

U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and the Consular Section in Dar es Salaam

U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand and the Consular Section in Bangkok

U.S. Consulate General in Chiang Mai, Thailand

U.S. Embassy in Lome, Togo and the Consular Section

U.S. Embassy in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and the Consular Section in Port-of-Spain

U.S. Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia and it's services for Americans , non-immigrant visas and immigrant visas

U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey

U.S. Consulate in Adana, Turkey

U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul, Turkey and the Consular Section in Istanbul

U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and the Consular Section in Ashgabat

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U.S. Embassy in Kampala, Uganda and its services for Americans and visa service

U.S. Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine

U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in London, United Kingdom and its services for Americans and visa services

U.S. Embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay

U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and the Consular Section in Tashkent

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U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela and its Consular Section in Caracas

U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam and the Consular Section in Hanoi

U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen and its services for Americans and visa services

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U.S. Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia

U.S. Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe and its services for Americans and visa services

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