Embassies and Consulates
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
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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