Consulate

Consulate

The consulate is a diplomatic mission, the office of a consul. Consulates are more numerous than another diplomatic missions, such as embassies. Many countries have multiple consular offices in nations such as Germany, Russia, Canada, Brazil, and Australia.

About Consulate in brief

Summary ConsulateThe consulate is a diplomatic mission, the office of a consul and is usually subordinate to the state’s main representation in the capital of that foreign country. Activities of a consulate include protecting the interests of their citizens temporarily or permanently resident in the host country, issuing passports; issuing visas to foreigners and public diplomacy. A consular district is a sub-national region designated by a consular post to exercise consular functions in a host country. Consulates are more numerous than another diplomatic missions, such as embassies. Ambassadors are posted only in a foreign nation’s capital.

Consuls are posted in a nations’s capital, and in other cities throughout that country, especially centres of economic activity and cities where large populations of citizens from the consul’s home country reside. In the United States, for example, most countries have a consulate-general in New York City,, and some have consulates- general in several major cities, like Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, or San Francisco. Many countries have multiple consular offices in nations such as Germany, Russia, Canada, Brazil, and Australia.