Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs

Important Telephone Numbers

SUBJECT/OFFICE                                         TELEPHONE


OVERSEAS CITIZENS SERVICES


Death of an American citizen abroad                                202-647-5225

Arrest/detention of an American citizen abroad             202-647-5225

Robbery of an American citizen abroad                           202-647-5225

American citizens missing abroad                                     202-647-5225

Crisis abroad involving American citizens                       202-647-5225

Afterhours number for an emergency                               202-647-5225 
involving an American citizen abroad
                    

OFFICE OF CHILDREN'S ISSUES


International parental child abduction                               202-736-7000
 
International adoptions                                                          202-736-7000

Recorded information on custody and adoptions         202-736-7000

VISA SERVICES


Inquiries about visa cases and the 
application process                                                                202-663-1225

Immigrant visa cut-off dates                                                 202-663-1541

National Visa Center (Immigrant visa inquiries)              603-334-0700 

                                    

PASSPORT SERVICES


Inquiries about the passport application process,
the status of an application or an emergency passport

Passport Office of Policy and Advisory Services           202-955-0232
(Validation of passports for travel to Libya
and Iraq; issuance and denial of passports to 
minors in certain circumstances such as 
adoptions or abductions)  
 

                                                                                          
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