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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 first overseas consulate of the fledgling United States was founded in 1790 in Liverpool, Great Britain, by James Maury Jr., who was appointed by Washington. Maury held the post from 1790 to 1829. Liverpool was at the time Britain's leading port for transatlantic commerce and therefore of great economic importance to the United States.
This is a list of diplomatic missions in the United States. At present, 175 nations maintain diplomatic missions to the United States in the capital, Washington, D.C. Being the seat of the Organization of American States , the city also hosts missions of its member-states, separate from their respective embassies to the United States.
All visit, business, transit, student, and exchange visitor visa applicants must pay an application fee of 185 USD [108] 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 ...
United States: 490 Sussex Drive: Byward Market ... Consular section 435 Daly Avenue Lower Town [129] ... British Columbia; Tajikistan, U.N. Mission in New York City ...
Host city Sending country Mission Year closed Ref. Bogotá Republic of China (Taiwan) Embassy 1980 [10] Israel Embassy 2024 [11]Barranquilla China Consulate 2017 [12] Republic of China (Taiwan)
The United States had become Canada's largest market, and after the war, the Canadian economy became dependent on smooth trade flows with the United States so much that in 1971 when the United States enacted the "Nixon Shock" economic policies (including a 10% tariff on all imports) it put the Canadian government into a panic. Washington ...
Second Secretary of Embassy and Consul in London, 1941–42; U.S. Consul in London, 1943 [5] In September 1943, Bailey resigned from the Foreign Service to join the United States Navy and serve in World War II. [2] He was discharged in June 1944. After his discharge, he volunteered as an ambulance driver for the British 8th Army and served in ...