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7 FAM Consular Affairs

7 FAM 000 CONSULAR PROTECTION OF U.S. NATIONALS ABROAD
-010 INTRODUCTION  [109 Kb]
-020 AUTHORITIES  [84 Kb]
-030 GOOD OFFICES AND DEMARCHES  [56 Kb]
-040 CONSULAR REGISTRATION OF U.S. CITIZENS AND U.S. NON-CITIZEN NATIONALS  [86 Kb]
-050 CONSULAR INFORMATION PROGRAM, WARDEN MESSAGES AND THE NO DOUBLE STANDARD POLICY  [133 Kb]
-060 PRIVACY ACT AND AMERICANS CITIZENS SERVICES  [132 Kb]
-070 WARDEN SYSTEMS  [111 Kb]
-080 DUAL NATIONALITY  [94 Kb]
-090 CONSULAR DISTRICTS, CONSULAR TITLES, AND DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SEALS  [69 Kb]

7 FAM 100 WELFARE AND WHEREABOUTS OF U.S. NATIONALS ABROAD
-110 INTRODUCTION  [338 Kb]
-120 EMERGENCY FAMILY MESSAGES  [83 Kb]
-130 OVERDUE ARRIVAL  [55 Kb]
-140 CONSULAR VISITS IN WELFARE AND WHEREABOUTS CASES  [59 Kb]
-150 MISSING PERSONS  [97 Kb]
-160 FAMILY ABUSE SITUATIONS  [58 Kb]
-170 REPORTING ON AMERICAN COMMUNITY GROUPS ABROAD  [55 Kb]
-180 REFUGE: TEMPORARY EMERGENCY PROTECTION OF PRIVATE U.S. NATIONALS  [81 Kb]
-190 UNAVAILABLE  [66 Kb]

7 FAM 200 DEATHS AND ESTATES OF U.S. NATIONALS ABROAD
-210 INTRODUCTION  [110 Kb]
-220 NOTIFICATION AND REPORTING OF DEATHS OF U.S. NATIONALS ABROAD  [136 Kb]
-230 DEATHS OF NON-NATURAL CAUSES - HOMICIDE, SUICIDE, ACCIDENTAL DEATH  [88 Kb]
-240 IDENTIFICATOIN OF REMAINS  [88 Kb]
-250 DISPOSITION OF REMAINS  [153 Kb]
-260 DISPOSITION OF REMAINS REPORT  [70 Kb]
-270 REPORT OF DEATH OF A U.S. CITIZEN ABROAD  [120 Kb]
-280 PRESUMPTIVE DEATH  [63 Kb]
-290 PERSONAL ESTATES OF DECEASED U.S. CITIZENS ABROAD  [240 Kb]
-200 APPENDIX A - DEATH ON HIGH SEAS OR ON AIRCRAFT  [81 Kb]
-200 APPENDIX B - GRIEF, BEREAVEMENT, MOURNING, FUNERAL CUSTOMS, CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS  [87 Kb]
-200 APPENDIX C - DEATH OF CHILDREN, STILLBIRTHS, MISCARRIAGES  [99 Kb]
-200 APPENDIX D - IDENTIFYING NEXT OF KIN OR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE  [73 Kb]
-200 APPENDIX E - DEATH WITH DIGNITY  [80 Kb]
-200 APPENDIX F - DEATHS OF FOREIGN NATIONALS IN THE UNITED STATES  [79 Kb]

7 FAM 300 EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR U.S. CITIZENS ABROAD
-310 INTRODUCTION  [114 Kb]
-320 GENERAL FINANCIAL ISSUES AND INFORMATION  [96 Kb]
-330 HEALTH AND MEDICAL ISSUES AND INFORMATION PROGRAM, INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION, AND LISTS OF MEDICAL RESOURCES  [120 Kb]
-340 MENTAL ILLNESS AND OTHER CASES OF CITIZENS LACKING FULL MENTAL CAPACITY  [84 Kb]
-350 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE  [114 Kb]
-360 MEDICAL EVACUATION  [131 Kb]
-370 REPATRIATION LOANS  [187 Kb]
-380 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO U.S. CITIZENS ABROAD  [192 Kb]
-390 RECEPTION AND RESETTLEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES FOR DESTITUTE, MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY ILL U.S. NATIONALS AND DEPENDENTS  [133 Kb]

7 FAM 400 ARREST OF U.S. CITIZENS ABROAD
-410 INTRODUCTION  [111 Kb]
-420 NOTIFICATION AND ACCESS  [181 Kb]
-430 PRETRIAL CONFINEMENT  [108 Kb]
-440 CONSULAR ARREST EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND DIETARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS  [180 Kb]
-450 TRIALS  [81 Kb]
-460 PROLONGED IMPRISONMENT  [113 Kb]
-470 SPECIAL ARREST CASES  [200 Kb]
-480 INTERNATIONAL PRISONER TRANSFER PROGRAM  [415 Kb]
-490 POST-CONFINEMENT AND RELEASE ISSUES  [63 Kb]

7 FAM 500 FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR INDIVIDUALS ABROAD AND SERVICES FOR OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES
-510 INTRODUCTION  [93 Kb]
-520 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY  [138 Kb]
-530 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION  [273 Kb]
-540 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS  [132 Kb]
-550 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM  [86 Kb]
-560 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR  [86 Kb]
-570 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD  [77 Kb]
-580 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGMENT  [92 Kb]
-590 MANAGING A FEDERAL BENEFITS UNIT  [108 Kb]

7 FAM 600 PROPERTY, CLAIMS, AND RELATED MATTERS
-610 INTRODUCTION  [99 Kb]
-620 ACCEPTING PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR SAFEKEEPING  [72 Kb]
-630 TOURIST AND TRADE COMPLAINTS  [52 Kb]
-640 CUSTOMS DISPUTES  [61 Kb]
-650 VEHICLE, VESSEL AND AIRCRAFT SEIZURE, AND THEFT CLAIMS  [176 Kb]
-660 REAL PROPERTY INQUIRIES  [61 Kb]
-670 ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS INVOLVED IN COMMERCIAL, INVESTMENT, AND OTHER BUSINESS RELATED DISPUTES ABROAD  [67 Kb]
-680 CULTURAL OBJECTS  [65 Kb]
-690 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY  [73 Kb]

7 FAM 700 SHIPPING AND SEAMEN
-710 INTRODUCTION  [82 Kb]
-720 DEFINITIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS  [58 Kb]
-730 SHIPMENT AND DISCHARGE OF SEAMEN  [84 Kb]
-740 DESERTION, FAILURE TO REJOIN SHIP, ARREST OF SEAMEN  [59 Kb]
-750 REPATRIATION OF SEAMAN  [62 Kb]
-760 DECEASED SEAMEN AND THEIR EFFECTS  [64 Kb]
-770 PROTESTS, DISPUTES, AND OFFENSES  [82 Kb]
-780 MARITIME DISASTERS AND SEIZURES  [68 Kb]
-790 VESSEL DOCUMENTATION  [64 Kb]

7 FAM 800 NOTARIAL AND AUTHENTICATION SERVICES
-810 INTRODUCTION  [89 Kb]
-820 AUTHORITIES  [112 Kb]
-830 NOTARIAL ACTS IN GENERAL  [103 Kb]
-840 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND ATTESTATION OF WITNESS TO ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF EXECUTION OF AN INSTRUMENT  [71 Kb]
-850 TAKING AN AFFIDAVIT  [80 Kb]
-860 CERTIFICATION OF TRUE COPIES OF DOCUMENTS  [92 Kb]
-870 AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS  [117 Kb]
-880 FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCY DOCUMENTS  [84 Kb]
-890 UNUSUAL NOTARY REQUESTS  [94 Kb]

7 FAM 900 INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE
-910 INTRODUCTION AND AUTHORITIES  [72 Kb]
-920 TAKING VOLUNTARY DEPOSITIONS OF WILLING WITNESSES  [173 Kb]
-930 COMPULSION OF EVIDENCE  [88 Kb]
-940 TRAVEL OF WITNESSES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS  [84 Kb]
-950 SERVICE OF PROCESS  [155 Kb]
-960 CRIMINAL MATTERS, REQUESTS FROM FOREIGN TRIBUNALS, AND OTHER SPECIAL ISSUES  [98 Kb]
-970 SUITS AGAINST THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND/OR U.S. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES  [60 Kb]
-980 SUBPOENA OF CONSULAR OFFICERS OR CONSULAR RECORDS  [63 Kb]
-990 LISTS OF ATTORNEYS AND LEGAL RESOURCES  [112 Kb]

7 FAM 1000 PROTECTION OF FOREIGN INTERESTS AND THIRD CPINTRY PROTECTING POWER
-1010 INTRODUCTION  [61 Kb]
-1020 AUTHORITIES  [63 Kb]
-1030 UNITED STATES AS PROTECTING POWER  [73 Kb]
-1040 SERVICES ON BEHALF OF PROTECTED FOREIGN POWERS  [57 Kb]
-1050 RELINQUISHING PROTECTION  [59 Kb]
-1060 EXTENTION OF INFORMAL GOOD OFFICES BY THE UNITED STATES  [52 Kb]
-1070 REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES BY THIRD POWERS  [74 Kb]

7 FAM 1100 ACQUISITION AND RETENTION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONALITY
-1110 ACQUISITION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP BY BIRTH IN THE UNITED STATES  [41 Kb]
-1120 ACQISITION OF U.S. NATIONALITY IN U.S. TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS  [231 Kb]
-1130 ACQUISITION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP BY BIRTH ABROAD TO U.S. CITIZEN PARENT  [326 Kb]
-1140 ACQUISITION OF NONCITIZEN U.S. NATIONALITY BY BIRTH ABROAD  [84 Kb]
-1150 ACQUISITION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP BY NATURALIZATION  [52 Kb]
-1160 UNASSIGNED  [41 Kb]
-1170 HONORARY CITIZENSHIP  [85 Kb]
-1180 POSTHUMOUS CHILDREN  [59 Kb]
-1100 APPENDIX A - DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (DNA) TESTING AND CITIZENSHIP  [93 Kb]
-1100 APPENDIX H - MISCELLANEOUS CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONALITY RELATED CERTIFICATES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS  [110 Kb]

7 FAM 1200 LOSS AND RESTORATION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP
-1210 INTRODUCTION  [112 Kb]
-1220 DEVELOPING A LOSS-OF-NATIONALITY CASE  [169 Kb]
-1230 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEAL OF LOSS-OF-NATIONALITY FINDINGS  [94 Kb]
-1240 INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS  [92 Kb]
-1250 NATURALIZATION AND OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO A FOREIGN STATE  [82 Kb]
-1260 RENUNCIATION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP  [107 Kb]
-1270 MILITARY SERVICE AND LOSS OF NATIONALITY  [100 Kb]
-1280 LOSS OF NATIONALITY AND TAKING UP A POSITION IN A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT  [95 Kb]
-1290 MINORS, INCOMPETENTS, PRISONERS, PLEA BARGAINS, CULTS, AND OTHER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES  [105 Kb]
-1200 APPENDIX A - LOSS OF NATIONALITY AND THE EARLY YEARS OF THE REPUBLIC  [111 Kb]
-1200 APPENDIX B - U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON LOSS OF NATIONALITY  [92 Kb]
-1200 APPENDIX C - TAKING UP RESIDENCE ABROAD: LOSS OF NATIONALITY, DUAL NATIONALS, AND NATURALIZED CITIZENS  [72 Kb]
-1200 APPENDIX D - FRAUDULENT NATURALIZATION  [64 Kb]
-1200 APPENDIX E - LOSS OF NATIONALITY OF MARRIED WOMEN UNDER THE ACT 1907 AND SUCCESSOR STATUTES  [85 Kb]
-1200 APPENDIX G - POSTHUMOUS LOSS OF NATIONALITY  [58 Kb]

7 FAM 1300 PASSPORT SERVICES
-1310 INTRODUCTION TO PASSPORT SERVICES  [94 Kb]
-1320 UNAVAILABLE  [25 Kb]
-1330 UNAVAILABLE  [52 Kb]
-1340 UNASSIGNED  [41 Kb]
-1350 UNAVAILABLE  [25 Kb]
-1360 OVERSEAS PASSPORT ISSUANCE PROGRAM  [148 Kb]
-1370 UNAVAILABLE  [64 Kb]
-1380 UNAVAILABLE  [113 Kb]
-1390 UNAVAILABLE  [65 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX A - UNAVAILABLE  [26 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX B - UNAVAILABLE  [27 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX C - NAMES TO BE USED IN PASSPORTS  [173 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX D - PLACE OF BIRTH NAMES IN PASSPORTS  [192 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX E - PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPHS  [104 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX F - PASSPORT AMENDMENTS  [57 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX G - PASSPORT FEES  [89 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX J - RELEASE OF INFORMATION FROM PASSPORT FILES  [150 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX K - UNAVAILABLE  [30 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX N - PASSPORT WAIVERS, TRAVEL LETTERS, AND EMERGENCY AFTER HOURS PASSPORT SERVICES  [121 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX O - TRAVEL DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES OR NATIONS OR PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS  [85 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX P - PASSPORT CARD  [186 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX R - POSSESSION OF MORE THAN ONE PASSPORT  [122 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX T - INFORMATION REQUEST LETTERS AND INFORMATION NOTICES  [65 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX U - PASSPORT RELATED SERVICES FOR PROTECTED POWERS  [88 Kb]
-1300 APPENDIX V - SUPPLEMENTAL VISA PAGE INSERTS  [71 Kb]

7 FAM 1400 DOCUMENTATION OF MAJOR LIFE EVENTS
-1410 INTRODUCTION  [66 Kb]
-1420 PLACE OF BIRTH, DEATH, MARRIAGE, AND DIVORCE  [56 Kb]
-1430 DRIVER'S LICENSES  [89 Kb]
-1440 CONSULAR REPORT OF BIRTH ABROAD OF A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  [211 Kb]
-1450 MARRIAGE OF U.S. CITIZEN ABROAD  [188 Kb]
-1460 DIVORCE OVERSEAS  [81 Kb]

7 FAM 1500 OVERSEAS VOTING PROGRAM
-1510 INTRODUCTION  [82 Kb]
-1520 VOTING FORMS AND SUPPLIES  [70 Kb]
-1530 VOTING ACTION PLAN  [64 Kb]
-1540 BASIC ABSENTEE VOTING PROCESS  [65 Kb]
-1550 POST ELECTION REPORTING  [56 Kb]
-1560 POLITICAL ACTIVITIES AND THE OVERSEAS VOTING PROGRAM GUIDANCE  [63 Kb]
-1570 FOREIGN COUNTRY ELECTION ACTIVITY IN THE UNITED STATES  [50 Kb]

7 FAM 1600 THE CONSULAR ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL EXTRADITION
-1610 INTRODUCTION  [164 Kb]
-1620 EXTRADITION OF FUGITIVES TO THE UNITED STATES  [159 Kb]
-1630 EXTRADITION OF FUGITIVES FROM THE UNITED STATES  [163 Kb]
-1640 OTHER EXTRADITION MATTERS  [133 Kb]

7 FAM 1700 CHILDREN'S ISSUES
-1710 INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION  [251 Kb]
-1720 CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT  [232 Kb]
-1730 CHILD EXPLOITATION  [103 Kb]
-1740 FORCED MARRIAGE OF MINORS  [86 Kb]
-1750 INTERNATIONAL CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT  [103 Kb]
-1760 RUNAWAYS, ABANDONED CHILDREN, AND OTHER UNACCOMPANIED MINORS  [114 Kb]
-1770 RETURN OF CHILDREN  [73 Kb]
-1780 BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION FACILITIES  [89 Kb]
-1790 INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION  [180 Kb]

7 FAM 1800 CONSULAR CRISIS MANAGEMENT
-1810 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS  [145 Kb]
-1820 HOSTAGE TAKING AND KIDNAPPINGS  [121 Kb]
-1830 AVIATION AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION DISASTERS  [232 Kb]
-1840 NATURAL DISASTERS  [75 Kb]
-1850 UNAVAILABLE  [52 Kb]
-1860 UNAVAILABLE  [64 Kb]
-1870 PRIVATE U.S. CITIZEN FATALITIES DURING A DISASTER  [83 Kb]
-1880 AT THE FOCAL POINT OF A DISASTER  [128 Kb]
-1890 PROPERTY AND PERSONAL EFFECTS OF U.S. CITIZEN VICTIMS OF A DISASTER  [94 Kb]
-1800 APPENDIX A - MANAGING STRESS AND THE CONSULAR CRISIS WORKER  [112 Kb]
-1800 APPENDIX B - CONSULAR FLY AWAY TEAM AND CRISIS TDY CHECKLIST  [92 Kb]
-1800 APPENDIX D - CRISIS EVACUATION LOANS AND EVACUATION DOCUMENTATION  [112 Kb]

7 FAM 1900 CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE
-1910 INTRODUCTION  [72 Kb]
-1920 CONSULAR OFFICER'S AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO VICTIMS OF SERIOUS CRIMES  [87 Kb]
-1930 GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR ASSISTING VICTIMS OF CRIMES  [111 Kb]
-1940 REPORTING CRIME VICTIM CASES  [86 Kb]
-1950 CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS  [64 Kb]
-1960 CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE, COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, AND RESOURCES  [69 Kb]
-1970 INFORMATION RESOURCES AND OUTREACH  [59 Kb]

CHANGE TRANSMITTALS
-CON-311 (08-07-2009) 1300 Appendix C  [74 Kb]
-CON-310 (08-07-2009) 1360 Overseas Passport Issuance Program  [74 Kb]
-CON-309 (08-04-2009) 030 Good Offices and Demarches  [73 Kb]
-CON-308 (08-04-2009) Classified  [193 Kb]
-CON-307 (07-01-2009) Classified  [170 Kb]
-CON-306 (06-25-2009) 1300 Appendix J  [65 Kb]
-CON-305 (06-25-2009) 690 Intellectual Property  [72 Kb]
-CON-304 (06-17-2009) 1300 Appendix N  [75 Kb]
-CON-303 (06-09-2009) 510 Introduction  [56 Kb]
-CON-302 (06-17-2009) 1360 Overseas Passport Issuance Program  [75 Kb]
-CON-301 (05-27-2009) Classified  [142 Kb]
-CON-300 (05-20-2009) 010 Introduction  [71 Kb]
-CON-299 (04-27-2009) 1300 Appendix P  [57 Kb]
-CON-298 (04-27-2009) Classified  [121 Kb]
-CON-297 (04-24-2009) 540, 560, 580, 590, 880, and 1540  [60 Kb]
-CON-296 (04-21-2009) 680 Cultural Objects  [74 Kb]
-CON-295 (04-21-2009) 990 Lists of Attorneys and Legal Resources  [74 Kb]
-CON-294 (04-21-2009) 550 Selective Service System (SSS)  [73 Kb]
-CON-293 (04-21-2009) 520 Department of the Treasury  [57 Kb]
-CON-292 (04-08-2009) 1400 Appendix E Unassigned  [62 Kb]
-CON-291 (04-07-2009) 1830 Aviation and Other Transportation Disasters  [77 Kb]
-CON-290 (04-01-2009) 210 Introduction  [110 Kb]
-CON-289 (03-26-2009) 1230 Administrative Review and Appeal of Loss-of-Nationality Findings  [62 Kb]
-CON-288 (03-18-2009) 1300 Appendix E  [61 Kb]
-CON-287 (03-18-2009) 1300 Appendix F  [61 Kb]
-CON-286 (03-18-2009) 1200 Appendix D  [62 Kb]
-CON-285 (03-06-2009) 1220, 1250, 1270, 1280, 1290, 1200 Appendix A, 1200 Appendix B, and 1200 Appendix C  [64 Kb]
-CON-284 (03-06-2009) 1440 Consular Report of Birth of a Citizen / Non-Citizen National of the United States  [61 Kb]
-CON-283 (02-04-2009) Classified  [93 Kb]
-CON-282 (02-04-2009) Classified  [77 Kb]
-CON-281 (02-04-2009) 1300 Appendix C  [61 Kb]
-CON-280 (02-03-2009) 1300 Appendix D  [61 Kb]
-CON-279 (01-27-2009) 040 Consular Registration of U.S. Citizens and U.S. Non-Citizen Nationals  [61 Kb]
-CON-278 (01-08-2009) 060 Privacy Act and Americans Citizens Services  [61 Kb]