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The precursor to the Bureau of Consular Affairs, the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs was created in 1952 upon passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act.The Bureau was charged with issuing visas and passports, and extending visas for non-immigrants in the United States.
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]).
The National Visa Center (NVC) is a center that is part of the U.S. Department of State that plays the role of holding United States immigrant visa petitions (as well as Form I-129F petitions for K-1/K-3 visas) approved by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services until an immigrant visa number becomes available for the petition, at which point it arranges for the visa applicant(s ...
The Embassy of the United States of America in Berlin (German: Botschaft der Vereinigten Staaten in Berlin) is the diplomatic mission of the United States of America in the Federal Republic of Germany. It started in 1797, with the appointment of John Quincy Adams to Berlin, the capital of Prussia.
The Embassy of the United States of America in London is the diplomatic mission of the United States in the United Kingdom. [1] Its office is located in Nine Elms and is the largest American embassy in Western Europe [ 2 ] and the focal point for events relating to the United States held in the United Kingdom.
The Embassy of the United States in Port of Spain is the diplomatic mission of the United States of America in Trinidad and Tobago. Since the inception of diplomatic ties in 1962, Trinidad and Tobago has become one of the most industrialized nations in the English-speaking Caribbean. [1] The embassy processes about 36,000 visa applications per ...
The following is a list of the consular districts of the United States. Such districts are designated by the Secretary of State as per Section 312(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3952(c)). [1]
The new embassy complex under construction in 2023. In 2013, the designer of a new embassy complex in Beirut was announced as Morphosis Architects. [5] Construction started in 2017 on a 43.87 acres (17.75 ha) site in Awkar, near the existing embassy, about 9 miles (14 km) northwest of central Beirut.