Is there any reason for me to visit my consulate just for fun? [duplicate]

1. Why would you go to a consulate?
2. What does the consulate do?
3. What is the difference between consulate and embassy?
4. Can you just walk into an embassy?
5. Will Embassy fly you home?
6. What can an embassy help you with?
7. Can a consulate issue passports?
8. What is the difference between an embassy a consulate and a high commission?
9. What is a consular issue?
10. Can an embassy detain you?
11. Can an embassy protect you?
12. What are the powers of an ambassador?

Why would you go to a consulate?

A consulate's primary function is to provide services for resident or traveling nationals from its home country. ... Consulates also provide some services to nationals of their host country, such as issuing visas.

What does the consulate do?

Consulates provide passport, birth registration and many others services for visiting or resident American citizens in a country. They also have consular sections which issue visas for foreign citizens to visit, study and work in the United States.

What is the difference between consulate and embassy?

From a traveller's perspective, there isn't much difference between an embassy, a consulate and a high commission. An embassy is the base for a country's diplomatic mission abroad – meaning all of the political, cultural and social relationships between the states. ... A consulate is where consular services are performed.

Can you just walk into an embassy?

Technically you can walk up to an embassy if you are a passport holder. However, in practice they may not let you in if there isn't an urgent need. As another commenter mentioned, the embassy they are familiar with requires an appointment.

Will Embassy fly you home?

Can the U.S. Embassy send me home in a crisis? Only in limited circumstances. The embassy may help citizens with an emergency evacuation in a major crisis, such as a natural disaster or civil unrest.

What can an embassy help you with?

What the U.S. Embassy Can Do:

• Issue a full validity passport in about two weeks.
• Issue an emergency passport in about 72 hours.
• Approve citizenship, and issue a report of birth abroad for your child.
• Notarize certain documents for use in the U.S. or for Americans to use abroad.

Can a consulate issue passports?

Your local U.S. embassy or consulate will tell you about pick-up or mailing options. Embassies and consulates can issue a limited-validity emergency passport if you have urgent travel needs.

What is the difference between an embassy a consulate and a high commission?

A high commission is an embassy of a Commonwealth country located in another Commonwealth country. ... A consulate general is a diplomatic mission located in a major city, usually other than the capital city, which provides a full range of consular services.

What is a consular issue?

Consular protection refers to help provided by a country to its citizens who are living or travelling abroad and are in need of assistance, such as in cases of: arrest or detention. serious accident. serious illness or death. natural disaster or political unrest.

Can an embassy detain you?

Rest assured, the "US embassy" (you mean the embassy's "consular compound") does not have the power/right to "detain" anyone against their will...

Can an embassy protect you?

In extreme or exceptional circumstances, U.S. embassies and consulates can offer alternative forms of protection, including (in most countries) temporary refuge, a referral to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, or a request for parole to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

What are the powers of an ambassador?

Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary

According to it, ambassadors are diplomats of the highest rank, formally representing their head of state, with plenipotentiary powers (i.e. full authority to represent the government).