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U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).
New York City, the largest city in the United States, is home to the General Assembly of the United Nations, and all 195 member and observer states send permanent delegations. Nine diplomatic missions in New York City listed below are also formally accredited as each country's official embassy to the United States. There are 108 missions in the ...
In 1639, in what would become the United States, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was the first to have the secular courts keep these records. By the end of the 19th century, European countries were adopting centralized systems for recording deaths. [2] In the United States, a standard model death certificate was developed around 1910. [2]
The United States Foreign Service is the primary personnel system used by the diplomatic service of the United States federal government, under the aegis of the United States Department of State. It consists of over 13,000 professionals [ 3 ] carrying out the foreign policy of the United States and aiding U.S. citizens abroad.
This category contains articles on official embassies and de facto embassies of the United States, which are typically located in capital cities of foreign nations. This category also includes U.S. consulates and multilateral missions.
Foreign Embassy Information & Publications - The U.S. Department of State's lists of foreign embassy officers and of foreign consular offices in the United States; Washington Diplomat Biographies - Foreign Ambassadors to the United States; Embassies in the United States; Embassyworld.com: Embassies of the World
The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (KL-YES) program was established in 2002 to promote educational and cultural exchange between the United States and countries with significant Muslim populations. It offers high school students to study in the United States for an academic year, fostering cultural understanding and leadership skills.
All visit, business, transit, student, and exchange visitor visa applicants must pay an application fee of 185 USD [107] to the consular section at a U.S. embassy or consulate in order to be interviewed by a consular officer who will determine if the applicant is qualified to receive a visa to travel to the United States (additionally, the ...