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Consulates-General are staffed by career consulate foreign nationals, usually with full diplomatic protection. Honorary consuls are accredited US citizens or residents who have official standing but are usually part-time [2] [3] The United States Department of State's Chicago regional office serves these missions.
A British High Commission is a British diplomatic mission, equivalent to an embassy, found in countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Their general purpose is to provide diplomatic relationships as well as travel information, passports, dual-citizenship information, and other services between Commonwealth states.
At present, the capital city of London hosts 167 embassies and high commissions. Several other countries have ambassadors accredited to the United Kingdom, with most being resident in Brussels or Paris. There are also a number of Honorary Consuls resident in various locations in the UK.
The British Embassy, Washington D.C. (alternatively in the US, Embassy of the United Kingdom, Washington, D.C.) is the British sovereign's diplomatic mission to the United States of America, representing the interests of the United Kingdom and British Government. It is located at 3100 Massachusetts Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations typically exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors. Though there are a few technical and historical differences, they are now in practice the same office. The following persons have served as British High Commissioners to the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
The remaining two-thirds are employed locally by one of nearly 270 British diplomatic missions abroad (such as embassies, consulates and high commissions). [1] The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is also the Head of the Diplomatic Service. [1] Entry into the Diplomatic Service is highly competitive.
The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Solomon Islands is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Solomon Islands, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Solomon Islands. The current British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands also is employed as the High Commissioner to the Republic of Nauru. [1]