American Presence Post
An American presence post (APP) is a very small diplomatic facility of the United States government located abroad.[1] It is usually staffed by a single Foreign Service officer who carries the title of consul. An American presence post is roughly equivalent to a consulate, but lacks a regular consular section, and does not issue visas. These matters are referred to the closest full-scale consulate, or the embassy which has jurisdiction over the APP. It is not uncommon to hear an APP casually referred to as a consulate or virtual consulate. Some posts that were previously operated as APP's have been upgraded to consulate status, including Busan and Medan.
List of American presence posts
[edit]American presence posts in Africa
[edit]American presence posts in Europe
[edit]An American presence post was opened in Tromsø, Norway in the fall of 2023.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2007-2012 (PDF), United States Department of State, retrieved May 19, 2007
- ^ "Virtual Presence Post for Western Sahara". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Morocco. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ https://fr.usembassy.gov/
- ^ "U.S. Virtual Presence Post Wales". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in the United Kingdom. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
- ^ "Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
- ^ "Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Elizabeth Allen's Travel to Norway, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic". United States Department of State. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
See also
[edit]Embassies are the main entries, while consulates-general are shown as sub-entries for each country. A full list can be found at List of diplomatic missions of the United States. | |||
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‡ Missions which are located in countries or cities that may be considered a part of more than one continent
1 Consulates-General which function as an embassy (ie. consul reports to State Department, not the respective country's ambassador) 2 The American Institute in Taiwan is ostensibly a public, non-profit organization to promote US-Taiwanese relations, but through State Department staffing & assistance, functions as an informal US diplomatic mission. | |||
