Embassies and Consulate Resources

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Embassy Resources
Consulate Resources

Depending on your travel destination, your length of stay, and your citizenship, you may be required to obtain a visa for your trip abroad. It usually comes in the form of a stamp, placed in your passport. (Thus, getting a passport is the first step to getting a visa!) It allows you to enter (and re-enter) a specific country for a designated period of time. Generally, one works with the US-based consulate or embassy of his or her destination country, to apply. It is important to note that every consular and embassy office operates differently, under varying rules and requirements. Therefore, it is important to contact your jurisdictional office for application materials and information on obtaining the necessary travel documents. There is a wealth of information found on the World Wide Web for research into these matters.

Anyone who is planning overseas travel should look at the following site to begin research on foreign entry requirements:

travel.state.gov/visa/americans1.html

Embassy Resources

Before you go, to locate foreign embassies in the US, visit:

www.embassy.org/embassies/index.html

In Canada, visit: www.allembassies.com/embassies_in_canada.htm

The embassies of ISA program sites are located below.

To locate embassies at your program site, check out:

www.travel.state.gov/visa/questions_embassy.html

Consulate Resources

www.travel.state.gov/index.html is a useful website for general information on consular affairs. To view consular information on your ISA program site, follow the links below.

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