HELP FOR AMERICANS ABROAD
A to Z
Overseas Citizens Services (OCS) in the
U.S. Department of State and our embassies and consulates abroad are
charged with providing consular protection and services to United States
citizens abroad. The safety of U.S. citizens traveling and residing abroad is
the highest priority of the Department of State. Service to the public is OCS’s
mission.
This web site contains extensive information that we hope will be helpful to
you. Please review our web-based material first as it may answer your questions.
If you are looking for information on a particular subject, this A-Z index
should assist you in locating the topic. We appreciate your suggestions for how to make our material more
useful. If you are inquiring about an actual life or death emergency, or
require other assistance not addressed in the web-based material, contact Overseas Citizens Services at
1-888-407-4747.
This is an official U.S. Government source. Inclusion of non-U.S.
Government links does not imply endorsement of contents.
A
Abduction, International Parental Child
Abduction
Adoptions
Affidavit of Surviving Spouse or Next of Kin
Affidavits and Acknowledgement of
Documents Abroad (See Notarial Services)
Agriculture, Pets and
Wildlife
Air Travel Service
Problems
Animals (See Agriculture, Pets and Wildlife)
Animals
and Emergencies - FEMA
Arrest Abroad
Aviation Disaster
Attorneys
Authentication of
Documents
B
Background Notes on Foreign
Countries
Birth Certificates
Business Travelers
C
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)
Child Abduction
Citizenship
Consular Information
Sheets - Travel Safety Conditions in Foreign
Countries
Consulate
U.S. Embassies and Consulates
Abroad Home Pages
Country Information
Crime
Crisis
Cruise Ships,
International (CDC Sanitation Inspections)
Customs Requirements -
Import
Customs Requirements -
Export
U.S. Customs Traveler
Information
D
Death
Depositions
Disasters
Divorce Overseas
DNA Testing
Doctors Abroad
Driving Abroad
Drugs
Dual
Nationality
E
Earthquakes
Bureau of Education and Cultural
Affairs
U.S. Embassies and Consulates
Abroad Home Pages
U.S. Embassy and Consulate Phone
Numbers Abroad (see Consular Information
Sheets)
Foreign Embassies in
the United States
Enforcement of Judgments
Estates
Evacuation, Crisis
Evidence, Taking Depositions or
Compelling Evidence Abroad
Exchange Rates,
Currency
F
Federal Agencies Services Abroad
Federal Benefits Abroad
Fees,
Consular
Fires
Floods
Financial Assistance in an Emergency
Abroad
Lost
Credit Cards Overseas
Money, Sending Emergency Funds Overseas
Foreign
Affairs Manual
Freedom of Information
Act
G
Gold Key Matching
Services, U.S. Trade International Partners
H
HIV Testing Requirements for Entry into Foreign
Countries
Hospitals
Hostages
Hurricanes
I
Insurance,
Medical
J
Judicial Assistance
Judgments, Enforcement
of
K
Key Officers of the
Foreign Service
Kidnapping
L
Lawyers
Lists of Foreign
Lawyers
Retaining a Foreign Lawyer
Letters Rogatory
Loan, Repatriation - See Financial
Assistance
Lost Passports Abroad
Lost Passports Abroad - U.S. Passports
Will No Longer be Issued Abroad - Press Release - 4/2/02
Lost Property Abroad
Sending Money to a U.S. Citizen Abroad in an
Emergency
M
Marriage
Medical
Military Personnel
Records
Missing Persons
Money, Sending Emergency Funds Overseas
N
Nationality (See
Citizenship)
Notarial Services
O
Older Americans
Overseas Citizens Services
P
Passports
Passports for Minors Abroad
Pets
Prisoner Transfer Treaties
Privacy Act
Property
Public Announcements About
Travel
R
Rail Travel Abroad
Records
Religious Freedom,
International
S
A Safe Trip Abroad
Tips for Students
T
Office of Counter-Terrorism
Tips for Older Americans
Tips for
Students
Tips for Travelers to Canada
Tips for Travelers to the
Caribbean
Tips for Travelers to Mexico
Tips for Business Travelers to
Nigeria
Tips for Travelers to
Sub-Saharan Africa
Tips
for Travelers to the Middle East and North Africa
Tips for Travelers to Russia
Tips for Travelers to China
Tips for Travelers to
South Asia
Tourism
U
V
Visas
W
Wildlife, Pets, and Agriculture
X
Y
Your Trip Abroad
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