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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00HARARE3084DETENTION OF CUBAN DEFECTORS BY ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. 2. (C) PER REFTEL INSTRUCTION, ON JUNE 8 AMBASSADOR MCDONALD TELEPHONED MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY MACHIVENYIKA MAPURANGA, THE HIGHEST AVAILABLE OFFICIAL, TO REGISTER THE USG'S SERIOUS CONCERN WITH THE W [...]
2000-06-08 11:41:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF CMGT ZI CU
00HARARE3096ZIMBABWE MAKES NO DECISION ON REFUGEE STATUS,
[...] (C) UNITED NATIONS RESIDENT COORDINATOR CARLOS LOPES INFORMED AMBASSADOR MCDONALD LATE ON JUNE 8 THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT REFUGEE COMMITTEE HAD DELIBERATED ON THE CASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS PENA MARTINEZ FOR THREE HOURS AND TOOK NO FORMAL DECISION. INST [...]
2000-06-08 16:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF CMGT ZI CU
00HARARE3105CUBANS STILL IN JAIL, INS OFFICER ATTEMPTING TO
[...] (C) ON JUNE 8 AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SPOKE WITH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY MACHIVENYIKA MAPURANGA TO REITERATE OUR DESIRE TO SOLVE QUICKLY THE REFUGEE CASE OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS PENA MARTINEZ. THE AMBASSADOR INFORMED THE PERMANENT SECRETARY THAT [...]
2000-06-09 11:10:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF CMGT ZI CU
00STATE229049CIPRIS PROGRAM UPDATE: INS WILL COLLECT F/M/J FEE
[...] IN REFTEL, THE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ON INS' CIPRIS PROJECT, A CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED PROGRAM FOR ELECTRONICALLY MONITORING STUDENTS AND EXCHANGE VISITORS IN THE U.S. ALTHOUGH CIPRIS HAS HAD A SLOW START SINCE ITS 1995 CONCEPTION, INS HAS PLANS TO LAUNCH A BETA TEST OF THE PROGRAM IN MID-2001 [...]
2000-12-01 23:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT
01STATE157183 TERRORIST ATTACKS ON NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON
[...] FURTHER TO REFTELS, DEPARTMENT REQUESTS POSTS CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AS THEY PROCEED TO CONVENE EACS AND CONSIDER THEIR RESPECTIVE SITUATIONS: -- WHETHER POST SHOULD TEMPORARILY SUSPEND PUBLIC SERVICES; IF A DECISION IS MADE TO DO SO, INFORM THE LOCAL AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF THIS ACTION VIA T [...]
2001-09-11 22:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC PTER CMGT
02AMMAN6150 REPORT OF POTENTIAL EVACUEES CONTACTS
[...] PER INFORMATION IN REFTEL, AMMAN ACCESSED HTTP://SES.STATE.GOV/F77-POSTS AND IS READY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. 2. THE FOLLOWING AMERICAN CITIZEN OFFICERS ARE DESIGNATED USERS TO ADMINISTER THE F-77 PROGRAM: A) NAME: MS. NADIA M. MOKHTAR - TITLE: VICE CONSUL - CLEARANCE [...]
2002-10-22 10:56:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC AEMR CMGT KFLO CASE PINS JO
03ABUDHABI4792 UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION OFFICIALS REACT
[...] SUMMARY: ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2003, ABU DHABI CONOFF AND EDUCATIONAL ADVISOR VISITED THE SCHOLARSHIP OFFICE AT THE UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (MOHE). DURING THIS MEETING, CONOFF DISCUSSED ADDRESSED THE CURRENT COMPLICATIONS FACING UAE STUDENTS, INCLUDING VISA PROCESSING DELAYS AND NA [...]
2003-10-29 03:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO CVIS CMGT TC
03ABUDHABI4803 A/S HARTY DISCUSSES VISAS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING HER VISIT TO THE UAE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONSULAR AFFAIRS MAURA HARTY ENGAGED A VARIETY SIPDIS OF UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OFFICIALS, MET WITH MISSION STAFF, AND CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ABU DHABI NEWSPAPER OF RECORD AL ITTIHAD. IN A MEETING WITH SENIOR UAE MIN [...]
2003-10-29 11:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CMGT CVIS CASC KOCI TC
03ABUDHABI4845 UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION OFFICIALS WARMLY
[...] SUMMARY: ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2003, ABU DHABI CONOFF AND EDUCATIONAL ADVISOR VISITED THE SCHOLARSHIP OFFICE AT THE UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (MOHE). DURING THIS MEETING, CONOFF ADDRESSED THE CURRENT COMPLICATIONS FACING UAE STUDENTS, INCLUDING VISA PROCESSING DELAYS AND NATIONAL SE [...]
2003-11-03 09:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO CVIS CMGT TC
03ABUDHABI4859 UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION OFFICIALS WARMLY
[...] SUMMARY: ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2003, ABU DHABI CONOFF AND EDUCATIONAL ADVISOR VISITED THE SCHOLARSHIP OFFICE AT THE UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (MOHE). DURING THIS MEETING, CONOFF ADDRESSED THE CURRENT COMPLICATIONS FACING UAE STUDENTS, INCLUDING VISA PROCESSING DELAYS AND NATIONAL SE [...]
2003-11-04 08:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO CVIS CMGT TC
03ABUDHABI5031 ADNOC EXECUTIVES AND STUDENTS ALLEGE MISTREATMENT OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2003, ABU DHABI CONOFF AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ASSISTANT VISITED THE ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY (ADNOC) SCHOLARSHIP OFFICE. DURING THIS MEETING, CONOFF DISCUSSED VISA PROCESSING DELAYS, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) PROCEDURES AT US PORTS OF ENTRY [...]
2003-11-19 14:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO CVIS CMGT ECON EPET BEXP TC
03ABUDHABI5034 BIOMETRICS STIR THE POT IN THE UAE
[...] SUMMARY: THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND CONSULAR SECTION IN ABU DHABI HOSTED A PRESS BRIEFING ON THE FINGERPRINTING OF NIV APPLICANTS AT THE US EMBASSY. IN ADDITION, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION (DCM) AND CONSULAR CHIEF BRIEFED THE DIRECTOR OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS AT THE UAE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) [...]
2003-11-22 06:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS KPAO TC
03COLOMBO1915 EAC HELD TO DISCUSS POLITICAL SITUATION IN COLOMBO
[...] (SBU) Summary - Embassy Colombo held an EAC meeting on Nov 5 to discuss the security situation relative to the Sri Lankan President's actions in recent days. EAC reaffirmed that, aside from increased police and army presence dispersed lightly throughout the city, Colombo remains calm and with [...]
2003-11-05 13:17:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CE CMGT
03KUWAIT2783 RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS OF IRAQI VISA PROCESSING IN
[...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph 10. 2. Embassy has reviewed the draft memo on the proposed inclusion of Iraq in Kuwait's consular district for visa processing on a temporary basis (Ref A). Embassy has also reviewed the initial assessment from the Consular officer i [...]
2003-06-23 11:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS AMGT CASC KU
03LAGOS1196THE BIRTH OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA:
[...] Nigerian universities, once among the best in Africa, deteriorated badly under 30 years of military rule. Nor was their plight alleviated during the last four years of democratic governance. They remain overcrowded, poorly funded and decrepit. Currently, there are 42 universities: 25 feder [...]
2003-06-12 10:37:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL CMGT CVIS SOCI PGOV EAID ECON EINV
03MAPUTO1652CONSULAR NARRATIVE FOR MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-25 08:08:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ASIG AFSI MZ
03RANGOON318VISA BANS: A COMPARISON OF U.S. AND E.U. POLICIES
[...] SUMMARY: An analysis of American and E.U. visa policies toward Burmese "who formulate, implement, or benefit from policies that impede Burma's transition to democracy" shows that American and E.U. consular officials refuse to issue visas to more or less the same people, but sometimes for diffe [...]
2003-03-10 07:35:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT BM
03STATE284912SMART UPDATE
[...] Please provide wide dissemination of the information in this telegram. 2. Reftel described steps the Department is taking to implement a new integrated messaging system: SMART (State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset). We have made substantial progress and are looking for your inpu [...]
2003-10-06 20:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ACOA CMGT ECON PREL KPAO KRIM
03TEGUCIGALPA1488 Advisory Opinion Request: Restriction on Issuance
[...] Summary. In light of the widespread abuse of diplomatic passports in Honduras, and the request from the MFA to assist the GOH in curbing the misuse of these passports by persons not entitled to have them, or by persons no longer entitled to use them, Post proposes to modify how we provide Non [...]
2003-06-25 14:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL CMGT AMGT
03TEGUCIGALPA407 INSPECTION OF EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA (ISP-I-02-26)
[...] Ref C requests a compliance update on OIG's post inspection of Embassy Tegucigalpa, ref: ISP-I-02-26. The inspection was completed in February 2001 and has been in the compliance reporting phase since that time. 2. Embassy is providing additional information on the outstanding recommenda [...]
2003-02-12 14:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASIG AMGT APER CMGT SNAR HN
04ABUDHABI1055 YOU LOSE ONE, YOU LOSE THEM ALL - UAE STUDENTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: AS PART OF THE MISSION'S OUTREACH EFFORTS, PAO, CONOFF AND PAO CULTURAL SPECIALIST VISITED THE TRAINING AND SCHOLARSHIPS DEPARTMENT OF THE ABU DHABI INVESTMENT AUTHORITY (ADIA),WHICH MANAGES ABU DHABI'S LARGE OVERSEAS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO AND IS THE LARGEST SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDER [...]
2004-04-07 12:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO CVIS CMGT PREL TC
04ABUDHABI1460UAE BRIEFED ON NEW US MISSION BAGHDAD
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Polchief delivered reftel briefing to UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of GCC Affairs Yusuf Al-Ansari on May 8. Al-Ansari said he would brief the Minister and the Under Secretary. He said the detailed description of the planned U [...]
2004-05-08 13:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL AMGT CMGT IZ TC
04ADANA163FRAUD PREVENTION DIRECTORY
[...] (U) The current Fraud Prevention Manager is Management Officer Telside Manson, phone number 90-322-346-6262, fax number 90-322-346-7916, e-mail MansonTL@state.gov, full-time position, estimated date of departure from post is September 2006. 2. (U) The back up Fraud Prevention Manager is Pr [...]
2004-12-16 09:42:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CMGT CVIS CPAS TU ADANA
04AMMAN4981 Special Visa Procedures for Official Travelers from
[...] (U) Summary: Several recent groups of travelers from Iraq have arrived at Embassy Amman with requests for visas with little or no advance notice. Regardless of the circumstances, post will do everything in its power to facilitate official business involving Iraqi travelers. However, the lack [...]
2004-06-17 14:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS AMGT CMGT JO IZ
04ANKARA1535NON-PAPERS SUBMITTED TO MFA REGARDING IRAQI TRAVEL
[...] On March 4, 2004, Chief of Section met with Haluk Aca, Head of the Visa Department at the MFA to discuss GOT acceptance of Iraqi diplomatic and service (official) passports and the Interim Travel Document for visa issuance. She also provided him a copy of the revised CPA Order [...]
2004-03-15 15:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT
04ANKARA944DEMARCHE RELATED TO FINGERSCANNING MEMBERS OF
[...] On January 29, 2004, at the request of Haluk Aca, Head of the Visa Department at the MFA, Chief of Section reviewed US fingerscanning requirements at the time of visa application and upon entry into the United States. 2. Mr. Aca explained that the MFA had received complaints [...]
2004-02-18 16:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT
04BOGOTA3703COOPERATION WITH CANADIAN EMBASSY IN BOGOTA ON VISA
[...] (U) Summary: Reftel recommended that posts share information with Canadian colleagues regarding visa processing, and offered a "template" for cooperation. The Consular Section in Bogota has long enjoyed a close relationship with the Canadian Embassy in Colombia. Using the ideas provided i [...]
2004-04-12 21:44:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA CMGT CVIS CA CO
04BRUSSELS1911 EU AGREES ON ASYLUM PROCEDURES DIRECTIVE
[...] The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on April 29 reached political agreement on a draft Directive imposing minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status. Coupled with the formal adoption of the Asylum Qualification Directive on the same day, t [...]
2004-05-03 13:40:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL CMGT CVIS SMIG KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2114VISA WAIVER PROGRAM AND AN ENLARGED EU
[...] (C) Summary. The enlargement of the EU on May 1 raised the number of EU countries not included in the visa waiver program (VWP) from one to ten. New Member States harbor hopes that their EU accession can become a way to wrest from the U.S. via the EU what they could not obtain bilaterally: i [...]
2004-05-17 09:03:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS SMIG ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3101 EU/JHA: TOWARD A NEW MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAM;
[...] The EU Council of Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on July 19 began preparations for a new multi-annual JHA program building on EU work over the past five years to establish "a common area of freedom, security and justice." Noting the persisting deadlock on the appointment of a n [...]
2004-07-20 15:33:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER SMIG PREF CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4503VISA WAIVER MEETING: U.S. WELCOMED -- AND WARNED
[...] (C) Summary. While privately praising USG efforts to adopt a more positive approach to EU Member States not in the visa waiver program (VWP),the European Commission (EC) struck a combative tone in public during consultations on October 18. DG JHA Head of Unit for Visas and Borders Jan de Ce [...]
2004-10-19 15:49:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALSMIG PREL CMGT EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4619 NEW EU PROGRAM FOR FREEDOM, SECURITY AND
[...] EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on October 25 reached broad agreement on a new multi- annual program for strengthening freedom, security and justice in the EU for the next five years. The prevention and repression of terrorism will be a key element of the plan, which provides [...]
2004-10-26 14:01:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SMIG PREF CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4789 EU-JHA: LEADERS ENDORSE NEW MULTI-ANNUAL
[...] EU leaders at their November 5 European Council meeting endorsed the new multi-annual program for "strengthening freedom, security and justice in the European Union" as prepared by their Justice and Home Affairs Ministers in the October 25 Council meeting (REFTEL). Dutch PM/European Council [...]
2004-11-08 14:23:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER SMIG PREF CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4844BIOMETRICS: EU ON PARALLEL TRACK WITH U.S. AND
[...] (U) Summary. In parallel with U.S. efforts to incorporate the use of biometric identifiers, the EU is finalizing plans to enhance its border controls through the use of biometrics. On October 26, EU Justice and Interior Ministers agreed to incorporate two biometrics into national passports, t [...]
2004-11-10 17:08:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALCMGT SMIG PTER PREL CPAS CVIS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5128JHA: MINISTERS REVIEW COUNTER-TERROR
[...] The EU Council of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on December 2 agreed on a series of documents relating to the fight against terrorism in preparation for the December 17 European Council. These include a strategy against the financing of terrorism, a report on intelligence [...]
2004-12-06 06:05:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04COLOMBO1620 EXTENDING NIV VISA RECIPROCITY TO FIVE YEARS FOR
[...] SUMMARY: The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) is expected to propose shortly a significant change to non-resident visas offered to U.S. citizens. They are prepared to implement a five year multiple entry non-resident visa, for all types of non-resident travel to Sri Lanka. The fee for this visa [...]
2004-09-28 11:28:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT ETRD CE
04COLOMBO1763 EXTENDING NIV VISA RECIPROCITY TO FIVE YEARS FOR
[...] SUMMARY: The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) has approved a significant change to non-resident visas offered to U.S. citizens. They will implement a five year multiple entry non-resident visa, for all types of non-resident travel to Sri Lanka. The fee for this visa will be $100. Post requests [...]
2004-10-26 09:07:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT ETRD CE
04DJIBOUTI1572DISCUSSING SECURITY IN DJIBOUTI: OUR RESPONSE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-09 08:32:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC CMGT CASC AMGT APER SA ZP ZR DJ
04DJIBOUTI1588CONSULAR NARRATIVE FY04 - DJIBOUTI
[...] (U) A) Please identify the following: Consular Section Chief name, ETD, direct office telephone number and e-mail: Andrea K. Lewis, ETD: October 2006 Telephone: (253) 35-39-95 ext: 2203, e-mail: LewisAK@state.gov - Deputy Consular Section Chief name, ETD, direct office telephone number and [...]
2004-12-14 01:07:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ASIG AFSI DJ
04DJIBOUTI595JUSTICE REROUTED, AMCIT SENTENCED
[...] (U) U.S. Citizen Alan Funk (PPT# 156160695) has received a six month suspended prison sentence and a 1.6 million DF (U.S.$9,040) fine from the Djiboutian court of appeals for his role in a March 2000 traffic accident in which a Djiboutian man was killed. Funk was absolved of any wrongdoing in [...]
2004-04-21 12:28:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALCMGT KJUS CASC CJAN PHUM PREL ECON EINV KISL DJ
04DJIBOUTI929LOST/STOLEN PASSPORT DATA SHARE PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-07 06:02:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD DJ
04KINSHASA1911Congo-Kinshasa Annual Certification of Consular
[...] Vice Consul James Fennell, FS-04, Acting Chief of the Consular Section, completed review of consular management controls on October 8, 2004. Deputy Chief of Mission certified the review on October 13, 2004. Answers are keyed to para four of reftel. (a) Standard Operating Procedures: Cono [...]
2004-10-15 07:28:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CG
04LJUBLJANA1092SLOVENE BIOMETRIC PASSPORT UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Slovenia will begin issuing a first-phase biometric passport containing photo recognition data before October 26, 2005. A second-phase biometric passport incorporating both photo recognition and fingerprints will be introduced at a later date, in compliance with new EU requirement [...]
2004-12-07 08:02:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT PREL KPAO SI
04LJUBLJANA1104HARDWARE ACCEPTANCE CABLE FOR CONSULAR EQUIPMENT
[...] ORDER NUMBER 38851 HAS BEEN INVENTORIED BY POST. THE SHIPMENT IS ACCEPTED. 2. POST APPRECIATES DEPARTMENT'S ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE. NNNN [...]
2004-12-10 09:41:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKCSY CMGT AMGT AADP
04LJUBLJANA1138HARDWARE ACCEPTANCE CABLE CONSULAR EQUIPMENT: PROFILE 5
[...] ORDER NUMBER 38961 HAS BEEN INVENTORIED BY POST. THE SHIPMENT IS ACCEPTED. 2. POST APPRECIATES DEPARTMENT'S ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE. NNNN [...]
2004-12-28 06:27:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKCSY CMGT AMGT AADP
04LJUBLJANA1139HARDWARE ACCEPTANCE CABLE CONSULAR EQUIPMENT: MONITORS
[...] ORDER NUMBER 38885 HAS BEEN INVENTORIED BY POST. THE SHIPMENT IS ACCEPTED. 2. POST APPRECIATES DEPARTMENT'S ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE. NNNN [...]
2004-12-28 06:27:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKCSY CMGT AMGT AADP
04MADRID1180Consular response to Terrorist attacks in
[...] Summary: March 11, 2004, eleven bombs went off in Madrid, killing 191 people and injuring almost 1,500 in a series of attacks on commuter trains coming into Madrid and at three separate train stations between 7:30 and 8:00 am. Both the Consular Section and Embassy went into immediate action. [...]
2004-04-07 14:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC CPAS CVIS CMGT PTER SP
04MADRID1523 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 3, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED FRENCH POLICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL PROCEEDED TO THE ARREST OF THE AL [...]
2004-05-03 10:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1569 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES, AND INFORMATION PER REFTEL, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: SINGH, DILBAG - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: AUG. 16, 1978, INDIA - AGE RANGE (26-30) - COMPLEXION: MEDIUM BUILD - EYES: BROWN - HAIR: SHORT BLACK [...]
2004-05-05 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1617 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PARTICIPANTS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-07 10:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AFSI AFIN OTRA CMGT CVIS
04MADRID1636 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: AL-FETORY, SHEREF - ALIASES: AL-FAYTURI, SARIF - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: DEC. 10, 1973, BENGHAZI, LIBYA - CLASS: NEGATIVE - AL-FETORY RESI [...]
2004-05-07 14:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL
04MADRID1656 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN EARLY MAY 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE SEARCHING FOR TWO ASSOCIATES OF MOROCCAN NATIONAL AMER EL-AZIZI, WHO IS BEING SOUGHT AGGRESIVELY BY SPANISH POL [...]
2004-05-10 14:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1657 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAR 23, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING SUSPECTED TERRORIST FOR THEIR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE 11 OF MARCH 2004 TERRORIST AT [...]
2004-05-10 14:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1658 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - APRIL
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON APRIL 5 AND 19, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED FIVE VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING 45 INDIVIDUALS, TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND 43 SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF [...]
2004-05-10 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID1708 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...]
2004-05-12 15:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID1713 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE CORRECT DOB FOR THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST REPORTED IN REFTEL. 2. NAME: KHAYATA KATTAN, ABDULLA - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: JAN. 24, 1961, ALEPPO, SYRIA - NATURALIZED SPANISH CITIZEN - CLASS: POSITIVE 3. KHAYATA WAS A KEY CONTACT OF DETAINED SPA [...]
2004-05-13 07:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1764VISA WAIVER PROGRAM COUNTRY REVIEWS: SPAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-15 07:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT EAIR XT AS BX JA NZ SI SN KOCI CASC SPCVIS
04MADRID1954 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: NASSAR, MUSTAFA SITMIRYAM - AKA: "ABU MUS'AB AL-SURI" - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 1956, SYRIA - CLASS: POSITIVE (UNDER DIFFERENT POB) - [...]
2004-05-27 07:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1955 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: BELHADJ, YOUSEFF - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: MAY 27, 1976, TOUZINE, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - BROTHER OF MOHAMMED BELHADJ WHO WAS ARRESTED BY [...]
2004-05-27 07:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID1956 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED NOUREDDINE BOUHABILA ASSOCIATE OF ISLAMIC EXTREMIST KHALAD ABIDI, AKA "ABBAS", WHO WAS FORMERLY BASED IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. BOUHABIL [...]
2004-05-27 07:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1997 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAHDJOUB-ZERROUG TERRORIST NETWORK IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: ZENIMI, REDOUANE - AKA: " [...]
2004-05-28 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2039 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2040 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN SUSPECTED TERRORIST LARBI BEN AHMED ALLAG. 3. NAME: ALLAG, LARBI BEN AHMED - AKA: BOU [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2041 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS MEMBERS OF SPAIN-BASED NETWORK LED BY EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC RADICAL SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11, 2004 ATTACKS IN S [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2042 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN SUSPECTED TERRORIST LARBI BEN AHMED ALLAG. 3. NAME: ALLAG, LARBI BEN AHMED - AKA: BOU [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2043 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS MEMBERS OF SPAIN-BASED NETWORK LED BY EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC RADICAL SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11, 2004 ATTACKS IN S [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2085 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - MAY
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 3 and 17, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED ELEVEN VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING TWENTY TWO INDIVIDUALS, THREE SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND NINETEEN SUSPE [...]
2004-06-04 09:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2236 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JUNE 9, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT THE ITALIAN POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED RADICAL ISLAMIST RABEI OSMAN SAYED AHMED, ALI [...]
2004-06-15 10:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2277 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: HAMOUYA, MOURAD - AKA: MALKI - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: UNKNOWN, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST RELATES THA [...]
2004-06-17 06:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2278 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST, ON JUNE 1, 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID, SPAIN, DETAI [...]
2004-06-17 06:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2279 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ACCORDING TO CBP REPORTING, ON MAY 26, 2004, AT GEORGE BUSH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TEXAS, ALVARO BORRAS COMPDERA ARRIVED FROM MEXICO CITY, PRESENTED A SPANISH [...]
2004-06-17 06:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2280 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES FOR POSSIBLE LINKS TO TERRORISM DUE TO THEIR SUSPECTED ASSOCIATION WITH "ANSAR AL- [...]
2004-06-17 06:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2281 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AFTER THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN, IN THE SCOPE OF THE UNIT OF ANTITERRORISM COO [...]
2004-06-17 06:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2341 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN APRIL 2004, A MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SERVICE PROVIDED BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE 11 MARCH 2004 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECTS AND ASSOCIATES AS FOLLOWS: [...]
2004-06-21 15:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2342 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING IS THE STATUS OF SPANISH INVESTIGATION OF SUSPECT BARCELONA-BASED TERRORIST CELL. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, POST HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE [...]
2004-06-21 15:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2343 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENTLY ARRESTED IN MILAN, ISLAMIC EXTREMIST RABEI OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, ALIAS: "MOHAMED [...]
2004-06-21 15:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2443 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, ON SUSPICION OF PLANNING A TERRORIST ATTACK. THE GROUP [...]
2004-06-29 11:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2477 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] THIS IS A REPEAT OF MADRID 002443. MADRID INADVERTENTLY OMITTED CLASS RESULTS FOR SUSPECTS. POST REGRETS INCONVENIENCE. 2. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 3. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUES [...]
2004-07-01 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2478 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY CONSIDERED ALERTING BEHAVIOR BY MOROCCAN CITIZEN SAMIR EL MOKHTAR. MOKHTAR WAS IMPLI [...]
2004-07-01 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2479 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN LATE APRIL 2004 A PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT SERVICE WAS INVESTIGATING INDIVIDUALS SUSPECTED OF POSING A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY. THEY HAD DISCOVERED ME [...]
2004-07-01 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ALI
04MADRID2480 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 20, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP),ARRESTED ALGERIAN CITIZEN REDA ZERROUGH, DPOB: DEC. 5, 1967, ALGERIA, AT ALICANTE AIRPOR [...]
2004-07-01 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2481 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL DETAILS OBTAINED BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES ON INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH SUSPECT TERRORIST RABI' OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, RECENTLY ARRE [...]
2004-07-01 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2482 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 10, 2004, REPORTED THAT FRENCH AUTHORITIES EXTRADITED THE ETA MEMBER, JUAN LUIS AGUIRRE LETE TO SPAIN, AFTER SERVING A SENTENCE IN F [...]
2004-07-01 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2544 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - JUNE
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JUNE 7 AND 28, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED FIFTEEN VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING FIFTY-SEVEN INDIVIDUALS, EIGHT SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND FORTY- NIN [...]
2004-07-06 11:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2558 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, RAY MOHAMED, AKA MOURAD, WAS ARRESTED ON JUNE 8, 2004 BY THE BELGIAN FEDERAL POLICE FOR HIS CONTACTS WITH RABI' OSMAN EL-SAYED AHMED, [...]
2004-07-07 06:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2560 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, FOUR ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS WERE BELIEVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED SUSPECT AL-QAEDA ASSOCIATE KHALAD [...]
2004-07-07 06:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL MIAH
04MADRID2586 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, THE NORTH AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS LISTED BELOW WERE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NETHERLANDS SUSPECTED TERRORIST CELL MEMBER OR DUTCH [...]
2004-07-08 10:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2587 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" REPORTED THAT SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN CITIZEN NASREDDINE BOUSBAA ON JULY 1, 2004. HE IS ACCUSED OF FORGERY OF OFFICIAL DOCUMEN [...]
2004-07-08 10:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2625 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES BRITISH AUTHORITIES DETAINED ON JUL 6, 2004, THE FORMER BARCELONA-BASED EXTREMIST FILALI OUALI AKA: ABDORRAHMAN [...]
2004-07-12 11:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL OUALI
04MADRID2626 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF EARLY JULY 2004, MOROCCAN NATIONAL BOUCHRA BEN ABDELLAH WAS SUSPECTED OF ENGAGING IN ISLAMIC EXTREMIST [...]
2004-07-12 11:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL BEN
04MADRID2670 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF MID-APRIL 2004, TWO INDIVIDUALS, REFERRED TO AS AL QAEDA MEMBERS, WERE IN MAICAO, COLOMBIA, TO OBTAIN [...]
2004-07-14 13:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2671 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. OVER SEVERAL DAYS IN EARLY-TO-MID JUNE 2004, THE SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL DETAINED NINE SPANISH NATIONALS FOR THEIR ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN THE ACQUISITION, TR [...]
2004-07-14 13:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2688 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON THE MORNING OF JULY 12, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP) ARRESTED MARCH 11 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECT AND SPANISH CITIZEN, ABDERRAHMAN HAMMADI AFANDI. [...]
2004-07-15 07:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2689 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. POST RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ASSOCIATES OF FORMER BARCELONA-BASED ALGERIAN NATIONAL AND SUSPECT TERRRORIST KHALAD ABIDI, AKA: ABBAS 3. NAME: [...]
2004-07-15 07:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2708 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JULY 14, 2004, FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ETA. THE POLICE GAVE CHASE TO THE SUSPECTS AFTER THEY DROVE TH [...]
2004-07-15 16:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2877 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-28 11:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2885CONSULAR SENIOR IV FSN WORKSHOP AT FSI, (PC-
[...] POST WISHES TO NOMINATE ELISA SALVADOR, SENIOR IV FSN, MADRID, SPAIN FOR THE CONSULAR SENIOR IV FSN WORKSHOP. SHE WAS NOT SELECTED IN 2002 OR 2003. PLEASE SEE INFORMATION REGARDING CANDIATE BELOW; A) Salvador, Elisa B) Grade:08/06 C) Alcy R. Frelick, Counselor for Consular Affairs D [...]
2004-07-28 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AFSI AMGT CMGT CVIS
04MADRID2889CONSULAR SENIOR IV FSN WORKSHOP AT FSI, (PC-
[...] POST WISHES TO NOMINATE ELISA SALVADOR, SENIOR IV FSN, MADRID, SPAIN FOR THE CONSULAR SENIOR IV FSN WORKSHOP. SHE WAS NOT SELECTED IN 2002 OR 2003. PLEASE SEE INFORMATION REGARDING CANDIATE BELOW; A) Salvador, Elisa B) Grade:08/06 C) Alcy R. Frelick, Counselor for Consular Affairs D [...]
2004-07-29 06:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AFSI AMGT CMGT CVIS
04MADRID2966 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION OBTAINED AT THIS POST INDICATES JORDANIAN NATIONAL OMAR QASEM RADWAN AL SHABOUL, WAS LIVING IN SPAIN AND WAS IN CONTACT WITH AT LEAST TWO KEY S [...]
2004-08-04 12:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL
04MADRID2967 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF LATE JULY 2004, THE SEVENTH BODY FOUND IN THE APARTMENT IN LEGANES, A SUBURB IN THE OUSKIRTS OF MADRI [...]
2004-08-04 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3007 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - JULY
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JULY 13 AND 28, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF JULY 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED EIGHTEEN VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING SEVENTY-FOUR INDIVIDUALS, THREE SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND SEVENTY- [...]
2004-08-06 15:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3022CUBAN VALIDATION STUDY RESULTS FROM MADRID
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid wanted to examine overstay rates of applicants issued visas for tourist travel to the United States. Because of the wealth of information available on Cuban applicants, the Cuban community's travel patterns were studied. Post initiated a validation study to det [...]
2004-08-10 13:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CMGT CU SP
04MADRID3034VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 30, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED SEMAAN GABY EID ON JULY 28, 2004, FOR HIS ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN [...]
2004-08-10 15:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SEMAAN GABY EID
04MADRID3052 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF MID-JULY 2004, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED AL QAEDA SUSPECT KHALED ABIDI, WHO WAS [...]
2004-08-10 15:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3077 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 7, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE SPANISH COUNTERTERRORISM POLICE AS THE SUSPECTED ME [...]
2004-08-12 11:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3210 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 21 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED BY THE SPANISH SCIENTIFIC POLICE, THE SPANISH N [...]
2004-08-26 13:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3212 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF AUG. 21, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AUTHORIZED THE HANDOVER OF THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST, KHALID BOULOUDO, A 29 YEAR [...]
2004-08-26 13:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3639 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS. 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF SEP. 20, 2004 REPORTED THAT FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED ETA TERRORISTS IN A POLICE ROAD BLOCK IN MONTAUBAN, FRANCE. THE INDIVIDUALS WERE ARMED AND DRIVING A S [...]
2004-09-23 09:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3666COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CONSULAR
[...] Embassy Madrid grants country clearance and welcomes Harris Orkand information services contractors Timothy Curran, Fernando Canarte, and Nancy Rapin to Barcelona, Spain, from September 28 to October 15, 2004. 2. Your hotel information is: Hotel Princesa Sofia Plaza Pio XII, 4 Barcelon [...]
2004-09-24 08:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKCSY CMGT AADP CASC CPAS SP AMAT CUIS
04MADRID3667 Consular Agent's 2003 Evaluations and Step
[...] Post recently realized that, due to an internal processing error, our consular agents' evaluations in the year 2003 were not properly submitted and, consequently, the employees did not receive the step increase they should have earned that year. 2. Our files show that in the year 2003 only [...]
2004-09-24 08:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT AMGT APER
04MADRID3728 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON SEP. 15, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. THEY ARE ACCUSED OF FORGERY AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. SPANISH POL [...]
2004-09-28 07:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ALI
04MADRID3760 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - SEPTEMBER
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON SEP. 27, 2004, AS PART OF THE MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES [...]
2004-09-29 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3889 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH DAILY NEWSPAPER "EL PAIS" ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2004, REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP) ARRESTED FIVE SUSPECTED ETA MEMBERS IN VIZCAYA AND LEON, SPA [...]
2004-10-05 14:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID4109 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF OCT. 16, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE GERMAN POLICE ARRESTED ON OCT. 15, 2004 IN HAMBURG, THE ALLEGED AL QAEDA MEMBER IN EUROPE MAMOUN DARKAZANLI, [...]
2004-10-22 12:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4110 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING NAMES OF SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WITH POSSIBLE TERRORIST TIES IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: EL BAYADE, ABDESALAM [...]
2004-10-22 12:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID4119 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION MEDIA REPORTED ON OCT. 4, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS THAT FRENCH POLICE IN COORDINATION WITH THE SPANISH GUARDIA [...]
2004-10-22 15:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID4322 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF OCTOBER 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AN ASSOCIATE OF ALGERIAN NATIONAL AND ISLAMIC EXTREMIST MOHAMED ACHRAF, AKA MUSTAFA HAW [...]
2004-11-12 12:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4324 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - OCTOBER
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON OCT. 25, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE DCM, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES AT P [...]
2004-11-12 12:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4386 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF OCTOBER 19, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SEVERAL ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WHO WERE BELIEVE TO BE PLANNING SUICIDE ATTACK [...]
2004-11-16 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4387 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON OCTOBER 28, 2004, THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTED 13 INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED TO ISLAMIC EXTREMIST MOHAMED ACHRAF, AKA MUSTAFA HAWARI, AKA MIKAEL ETIENNE [...]
2004-11-16 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4388 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON NOVEMBER 3, 2004, AS PART OF THE ON-GOING "OPERATION NOVA" SPANISH AUTORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN AND THREE ALGERIAN NATIONALS, POSSIBLY ASS [...]
2004-11-16 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4389 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM SPANISH AUTHORITIES HAVE HIGHLIGHTED CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF ALGERIAN NATIONAL SAMIR BENBELLIL. SUBJECT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN VARIOUS [...]
2004-11-16 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4474 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON NOV. 19, 2004 THE DAILY LOCAL NEWSPAPER "EL PAIS", REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING THE DETENTION OF SOME OF THE ALLEGED ETA LEADERSHIP MEMBERS IN FRANCE ON OCT. 3, [...]
2004-11-23 16:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4523 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF NOV. 17, 2004, REPORTED THAT SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGE BALTASAR GARZON, INDICTED ISLAMIC EXTREMIST ABDELADIM AKOUDAD, ALIAS "NADU [...]
2004-11-30 08:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4524 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS PART OF AN ON-GOING COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATION, SPANISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING ALGERIAN NATIONALS: 3. NAME: BOUKHIRI, MOHAMED - G [...]
2004-11-30 08:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4552 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - NOVEMBER
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON NOV. 8 AND ON NOV. 29, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY AL [...]
2004-12-01 12:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4649 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: BEN ABDELLAH, SAMIR - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: NOV. 29, 1967, MOROCCO - CLASS: POSITIVE 3. ON NOVEMBER 22, 2004 THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED [...]
2004-12-09 16:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL BEN
04MADRID4708 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS "EL PAIS" OF DEC. 10, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH POLICE ON DEC. 8, 2004, IN THE SPANISH- [...]
2004-12-14 16:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL WAKI
04MADRID4748VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. BETWEEN 18 AND 19 NOVEMBER 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE RE-DETAINED AL-JAZIRAH JOURNALIST TAYSIR ALOUNI KATE AND NINE OF HIS ASSOCIATES IN SPAIN AS SUSPECTED I [...]
2004-12-17 16:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4749 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON DECEMBER 13, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN THE ON-GOING "OPERACION LAGO". 3. NAME: LEBIK, ABDELKADER [...]
2004-12-17 16:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LEBIK
04MADRID4776 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DALY PRESS OF DEC. 18, 2004 REPORTED THAT TWO OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGES ORDERED THE ARREST OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR EXTREMISTS BASED IN LAN [...]
2004-12-20 16:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID4850VALIDITY OF PASSPORTS BEYOND THEIR EXPIRATION
[...] (SENSITIVE) SPAIN: MFA confirms that Spanish citizens have the right to enter Spain regardless of the validity (or absence) of passport or other identity documents. Since Spain has been maintaining a database of Spanish nationals, including biometric elements, for over 150 years, the Spanis [...]
2004-12-27 08:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT SP AN
04MADRID770DRAFT REVISION OF CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET FOR
[...] UPDATE OF CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET FOR SPAIN AND ANDORRA: 2. COUNTRY DESCRIPTIONS: Spain and Andorra are both highly developed and stable democracies with modern economies. Spain is a member of the European Union. Additional information on Spain may be obtained from the Tourist Office [...]
2004-03-05 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT ASEC SP
04MANAMA196LESSONS LEARNED FROM RECENT CHILDREN'S ISSUES CASES
[...] (SBU) Last week, Emb Manama (with assistance from the Department and CONGEN Dhahran) helped resolve two difficult children's issues (CI) cases involving disputes between Saudi fathers and Amcit mothers, with their dual-national children in between. Both concluded successfully, but one was far [...]
2004-02-11 11:56:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC CMGT BA
04MANAMA197LESSONS LEARNED FROM RECENT CHILDREN'S ISSUES CASES
[...] (SBU) Last week, Emb Manama (with assistance from the Department and CONGEN Dhahran) helped resolve two difficult children's issues (CI) cases involving disputes between Saudi fathers and Amcit mothers, with their dual-national children in between. Both concluded successfully, but one was far [...]
2004-02-11 12:16:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC CMGT BA
04MAPUTO1607CONSULAR NARRATIVE FOR MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-13 14:47:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ASIG AFSI MZ MPP
04ROME3200ITALY: EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR BIOMETRIC
[...] Consul General informed Min. Adriano Benedetti, MFA Director General for Italians Abroad and Political Migration, July 26 that Congress had passed legislation granting a one-year extension of the Visa Waiver Program biometric passport requirement and that the bill had gone to President Bush f [...]
2004-08-19 07:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT PREL IT
04SANTODOMINGO1816 MEETING WITH GODR OFFICIALS ON STATUS OF NEW
[...] (U) SUMMARY: GODR is still on track to produce ICAO compliant passport in April. GODR Passport Office has established new Anti-Fraud Unit. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On March 9, 2004 Consul General and FPM met with Director of GODR Passport Office, Mr. Elias Wessin Chavez. Purpose of the meeting [...]
2004-03-19 18:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CPAS CVIS CASC KFRD DR
04STATE137635SELECTION OF POSTS FOR INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE
[...] REFTEL ANNOUNCED A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SOFTWARE, EQUIPMENT, TRAINING AND CONTRACT STAFFING TO HELP UP TO 30 POSTS INCREASE BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING AND CABLES ON THEIR CLASSIFIEDHOMEPAGES. THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF THE DOD HORIZONTAL FUSION INITIATIVE, IN COORDINATION WITH STATE'S PROGRAM TO PUBLISH C [...]
2004-06-23 17:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAADP AMGT ECON PREL CMGT
04STATE181797PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT - BANGLADESH
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-24 14:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT ASEC BG
04STATE99654NEW INITIATIVE OFFERS POSTS ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE
[...] Over the next several months, the Department will provide assistance to as many as 30 posts to improve their classified web presence. The Department will pay for a cleared dependent to load post's hard-copy content; provide a scanner for capturing pictures and documents; and provide on-site tr [...]
2004-05-05 01:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAADP AMGT ECON PREL CMGT
04TELAVIV6614Consular Field Trip to Haifa
[...] Begin summary: On 13 December 2004, the American officers of the Consular Section traveled to Israel's northern port city of Haifa for meetings with community leaders, including the mayor, the chief of police, and others, as well as from a tour of the Haifa Consular Agency. Officers benefite [...]
2004-12-28 13:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT SOCI PINS IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
04VILNIUS1532FY2004 CONSULAR PACKAGE NARRATIVE FOR VILNIUS
[...] Post submits the following consular package narrative keyed to reftel. Management A) Consular Section Chief: Ruta D. Elvikis (Consul),ETD: July 2005, Direct Office Telephone Number: 370- 5-266-5591, E-mail: ElvikisRD@state.gov; Deputy Consular Section Chief: Gregory L. Bernsteen (Vic [...]
2004-12-20 10:39:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC CPAS KFRD ASIG AFSI LH
04VILNIUS1548New Minister of Interior Furmanavicius Promises
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Mull met with newly appointed Minister of Interior Ginteras Furmanavicius on December 21, 2004. Furmanavicius thanked the Ambassador for past U.S. efforts to train the Ministry's experts in border security and law enforcement. He stated his commitment to maintaining [...]
2004-12-22 15:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CMGT ASEC LH
05ACCRA2402AVIAN FLU: GHANA'S PLAN OF ACTION
[...] (SBU) The GoG's response to the threat of an Avian Flu outbreak has so far been measured and pro-active. The Ministries of Health and Agriculture are working closely with USAID/Ghana and the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a comprehensive preparedness plan, which includes an assessm [...]
2005-11-23 18:30:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED CASC CMGT KHIV TBIO XA GH SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL XX SEC
05ALMATY2958DELIVERY OF LETTERS ROGATORY IN THE MATTER OF SOKOL HOLDINGS, INC. V. BMB MUNAI, INC., ET AL.
[...] Per ref, the Consular Section at U.S. Embassy Almaty was requested to deliver Letters Rogatory to the appropriate judicial authorities for the case Sokol Holdings, Inc. v. BMB Munai, Inc., Boris Cherdabayev, Alexandre Agaian, Bakhytbek Baiseitov, Mirgali Kunayev, and Georges Benarroch; Service [...]
2005-08-17 04:33:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT KZ POLITICAL
05AMMAN7275VISAS VIPER: AUGUST 2005 MONTHLY REPORT
[...] Acting DCM chaired post's monthly Visas Viper Committee meeting on August 30th. Post identified the men suspected of carrying out the attack on the USS Kearsarge in Aqaba on 19 August 2005 (reftel) as candidates for submission. 2. The Office of the Legal Attache provided the following bi [...]
2005-09-12 05:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER CMGT PINR ASEC JO
05AMMAN9956 H1B FRAUD TREND- IRAQIS CLAIMING TO BE ACCOUNTANTS OF
[...] Summary: In the past ten months, the Consular Section in Amman received a large number of apparently fraudulent H1B cases for Iraqi nationals claiming to be of Chaldean origin and intending to work in the U.S. as accountants or financial analysts. These cases resemble one another closely due [...]
2005-12-29 14:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO IZ
05ANKARA6594AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY ANKARA RESPONSE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since the emergence of Avian Influenza (AI) in Turkey in October 2005, Mission Ankara has taken steps to assess and deal with the possible risk to Mission Employees and American citizens living in Turkey. As a contingency planning exercise, we have also developed tripwires as [...]
2005-11-08 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED AMGT ASEC CASC CMGT
05ANKARA7221AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY ANKARA CONTINGENCY
[...] In response to reftel A, Ankara submitted its AI tripwires (reftel B) on 11/08/05. No further changes are recommended at this time. 2. Ankara tripwires will be entered into TRIPS on the classified network by 12/31/05. Designated employees for entering tripwire data: Jason Griffin, ARS [...]
2005-12-09 09:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED AMGT ASEC CASC CMGT
05ASUNCION1151 VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR AUGUST 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-12 21:15:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA
05ASUNCION1228 VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-28 18:19:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA
05ASUNCION1339 VLA CERTIFICATION - ASUNCION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-25 19:33:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PY
05ASUNCION446 VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR MARCH 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-01 11:23:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA
05ASUNCION447 VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR MARCH 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-01 11:28:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA
05ASUNCION632VISAS VIPER REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-10 19:23:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA
05ASUNCION738 VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR MAY 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-03 12:59:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA
05ASUNCION805 VLA CERTIFICATION - ASUNCION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-23 17:23:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PA
05ASUNCION867 VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR JUNE 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-07 21:23:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA
05AUCKLAND345VISAS VIPER: MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: NEW ZEALAND AND SAMOA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-18 02:04:00Consulate AucklandUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NZ
05AUCKLAND379VISAS VIPER: NOVEMBER MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: NEW ZEALAND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-16 02:42:00Consulate AucklandUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NZ
05BRUSSELS1511 EU WILL SET UP COMMON INDEX OF CRIMINAL
[...] EU Ministers for Justice, Freedom and Security (or Justice and Home Affairs - JHA Council) on April 14 agreed to set up a common EU "index" to register the criminal records of all non-EU citizens convicted in the EU countries. For their own nationals residing in the EU, Member States will p [...]
2005-04-15 14:25:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2148 EU FAILS TO ADOPT COMMON RULES AGAINST
[...] EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) ministers on June 2 failed to agree on a draft piece of EU legislation intended to establish common rules against racism and xenophobia within the Union. Delegations did agree on the necessity for an EU- wide instrument requiring operators to retain telecom [...]
2005-06-06 14:01:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN
05BRUSSELS2160WORK CONTINUES ON THE EU'S PROPOSED "EXTERNAL
[...] (C) While French and Dutch rejection of the EU Constitution has likely killed that document, one of the first ideas contained within it that may be implemented via other means is creation of an EU Foreign Minister supported by a European External Action Service. This may still be years away, [...]
2005-06-07 08:25:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CMGT EUN
05BRUSSELS2166 EU TO LAUNCH COOPERATION WITH LIBYA ON
[...] EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on June 3 agreed to cooperate with Libya to combat clandestine migration and will help Libya build institutional capacity. This decision "in principle" ties development of this cooperation to Libya respecting certain basic principles - particu [...]
2005-06-07 13:14:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2227SCHENGEN TURNS TWENTY: BIGGER AND BOLDER THAN EVER
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Schengen area has grown from six core countries in 1985 to fifteen at present, with eleven more -- including most recently Switzerland -- expected to be integrated by the end of 2007. Border-free travel within the zone has proved popular with the European public and is one [...]
2005-06-09 14:37:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS SMIG PREL CMGT KFRD KCRM PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2403 EU LEADERS NOTE JHA ACTION PLAN, LIST
[...] EU leaders in the June 16-17 European Council endorsed without discussion the draft conclusions put forward by the Luxembourg Presidency in the area of "Freedom, Security and Justice" (or Justice and Home Affairs, JHA). The conclusions basically note the adoption by the June 2 JHA Council (R [...]
2005-06-22 08:51:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2464THE EU AT 25: DOES IT WORK?
[...] (C) Despite arguments in some quarters that an EU of 25 members could not work without the streamlined Council decision-making procedures of the proposed EU Constitutional Treaty, we do not believe that EU enlargement has led to EU gridlock. Over one year after enlargement, the expansion of t [...]
2005-06-28 08:49:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD CMGT EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2688 EU TO SPEED UP COUNTER-TERRORISM MEASURES
[...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, at their July 13 extraordinary meeting convened in response to the London attacks, were "absolutely determined" to speed up implementation measures in the EU Action Plan to combat terrorism. A four-page declaration gave new momentum to a detailed list o [...]
2005-07-14 14:13:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM PREF UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4296 EU MOVES TOWARD LEGISLATION ON RETENTION
[...] The UK Presidency in the December 2 meeting of EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers (JHA Council) secured a majority agreement on a compromise to approximate member states' legislation on the retention of telecom data. Ministers agreed to require the storage of traffic information for a mi [...]
2005-12-06 09:15:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS614BIOMETRICS: EU TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR PASSPORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The EU is set to approve a decision on technical standards related to biometrics in travel documents by the end of February. From that point, EU Member States will have 18 months to begin issuing passports that contain digitized photographs on contactless chips. A separate d [...]
2005-02-11 11:51:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SMIG KCRM KFRD EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1518VISAS VIPER: JUNE 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Embassy Bucharest's Visas Viper Committee met on 28 June 2005. Consul General Bryan Dalton chaired the meeting. No new names were submitted to the committee at the meeting. Since May,s Visas Viper Report (Ref B),post submitted no additional names for consideration b [...]
2005-07-08 13:25:00Embassy BucharestSECRETASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR LE PINR PTER RO KANSOU TALAL MOHAMAD
05CAIRO9208CAIRO AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKING GROUP (AIWG) UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Cairo's Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met November 8 to review Mission preparedness and interactions of Mission organizations with the Government of Egypt (GOE) on AI prevention. Although surveillance has detected no H5N1 in Egypt, post continues to work on prepa [...]
2005-12-11 15:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC AMED ASEC CMGT TBIO
05CANBERRA1118NEW AUSTRALIAN VISA CATEGORY FOR AMERICANS
[...] (U) A letter to the Charge' from the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) Temporary Entry Branch Assistant Secretary Arja Keski-Nummi, announced that starting July 1, 2005, in addition to the Electronic Travel Authority (ETA),American citizens [...]
2005-06-29 00:59:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CPAS CMGT AS
05CANBERRA1253AUSTRALIA'S LOST AND STOLEN PASSPORTS REPORTING
[...] (U) Action request for CA at para 3. 2. (U) At present post does not receive information on lost and stolen passports (LASP) directly from the Australian Government. Occasionally, post receives reports from other embassies advising us of LASP and we usually forward this information on to [...]
2005-07-24 21:33:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KPAO AS EUN
05CANBERRA1454CANBERRA VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR AUGUST 2005
[...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (SBU) The A/DCM chaired Embassy Canberra's August 26 Visas Viper committee meeting. There were no Visas Viper submissions for the month of August 2005. STANTON [...]
2005-08-29 07:25:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR PTER CVIS PINR ASEC CMGT AS PREL
05CASABLANCA1269 VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2005 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on December 9, 2005. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by representatives from CG, CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, and LEGATT, and DAO. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...]
2005-12-10 14:25:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
05CASABLANCA1341 FRAUD SUMMARY - CASABLANCA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-27 16:47:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PREL MO
05CHIANGMAI201ASK A CONSUL
[...] Summary: To make the U.S. visa process more understandable to a broad Thai audience, the U.S. Consulate General Chiang Mai has initiated a weekly newspaper column titled "Ask a Consul". End Summary. 2. The Consulate's "Ask a Consul" column debuted August 26 in Thai News, the largest newspap [...]
2005-09-01 09:36:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT OIIP OPRC KPAO TH
05DHAKA2474 DHAKA - MAY 2005 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT
[...] POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 31, 2005 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR MAY 2005. 2. THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY CHARG D'AFFAIRES JUDITH A. CHAMMAS. THE VVP COORDINATOR AT EMBASSY DHAKA IS CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF ELIZABETH GOURLAY. CHAMMAS [...]
2005-05-31 02:32:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG
05DHAKA251 DHAKA - DEC 2004 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT
[...] POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON DECEMBER 15, 2004 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR DECEMBER 2004. 2. CHAIR FOR THE MEETING WAS DCM JUDY A. CHAMMAS AND COORDINATOR WAS CONSUL ELIZABETH GOURLAY. THOMAS [...]
2005-01-19 10:53:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG
05DHAKA261 DHAKA - DEC 2004 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT
[...] POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON DECEMBER 15, 2004 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR DECEMBER 2004. 2. THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY DCM JUDITH A. CHAMMAS. THE VVP COORDINATOR AT EMBASSY DHAKA IS CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF ELIZABETH GOURLAY. THOMAS [...]
2005-01-24 02:08:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG
05DHAKA3797 DHAKA - JULY 2005 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT
[...] (SBU) POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JULY 26, 2005 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR JULY 2005. 2. (SBU) THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY CHARG D'AFFAIRES JUDITH A. CHAMMAS. THE VVP COORDINATOR AT EMBASSY DHAKA IS CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF ELIZABETH GOURLAY. CHAMMAS [...]
2005-08-06 23:24:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG
05DHAKA607DHAKA - JAN 2005 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT
[...] (SBU) POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JANUARY 25, 2005 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR JANUARY 2005. 2. (SBU) THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY DCM JUDITH A. CHAMMAS. THE VVP COORDINATOR AT EMBASSY DHAKA IS CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF ELIZABETH GOURLAY. THOMAS [...]
2005-02-10 06:48:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG
05DJIBOUTI1014CONSULAR MANAGEMENT CONTROLS
[...] (U) Consular Management Controls were reviewed October 10, 2005. The certifying officer is David W. Ball, DCM. While DCM is satisfied that all controls are properly followed, he will consult with Regional CO during that individual's visits to assure understanding. 2 (U) The narrative of t [...]
2005-10-11 07:29:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS DJ
05DJIBOUTI290CLARIFICATION ON ATTACK ON U.S. SAILBOATS NEAR YEMEN
[...] (U) Action requested paragraph 7. 2. (U) ConOff followed up on the report of an attack on two American sailboats in the Gulf of Aden on March 8 (see ref) offering victims' assistance. Between 15 March and 21 March, she received multiple emails from each of the sailboats involved. They indi [...]
2005-03-22 12:17:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM CASC CMGT DJ
05DJIBOUTI915DJIBOUTI'S PROTOCOL CHIEF THREATENS SUSPENSION U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary. On September 10, Djama Elmi Darar, Chief of Presid Protocol, accompanied by the head of presidential security, expressed Charge d'Affaires his displeasure in not being able to procure immedi of the members of the security staff chosen to accompany President Gu Darar threatened t [...]
2005-09-14 10:24:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PINR PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI918DJIBOUTI'S PROTOCOL CHIEF THREATENS SUSPENSION
[...] (SBU) Summary. On September 10, Djama Elmi Darar, Chief of Presid Protocol, accompanied by the head of presidential security, expressed and Charge d'Affaires his displeasure in not being able to procure im visa for one of the members of the security staff chosen to accompany Guelleh to UNGA. [...]
2005-09-15 04:53:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PINR PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI919DJIBOUTI'S PROTOCOL CHIEF THREATENS SUSPENSION
[...] (SBU) Summary. On September 10, Djama Elmi Darar, Chief of Presidential Protocol, accompanied by the head of presidential security, expressed to ConOff and Charge d'Affaires his displeasure in not being able to procure immediately a visa for one of the members of the security staff chosen to [...]
2005-09-15 05:13:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PINR PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI93CONSULAR LEADERSHIP DAY PROMOTES PROFESSIONALISM IN
[...] (U) Djibouti conducted a Consular Leadership Day on Tuesday afternoon, January 25. The entire consular section met for several hours to discuss issues and challenges facing our section in the coming year. The theme of the day was professionalism: the importance of professionalism in a U.S. Con [...]
2005-01-27 12:25:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT DJ
05DUBLIN1379 IRELAND'S PROGRESS ON TRAVEL DOCUMENT SECURITY
[...] (U) Summary. Cons Chief met with Irish Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Ray Bassett to deliver a SIPDIS white paper on the 2004 VWP Review as per reftel and engaged in a lengthy discussion on Irish plans to upgrade the state of travel document security. With Ireland the 14th ranked [...]
2005-11-09 14:38:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PGOV PREL KFRD
05DUBLIN1407LETTER FROM FAMILY OF MARGARET HASSAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 16:43:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PTER PINR PHUM PGOV PREL CMGT IZ
05DUBLIN1492FRAUD SUMMARY - DUBLIN
[...] Country Conditions: Ireland is a modern, highly industrialized nation with a growing economy and moderate rate of inflation. The export trade continues as the driving force behind the countries prosperity and this in turn has led to a rise in consumer spending, a thriving construction indust [...]
2005-12-08 16:04:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC UK EI
05GEORGETOWN1194VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Post's VISAS VIPER Committee met on November 9, 2005, covering the period October 4, 2005 - November 9, 2005. Conoff Wells chaired the meeting. CONS, POL, ECON, RSO, and MLO attended. Non-resident LEGATT was queried separately. 2. No VISAS VIPER telegrams were submitted during this period [...]
2005-11-14 21:02:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL GY
05GEORGETOWN1212 WHA CHIEFS OF MISSION CONFERENCE: NOVEMBER
[...] This cable is in response to REF cable requesting logistical arrangements which should be given to Alison Shorter-Lawrence and Kathy M. Djahanbani. -- Amb. Roland W. Bullen will attend the subject conference accompanied by Mrs. Hilda Cox-Bullen. -- For lodging, Amb. request a non-smoking [...]
2005-11-16 21:03:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CMGT GY APER
05GUATEMALA2623Adoption Visas Processed in Guatemala City
[...] Guatemala City's Immigrant Visa Unit issued 3,783 immigrant visas to adopted Guatemalan orphans in FY 2005. This is a new record for Guatemala City, and is a 15.9 percent increase in orphan visa workload over FY 2004. It also represents nearly 53 percent of our total IV workload for the ye [...]
2005-11-17 19:04:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CASC CMGT GT
05KATHMANDU2442NEPAL: DOCUMENT VENDORS ARRESTED
[...] (SBU) Nepal Police (NP) arrested a group of six collaborating document vendors in mid-October and a single fraudulent document vendor on November 5, 2005. In both cases, NP gave Post's Fraud Prevention Manager (FPM) and Senior Fraud Prevention FSN (FPFSN) access to exemplars of the documents t [...]
2005-11-14 00:26:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NP
05KINGSTON1037DEMARCH DELIVERED: WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL
[...] Responding to reftel request, Charge on April 5 communicated talking points by telephone to Gilbert Scott, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Security, and to Barbara James, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry Tourism. Both were interested in the issue and appreciated the advance [...]
2005-04-14 20:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM AADP AMGT CASC CMGT CPAS KPAO KCSY KHLS PGOV PREL CA BD XL XM
05KINGSTON655LABOR MINISTER DALLEY ON SEAGA, GENERAL ELECTION,
[...] (U) On February 24, Emboffs met with Labor Minister Horace Dalley, who shared his views on former Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) leader Edward Seaga's departure from politics and the succession issues within the People's National Party (PNP). He also discussed his view of the party's platform in [...]
2005-03-08 18:55:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALJM PGOV PREL ELAB CMGT CVIS
05KINSHASA283CONGO-KINSHASA NIV FRAUD OVERVIEW
[...] Nonimmigrant visa (NIV) fraud in Congo-Kinshasa is commonplace, but on the whole not highly sophisticated. Fake or falsified documents from private and government applicants are its main sources. The ease with which passports and other state-issued documents such as birth certificates and di [...]
2005-02-17 14:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT CG
05LIMA2271 AN EYE FOR A VISA -- FAKING EYE INJURIES TO GET
[...] (U) Summary: Post's Fraud Prevention Unit was contacted by internal auditors for the Peruvian Ministry of Women and Social Development (MIMDES) who were auditing the National Council for Integration for the Handicapped (CONADIS). During the course of their audit, they determined that someone [...]
2005-05-20 14:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS KCRM ASEC CMGT CJAN PE
05LIMA2324 Revocation Request - Visas Issued to Malafide
[...] (U) Post submitted reftel reporting on mala fide applicants who obtained non-immigrant visas by faking a medical handicap. Applicants had appeared at the Embassy with one eye glued shut to simulate a vision problem requiring medical attention in the United States. The applicants paid visa fi [...]
2005-05-25 13:25:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS KCRM ASEC CMGT CJAN PE
05LIMA2451 NEW PERUVIAN NATIONAL AIRPORT POLICE DIVISION
[...] (SBU) Post's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) continues to actively engage with Peruvian officials to rout out corruption among the ranks of more than seven different police units operating at Lima's Jorge Chavez International Airport (JCIA). These discussions led to the idea of one, overall divis [...]
2005-06-02 18:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS KCRM ASEC CMGT CJAN PE
05LIMA5254 LIMA FRAUD PREVENTION UPDATES JULY-SEPTEMBER
[...] (U) During the July-September 2005 reporting period, Lima's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) worked closely with airline security personnel and the Peruvian National Police (PNP) in the detection and arrest of multiple document vendors and brokers of false U.S., Spanish, and Mexican travel documen [...]
2005-12-12 20:12:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS KCRM ASEC CMGT CJAN CPAS PE
05LJUBLJANA116SLOVENIA PROVIDES DETAILS OF NEW BIOMETRIC PASSPORT
[...] (U) The Government of Slovenia anticipates being able to begin issuing a new biometric passport by the October 26, 2005, deadline imposed by the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act (EBSVERA). The new passport will incorporate a number of new classical security upgrades in additi [...]
2005-02-18 06:12:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT PREL KPAO SI
05LJUBLJANA162HARDWARE ACCEPTANCE CABLE FOR CONSULAR EQUIPMENT
[...] SHIPMENT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND INVENTORIED BY POST. THE SHIPMENT WAS COMPLETE AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED. 2. POST HAS REMOVED THE MALFUNCTIONING EQUIPMENT FROM INVENTORY AND WILL DISPOSE OF IT AT POST IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE 029919. 3. POST APPRECIATES DEPARTMENT'S ATTENTION TO THIS [...]
2005-03-11 09:40:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKCSY CMGT AMGT AADP
05LJUBLJANA342DESIGNATION OF NEW BACKUP REPORTING OFFICER FOR F-77
[...] As recommended in reftel, Post is advising Department of its newly appointed backup reporting officer for Post's F-77 Report. NAME: John D. Nylin TITLE: Second Secretary and Vice Consul SECURITY CLEARANCE: Top Secret EMAIL ADDRESS: NylinJD@state.gov TELEPHONE NUMBER: 386-1-200-5537 OFFICER [...]
2005-05-24 06:03:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT SI
05LJUBLJANA400VWP BIOMETRIC PASSPORT REQUIREMENTS: SLOVENES EXPECT NO
[...] Conoff delivered statement about USG policy on requirements for biometric passports for Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries to Slovene government officials June 15, as directed in Ref. A. Conoff discussed the issue in an afternoon meeting with Andrej Ster, Director General of the MFA's Director [...]
2005-06-15 08:52:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT PREL KPAO SI
05LJUBLJANA523COM MEETS WITH INTERIOR MINSTER ON TIP, ANTI
[...] (U) Summary. In a meeting with Minister of Interior Dragutin Mate, COM discussed USG concern about the continuing delay by the GOS to fund the NGO Kljuc which Mate insisted he wanted to do, but was being slowed down because of a new law which severely prescribes awarding government contracts t [...]
2005-07-27 03:08:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM CMGT SI
05LJUBLJANA645Hardware Acceptance Notice for Received Consular
[...] Equipment shipment has been received, accepted, and inventoried by post. The shipment was complete and no equipment was damaged. 2. Post will return to CA/EX/CSD the following excess equipment received: 2 (Two) HP D530 TCM Servers, Serial #s MXL44002G7 and MXL4410PH2 3. Additional [...]
2005-09-09 00:45:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKCSY CMGT AADP AMGT SI
05LJUBLJANA829Hardware Acceptance Notice for Received Consular
[...] Equipment shipment has been received, accepted, and inventoried by post. The shipment was complete and no equipment was damaged. 2. Post will return to CA/EX/CSD the following non-functioning equipment that has been replaced: 1 (One) Gateway ATXAEG LX3 E6000 NOR TCM Server, Serial # 0 [...]
2005-12-01 04:05:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKCSY CMGT AADP AMGT SI
05MADRID1011 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: MILENOV, TONI RADEV - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: JAN. 6, 1978, POPOVEZT, BULGARIA - CLASS: POSITIVE (NO DOB) 3. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 14, 2005 R [...]
2005-03-16 13:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1025 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF MARCH 16, 2005, REPORTED THAT MEMBERS OF THE SPANISH CIVIL GUARD ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON MARCH 15, 2005. THEY ARE [...]
2005-03-16 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL DIEZ
05MADRID1131ADDRESSING VWP REVIEW CONCERNS
[...] CHARGE AND CONSUL GENERAL PRESENTED DEMARCHES AS INSTRUCTED IN REF A TO GOS MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND MINISTRY OF INTERIOR. 2. MARCH 21, 2005, CHARGE AND CG PRESENTED DEMARCHE IN REF A TO JOSE MARIA PONS IRAZAZABAL, DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIG [...]
2005-03-23 12:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PREL KPAO SP
05MADRID1179 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: RODRIGUEZ RECONDO, ZAINE - GENDER: FEMALE - DPOB: 26 YEARS OLD, SPAIN - CLASS: NEGATIVE 3. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 22, 2005 REPORTED THAT [...]
2005-03-29 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1181 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 20, 2005 REPORTED THAT FRENCH AND SPANISH POLICE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION THAT ENDED IN THE ARREST IN LE CAP D'ADGE, MONTPELLIER, FRAN [...]
2005-03-29 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1182 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 20, 2005 REPORTED THE ARREST BY SCOTLAND YARD IN LONDON, U.K. OF MOUTAZ ALMALLAH, DABAS, A SYRIAN NATURALIZED SPANISH CITIZEN, WANTED [...]
2005-03-29 15:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1183 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF MARCH 19, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE DETAINED MOHANNAD ALMALLAH DABAS. HE WAS PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED ON MARCH 24, 2004 IN CONNECTION [...]
2005-03-29 15:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1203 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: OLABARRIETA COLORADO, IKER - GENDER: MALE - SEP. 29, 1977, BARACALDO, VIZCAYA, SPAIN - CLASS: NEGATIVE 3. NAME: GONZALEZ SOLA, IGOR [...]
2005-03-30 13:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1204 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 24, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE TWO ETA ACTIVISTS REFERENCED BELOW WERE ARRESTED BY FRENCH POLICE IN LANNEMEZAN, FRANCE. THE ARRESTED WERE FOUND [...]
2005-03-30 13:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1278 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - MARCH
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON 04 APRIL 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES AT [...]
2005-04-04 13:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1305 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING 13 INDIVIDUALS ON APRIL 1, 2005 IN CONNECTION WITH THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID. THE ARRE [...]
2005-04-06 08:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1306 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF APRIL 1, 2005 REPORTED THE ARREST OF JON SANCHEZ MENDAZA, AN ALLEGED LEADER OF "KAS - EKIN", AN OUTLAWED ORGANIZATION OF ETA'S POLITICAL OR [...]
2005-04-06 08:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1442 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 8, 2005 REPORTED THAT AS A RESULT OF RECENT POLICE OPERATIONS CONDUCTED IN FRANCE AND ALSO IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY OF SPAIN, AGAINS [...]
2005-04-13 15:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1517 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF APR. 16, 2005, REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT EXAMINING JUDGE FOR THE MARCH 11TH TERRORIST ATTACKS, ORDERED THE UNCONDITIONAL IMPRISONMENT [...]
2005-04-20 11:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1560 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST REFERS TO THE RADICAL ISLAMIST ACTIVITY OF TWO MOROCCANS IMPRISONED IN SPAIN. AS OF LATE MARCH 2005, THE SPANISH AUTHORI [...]
2005-04-21 15:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1598 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF APR. 22, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE CANADIAN SUPREME COURT DENIED THE LAST APPEAL BEFORE THE EXTRADITION TO SPAIN OF THE TWO SUSPECTED E [...]
2005-04-25 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1637 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 25, 2005 REPORTED THAT ETA SUSPECT ARAIZ ZUBIMENDI IZAGA ARRIVED IN SPAIN ESCORTED BY FRENCH POLICE AND WAS HANDED OVER TO THE SPANISH [...]
2005-04-27 13:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1691 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY EL PAIS REPORTED THAT FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO ALLEGED MEMBERS OF ETA ON APR. 28, 2005. THE ARREST TOOK PLACE IN CAUSSADE, FRANCE, WHEN THEY [...]
2005-04-29 15:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1739 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 APRIL
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 06, 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE DCM, ROBERT MANZANARES 2. DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2005, MADRID SUBMITTED EIGHT VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING TWENTY-FIVE INDIVIDUALS, EIGHT SUSPE [...]
2005-05-06 15:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1829 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF MAY 7, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT SENTENCED THE ALLEGED ETA ACTIVISTS REFERENCED BELOW TO 2,775 YEARS OF PRISON FOR [...]
2005-05-13 09:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LORAN
05MADRID1831 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: MOTO NSA, SEVERO - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: NOV. 6, 1943, ACOCK, EQUATORIAL GUINEA - POSITIVE 3. DAILY SPANISH PRESS "EL PAIS" REPORTED THAT TH [...]
2005-05-13 12:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL MOTO
05MADRID1835 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF MAY 10, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW AS SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA'S INFORMATION NE [...]
2005-05-13 13:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL PENA
05MADRID1837 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS REPORTED ON MAY 12, 2005, THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED TWO ALLEGED MEMBERS OF ETA'S FINANCIAL NETWORK. THE DETAINEES HAD MADE TRAN [...]
2005-05-13 13:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LARREA
05MADRID2126 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 MAY
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JUNE 6, 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE DCM, ROBERT MANZANARES. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 2005, MADRID SUBMITTED EIGHT VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING TWENTY INDIVIDUALS, SUSPECTED MEMBERS [...]
2005-06-06 12:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID2266SPAIN LEGALIZES STATUS OF NEARLY 691,000 ILLEGAL IMMGRANTS
[...] (U) Summary: Spain concluded its three-month amnesty program for illegal immigrants having collected more than 691,000 petitions nationwide. Officials at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs stated they expect to approve 80% to 90% of the petitions. New immigrants earnings could generat [...]
2005-06-13 14:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SMIG CMGT CVIS SP
05MADRID2310 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL WAS LINKED TO THE 11 MARCH 2004 BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. 3. BOU NADJA, REZKI SOUKE [...]
2005-06-15 14:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL BOU
05MADRID2332 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH NEWS OF JUNE 15, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN SPAIN, RESULTING IN THE ARREST OF 11 ALLEGE [...]
2005-06-16 13:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID2337 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF JUNE 16, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED FIVE MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN BARCELONA AND MADRID, FOR THEIR ALLEGED LINKS TO THE MADR [...]
2005-06-16 15:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
05MADRID2347 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ALL INDIVIDUALS REFERENCE BELOW WERE ALSO ARRESTED IN THE RECENT SPANISH POLICE OPERATIONS AGAINST RADICAL ISLAMIST CELLS ASSOCIATED TO "ANSAR AL ISLAM" AND T [...]
2005-06-17 12:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
05MADRID2442 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION OBTAINED AT THIS POST REFERS TO THE INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW, ARRESTED OR BEING SOUGHT FOR THEIR ALLEGED ASSOCIATION WITH THE "ANSAR AL ISLAM" [...]
2005-06-24 12:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
05MADRID2522 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 JUNE
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON June 06, 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE DCM, ROBERT MANZANARES. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE 2005, MADRID SUBMITTED FIVE VISAS VIPER CABLE IDENTIFYING THIRTY-THREE INDIVIDUALS, SUSPECTED M [...]
2005-07-05 10:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID2594 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE FOR THEIR LINKS WITH THE SPAIN-BASED JIHADIST FACILITATOR NETWORK, "ANSAR AL [...]
2005-07-11 14:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SAAD
05MADRID2765 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH NEWS MEDIA REPORTED THAT ON JULY 27, 2005, THE SPANISH POLICE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE BASQUE AREA OF SPAIN, WHICH LED TO TH [...]
2005-07-27 12:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ORUE
05MADRID2817 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: JULY 2005
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON AUG. 2, 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF JULY 2005, MADRID SUBMITTED TWO VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING SEVEN INDIVIDUALS, FIVE SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ISLAMI [...]
2005-08-02 11:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID2851 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF JULY 30, 2005 REPORTED THE ARREST IN FRANCE OF FOUR MEMBERS OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ETA IN TWO, NON-RELATED, POLICE SECURITY C [...]
2005-08-03 15:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID2868 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING IS ACCURATE DPOB FOR TWO OF THE ETA SUSPECTS SUBMITTED IN REFTEL. 3. NAME: ERRASTI GOITI, ZUHAITZ - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: FEB. 13, 1981, ARETXABALET [...]
2005-08-04 15:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID2970 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 18, 2005 REPORTED THE ARREST IN BELGRADE, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, OF RADICAL ISLAMIST ABDELMAJID BOUCHAR FOR WHOM SPANISH AUTHORI [...]
2005-08-18 13:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID3038 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY INDICATES THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES FOR TERRORISM [...]
2005-08-25 07:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL JAWAD
05MADRID3171 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES. 2.INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY INDICATES THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING LINKS WITH A NETWORK OF JIHADIST FACILATATORS IN SPAIN: [...]
2005-09-07 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID3202 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 AUGUST
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON SEPTEMBER 08,2005, AS PART OF MADRID'S INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2005, MADRID SUBMITTED FOUR VISAS VIPER CABLE IDENTIFYING TWENTY-NINE INDIVIDUALS, FOUR SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND TWENTY-FIVE SUSPECT [...]
2005-09-12 11:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID3262 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST REFERS TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL, PRESENTLY RESIDING IN SPAIN, WHO HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND IS UNDER SPANISH POLICE INVES [...]
2005-09-15 11:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID33 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - DECEMBER
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JAN. 5, 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES AT [...]
2005-01-05 13:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
05MADRID3488 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 SEPTEMBER
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON 04 OCTOBER 2005, AS PART OF MADRID'S INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2005, MADRID SUBMITTED FOUR VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING THIRTY-TWO INDIVIDUALS, SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ISLAMIST TERRORIST GROUPS LINKE [...]
2005-10-04 11:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID3490 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS REPORTED OCT. 4, 2005 THAT FRENCH ANTITERRORIST POLICE (DNAT) IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPANISH POLICE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION IN AURILLAC, SOUTH- CEN [...]
2005-10-04 13:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL AGUIRRE GARCIA HARRIET ET AL
05MADRID3600 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS REPORTED OCT. 7, 2005, THAT FRENCH AUTHORITIES EXTRADITED THE ALLEGED ETA MEMBER ANTXON SASIAIN RODRIGUEZ TO SPAIN ON OCT. 6, 2005. THE [...]
2005-10-14 14:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID3601VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF OCT. 7, 2005 REPORTED THAT FRENCH AUTHORITIES AGREED TO THE TEMPORARY EXTRADITION TO SPAIN OF FERNANDO SILVA SANDE, THE ALLEGED LEADER OF SPA [...]
2005-10-14 14:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL FERNANDO
05MADRID3667 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY STATES THAT THE SPANISH POLICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AS SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMIS [...]
2005-10-19 14:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL BOUCHAIB KAKA
05MADRID3668 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF OCT. 18, 2005 REPORTED THE DETENTION IN PARIS OF TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SPANISH TERRORIST ORGANIZATION "GRAPO", MILITARY ARM OF TH [...]
2005-10-19 15:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL
05MADRID3753VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF OCT. 23, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE DETAINED THREE ETA COLLABORATORS IN NAVARRA, SPAIN. THE INDIVIDUALS FACILITATED THE TRANSIT [...]
2005-10-26 11:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL
05MADRID391 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF MID-JANUARY 2005, THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE INVESTIGATING THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS FOR POSSIBLE [...]
2005-02-02 12:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID394 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - JANUARY
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JAN. 5, 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE DCM, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES AT POST [...]
2005-02-02 14:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID4353 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2.INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY INDICATES THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES FOR LINKS TO TERRORISM. 3. NAME: [...]
2005-12-30 11:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL
05MADRID467 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS "EL PAIS" OF JAN. 29, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE FRENCH JUDICIAL POLICE ARRESTED THREE MEMBERS OF ETA'S POLITICAL ORGANIZATION NETWORK, WHO [...]
2005-02-07 16:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID468 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JAN. 29, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SWISS OFFICE OF FEDERAL JUSTICE AGREED TO THE REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION TO SPAIN OF MOHAMED ACHRAF, A R [...]
2005-02-07 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID471 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. RELIABLE PRESS OF FEB. 2, 2005 REPORTED BELGIUM POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED AL QAEDA "SPOKESMAN" YOUSSEF BELHADJ IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM ON FEB. 1, 2005. THE [...]
2005-02-07 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID473 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. RELIABLE DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF FEB. 2, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE DETAINED FOUR MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED AND/OR ASSOCIATED [...]
2005-02-07 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID474 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF FEB. 3, 2005, REPORTED THE ARREST OF THE INDIVIDUAL BELOW. HE IS ACCUSED OF ASSOCIATION WITH THE PERPRETRATORS OF THE MARCH 11 ATTACKS. 3 [...]
2005-02-07 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID50 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON DECEMBER 22, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SPANISH CIVIL GUARD, DETAINED SIX MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN BARCELONA, SPAIN, FOR THEIR [...]
2005-01-10 13:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID517SPAIN OFFERS AMNESTY TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
[...] (SBU) Spain's illegal immigrant population has multiplied three-fold over the last five years, from 300,000 to nearly one million. Now, new Spanish immigration measures taking effect February 7 through May 7 could grant amnesty to as many as one million illegal immigrants currently working in [...]
2005-02-10 08:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SMIG CMGT CASC CVIS KFRD SP
05MADRID540 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF FEB. 10, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE ETA MEMBER, JUAN MARIA INSAUSTI MUGIKA, ESCORTED BY FRENCH POLICE, ARRIVED TO BARAJAS AIRPORT, MADRID ON [...]
2005-02-10 16:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID584 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF FEB. 14, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL ARRESTED ON FEB. 11, 2005 TWO SUSPECTED ETA ACTIVISTS IN BASAURI, VIZCAYA AND CAMPELLO, [...]
2005-02-14 15:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL PEREZ
05MADRID611 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. RELIABLE SPANISH PRESS OF FEB. 10, 2005 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS, REPORTED THAT ON FEB. 9, 2005, THE SPANISH POLICE CONDUCTED SEVERAL OPERATIONS IN THE BASQUE C [...]
2005-02-15 15:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID652VWP - UPDATE ON 10/26/05 DEADLINE - SPAIN
[...] Consul General contacted Director General for Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Commissario for Documentary Services to transmit information in Ref A and to request an update on the information requested: 2. Name of the Project Manager for Spain Jos Santiago [...]
2005-02-18 15:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PREL SP
05MADRID712 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF FEB. 18, 2004 REPORTED THE ARREST OF TWO ETA ACTIVISTS IN VALENCIA, SPAIN. AT THE TIME OF ARREST THEY WERE IN POSSESION OF TWO PISTOL [...]
2005-02-24 16:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID979 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF MARCH 5, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT PROVISIONALY RELEASED THE INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW, ALL HIGH RANKING MEMBERS [...]
2005-03-14 16:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID981 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 6, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE INDIVIDUAL REFERENCED BELOW FOR HIS ALLEGED COLLABORATION WITH THE TERRORIST [...]
2005-03-15 08:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LEON
05NAIROBI5177 GOVERNMENT OF KENYA'S PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenya has started a comprehensive response to the threat of avian influenza. A multi- sectoral National Task Force has been established with high-level representation from the ministries responsible for human and animal health. Many of Kenya's international partners are repre [...]
2005-12-20 01:40:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED SEC EAID PREL CASC CMGT KHIV TBIO ECON
05NDJAMENA1606 TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF CONSULAR SECTION
[...] Due to an unavoidable staffing gap, Amembassy Ndjamena will temporarily close its consular section to the public from October 28 to November 13, 2005. 2. Should there be an emergency visa case, post would be grateful for AmEmbassy Paris' assistance. (Chadians traveling to the U.S. genera [...]
2005-10-31 13:06:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CD
05OTTAWA3228AMBASSADOR MEETS PARLIAMENT'S BORDER CAUCUS
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Wilkins and Minister Counselor of Consular Affairs Keith Powell met for 75 minutes with Parliament's Border Caucus on October 26, fielding questions on subjects ranging from the new travel document requirements of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) to the [...]
2005-10-28 21:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECIN ETRD CPAS ASEC CMGT CA
05PANAMA2200AMBASSADOR EATON DISCUSSES PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION
[...] (U) Ambassador William Eaton met with French Ambassador to Panama Christophe Philibert on October 31, 2005. The ambassadors discussed French interests in Panama, President Bush,s November 6-7 visit to Panama, and French ambitions for Panama Canal expansion. End Summary. French Economic Int [...]
2005-11-04 17:49:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EINV CMGT PM FR POL CHIEF
05PARIS350 PARIS - GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
[...] Paris greatly appreciates efforts that GITM-U, MSO and ENM network engineers have put into designing the upgrade to OpenNet Plus in Paris and Marseille. 2. However, while there may not be indications of excessive or frequent circuit outages between Marseille and Paris (per ref A),the fa [...]
2005-01-19 15:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ACOA CMGT ANET KRIM AGIT
05PARIS3507Paris Launches Its First Internet Chat on U.S.
[...] Summary. The Mission conducted its first 'Internet chat,' and we are pleased by the public's response. In planning the chat, we contacted several regional posts to learn about their experiences. Few had conducted chats, while others expressed an interest in learning from us. We are, theref [...]
2005-05-23 12:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL CMGT AMGT ACOA ANET AADP KRIM
05PARIS400 CODEL Sensenbrenner
[...] SUMMARY: Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Mrs. Sensenbrenner and Chief of Staff Phil Kiko visited France from January 9 to 17 to conduct a review of French actions to enhance the security of their passports, cooperate with the U.S. in combating terrorism and secure their borde [...]
2005-01-21 16:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOREP CMGT CVIS CPAS KFRD AMGT AORC FR
05PRAGUE835BILATERAL CONSULAR WORKING GROUP FOCUSES ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The third meeting of the U.S.-Czech Bilateral Consular Working Group was held on June 1 at the Czech Foreign Ministry. Its agenda followed the elements of the visa roadmap aimed at eventual qualification of the Czech Republic for the Visa Waiver Program (VWP),an important Cze [...]
2005-06-02 14:59:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PREL EZ
05RANGOON1294CHARGE MEETS WITH RANGOON MILITARY COMMANDER
[...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Burma's Chief of Military Affairs Security and Rangoon Military Commander Lt. Gen. Myint Swe on November 9 to discuss security issues affecting the U.S. Embassy. Charge outlined specific ways in which security could be improved around our Embassy, noting that th [...]
2005-11-10 11:29:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT CMGT PGOV PREL PTER BM
05RIODEJANEIRO1162Staheli Murder Update: DNA Does Not Match Suspect
[...] Summary: A new twist in the police investigation into the 2003 murders of Amcit couple Todd and Michelle Staheli: Authorities determined on Oct 28 that DNA samples beneath Michelle Staheli's fingernails do not match that of suspect Jossiel Conceicao des Santos. This new evidence lends credenc [...]
2005-11-04 16:36:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT AMGT EAIR BR
05ROME510VWP/ITALY: UPDATE ON 10/26/05 DEADLINE AND
[...] Summary: The Consul General updated the GOI on the status of the U.S. biometric passport program and drew attention to the upcoming deadline for biometric passports for Visa Waiver countries at a February 14 meeting with MFA Director General for Italians Abroad and Migration Siggia. Siggia [...]
2005-02-16 14:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT PREL IT CPPT
05SANSALVADOR3459 FY-2006 Consular Package Narrative for San
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 22:23:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC KFRD AFSI ASIG ES
05SAOPAULO1321H2B VISAS: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
[...] (U) As noted in Ref A, Brazil has seen a dramatic rise in temporary work visas (H2B) in the last year. The Sao Paulo applicants generally fall into three categories: 1) young, educated Brazilians heading to resorts, ski areas and Indian casinos for several months to make some money (the good),[...]
2005-12-01 10:05:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CMGT BR
05SAOPAULO1344BRAZILIAN COPS BUST IMMIGRANT SMUGGLING RING
[...] (U) SUMMARY. A year long investigation into immigrant smuggling, dubbed Operation America, resulted in 30 arrests on November 28 and the breakup of a smuggling network responsible for moving 3,500 illegal Brazilians through Mexico to the U.S. each year. The arrests were widely reported in the [...]
2005-12-07 10:01:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KFRD CVIS CMGT BR
05STATE107000NET-CENTRIC DIPLOMACY DEPLOYS TO 50 MORE POSTS
[...] During the remainder of the 2005 calendar year, up to 50 more posts will be provided assistance to add content to their classified homepages on SIPRNet through the Net- Centric Diplomacy program. Assistance to selected posts will include a scanner, software, training, and temporary staff augme [...]
2005-06-08 20:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAADP AMGT AINF PREL ECON CMGT ACOA KPAO OIIP
05TEGUCIGALPA2430 VIRTUAL CONSULATE SAN PEDRO SULA
[...] Per the reference and in accordance with 2 FAM 131, Post has initiated planning efforts to establish a Virtual Presence Post, to be called United States Virtual Consulate San Pedro Sula (VC SPS). It is anticipated that in February 2006, the Chief of Mission will formally launch VC SPS as par [...]
2005-12-01 20:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDAINF AINT AMGT CMGT OIIP KRIM KGIT APER PREL AFSI KWWW KPAO AADP HO
05TORONTO2601VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER
[...] Summary. Post held its monthly Terrorist Lookout Committee meeting 28 SEPTEMBER 2005 in accordance with reftel A) and Section 304 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002. 2. Participants: CG, CONOFF, POL/ECON, FPM, RSO, ATF, FBI, DHS/ICE, DHS/Pearson. 3. Terror [...]
2005-10-03 12:08:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KVPR CVIS KCRM CA CMGT PINR PREL ASEC
05TORONTO2907 Monthly Visas VIPER report OCTOBER 2005,
[...] Summary. Post held its monthly Terrorist Lookout Committee meeting 02 NOVEMBER 2005 in accordance with reftel A) and Section 304 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002. 2. Participants: ACG, CONOFF, POL/ECON, FPM, RSO, FBI, DHS/ICE, Secret Service. 3. Terroris [...]
2005-11-04 10:00:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KVPR CVIS KCRM CA CMGT PINR PREL ASEC
05TUNIS1442VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2005
[...] Post's Visa Viper Committee met on Friday, July 1, 2005. The Ambassador chaired the meeting, which was attended by Consular, Pol/Econ, ODC, DAO, ORA, Public Affairs, Management, FSI Arabic language field school, and MEPI representatives. We reviewed the recently disseminated revised procedures [...]
2005-07-01 15:17:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT TS
05VIENNA2244VISAS VIPER MAY 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-05 13:26:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA2604VISAS VIPER JULY 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 11:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA2970VISAS VIPER AUGUST 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 11:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA2987VWP BIOMETRIC CERTIFICATION DEMARCHES
[...] SUMMARY: IN RECENT DAYS POST HAS RAISED THE POINTS IN REF B AT VARIOUS LEVELS WITHIN THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT. OUR INTERLOCUTORS INFORM US THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR AUSTRIA TO MEET THE OCTOBER 26 DEADLINE. THE AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BELIEVES THIS ISSUE WILL BECOME A MAJOR SOURCE OF TENSION [...]
2005-09-08 07:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PREL AU FR IT
05VIENNA3064 VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: AUSTRIA REQUESTS EXTENSION
[...] (SBU) Secretary General Johannes Kyrle (the third- ranking MFA official) raised the issue of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) as the first order of business in his meeting with visiting EUR PDAS Kurt Volker. In a follow- up to Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik's pointed comments to Amb [...]
2005-09-14 14:44:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CVIS CMGT PGOV FR IT AU EUN
05VIENNA3304VISAS VIPER SEPTEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 07:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3310VISAS VIPER SEPTEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 11:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3321Austrian Response to DHS letter on VWP
[...] Per Reftel A, Post transmitted the text of DHS' certification letter response to the Austrian central VWP contact, Heinrich Pawlicek. Pawlicek, who had meanwhile obtained an electronic copy of the signed original, was eager to point out that the problems in reading the ID card are [...]
2005-10-07 13:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PREL AU
05VIENNA3383VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: AUSTRIA PLANS TO EXTEND
[...] The Ministry of Interior told Embassy informally that Austria is planning on a new approach to meet the October 26, 2005 deadline. (Travelers with valid machine-readable passports issued prior to 10/26/05 are not subject to biometric requirements, and would not be required to obtain visas). T [...]
2005-10-17 14:32:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PREL AU
05VIENNA3424VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: AUSTRIA HAS NEW PROPOSAL
[...] This is an action request. See para. 7. 2. Summary: The Austrian Interior Ministry officials has produced another proposal to meet the October 26, 2005 deadline for Level 1 compliance with the changed Visa Waiver Program (VWP) requirements. The GOA believes that it could now produce a " [...]
2005-10-21 12:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PREL AU
05VIENNA3576VISAS VIPER OCTOBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-08 12:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3636AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
[...] Summary: ConGen and Consular Legal Assistant called on Austrian Ministry of Interior contacts on Nov. 14 to present results of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) review (ref A). ConGen took the opportunity to obtain samples of the new foil being inserted in Austrian passports for travel to the U.S [...]
2005-11-15 12:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PREL AU
05VIENNA3823VISAS VIPER NOVEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-06 14:58:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA494AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: VWP - UPDATE ON 10/26/05
[...] THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REFTEL A, PARA 7, HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY THE AUSTRIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY'S LEGAL DEPARMTENT. (FYI, THEIR PASSPORT OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL LEGAL AND TECHNICAL ISSUES RELATING TO THE DECENTRALIZED NATIONAL PASSPORT PRODUCTION.) -- NAME OF THE PROJECT MANA [...]
2005-02-22 07:33:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT PREL AU
05VILNIUS1226CONSULAR PUBLIC OUTREACH ON VISA WAIVER AND ACS
[...] SUMMARY: We take the Department's message about the relationship between active public diplomacy and good consular work (ref a) seriously in Vilnius. This post has an active consular public outreach program, with particular emphasis on public diplomacy aspects of Lithuania's Visa Waiver Roadm [...]
2005-11-21 14:24:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KPAO CASC LH
05VILNIUS1242LITHUANIA'S VISA WAIVER ROADMAP: COOPERATION AND
[...] This is an action request--see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. Post has held more than a dozen informal meetings on Visa Waiver Roadmap (VWR) issues since the last two formal Consular Working Group meetings in July (refs C and D). Post and the MFA have also made significant progress on joint VWR pub [...]
2005-11-25 13:40:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KFRD CASC LH
05VILNIUS1272 LITHUANIA'S WORK AND TRAVEL PROGRAM
[...] Summary. Lithuania's Summer Work and Travel Program (SWT),one of the largest programs per capita in the world, sends 2,000 university students to more than 30 states each year. Concentrated primarily in service-oriented positions in tourist areas along the East Coast and Great Lakes, Lithu [...]
2005-12-05 06:15:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT CPAS PGOV LH
05VILNIUS139A/S HARTY'S MEETING WITH GOL CONSULAR OFFICIALS
[...] (U) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Maura Harty met with Lithuanian Vice Foreign Minister Zenonas Petrauskas and Consular Department Director Vaidotas Verba on February 2, 2005. The MFA demonstrated its plans for biometric identity documents and suggested a potential soluti [...]
2005-02-10 11:48:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC PREL CVIS CMGT ASEC LH
05VILNIUS87SCENE SETTER FOR A/S MAURA HARTY'S VILNIUS VISIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Maura, it is an honor and delight to welcome you back to Lithuania, where we continue to benefit from your outstanding work as one of this Mission's "founding mothers." Since your last visit, Lithuania has matured into an important partner for the U.S., with re [...]
2005-01-26 14:16:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CMGT CVIS CASC ASEC LH
05WELLINGTON128 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S MAURA
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary Maura Harty and Special Assistant Debra Heien to travel to Queenstown and Wellington, New Zealand from February 23-27, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Five-Nation Consular Colloque in Queenstown Febru [...]
2005-02-14 17:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA CMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON130NEW ZEALAND UPDATE ON E-PASSPORT AND VWP QUESTIONS
[...] (U) Post passed information contained reftel to David Philp, Manager, Passports, New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (DIA.) Philp reported that while he is the Project Sponsor, the e-Passport Project Manager is Brian Greenough, DIA. He added that the project steering committee is in pl [...]
2005-02-15 02:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT PREL NZ
05YEREVAN110J-1 SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL CALLBACK
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Action request. Please see paragraph 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (SBU) Post's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) performed a callback survey of all summer 2004 J-1 work and travel program participan [...]
2005-01-21 12:42:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CMGT CVIS AM
05YEREVAN2197 AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY YEREVAN TRIPWIRES
[...] (SBU) Post's Avian Influenza (AI) Taskforce meets on a regular basis and met on December 8 to discuss tripwires and response actions. Post has completed all but three of the preparedness steps outlined in ref A and is in the process of completing the outstanding tasks. Information about reso [...]
2005-12-21 12:27:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED AMGT ASEC CASC CMGT AM
06ALMATY2370Q1 AND Q2 FRAUD SUMMARY - ALMATY
[...] A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since independence in 1991, the economic situation in most of Kazakhstan has improved. In the larger cities, such as Almaty, Astana, and Atyrau, the oil and gas industry has provided an economic boom. However, the improvement in living conditions is uneven and in many r [...]
2006-07-05 08:29:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS KCRM CPAS CMGT ASEC KZ
06AMMAN713AMMAN FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGEMENT REPORT
[...] (SBU) Jordan is a small country with limited natural resources and high unemployment and poverty rates. While the economy has made significant gains in recent years, the poverty level remains at or near 30 percent and estimated unemployment ranges from 15 to 30 percent. There are roughly 5.3 [...]
2006-01-29 15:11:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM CMGT ASEC JO IZ
06ANKARA3FRAUD SUMMARY - TURKEY
[...] Until recently Turkey could be considered a low-fraud country from a consular perspective. In the past year, however, Mission Turkey has seen an increase in the number of fraudulent documents presented during interviews, and also uncovered several alien smuggling rings. These more recent ex [...]
2006-01-03 07:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TU
06ANKARA4200TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: POSSIBLE ARRIVAL OF
[...] (U) In response to Task Force information (ref A) that AmCits may be arriving in the Turkish port city of Mersin on 7/19, Mission made contingency preparations to accommodate and process. 2. (U) Initial information that 100 ) 200 AmCits would arrive late July 19 in Mersin on a Canadian-char [...]
2006-07-19 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC EWWT PREL CMGT MOPS US TU
06ANKARA4234TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: PREPARING ALTERNATE
[...] (U) In response to Task Force direction, Mission Turkey has prepared to use the port of Mersin as an overflow evacuation point for AmCits departing Lebanon. We intend to bus evacuees to Incirlik Air Base and conduct processing on the base. Mission has directed all available existing resourc [...]
2006-07-20 16:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC EWWT REL CMGT MOPS US TU
06ANKARA4252TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: MERSIN/ADANA/INCIRLIK
[...] (U) By evening 7/21 local time, Mission Turkey will have staffed up in Mersin and Incirlik Air Base to accommodate AmCits evacuating Lebanon. As of 7/22 we will be capable of processing the 1400 pax expected on the Rahmah. We understand TDY consular and management assistance is en route; we [...]
2006-07-21 15:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC EWWT PREL CMGT MOPS US TU
06ANKARA56VISAS VIPER: TURKEY JANUARY 2006 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] (U) This cable constitutes the monthly Visas Viper report for Embassy Ankara and Consulates Istanbul and Adana. Consulates submit Visas Viper reports to Ankara for inclusion in the Embassy's Visa Viper working group report. 2. (U) Visas Viper meetings were held by Embassy Ankara on 03 Janua [...]
2006-01-05 10:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PTER PINR ASEC TU
06ASHGABAT134EMBASSY ASHGABAT HOLDS AVIAN FLU TOWN HALL
[...] On January 25, 2006 the Embassy organized a town hall meeting for resident American citizens in Turkmenistan to discuss concerns regarding avian flu. Approximately 40 Americans (including Embassy and Peace Corps staff) attended the event. 2. Ambassador informed the audience that although [...]
2006-01-26 06:53:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAGR ETRD CMGT KFLU TX
06ASUNCION568REPORT ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND
[...] Summary: Vice-Consul interviewed four individuals working in Paraguay's correctional system to obtain information on prisons and the criminal justice system. There are 13 correctional facilities in Paraguay housing approximately 5,000 inmates. Jails are overcrowded and inmates live in squ [...]
2006-06-01 20:51:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC CMGT PA
06ASUNCION795REPORT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT SYSTEM IN PARAGUAY
[...] Summary: Vice-Consul conducted an assessment of Paraguay's mental health treatment resources using interviews and a site visit. There are 31 publicly funded treatment centers scattered throughout the country. At these public facilities no one is turned away for inability to pay. There are [...]
2006-08-04 11:31:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT PA
06AUCKLAND9VISAS VIPER: JANUARY MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: NEW ZEALAND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-13 18:39:00Consulate AucklandUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NZ
06BASRAH177REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 12/29/06
[...] (S) The Regional Coordinator (RC) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 29, 2006, to discuss impending execution of Saddam Hussein. As per reftel, the EAC assessed the local reaction and threat in response to the execution. The EAC along with the British milit [...]
2006-12-29 13:22:00REO BasrahSECRETASEC IZ CMGT
06BRASILIA139BRAZIL: U.S. CARRIERS EXPLORE NEW ENTRY POINTS DESPITE
[...] (U) This cable contains business-proprietary information. It has been coordinated with AmConsulate General Sao Paulo. 2. (SBU-NOFORN) Summary. During a recent trip to Sao Paulo, Charge met with local United and American Airlines representatives to gauge their interest in offering air conne [...]
2006-01-23 11:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR CVIS CMGT BR
06BRASILIA157BRAZIL: U.S. CARRIERS EXPLORE NEW ENTRY POINTS DESPITE
[...] (U) This cable contains business-proprietary information. It has been coordinated with AmConsulate General Sao Paulo. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a recent trip to Sao Paulo, Charge met with local United and American Airlines representatives to gauge their interest in offering air connections [...]
2006-01-24 13:44:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CVIS CMGT BR
06BRASILIA1826EMBASSY BRASILIA B1, B1/B2, B2 VALIDATION STUDY CY2004
[...] Summary: In August 2006, the Consular Section of Embassy Brasilia concluded a validation study of the 6,620 B1, B1/B2 and B2 Visas issued by the section in calendar year 2004. Results showed that 83.4% returned, 12.2% did not return, 4.1% never traveled, and data was inconclusive on 0.2%. The i [...]
2006-08-31 09:57:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT BR
06BRASILIA2379EMBASSY BRASILIA R1 VALIDATION STUDY
[...] Summary: Embassy Brasilia conducted a call-back survey of all 100 R1 visas issued in the calendar years of 2003, 2004 and 2005. Results showed that 73% of individuals who received R1 visas have either returned from or are still legally in R1 status in the United States; 15% are confirmed fraudu [...]
2006-11-09 20:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KRFD CMGT BR
06BRATISLAVA793BILATERAL CONSULAR WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES VISA
[...] Bratislava's Bilateral Consular Working Group (BCWG) met for the fifth time on September 26, 2006, at the Embassy. The meeting was chaired by Ambassador Vallee. MFA Political Director Miroslav Lajcak headed the Slovak delegation. The most significant positive wads the GOS commitment to not [...]
2006-09-29 06:29:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT CVIS LO PREL
06BRATISLAVA794BILATERAL CONSULAR WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES VISA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-29 07:05:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT CASC PREL LO
06BRIDGETOWN1687DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points and reports were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1276, Barbados #1277, Dominica #1278, St. Kitts #1279, St. Lucia #1280, St. Vincent #1281, and Grenada #1282) on September 20, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on [...]
2006-09-21 18:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT PGOV PREL KPAO KCSY KHLS XL
06BRIDGETOWN199FRAUD SUMMARY - BRIDGETOWN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-31 10:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM BB
06BRIDGETOWN2084AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO ST.
[...] (U) Summary: On November 14-15, 2006, Ambassador Ourisman visited St. Kitts and Nevis to present her credentials. She conducted an initial round of meetings with Kittitian and Nevisian officials, including the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, who identified trade and U.S. assistance as ke [...]
2006-11-28 11:41:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON EAID CMGT SC XL
06CASABLANCA1020 VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 5, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the Acting DCM and attended by representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following 53 [...]
2006-09-08 17:11:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1151 VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 2, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...]
2006-10-06 15:41:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1286 VISAS VIPER FOR OCTOBER 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met November 7, 2006. The meeting was chaired by CONS on behalf of the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from RAO, RSO, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. POL earlier reported they had no names [...]
2006-11-09 15:47:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1293 VISAS VIPER REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 07:06:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1294 VISAS VIPER REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 07:34:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1314 VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 4, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, POL, RAO, RSO, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...]
2006-12-05 07:58:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA167 VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on February 6, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, DAO, PAS, and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the f [...]
2006-02-08 13:50:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA264 VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on March 6, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, DAO, RAO, PAS, and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee agreed that L [...]
2006-03-08 17:05:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA365 VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on April 3, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PAS, and LEGATT. DAO was unable to attend, but noted prior to the meet [...]
2006-04-07 09:10:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA45 VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2005 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper committee met on January 9, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, DAO, PAS, and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The committee has no names [...]
2006-01-10 15:33:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA489 VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on May 8, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following n [...]
2006-05-10 16:15:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA674 VISAS VIPER FOR MAY 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on June 12, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee has no names to submi [...]
2006-06-16 17:08:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA771 VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on July 3, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee has no names to submit [...]
2006-07-06 15:20:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA926 VISAS VIPER FOR JULY 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on August 7, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the Acting DCM and attended by representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee has no names to submit f [...]
2006-08-08 16:58:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CHENNAI2607U/S BURNS IN HYDERABAD: A NEW CONSULATE, MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A busy series of December 9 meetings and a wide-ranging &windshield tour8 provided Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns a quick but thorough introduction to one of India,s leading boom towns and the planned site for the fifth U.S. post in India. While hi-tech dr [...]
2006-12-14 10:02:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AMGT ABLD CMGT ECON KISL IN
06CURACAO1017NETHERLANDS ANTILLES SEPARATING, BUT CLOSE COOPERATION AND
[...] Summary: Following several years of discussions, referenda and negotiations, the islands of the Netherlands Antilles have officially agreed to cease to exist as a political unit. Both Curagao and St. Maarten will each also have autonomous country status within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [...]
2006-11-03 23:43:00Consulate CuracaoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON SNAR CMGT NL NA AA
06DAKAR1780IMPOSTERS CONTINUE TO EXPLOIT U.S. REFUGEE TRAVEL
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, airlines in Dakar continue to see genuine Refugee Travel Documents (I-571) issued to imposters. In the past three months, Senegalese immigration officials seized five Refugee Travel Documents from travelers denied boarding by South African Airways (SAA) because they appeare [...]
2006-07-25 12:22:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG
06DAKAR2661DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - FOURTH QUARTER FY2006
[...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the fourth quarter (July-September) of FY2006. Responses are keyed to Reftel A. 2.A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: No change since last quarterly report. B. NON-IMMIGRANT (NIV) FRAUD: No change since last quarterly report. C. IMM [...]
2006-11-03 07:21:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG
06DAKAR2703SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR A/S HARTY
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States in [...]
2006-11-08 18:01:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP CMGT SMIG ECON EAID PGOV PREL KMCA SG
06DAKAR668THE CONSULAR ROLE IN TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY
[...] This year Embassy Dakar devoted our Consular Leadership Day (CLD) to exploring the consular section's role in transformational diplomacy. Drawing on input from several American citizen wardens, staff from the Public Affairs Section (PAS),CA's PDAS, Charge and, most importantly, the consular [...]
2006-03-15 15:22:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT APER CASC CVIS KPAO PHUM PTER SG
06DHAKA997FRAUD SUMMARY - DHAKA
[...] SUMMARY. Dhaka is a high fraud post with a full-time FPM and a busy FPU. Fraud, especially in IV and DV cases, is a daily occurrence for adjudicators, and is most often found in ages of children, marital status, and qualification for the DV program. Most Bangladeshi documents are unreliable, [...]
2006-02-27 10:08:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS BG
06DJIBOUTI283SOMALIA THROUGH DJIBOUTI'S CONSULAR
[...] SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti agrees with the analysis in reftel. Djibouti is also responsible for providing consular services to Somalia. Post is unable to confirm identities or relationships to petitioners. The consular section concurs with Nairobi's stated concerns about possible ACS fraud. E [...]
2006-03-06 03:48:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT PTER ASEC KE ET DJ SO CIVS KFRP
06DJIBOUTI96HARDWARE ACCEPTANCE CABLE FOR
[...] SHIPMENT NUMBER 6240668 (ORDER NUMBER 41777,REFERENCE NUMBER 38126 AND TICKET NUMBER 100719) HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND INVENTORIED BY POST. THE SHIPMENT WAS COMPLETE AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED. 2. POST HAS REMOVED THE FOLLOWING MALFUNCTIONING EQUIPMENT FROM INVENTORY AND IS RETURNING IT T [...]
2006-01-23 12:14:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKCSY CMGT AMGT AADP
06DUBAI4793STREAMLINING VISA PROCESS FOR IRANIANS WOULD REINFORCE US
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-26 13:21:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PREL CMGT
06DUBLIN66 BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS IN IRELAND - STATUS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 16:40:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PGOV PREL KFRD EI
06DUBLIN73 COLLECTING VWP FINGERPRINTS IN IRELAND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-23 14:58:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT PREL CVIS EAIR
06DUBLIN80TRIPWIRE REPORTER CONTACT INFORMAITON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-24 14:51:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CASC CMGT AEMR ASEC KFLU
06DUSHANBE195FRAUD SUMMARY - TAJIKISTAN
[...] (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Tajikistan, independent since the Soviet breakup in 1991, is the poorest Central Asian republic and the ninth poorest country per capita in the world. The vast majority of the population lives well below the poverty line, inducing many working-age Tajik males to bec [...]
2006-01-30 11:36:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TI
06GEORGETOWN119VISAS VIPER: JANUARY 2006 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Post's VISAS VIPER Committee met on February 1, 2006, covering the period January 5, 2006 to February 1, 2006. Conoff Wells chaired the meeting. DCM, ECON, POL, CONS, RSO, and MLO attended. Non-resident LEGATT was queried separately. 2. No VISAS VIPER telegrams were submitted during this [...]
2006-02-02 21:03:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL GY
06GEORGETOWN14VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Post's VISAS VIPER Committee met on January 4, 2006, covering the period December 7, 2005 to January 4, 2006. Conoff Wells chaired the meeting. DCM, ECON, POL, CONS, RSO, and MLO attended. Non-resident LEGATT was queried separately. 2. No VISAS VIPER telegrams were submitted during this [...]
2006-01-05 16:06:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL GY
06GEORGETOWN552SUBJECT: CIVIL DOCUMENT SECURITY IN GUYANA: THE
[...] SUMMARY: A Vice Consul covering the anti-fraud portfolio and a Fraud Investigator LES visited the General Registrar's Office (GRO) to observe how civil documents in Guyana are issued and safeguarded. Although these systems are becoming more secure, there are gaps in the s [...]
2006-06-12 20:19:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD KCRM CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GY
06GEORGETOWN60FRAUD SUMMARY - GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
[...] SUMMARY: Economic and cultural pressure to migrate continues to motivate all forms of immigration fraud in Guyana. Cooperation with elements of the Government of Guyana (GoG) and civil society enables post to detect and combat some types but corruption and cultural support for migration compl [...]
2006-01-18 21:16:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM GY
06GUANGZHOU10337Short March: Consulate Guangzhou Drives Deep into
[...] (SBU) Summary: Continuing its efforts to get especially its Entry Level Officers (ELOs) on full two-year consular tours out of the office and onto the roads, cities, and villages of south China to do policy advocacy and public diplomacy work, Consulate Guangzhou embarked on its "short march" [...]
2006-04-06 23:42:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR EINV PHUM KPAO PINR AMGT CMGT CH
06GUANGZHOU13384The Long March: Driving Deep into the Hakka and
[...] (SBU) Summary: Continuing its efforts to get especially its Entry Level Officers (ELOs) on full two-year consular tours out of the office and onto the roads, cities, and villages of south China to do policy advocacy and public diplomacy work, Consulate Guangzhou embarked on its "long march" [...]
2006-04-27 09:43:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR EINV PHUM KPAO PINR AMGT CMGT CH
06GUANGZHOU14707Long March: Country Roads Bring Tourists, Trade,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Longyan Prefecture in western Fujian Province is literally at a crossroads. Newly constructed highways and some still in the works are central to the area's plans to increase tourism, diversify agriculture, expand exports, and improve rural conditions. Leaders in the Prefectu [...]
2006-05-16 09:56:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PHUM CMGT CH
06HERMOSILLO55CONSULATE HERMOSILLO EAC MEETING, FEBRUARY 10, 2006
[...] (SBU) The Consulate Hermosillo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met February 10 to discuss a surge during the last week of drug-related violence and developments in the city and the state of Sonora. Some of the events that drew post's attention were: -- On February 7, beginning at 0830 hrs, [...]
2006-02-11 06:31:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC ALOW SNAR CMGT MX
06HOCHIMINHCITY42PROPOSED REPLY TO GVN CONSULAR TRAVEL NOTIFICATION
[...] (U) This is an action request for EAP and CA. Please see paragraph 9. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In a diplomatic note dated December 22, 2005, the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) External Relations Office (ERO) complained that the Consulate General was not informing the ERO of the names and ad [...]
2006-01-13 05:04:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT CMGT PREL KFRD VM
06JEDDAH372INTERNAL SAG RIVALRIES ON CLOSING PALESTINE STREET
[...] (S) SUMMARY: As part of his research for a SAG-commissioned report on improving the issuance of US visas to Saudi nationals, Nawaf Al Obeid, an advisor to Saudi Ambassador to the US Turki bin Feisal Al Saud, met with the Consul General and Conoff on May 17. The CG emphasized that though mino [...]
2006-05-20 13:51:00Consulate JeddahSECRETCMGT CVIS PGOV PREL SA PTER ASEC ABLD AMGT
06KATHMANDU1368HOME MINISTER POSITIVE ON REFUGEE ISSUES
[...] (C) Home Minister Krishna Sitaula, joined by new Home Secretary Umesh Mainali, raised refugee issues with the SIPDIS Ambassador during a May 30 meeting. Sitaula cited the recent GON decision to issue travel documents to refugees (reftel). In response to whether "follow-to-join" Tibetan refu [...]
2006-05-30 10:23:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV CMGT NP
06KHARTOUM1801MFA RAISES CONSULAR ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA's list of consular issues includes an interest in faster processing for official and diplomatic visas, better treatment for Sudanese officials at U.S. ports of entry, tourist and business visas in Khartoum versus Cairo, facilitated documentation for Sudanese diplomats in [...]
2006-07-27 10:25:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL CVIS CMGT PINR US SU
06KHARTOUM2548 COUNTRY CLEARANCE RQUEST FOR CG MAKILA JAMES
[...] Makila James, Consul General Juba, requests country clearance to visit Embassy Nairobi for consultations with the Political and Consular Sections on the afternoon of November 7 and then onward travel to Samburu to participate in the USAID Southern Sudan Democracy and Governance Partners Retrea [...]
2006-10-26 14:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL CMGT SU KE
06KINSHASA60HARDWARE ACCEPTANCE CABLE FOR CONSULAR EQUIPMENT
[...] EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND INVENTORIED BY POST. THE SHIPMENT WAS COMPLETE AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED. 2. POST HAS REMOVED THE FOLLOWING MALFUNCTIONING EQUIPMENT FROM INVENTORY AND IS RETURNING IT TO CA/EX/CSD(USE ITEM NO. AND DESCRIPTION FROM PACKING LIST OR SHIPPING CABLE):GATEWAY [...]
2006-01-12 10:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKCSY CMGT AMGT AADP
06LAGOS793NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINES JULY 17 INAUGURAL FLIGHT
[...] (SBU) On June 9, the North American Airlines (NAA) Nigeria Country Manager, Henry Seymour, confirmed to Econoff the airline plans to begin its first direct flight from Lagos Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) to New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on July 17. Seymou [...]
2006-06-12 14:16:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT EAIR EINV KFRD PREL NI
06MADRID74 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES REFERS TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS, WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH POLICE, IN A RECENT ANTI- TERR [...]
2006-01-12 16:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP ET AL FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ
06MANILA4666DCM HIGHLIGHTS US ENGAGEMENT IN PHILIPPINE'S SECOND CITY
[...] SUMMARY. DCM Jones highlighted U.S. business, USAID and Peace Corps involvement in the central Philippine port city of Cebu on October 27. Together with Commercial Counselor and Cebu Consular Agent, DCM met with local business, religious, and political leaders in the Philippines' "second cit [...]
2006-11-13 05:36:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EAID RP CMGT
06MEXICO787AVIATION COOPERATION CONTINUES, ICAO DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and TSA officials met February 7 with the Director General for Mexican Civil Aviation (DGAC) and other high level DGAC officials to discuss numerous aviation related matters including Bill Voss' candidacy for Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation SIPDIS [...]
2006-02-13 22:40:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR MX CMGT PINS PTER
06MONTREAL1063SNAPSHOT OF A BORDER COMMUNITY: MONTREAL WHTI
[...] (SBU) Recently, as part of an ongoing WHTI outreach program, Consul General Montreal and Econoff visited small towns along the Quebec/US border to view how integrated the border communities are, and discuss the impact of WHTI. An example of completely integrated towns is the Stanstead, Quebec [...]
2006-10-05 20:01:00Consulate MontrealCONFIDENTIALCA CASC CMGT CPAS ECON KPAO PREL KTRD
06MONTREAL518Montreal Outreach on WHTI
[...] Summary. The visit of DHS US-Visit Director Jim Williams and Department of States Ann Barrett, Managing Director of U.S. Passport Services, gave post an opportunity to get our message about WHTI out to a number of influential audiences and journalists in Montreal. Exports to the U.S. are extr [...]
2006-05-03 20:00:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CPAS CASC KTRD KPAO PREL CA
06NAIROBI1650SOMALIS IN KENYA: ABANDONED KIDS, IMPOSTORS, AND
[...] (U) Summary: Post has seen great activity since Ref A among naturalized Somalis and Somali nationals in Kenya. A rash of Somali Amcit, LPR, and asylee children have contacted post with stories of abandonment by Somali family members after trips to Kenya or Somalia. Post has also noted sever [...]
2006-04-13 14:39:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
06NAIROBI2509DIVERSITY VISA FRAUD - OPERATION GHOST MARRIAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 2 Post culminated over six months of investigations into a marriage fraud ring with the arrest by Kenyan authorities of over 70 Diversity Visa applicants. Simultaneous arrests and searches in other locations revealed a criminal ring was involved in matching Kenyan appli [...]
2006-06-07 13:48:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KCRM KE
06NAIROBI2782ARMENIANS IN KENYA - PASSPORTS AND OFFICIAL ID
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reftels describe the exploits of the Armenian "Artur brothers," Artur Margaryan and Artur Sargasyan, who were hastily deported from Kenya after attempting to clear a colleague from Kenyan Customs and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at gunpoint. News reports stated t [...]
2006-06-27 03:06:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KCRM KE
06NAIROBI3145IV FSN WORKSHOP (PC-123),SEPT 11-15, 2006
[...] (U) Post proudly nominates Honey A. Mohamud for the IV FSN WORKSHOP (PC-123),September 11-15, 2006. 2. NOMINATION INFORMATION: A. Name: MOHAMUD, Honey A. (female). B. Grade 6/2 C. Consular Section Chief is Consul Scott Riedmann, Consul General is David Stone. D. Date of [...]
2006-07-19 08:09:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT AFSI AMGT AFIN CVIS
06NAIROBI3733QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref F reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2006-08-25 07:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
06NAIROBI4275COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST
[...] NAIROBI REQUESTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGER ETIENNE LEBAILLY TO DO CONSULTATIONS WITH LONDON'S FRAUD UNIT ON MONDAY OCTOBER 16, 2006. THE PURPOSE OF THESE CONSULTATIONS IS TO REVIEW LONDON'S FRAUD PREVENTION PROGRAM IN AN EFFORT TO EXPAND ON NAIROBI'S CURRENT CAPABILITES. [...]
2006-10-03 11:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT KE
06NAIROBI4834COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST
[...] NAIROBI REQUESTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CONSULAR OFFICER ETIENNE LEBAILLY'S TDY TO BUJUMBURA FROM NOVEMBER 13 TO NOVEMBER 17, 2006. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TDY IS TO PROVIDE CONSULAR SERVICES AT AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA IN THE ABSENCE OF THEIR CONSULAR OFFICER. 2. MR. LEBAILLY REQUIRES AIRPORT TRANS [...]
2006-11-13 09:27:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT KE
06NAIROBI5145QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref G reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2006-12-04 07:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
06NAIROBI5267QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI (CORRECTED COPY)
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref G reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2006-12-14 14:15:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
06NAIROBI817QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref B reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2006-02-23 12:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
06NASSAU302COUNTRY CLEARANCE: FOR CONSULAR MANAGEMENT
[...] Post welcomes Consular Management Assistance Team (CMAT) and grants country clearance. 2. The team of Carolyn Huggins, Scott Boswell and Janie Friedlein will be met at the airport by the Consular Chief and taken to the Comfort Suites Hotel on Paradise Island where we have confirmed reserva [...]
2006-02-21 22:26:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CASC AMGT OTRA BF WHA
06NIAMEY999RSA ADVANCE TEAM VISITS NIAMEY TO REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 16:58:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CMGT EAID PREL
06NICOSIA1166TFLE01 SITREP: EMBASSY NICOSIA SUPPORT FOR
[...] (S) Combined Task Force (CTF) Brigadier General Jensen advised post at 1430 that Akrotiri air base cannot be used for the NEO's Beirut air bridge (BAB) after July 18. Embassy Nicosia is working with the CTF to relocate the BAB to either Larnaca International Airport or Paphos International A [...]
2006-07-18 11:16:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1167TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 02 AS OF 1830 LOCAL,
[...] (S) Summary: Nicosia coordination team met at 1700 local time with latest updates on ships and accommodation for incoming U.S. citizens. By July 20, under a best-case scenario, Embassy expects to have received almost 2700 U.S. citizens total since the Combined Task Force (CTF) began operati [...]
2006-07-18 16:46:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1170TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 03 AS OF 1300 LOCAL,
[...] (S) Summary: The total number of U.S. citizens received by Embassy Nicosia stands at 346. We are expecting a significant increase in that number as more ships begin to arrive late July 19/early July 20. POL/MIL 2. (S) The following are pol/mil updates: --As of 1230L, the MV Orient Q [...]
2006-07-19 10:01:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1172TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 04 AS OF 1800 LOCAL,
[...] (S) Summary: Preparations continue to accommodate thousands over the next few days. Total headcount of U.S. citizens received as of 1800L is 467. POL/MIL 2. (S) The following are pol/mil updates: --USAF Europe is sending 20 medics and three medical doctors to Cyprus, arrival late [...]
2006-07-19 16:27:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1174TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 05 AS OF 0900 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Nicosia's focus remains assisting arriving U.S. citizens and helping Embassy Beirut. Total headcount of U.S. citizens received has substantially increased to 1529 (as of 0745L). POL/MIL 2. (C) The following are pol/mil updates: --DAO has assigned an officer to t [...]
2006-07-20 09:11:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1175TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 06 AS OF 1800 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador weighed in septel with request that the increasing flow of evacuees be calibrated between Cyprus and other destinations such as Mersin in order to keep our total daily flow in line with our capacity to handle 2,000 evacuees daily. Additional charter airlift will be n [...]
2006-07-20 15:51:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1177TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 07 AS OF 1115 LOCAL, FRIDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1115L was 3753. POL/MIL 2. (C) Arrivals from Beirut to Larnaca via the Beirut Air Bridge (BAB) are expected to conclude July 21. CONSULAR 3. (C) The following are consular updates. --Accounting of U.S. ci [...]
2006-07-21 08:35:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1179TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 08 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, FRIDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Airlift capacity remains our biggest strategic concern as the intake of evacuees continues to outpace our ability to transport them to onward destinations. Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1800L was 3,822, and we anticipate another 3803 to arrive in the [...]
2006-07-21 16:26:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1180TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 09 AS OF 1100 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1100L July 22 was 5,819, and we anticipate another 2140 to arrive in the next 12 hours. We expect approximately 2,000 to depart July 22. POL/MIL 2. (C) The military will provide 5 milair flights/day (101 pax per p [...]
2006-07-22 08:28:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1182TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 10 AS OF 1800 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens receive in Cyprus as of 1700L was 6869, and we anticipate another 2,825 to arrive in the next twelve hours. 1,226 U.S. citizens had departed by 1700(L) July 22. POL/MIL 2. (C) Post is working with TF 3 and through DAO channels to seek addi [...]
2006-07-22 17:41:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1183TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 11 AS OF 1000 LOCAL, SUNDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1000L July 23 was 9,711, and we anticipate another 1,300 to arrive by 2300L. 3,782 had departed by 0700L, and we expect approximately another 1,400 to depart July 23 by commercial charter and military flights. POL/MIL [...]
2006-07-23 08:54:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1184TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 12 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, SUNDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1800L July 23 was 9,711; another 40 are expected to arrive at 2030L, and up to 1030 on July 24. Approximately 4,640 had departed by 1630L, and we expect another 817 to depart via commercial charter and military flights be [...]
2006-07-23 16:34:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY FKFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1186TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 13 AS OF 1100 LOCAL, MONDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 0800L July 24 was 10,278; another 1,000 were expected arrive at 1000L on the Orient Queen. 5,772 had departed by 0700, and we expect approximately another 1,788 to depart on July 24. End summary. POL/MIL 2. (C) The [...]
2006-07-24 10:51:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NOUAKCHOTT1039MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR JULY AND AUGUST 2006
[...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on August 22, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Mohamed Salem, Abderrahmane Ould Mohamed El-Houcein Ould Aliases: Abdel Ghader, El-Hadj Ould, Youssouf Al-Mauritani Nationality: Mauritanian L [...]
2006-08-25 10:22:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR
06NOUAKCHOTT140MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2006
[...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on February 9, 2006. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is CONS/ECON/COMM Officer Anita Ghildyal. 2. Post has no names to submit for the month of January 2006. LeBaron [...]
2006-02-14 18:15:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1431MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2006
[...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on December 19, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Ould Al-Hassan, Bouh Nationality: Moroccan (Western Saharan) Location: Mali Ref: TDX-315/64300-06 Name: Sall, Mohamed Beshir Nationality [...]
2006-12-22 12:40:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR
06NOUAKCHOTT440MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2006
[...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on April 12, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Mohamed ETOURAH Alias: Mohamed al-Turath, Tourath Citizenship: Mauritanian Residence: Bassiknou, Mauritania Profession: Trader REF: TD-314/25 [...]
2006-04-13 13:12:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR
06NOUAKCHOTT495MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2006
[...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on April 26, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Hadramy OULD HAMMA Alias: Abdellah MOHAMED DOB: 1970 Father: Ahmed Salem OULD HAMMA Mother: Salla MINT EL BAUBADIU Comment: Emotionally distu [...]
2006-04-27 10:53:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR
06PANAMA317RETIREES & INVESTORS FLOCK TO SUNNY, SAFE &
[...] SUMMARY. With an estimated 30 million Americans scheduled to retire in 2006 (and every year for the next 18),the race is on for affordable attractive property in mild climates. Panama is set to become the third most popular destination for American expatriates in the hemisphere following M [...]
2006-02-17 15:25:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV BTIO CASC CPAS CMGT KMRS
06PANAMA319ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RESIDENTIAL TOURISM COULD
[...] SUMMARY. The economic impact of the residential tourism industry on Panama is set to rival that of the Canal Expansion. Expatriates are having a profound impact on the local economies and communities in which they are settling. These part and full time residents have increased consumer deman [...]
2006-02-17 17:54:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV BTIO CASC CPAS CMGT KMRS
06PARIS1817Ambassador Harty learns France will produce e passport
[...] Summary: Assistant Secretary Maura Harty, accompanied by Paris Deputy Chief of Mission Karl Hofmann and Consul General Donald E. Wells met on March 10 with Claude Gueant, the Cabinet Director at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to discuss the French government's progress in developing an electro [...]
2006-03-21 16:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS FR
06PARIS1855FRENCH GOVERNMENT INTENDS DISTRIBUTION OF SECURE E-
[...] SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Maura Harty and Paris Consul General Donald E. Wells met with the Director of French consular services, Francois Barry Martin Delongchamps at France's MFA on March 10. Ambassador Harty learned the GOF intends to begin distribution of its e-p [...]
2006-03-22 17:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT ETRD CVIS FR
06PRAGUE1508GWOT INFORMATION EXCHANGE: SEEN AS LINKED TO THE
[...] (C) The Czechs have a modern immigration database available at all ports-of-entry, a comprehensive watchlist is in use, and they began issuing biometric passports in early September 2006. Biometric systems will be introduced at ports-of-entry once the Czech Republic joins the Schengen zone. [...]
2006-12-13 14:39:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS EZ KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06REYKJAVIK22FRAUD SUMMARY - ICELAND
[...] Summary: Iceland is comparatively a low-fraud country. No identifiable, consistant fraud patterns involving U.S. passports or immigrant visas currently exist in Iceland. End Summary 2. This cable updates the country fraud summary for Iceland per ref A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: As a prospe [...]
2006-01-18 18:52:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IC
06RIYADH6058AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEBANON CRISIS AND VISA
[...] (C) Ambassador Oberwetter discussed three issues with Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal via telephone on July 29. First, they discussed the issue of the Saudi humanitarian aid convoy to Lebanon (Ref A). The Ambassador assured the Foreign Minister that Post staff was working in coordination with Saudi [...]
2006-07-30 16:33:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL PINR CMGT SA LE
06ROME361TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS -- USG SITUATION
[...] (SBU/NF) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/07/2006. 2. (SBU/NF) USG interagency Joint Operations Center (JOC) numbers (24/7) are: 39-011-55-99-793/794/564 (tel); 011- [...]
2006-02-07 16:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME377TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/08/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-08 15:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME380USG OLYMPIC SITUATION BOARD LAW ENFORCEMENT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 07:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME390TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-09 16:10:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME398TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-10 12:04:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME406TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency USG Olympic Security Operations Center (OSOC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the [...]
2006-02-11 13:14:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME407TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/12/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-12 11:46:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME429TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-13 12:17:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME438FRAUD SUMMARY - ROME
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Italy has relatively few instances of fraud in connection with consular services. Italians, who enjoy a developed economy and access to the visa waiver program, find little reason to commit fraud to obtain visas or passports. The Italian government has a relatively secure [...]
2006-02-13 16:16:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD KCRM CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IT EUN
06ROME443 TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS - USG SITUATION
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/14/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-14 11:33:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME456TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-15 10:35:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME473TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-16 10:54:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME487TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-17 10:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME503TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-18 10:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME504TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-19 10:47:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME506TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-20 10:24:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME511TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-21 09:40:00Embassy RomeSECRETASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME543TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-22 09:55:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME558TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-23 10:13:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME568TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-24 09:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME586TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-25 10:59:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME587TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-26 09:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME594TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (U) This is the final sitrep from the USG office supporting U.S. participation in the Turin Winter Olympics. The Closing Ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games concluded on a high note on 02/26/2006, as IOC officials hailed the 17-day Olympic Games as a major success. Italian security ef [...]
2006-02-27 10:27:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME759TURIN 2006 PARALYMPIC GAMES - USG SITUATION
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: US [...]
2006-03-10 15:57:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME769TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Paralympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: [...]
2006-03-11 11:04:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME770TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-12 12:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME771TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-13 10:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME806TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-14 16:15:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME810TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-15 10:45:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME827TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-16 11:16:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME849TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-17 11:29:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME865TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-18 11:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME868TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-19 11:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME869TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS:USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. KEY POINTS ----------------- 2. (U) This is the final Situation Report from the USG office supporting U.S. participation in the Tu [...]
2006-03-20 12:08:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06SANSALVADOR198EL SALVADOR FRAUD SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER FY06
[...] Political Structure: El Salvador is a constitutional democracy with three branches of national government; a unicameral legislature, a judiciary, and an executive branch headed by a president. El Salvador has a multi-party political system, although in reality two parties, the right leaning [...]
2006-01-26 12:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ES
06SANSALVADOR414E-PASSPORTS: INFORMING EL SALVADOR'S MFA
[...] On February 17, the Acting Consul General provided Francisco Merino, Director of Protocol of the Salvadoran MFA, printed color copies of the presentation on the new electronic passports. After explaining the current pilot production project and the Department's intention to issue all passports [...]
2006-02-17 17:21:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS CMGT KFRD IMMIGRATION
06SANTODOMINGO3642DOMINICAN VALIDATION STUDY REVEALS LOW
[...] SUMMARY: Results of a completed validation study for the Dominican Republic suggest that three (3) to five (5) percent of Embassy's recently issued B1/B2 visa holders remain in the United States beyond the six months normally authorized under their visa classification. The study included app [...]
2006-12-04 19:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT DR SMIG KFRD ETRD
06SAOPAULO1262SAO PAULO REACHES OUT TO UNIVERSITIES
[...] SUMMARY: As a part of a Mission-wide initiative to reach out to institutions that have historically had little contact with the USG, Sao Paulo Consulate General's Entry Level Officers are visiting universities and other organizations throughout its consular district. The officers found student [...]
2006-12-15 12:03:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ECON CMGT BR
06SOFIA181QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY, SOFIA, OCT-DEC 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 13:51:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC BU
06TAIPEI195 PRC NATIONALS CAUGHT IN BOARDING CARD SWAP
[...] Four Chinese (PRC) nationals were intercepted at Narita International Airport on Dec. 25, 2005 trying to board flight UA890 to Los Angeles using U.S. passports with counterfeit biographic pages and swapped boarding passes. The Chinese were from Fujian Province but in transit from Dalian Intern [...]
2006-01-20 06:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TW
06TAIPEI253 FRAUD SUMMARY - AIT TAIPEI, JANUARY 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-25 07:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TW
06TAIPEI3261TAIWAN POLICE CHALLENGED BY SKIRMISHES BETWEEN PRO
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the large anti-Chen march and pro-Chen rally held over the weekend in Taipei (Reftel),two sparsely attended anti-Chen activities in southern Taiwan early this week generated small-scale violent clashes with pro-Chen supporters. Ruling and opposition leaders are c [...]
2006-09-20 09:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW ASEC CASC CMGT
06TALLINN1139 FRAUD SUMMARY TALLINN: FIRST QTR FY2007
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-28 12:19:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN
06TALLINN355 FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: SECOND QTR FY2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-17 14:34:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD VIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN
06TALLINN362 FRAUD SUMMARY ? TALLINN: SECOND QTR FY2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-18 14:53:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD VIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN
06TELAVIV3551HAIFA AFTER THE ROCKETS
[...] Summary. Two Embassy Tel Aviv consular officers made a post-ceasefire visit to Haifa, Israel's third largest city, principal port and for about a month this summer the frequent target of Hizbollah rocket attacks, to assess operations of our consular agency there and get a feel for how the city [...]
2006-09-06 13:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC CMGT IS
06TRIPOLI410THE VISA BLUES: TRIPOLI CONSULS SING IN UNISON
[...] (SBU) Consular officers from fifteen foreign embassies with representation in Libya gathered last week at the home of the Pakistani consul to discuss common challenges faced in obtaining visitor, business, and diplomatic visas to Libya. In addition to TDY Conoff/Econoff from Embassy Tripoli, co [...]
2006-08-10 12:47:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ODIP CMGT LY
06TRIPOLI459LIBYANS DISCUSS NON-PROLIFERATION WITH AMB. SCHULTE - WHERE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Schulte conducted extensive discussions on non-proliferation with Libyan officials and the Jamahiriya press August 28-30. The Libyans agreed with our assessment that Iran was working on a weapons program and that it should comply with the IAEA, while stressing tha [...]
2006-09-01 14:25:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALCMGT OVIP PARM KNNP LY
06TRIPOLI539LIBYA TELLS EXIM - TRUST US, OUR CREDIT'S GOOD
[...] (C) EXIM Bank conducted its first visit in over thirty years to Tripoli September 5-9. After an introductory session with Mohamed Siala, Secretary of International Cooperation, the rest of the week was marked by mixed success pursuing additional meetings with key GOL entities. EXIM's Vice P [...]
2006-09-24 14:21:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALEINV EFIN ECON ECIN ETRD CMGT LY
06TRIPOLI557PROJECT LIBYA: EXHIBITION TO PROMOTE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
[...] The 4-7 December Project Libya exhibition is underway following a well-attended press launch on September 17. Organizers Montgomery Libya and Sahara Expo Libya presided over a packed house of reporters, businessmen and local embassy staff at the Corinthia Hotel. Jeremy Sale, Montgomery Libya' [...]
2006-10-01 13:43:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT ECON EIND EINV ENRG EPET ETRD LY
06TUNIS2702EMBASSY TUNIS PREPARES NIV APPLICANTS FOR NEW EVAF
[...] SUMMARY: For the last two months, post consular and public affairs sections have been engaged in a campaign to increase public awareness about the new EVAF requirements. Through press releases and a roundtable discussion, liaison with the host government, and by using posters and public speakin [...]
2006-11-03 08:49:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT SOCI LY TS
06VIENNA16VISAS VIPER DECEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-04 12:03:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
06VIENNA17VISAS VIPER DECEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-04 13:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
06VILNIUS157CONSULAR WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES PROGRESS ON LITHUANIA'S
[...] The joint GOL-Embassy Consular Working Group (CWG) met at Embassy request on February 8, 2006. Attendees included the Foreign Ministry's Consular Department Director Vaidotas Verba, Deputy Director Petras Anusas, and Consular Attache Marijus Petrusonis, as well as the Consul, both Vice Consuls [...]
2006-02-15 08:11:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS PREL LH
06VILNIUS82 VILNIUS'S LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO INFLUX OF
[...] This is the first cable in a two-part series detailing efforts law enforcement in Lithuania's capital of Vilnius are taking to meet the increased demand upon its services by a burgeoning tourist industry, and a review of Vilnius's local criminal justice facilities. 2. Summary. More touri [...]
2006-01-26 11:42:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT KCRM PGOV LH
06VILNIUS83 A VIEW FROM BEHIND BARS: VILNIUS'S LUKISKES
[...] This is the second cable in a two-part series detailing efforts law enforcement in Lithuania's capital of Vilnius is taking to meet the increased demand upon its services by a burgeoning tourist industry, and a review of Vilnius's local criminal justice facilities. 2. Summary. Lithuania [...]
2006-01-26 12:41:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT CPAS PGOV LH
06VILNIUS88LITHUANIA: FAVORABLE PRESS FOR RICE-CHERTOFF OPEN
[...] SUMMARY: Post actively publicized the January 17 Rice- Chertoff announcement on America's initiatives to welcome tourists, students and business travelers. The Lithuanian media reacted quickly and favorably. Keying off a detailed press release, national radio interviewed the PAO and played [...]
2006-02-02 07:52:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO CMGT PREL CVIS LH
06ZAGREB132ZAGREB FY-2004 CONSULAR PACKAGE NARRATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 12:21:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT HR
06ZAGREB145ZAGREB QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY FIRST
[...] Bolstered by reforms in preparation for EU membership and the official start of EU accession talks in October 2005, Croatia's economy is steadily improving, unemployment rates are gradually declining, and fewer and fewer Croatians need to resort to fraud or malfeasance to travel abroad. Dev [...]
2006-02-06 11:55:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC HR
06ZAGREB415CA A/S MAURA HARTY MEETS WITH CROATIAN OFFICIALS
[...] Summary: Property restitution, student exchanges, biometric developments for Croatian passports, and extradition processes were some of the issues discussed by Assistant Secretary (A/S) for Consular Affairs (CA) Ambassador Maura Harty in a bilateral meeting with Croatian Ministry of Foreign Af [...]
2006-03-28 14:04:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC CJAN HR
06ZAGREB808VISAS VIPER: JUNE 2006 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 12:44:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC PREL HR
07ANKARA1249TURKEY: ANKARA EXPLOSION: POLICE CONCLUDE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-23 08:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CMGT PGOV TU
07ANKARA513A/S HARTY'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS STRIKE
[...] (SBU) Summary. A/S Harty met with senior Turkish officials from the Ministries of Justice, Interior, and Foreign Affairs during a visit to Ankara on March 6. Expressing gratitude for Turkey's recent efforts to resolve a number of high profile child abduction cases, A/S Harty also conveyed the [...]
2007-03-07 10:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS TU
07ANKARA531SMOOTHING THE ENTRY OF TURKISH OFFICIALS INTO THE
[...] (U) Action request at para. 5. 2. (SBU) A Turkish delegation headed by Minister of State Ali Babacan and Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCHOD) GEN Ergin Saygun and including Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar, TGS J-5 Strategy Division Chief MGEN Serdar Savas and other o [...]
2007-03-08 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR CMGT TU
07ASHGABAT1055VISAS VIPER REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2007
[...] (SBU) Post's Visas Viper committee met on September 25, 2007. The acting Consular Section chief, along with the DCM and representatives from RSO, Pol/Econ, Pol/Mil, PAO, Management, DAO, CLO, Peace Corps and USAID were in attendance. ConOff, as Visas Viper coordinator, reviewed the Visas Viper [...]
2007-10-01 09:06:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TX
07ASHGABAT1057VISAS VIPER REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2007
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Post's Visas Viper committee met on September 25, 2007. The acting Consular Section chief, along with the DCM and representatives from RSO, Pol/Econ, Pol/Mil, PAO, Management, DAO, CLO, Peace Corps and USAID were in attendan [...]
2007-10-01 09:07:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TX
07ASHGABAT880ASHGABAT CONSULAR OUTREACH - SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW,
[...] SUMMARY: Over the last year, AmEmbassy Ashgabat looked for both traditional and creative opportunities to expand its consular outreach program. Working with other Embassy offices, notably Public Diplomacy and Peace Corps colleagues, the consular section has developed continuing programs to pr [...]
2007-08-27 12:08:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CACS CMGT PREL SCUL TX
07ASHGABAT924TURKMENISTAN TO REMAIN OFF "J" VISA SKILLS LIST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-05 11:02:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT TX
07ASMARA124F-77 REPORTER DESIGNATION FOR US EMBASSY, ASMARA
[...] Post designates the following two people as F-77 reporters: A. Holly C. Holzer; Pol/Econ Officer/Consul; Top Secret Clearance; tel 291-1-12-00-04 ext. 2314; unclass email holzerhc@sstate.gov. B. Brian L. Shelbourn; Vice-Consul; Top Secret Clearance; tel 291-1-12-00-04 x2415; unclass e-mai [...]
2007-02-06 13:20:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CASC CMGT AEMR ASEC ER
07ASMARA602 QUARTERLY FRAUD REPORT - ASMARA
[...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the April to June 2007 period. This cable constitutes post's first fraud report; for this reason, this particular report provides a general overview. Subsequent reports will address more specific fraud trends. Post has been cl [...]
2007-07-11 11:12:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER
07ASMARA815 QUARTERLY FRAUD REPORT - ASMARA
[...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the July to September 2007 period. --------------------------------------------- - COUNTRY CONDITIONS - INCREASING DETERIORIATION --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) The Eritrean economic downward spira [...]
2007-10-16 06:30:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER
07ASMARA967 QUARTERLY FRAUD REPORT - ASMARA
[...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the October to December 2007 period. ------------------ COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------ 2. (SBU) The Government of the State of Eritrea's (GSE) economic policies continue to cause scarcity of goods and impoverishment [...]
2007-12-27 11:04:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN203BRUNEI (ALMOST) READY TO SIGN TERRORIST SCREENING
[...] (C) The GoB is ready to sign an HSPD-6 Memorandum of Understanding to share terrorist screening information with the USG. The Foreign Ministry is looking to a high level meeting as a hook to push the Brunei bureaucracy to give approval to the text as it currently stands. The GoB says it is s [...]
2007-07-17 02:17:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALCVIS CMGT CPAS KFRD PREL PINR BX
07BANJUL61THE GAMBIA: STRIKE BY EMBASSY GUARD FORCE
[...] (U) Per reftelcon, today, February 2, the Embassy's local guard force (Wackenhut) staged a peaceful strike,as most guards failed to assume their posts for the day shift (0700-1500 hrs local) at Embassy facilities -- chancery, warehouse, Peace Corps Office, medical office, and EMR. To compensa [...]
2007-02-02 14:52:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CMGT GA
07BEIJING769ROK FOREIGN MINISTER SONG VISIT TO EIJING
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Song Min-soon discussed bilateral relations with high-level Chinese officials and raised growing concerns about the treatment of North Koreans in China in a day-long series of meetings with ROK consular officers in the PRC on his recent visit to Beijing. Our PRC and ROK E [...]
2007-02-01 08:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CMGT CH KS KN
07BELGRADE101COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MELISSA K. SHOEMAKER
[...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Melissa K. Shoemaker, Political officer from 01/27/07 to 03/25/07. Control Officer for this visit will be POLMIL officer Ian Campbell, Office tel. 381-11-306-4687, Mobile tel. 381-63-325-356. 2. The Embassy's offices are located [...]
2007-01-24 08:24:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE103COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MELISSA K. SHOEMAKER
[...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Melissa K. Shoemaker, Political officer from 01/27/07 to 03/25/07. Control Officer for this visit will be POLMIL officer Ian Campbell, Office tel. 381-11-306-4687, Mobile tel. 381-63-325-356. 2. The Embassy's offices are located [...]
2007-01-24 09:33:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE295COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER J. HOH
[...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Christopher J. Hoh, EUR/SCE Director from March 22-26, 2007 for consultations. Control Officer for this visit will be POL officer Ian Campbell, Office tel. 381-11-306-4687, Mobile tel. 381-63-325-356. 2. The Embassy's offices [...]
2007-03-05 14:24:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE33COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OSCE AFFAIRS
[...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Kenneth E. Gross, Jr. Deputy Director OSCE Affairs from January 17-22, 2007 to perform work in support of participate in OSCE Election Monitoring of Parliamentary election in Serbia. The Embassy has been notified that no further as [...]
2007-01-11 13:58:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE428COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID T. KILLION, DOUGLAS ANDERSON,
[...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes David T. Killion, Senior Professional Staff, House committee on Foreign Affairs, Douglas Anderson, Minority Professional Staff, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Jennifer Simon, Professional Staff, Senate Foreign Relations and Tom [...]
2007-03-29 14:27:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE443COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL C. MOZUR
[...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Michael c. Mozur, Deputy special Coordinator of the stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, from April 15-19, 2007 to Participate in Speakers of Parliament of South Eastern Europe Cooperation Process Conference and the Stability [...]
2007-04-03 13:37:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE539COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RYAN C. LEONG
[...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Ryan C. Leong, Political Officer, from April 22 to May 2, 2007 for consultations with Embassy officials. 2. The Embassy's offices are located at Kneza Milosa 50, Belgrade. The Embassy's switchboard telephone number is 381-11- [...]
2007-04-23 09:42:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE93COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USOSCE POLITICAL COUNSELOR SAMUEL
[...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Samuel Laeuchli Political Counselor from January 25-26, 2007 to meet and visit OSCE Field Missions. Control Officer for this visit will be POLMIL officer Ian Campbell, Office tel. 381-11-306-4687, Mobile tel. 381-63-325-356. 2. [...]
2007-01-23 09:19:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BERLIN768GERMANY AGREES TO CBP IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary. German Interior Ministry Director for Air, Sea, and Rail Security Dieter Romann told CBP Representative (Frankfurt) and Global Affairs Officer March 29 that Germany agrees to the U.S. proposal to post four CBP officers at Frankfurt Airport as part of the Immigration Advisory Pro [...]
2007-04-13 18:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KHLS AMGT APER PTER CVIS ECON PREL CMGT
07BOGOTA1903VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FEBRUARY 2007
[...] (U) Post's Visa Viper Committee met on March 7, 2007, and the meeting was chaired by the CDA, Milton Drucker. Post's Viper Coordinator is Fraud Prevention Unit officer Jenny Cordell. 2. (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee submits Horacio Duque Giraldo, former advisor to then-Minister of Inter [...]
2007-03-23 18:32:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER CO
07BRASILIA1485EMBASSY BRASILIA CY 2006 CLASS B REFERRAL VALIDATION STUDY
[...] Summary: In July 2007, the consular section of Embassy Brasilia conducted a validation study of 475 class B Referral visas issued between January 1st, 2006 and December 31st, 2006. Results from this random sample showed that 71% returned, 2% did not return, 23% never traveled; 4% were inconcl [...]
2007-08-03 15:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KRFD CMGT BR
07BRATISLAVA24SELF-EMPLOYED SLOVAKS HAVE LOW OVERSTAY RATE
[...] (SBU) A recent validation study conducted on self-employed Slovaks (those who have licenses as small business owners, or "zivnostniks") who received B1/B2 visas in the first 180 days of 2006 found them to be relatively "good" cases with a low rate of overstay. Of the 240 individuals surveyed [...]
2007-01-12 15:17:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LO
07BRATISLAVA524BILATERAL CONSULAR WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES VISA
[...] SUMMARY: On September 11, Ambassador, DHS DAS for Policy Development Nathan Sales, Director for the Visa Waiver Program Office Daniel Sullivan, and Embassy officers met with representatives of the GOS to discuss the visa waiver program in light of the recent 9/11 legislation. Discussions includ [...]
2007-09-18 15:36:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT CASC PREL LO
07BRIDGETOWN194AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO GRENADA
[...] (U) Summary: On January 17-19, 2007, Ambassador Ourisman visited Grenada to present her credentials. She conducted an initial round of meetings with Grenadian officials including the Prime Minister and the Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, [...]
2007-02-12 21:39:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON EAID CMGT GJ XL
07BRIDGETOWN299AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO ST.
[...] (C) Summary: On February 25-27, 2007, Ambassador Ourisman visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines to present her credentials. Meetings with the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Opposition Leader focused on Venezuelan assistance, Article 98, narcotics trafficking and Cricket World Cup. T [...]
2007-03-08 21:04:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON EAID CMGT EAIR SNAR
07BUENOSAIRES2211THEFTS OF BAGGAGE AT BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
[...] (SBU) Ambassador recently informed Argentina's Foreign Minister Taiana and Interior Minister Fernandez that the Embassy would be updating its Consular Information Sheet to include a warning to U.S. travelers about thefts at Argentina's Ezeiza International Airport. 2. (SBU) On October 24, Am [...]
2007-11-15 08:01:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EAIR PREL KCOR KCRM CMGT CJAN ASEC AR
07CASABLANCA103 VISAS VIPER FOR MAY 2007 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met June 4, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, ECON, PAS, RSO, DATT, and DAO. 2. (SBU) The Committee has no names to submit for the [...]
2007-06-08 11:50:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
07CASABLANCA122 VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2007 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 2, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, POL, ECON, PAS, RSO, and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee has no names to submit for th [...]
2007-07-03 15:48:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
07CASABLANCA164 VISAS VIPER FOR JULY 2007 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met August 6, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, POL, ECON, PAS, RSO, and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee has no names to submit for [...]
2007-08-10 11:43:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
07CASABLANCA186 VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2007 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 4, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the Casablanca Acting Principal Officer and was attended by representatives from CONS, RAO, DAO, POL, ECON, PAS, RSO, and LEGATT. The Committee submi [...]
2007-09-12 15:47:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
07CASABLANCA200 VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2007 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 1st, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by representatives from CONS, RAO, DAO, POL, ECON, PAS, RSO. The Committee submits twenty-one (21) new names as follows [...]
2007-10-17 08:47:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
07CASABLANCA21 VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2007 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 29, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by representatives from CONS, POL, RAO, RSO, ECON, PAS, FCS, and DAO. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following 34 names. T [...]
2007-01-31 11:25:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
07CASABLANCA228 VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2007 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met November 5th, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, POL, RSO and CG. The Committee submits no new names, but updates follow. 2. (SBU) Per reftel [...]
2007-11-20 10:47:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
07CASABLANCA46 VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2007 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on March 5, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by representatives from POL, RAO, RSO, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT, with the CG Representing CONS. 2. (SBU) The committee has no [...]
2007-03-13 09:51:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
07CASABLANCA69 VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2007 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met April 2, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, POL, RAO, ECON, PAS, FCS, LEGATT, and DAO. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the names of 27 [...]
2007-04-06 10:46:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
07CASABLANCA7 VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 8, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, POL, RAO, RSO, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...]
2007-01-09 15:53:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
07CASABLANCA73 FRAUD SUMMARY - CASABLANCA
[...] SUMMARY: All consular operations for Morocco are located at Casablanca, which is a medium-fraud post where the impact is greater on Immigrant Visas (IV) than on Nonimmigrant Visas (NIV). Post's FPU consists of a (part-time vice consul FPM and one FSN Fraud Investigator (FSN/FI). The majorit [...]
2007-04-10 13:19:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MO
07CASABLANCA92 VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2007 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 7, 2007. The meeting was chaired by the A/DCM and attended by representatives from CONS, POL, RAO, ECON, PAS, FCS, and DAO. 2. (SBU) The Committee has no names to submit for the April repo [...]
2007-05-09 16:38:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
07CHENNAI353ECONOMIC GROWTH DRIVES THE STORY IN SOUTH INDIA
[...] SUMMARY: During a May 14-15 visit to Chennai, Charge d'Affaires Geoffrey R. Pyatt surveyed the dynamic economic climate in south India. Mr. Pyatt visited Ford India's manufacturing facility outside of Chennai, Cognizant Technology Solutions' campus in Chennai's IT corridor, and had lunch wit [...]
2007-05-17 09:05:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV EFIN PGOV CVIS CMGT IN
07CHENNAI50PDAS Mann in Chennai: Visas, Refugees and Politics
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his December 16-17 visit to Chennai, SCA bureau Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann met with visa staff and viewed visa processing, had talks with Sri Lankan refugee leaders and discussed politics and Indo-U.S. relations with journalist-insider Malini Parthasa [...]
2007-01-19 10:28:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM CMGT IN CE
07CHIANGMAI78GROWING SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL EXCHANGE PROGRAM RESHAPES
[...] Summary. The explosive growth in the Student Work and Travel (SWT) program in Thailand has reshaped the way Consulate General Chiang Mai manages its visa workload and consular outreach strategies. SWT visa applications have quadrupled over the past three years to the point where they now accoun [...]
2007-04-25 09:19:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT OEXC SCUL TH
07COLOMBO755 SRI LANKAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S. ALLEGES LTTE SOLD NORWEGIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States, Bernard Goonetilleke, stated in a May 17 radio interview that 130,000 Norwegian passports were in the hands of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),who were selling them to Middle Eastern terrorist groups. On May 21, the Norw [...]
2007-05-25 05:09:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS CE
07COLOMBO756 SRI LANKAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S. ALLEGES LTTE SOLD NORWEGIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States, Bernard Goonetilleke, stated in a May 17 radio interview that 130,000 Norwegian passports were in the hands of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),who were selling them to Middle Eastern terrorist groups. On May 21, the Norw [...]
2007-05-25 05:09:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS CE
07CONAKRY1288GUINEA REQUESTS REVISION TO RECIPROCITY SCHEDULE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Post has received a request from the government of Guinea to revise the visa reciprocity schedule from three to five years. Post recommends this item be placed on the agenda for future bilateral talks between the U.S. and Guinea in Washington. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Post recen [...]
2007-12-03 05:38:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT GV
07DAKAR1041DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2007
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter (January-March) of FY2007 follows. Responses are keyed to Ref A. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since the last report, there has been no significant change in the economic situation. The current political situation co [...]
2007-05-14 12:12:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG
07DAKAR2117DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS FY2007
[...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the third and fourth quarters (April-September) of FY2007. Responses are keyed to Ref A. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since the last report, the energy crisis has resurfaced, with sporadic daily blackouts, which affect the economic [...]
2007-10-30 16:32:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG
07DAKAR355DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - FIRST QUARTER FY2007
[...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the first quarter (October-December) of FY2007. Responses are keyed to Reftel A. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: The economic situation in Senegal is difficult and has sparked concerns within the international donor community and am [...]
2007-02-13 15:01:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG
07DAMASCUS1171DAMASCUS FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGEMENT REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 10:31:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM CMGT ASEC SY
07DAMASCUS773DAMASCUS FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGEMENT REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 10:15:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM CMGT ASEC SY
07DARESSALAAM84PRESIDENT KARUME AND AMBASSADOR RETZER DISCUSS APP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During their January 16 meeting, President of Zanzibar, Amani Abeid Karume, asked Ambassador Retzer to consider a "special request" that the new American Presence Post (APP) in Zanzibar offer consular (i.e. visa services) in Zanzibar. Explaining that the APP would not offer consu [...]
2007-01-18 14:14:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS CASC PREL PHUM ECON TZ PROG
07DOHA11SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY FORE'S JANUARY
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. The Government of Qatar remains a key ally of the U.S. in the war on terror and supports a significant U.S. military presence in the country. Qatar's Amir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, took power from his father in 1995 and embarked on [...]
2007-01-03 13:44:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL AMGT PGOV ASEC CMGT QA
07DUSSELDORF13A VISION AND A WAY FORWARD FOR CG DUESSELDORF
[...] Summary: After a thorough review of CG Duesseldorf operations, we have developed a roadmap for the long run that differs radically from the past and implements the Secretary's transformational diplomacy directives. Our vision is to continue advancing vital US interests in Germany and Europe [...]
2007-04-20 15:30:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ECON CMGT PGOV BEXP GM
07DUSSELDORF16REQUEST FOR A NEW CONSULAR AGENCY -- COLOGNE
[...] Summary: Mission requests the establishment of a new consular agency to be located in Cologne, North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW),the most populous and politically and economically important state in Germany. The American Citizen Services (ACS) unit of the U.S. Consulate General Duesseldorf will c [...]
2007-05-09 13:13:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CASC AFIN GM
07FREETOWN131 RESUMPTION OF NONIMMIGRANT VISA SERVICES
[...] Embassy Freetown publicly announced on February 20 that it had resumed nonimmigrant visa processing after a ten-year hiatus. Residents of Sierra Leone no longer must travel to neighboring Guinea to apply for nonimmigrant visas at Embassy Conakry as they have done since Freetown last processed [...]
2007-02-23 16:11:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KPAO SL
07FREETOWN132 CONSULAR NOTIFICATION OBLIGATIONS
[...] The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) recognizes its obligation to provide consular notification and access, and regularly notifies the Embassy when an Amcit has been detained or arrested. 2. Post can find no evidence that there is a recognized private right of action against the GoSL for [...]
2007-02-26 08:13:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CASC SL
07GEORGETOWN153ER Medical Team Cancels CWC Support Trip to Guyana
[...] The serious lack of adequate medical facilities, equipment and trained medical staff in Guyana, especially for emergency care, is one of Post's greatest concerns as crisis management preparations are made for the upcoming Cricket World Cup (CWC) matches. A severe nursing shortage across Guyana [...]
2007-02-08 19:26:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC CMGT
07GEORGETOWN464 Commercial Land Lines to Guyana Out of Service
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 20:05:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDACOA CMGT ASEC AMGT KRIM GY
07GEORGETOWN506 Commercial Land Lines to Guyana Back In Service
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 19:50:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDACOA CMGT ASEC AMGT KRIM GY
07GUANGZHOU485Fuzhou - Fraud Capital of China - (1 of 2) A Detailed Look
[...] (SBU) Summary: An analysis of the past year's immigrant visa statistics, discussions with other units and consulates, and a deluge of unsolicited tips still point to the Fuzhou area of Fujian province (Fuzhou, Changle, Mawei, Lianjiang, Fuqing, and Putian) as the capital of visa fraud and illeg [...]
2007-04-23 10:03:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC
07GUANGZHOU486Fuzhou Alien Smuggler's advice - study in the U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Through an aggressive outreach program, Post actively encourages Chinese students to attend colleges and universities in the United States. However, Post continues to encounter well-organized attempts by visa brokers and snakeheads to send applicants, primarily from Fujian, to t [...]
2007-04-24 01:39:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC
07GUANGZHOU487Fuzhou - Fraud Capital of China (2 of 2): 3 Days in Fuzhou
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Conoff from Guangzhou's Fraud Prevention Unit and a LES Investigator visited Fuzhou from January 29-31, performing 14 immigrant-visa field investigations. Of the 14, 12 were confirmed to involve fraud and one applicant could not be located. In many cases, neighbors and village [...]
2007-04-24 01:39:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC
07GUANGZHOU897Mentoring: The Guangzhou Way
[...] (U) Summary: Nearly all 25 Entry Level Professionals at Congen Guangzhou serve in the consular section but the intent of management - and the desire of the ELPs - is to provide a varied experience, with mentoring integrated into every aspect of work. The Congen, mostly through a dynamic ELP w [...]
2007-08-09 08:46:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDAPER CMGT CH
07HANOI1978AMBASSADOR AGAIN RAISES VIET TAN AMCIT ARREST CASE WITH
[...] (SBU) On November 21, the Ambassador spoke again with VFM Phan Binh Minh to renew his protest concerning the arrest of U.S. citizen Leon Truong. VFM Minh confirmed that Mr. Truong has been arrested for violating Article 84 of the Criminal Code concerning terrorist activity, literally "to oppos [...]
2007-11-21 11:08:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV CASC CMGT VM
07HANOI1994AMBASSADOR RAISES AMCIT ARREST CASES WITH VICE MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 27, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister for Public Security Nguyen Van Huong to reiterate requests for consular access to arrested U.S. citizens Mr. Leon Truong, Ms. Le Helen, and Mr. Le Van Phan, and to inquire about the whereabouts of U.S. citizen Nguyen Quoc Qua [...]
2007-11-27 10:59:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV CASC CMGT VM
07HANOI239HCMC CONSULAR DISTRICT: GVN ASSERTS RIGHT TO CONTROL CONGEN
[...] This is an action cable for EAP and L/EAP. Mission Vietnam requests Department approval of a draft diplomatic note in para 10. 2. Summary: In recent interactions, GVN officials -- citing the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Affairs -- are challenging the right of Consulate General Ho C [...]
2007-02-06 09:45:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AMGT PREL CMGT KFRD VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1064ERO CALLS AN GIANG INCIDENT UNACCEPTABLE, PROMISES MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to the Consul General's previous protest (septel) over harassment and interference of Consulate staff during a routine FPU investigation in An Giang province, ERO Deputy Director Le Hung Quoc said evicting Consulate personnel from the hotel in An Giang was not acceptab [...]
2007-10-17 06:15:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT ASEC PREL VN
07HOCHIMINHCITY1065GVN SHUTS DOWN ANTI-FRAUD TRIP, INTIMIDATES CONSULATE STAFF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 4, Security officials in An Giang province threatened post's acting Fraud Prevention Manager (FPM) and accompanying locally employed staff (LES) with arrest and placed them in harm's way by evicting them from their hotel late at night. The security officials also atte [...]
2007-10-17 07:09:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT ASEC PREL KFRD VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY821NIV DEMAND IN VIETNAM AT RECORD LEVELS
[...] Demand for nonimmigrant visas in Vietnam is at an all-time high, and shows no sign of slowing. NIV demand in 2007 is up over 40% compared to the same period in 2006 in both Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and Hanoi. In past years, NIV volume typically peaked in June and then gradually declined until [...]
2007-08-03 09:28:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT VM
07JAKARTA2947LIAISON OFFICERS REACH ACROSS INDONESIA
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta launched a liaison officer (LO) program to key strategic areas in Indonesia: Yogyakarta, Kalimantan, Semarang and Papua. Two person teams of entry level officers and officers with content area expertise were designated as the Embassy's primary representatives to these [...]
2007-10-22 01:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO ECON CMGT APER ID
07KUWAIT254KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR REGIONAL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Mary Ellen Hickey, Regional Consular Officer based in Damascus, for travel to Kuwait o/a February 26-March 1, 2007 for consultations with the Kuwait Consular section. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you [...]
2007-02-20 13:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT OTRA CMGT ATRN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT474KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HARRIS ORKAND
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Harris Orkand Information Services Contractors Brenda Dee Bacher, Christopher Noel Fuentes, Mohammad Yousuf Nawab, and Christopher Mark Pessima, to travel to post o/a April 23-May 10, 2007 to replace and perform maintenance on de [...]
2007-04-03 13:14:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAADP AMGT APER CASC CMGT CPAS CVIS KCSY KU
07KUWAIT501KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SUSAN JACOBS,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Susan Jacobs, Senior Policy Advisor to the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Mr. James W. Schnaible, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and Mr. Gary Cote, Director Visa Security Program of the Department of Homeland Security to meet with E [...]
2007-04-07 13:05:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC CMGT KU OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07LUANDA652ANGOLAN IMMIGRATION SERVICE DELAYS IN PROCESSING WORK VISA
[...] SUMMARY: AS MANY AS 200 AMERICAN CITIZENS IN ANGOLA HAVE NOW BEEN WITHOUT THEIR PASSPORTS FOR AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS AND MANY FOR AS LONG AS EIGHT WEEKS AS THEY AWAIT WORK VISA RENEWAL PROCESSING BY THE ANGOLAN IMMIGRATION SERVICES. THESE DELAYS ARE CAUSING HAVOC WITH 28-DAY WORK ROTATIONS USED BY [...]
2007-06-28 12:36:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MGT AFSN APER CMGT PGOV EPET AO
07LUXEMBOURG116LUXEMBOURG VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR MARCH 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 09:46:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PINR LU
07LUXEMBOURG159LUXEMBOURG VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR APRIL 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 15:37:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PINR LU
07LUXEMBOURG218VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR MAY 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-04 10:16:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
07LUXEMBOURG269VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR JUNE 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-02 12:01:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
07LUXEMBOURG332VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR JULY 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-08 09:18:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
07LUXEMBOURG366VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR AUGUST
[...] (U) Post convened its monthly Visas Viper Committee on 15 August 2007. No Visas Viper submissions were presented at that time. 2. (U) The Visas Viper Committee held an ad hoc meeting on 07 September 2007. The following submission was presented: Name: Sulejman ((KOJIC)) aka Kojic ((S [...]
2007-09-07 15:03:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
07LUXEMBOURG416VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-11 14:27:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
07LUXEMBOURG456VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR OCTOBER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-09 13:22:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
07LUXEMBOURG486VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 07:57:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
07LUXEMBOURG95LUXEMBOURG VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2007
[...] Post convened its monthly Visas Viper Committee meeting on 21 February 2007. No Visas Viper telegrams were submitted during the reporting period of February 2007. The VVC had no new information to report since Post's last report. 2. Posts VVC coordinator is Jason Chiodi. WAGNER [...]
2007-03-07 09:55:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR KHLS CMGT ASEC PTER PINR LU
07MANAGUA2577FRAUD SUMMARY - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA
[...] (SBU) The following is Managua's quarterly report on the fraud situation at post for the fourth quarter FY 07. Headings follow reftel information requests. a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS In the last few months Nicaragua has been impacted by natural disasters, political instability and rising oil [...]
2007-12-12 22:43:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS ASEC CPAS CMGT PREL PTER XK NU
07MUSCAT567OMAN CONSIDERS PUBLISHING WARNING ON STUDY IN THE
[...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told the Ambassador during a June 2 meeting that the government is considering publishing an announcement in local media warning Omanis of the possibility of detention by U.S. law enforcement authorities if they choose to study in th [...]
2007-06-04 13:52:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL OEXC SCUL KHLS KPAO CMGT CVIS MU
07NAIROBI1224COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MELISSA LEDESMA-LEESE
[...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes Melissa Ledesma-Leese, arriving April 26 and departing April 28, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after- [...]
2007-03-15 13:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDCA CMGT KFRD OTRA KE
07NAIROBI1389QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI (CORRECTED COPY)
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref G reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-03-28 07:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI1823ELIMINATING THE "APPLCIATION RECEIVED" STAMP
[...] Post received reftel and immediately discontinued use of the "application received" stamp. Nairobi has monitored the change over the past quarter and requests permission to reinstitute the stamp process for the following reasons: -- Issuances and refusals are not always being captured by th [...]
2007-04-26 05:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS OEXC CMGT DHS KE
07NAIROBI2307FPU NAIROBI: FRAUD, FRAUD, EVERYWHERE
[...] Summary: Nairobi's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) sees a wide variety of NIV, IV, and ACS fraud on a daily basis. May 15, 2007 proved to be an excellent example of the depth and breadth of fraud encountered over and beyond the normal workload, and is illustrative of a day in the life of our FPU [...]
2007-06-04 12:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI2771QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref I reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-07-06 06:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI4045QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref J reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-10-11 11:55:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI4050QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref J reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-10-11 11:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NOGALES101NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR MARCH - 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-05 00:31:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES115PRINCIPAL OFFICER'S ABSENCE FROM CONSULAR DISTRICT
[...] PRINCIPAL OFFICER CYNTHIA C. SHARPE DEPARTED THE CONSULAR DISTRICT SUNDAY APRIL 15TH AT 8:00 A.M. 2. CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF JOHN IBARRA HAS ASSUMED CHARGE. MR.IBARRA'S HOME PHONE NUMBER WITHIN MEXICO 01-631-313-8782, CELL PHONE: 01-631-1302-3272. FROM THE UNITED STATES, DIAL 011-52-631-313- [...]
2007-04-14 03:06:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES117ACTING PRINCIPAL OFFICER'S ABSENCE FROM CONSULAR DISTRICT
[...] ACTING PRINCIPAL OFFICER JOHN J. IBARRA DEPARTED THE CONSULAR DISTRICT APRIL 20, 2007 AT 8:00 P.M. 2. MANAGEMENT OFFICER MATILDA GAWF HAS ASSUMED CHARGE. MS. GAWF'S HOME PHONE NUMBER IS (WITHIN MEXICO) 01-631-314-7795, HER CELL PHONE: 01-631-302-3273. FROM THE UNITED STATES, PLEASE DIAL 0 [...]
2007-04-20 23:50:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES118ACTING PRINCIPAL OFFIFER'S RETURN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 16:51:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES119REVISED DUTY OFFICER SCHEDULE FOR NOGALES: APRIL 25, 2007
[...] The revised duty officer schedule for Nogales for the period of April 25 through July 4, 2007 is as follows: April 25 - May 2 Matilda Gawf 631-314-7795 Mex May 2 - May 9 Eloisa Jerez 520-860-0168 U.S. May 9 - May 16 Liza Ybarra 520-28 [...]
2007-04-23 23:25:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT CMGT CASC MX
07NOGALES138NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR APRIL - 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-03 01:02:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES140PRINCIPAL OFFICER'S RETURN TO CONSULAR DISTRICT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-03 17:36:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES149NOGALES NOMINATION TO ATTEND PS-310 SUPPORTING CA SYSTEMS
[...] Post nominates Marina Encinas to participate in the 2007 PS-310 Supporting CA Systems and Applications. The following details are provided for your consideration: A. Name and Gender: Encinas Chairez, Marina; Female. B. Grade: FSN 7.3. C. Consular Section Chief: John J. Ibarra; Training an [...]
2007-05-04 23:47:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAFSI AADP KIMT APER AMGT KCSY CMGT
07NOGALES201NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR MAY - 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-04 21:21:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES203REVISED DUTY OFFICER SCHEDULE FOR NOGALES: JUNE 6, 2007
[...] The revised duty officer schedule for Nogales for the period of June 6 through July 4, 2007 is as follows: June 6 - June 13 John Ibarra 631-313-8782 Mex June 13 - June 20 Veronica Fuentes 520-281-7129 U.S. June 20 - June 27 Rafael Valencia 520-761-8269 U.S. June [...]
2007-06-06 22:19:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT CMGT CASC MX
07NOGALES222PRINCIPAL OFFICER'S ABSCENCE OF THE CONSULAR DISTRICT
[...] PRINCIPAL OFFICER CYNTHIA C. SHARPE DEPARTED THE CONSULAR DISTRICT SUNDAY JUNE 17 AT 12:00 A.M. 2. CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF JOHN IBARRA HAS ASSUMED CHARGE. MR.IBARRA'S HOME PHONE NUMBER WITHIN MEXICO 01-631-313-8782, CELL PHONE: 01-631-1302-3272. FROM THE UNITED STATES, DIAL 011-52-631-313- [...]
2007-06-16 17:19:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES247DUTY OFFICER SCHEDULE FOR NOGALES: JULY 11, 2007 THROUGH
[...] The duty officer schedule for Nogales for the period of July 11, 2007 through January 2, 2008 is as follows: July 11 - July 18 Rafael Valencia 520-761-8269 U.S. July 18 - July 25 Liza Ybarra 520-281-4480 U.S. July 25 - Aug 1 James Bredeck 631-314-6296 Mex Aug 1 - Aug 8 [...]
2007-06-27 17:29:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT CMGT CASC MX
07NOGALES255NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR JUNE - 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-03 20:21:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES257PRINCIPAL OFFICER'S RETURN TO CONSULAR DISTRICT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-05 16:34:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES275NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR JULY - 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-02 18:47:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES278ACTING PRINCIPAL OFFICER'S ABSENCE FROM CONSULAR DISTRICT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-04 00:09:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES279ACTING PRINCIPAL OFFICER RETURN TO CONSULAR DISTRICT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-06 15:57:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES281ARRIVAL AT POST OF PRINCIPAL OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 01:25:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT MX
07NOGALES282ARRIVAL AT POST OF PRINCIPAL OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 05:40:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT MX
07NOGALES30PRINCIPAL OFFICER'S ABSENCE FROM CONSULAR DISTRICT
[...] PRINCIPAL OFFICER CYNTHIA C. SHARPE DEPARTED THE CONSULAR DISTRICT SUNDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M. 2. CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF JOHN IBARRA HAS ASSUMED CHARGE. MR.IBARRA'S HOME PHONE NUMBER WITHIN MEXICO 01-631-313-8782, CELL PHONE: 01-631-1302-3272. FROM THE UNITED STATES, DIAL 011-52-63 [...]
2007-02-02 18:21:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES301REVISED DUTY OFFICER SCHEDULE FOR NOGALES: AUGUST 22, 2007
[...] The revised duty officer schedule for Nogales for the period of August 22, 2007 through January 2, 2008 is as follows: Aug 22 - Aug 29 Rafael Valencia 520-761-8269 U.S. Aug 29 - Sept 5 Liza Ybarra 520-281-4480 U.S. Labor Day Sept 5 - Sept 12 [...]
2007-08-29 15:06:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT CMGT CASC MX
07NOGALES312NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR AUGUST - 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 20:09:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES318PRINCIPAL OFFICER'S ABSENCE FROM CONSULAR DISTRICT
[...] PRINCIPAL OFFICER JOHN W. DINKELMAN DEPARTED THE CONSULAR DISTRICT ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M. 2. CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF JOHN IBARRA HAS ASSUMED CHARGE. MR. IBARRA'S HOME PHONE NUMBER WITHIN MEXICO 01-631-313-8782, CELL PHONE: 01-631-1-302-3272. FROM THE UNITED STATES, DIAL [...]
2007-09-17 15:51:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES32PRINCIPAL OFFICER'S RETURN TO CONSULAR DISTRICT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-06 22:40:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES321NOGALES PRINCIPAL OFFICER RETURNED TO THE CONSULAR DISTRICT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 23:58:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES331NOGALES PRINCIPAL OFFICER DEPARTS CONSULAR DISTRICT
[...] PRINCIPAL OFFICER JOHN W. DINKELMAN DEPARTED THE CONSULAR DISTRICT ON THURSDAY OCTOBER 4, 2007 AT 1:00 P.M. 2. CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF JOHN IBARRA HAS ASSUMED CHARGE. MR. IBARRA'S HOME PHONE NUMBER IS 01-631-313-8782 AND CELL PHONE NUMBER 01-631-1-302-3272 WHEN DIALING WITHIN MEXICO. WHEN [...]
2007-10-04 21:23:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES333NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR SEPTEMBER -
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 23:56:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES345ACTING PRINCIPAL OFFICER'S ABSENCE FROM CONSULAR DISTRICT
[...] ACTING PRINCIPAL OFFICER JOHN J. IBARRA DEPARTED THE CONSULAR DISTRICT OCTOBER 12, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M. 2. MANAGEMENT OFFICER ADOLFO J. GORRIARAN HAS ASSUMED CHARGE. MR. GORRIARAN'S HOME PHONE NUMBER IS (WITHIN MEXICO) 01-631-314-7795, HIS CELL PHONE: 045-631-302-3273. FROM THE UNITED STATES [...]
2007-10-12 18:29:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES346ACTING PRINCIPAL OFFICER'S RETURN TO CONSULAR DISTRICT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-15 15:51:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES349NOGALES PRINCIPAL OFFICER RETURNED TO THE CONSULAR DISTRICT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 01:50:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT
07NOGALES35NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR JANUARY -
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-07 20:28:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES66NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR FEBRUARY -
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 22:43:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES98DUTY OFFICER SCHEDULE FOR NOGALES: APRIL 4, 2007 THROUGH
[...] The duty officer schedule for Nogales for the period of April 4 through July 4, 2007 is as follows: April 4 - April 11 Rafael Valencia 520-761-8269 U.S. Easter Week, April 5, 6 April 11 - April 18 John Ibarra 631-313-8782 Mex April 18 - April 25 Veroni [...]
2007-03-29 02:04:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT CMGT CASC MX
07PRAGUE1078DHS VISA WAIVER OFFICIALS BRIEF CZECHS, PROVIDE
[...] (U) DHS DAS for Policy Nathan Sales and DHS Visa Waiver Chief Dan Sullivan met with Czech MFA Political Director Povejsil and Deputy Interior Minister Salivar on September 7. They continued with a working-level meeting on September 10. Sales and Sullivan provided details about the seven new [...]
2007-09-18 14:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS EZ PREL
07PRAGUE123DHS A/S PAUL ROSENZWEIG CHAIRS SEVENTH BCWG AND
[...] (C) DHS Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Paul Rosenzweig and DHS Office of International Enforcement Director Daniel Sullivan met with Czech Foreign and Interior Ministers on a visit to Prague on January 24 and 25. After addressing a multilateral meeting hosted by the In [...]
2007-02-08 13:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALCVIS CMGT PREL CPAS ASEC EZ
07PRAGUE1323PRAGUE CONSULAR ROUNDUP, AUGUST-DECEMBER 2007
[...] Visa waiver continues to be a significant bilateral issue. The Czechs have begun to engage in HSPD-6 negotiations, while the NIV refusal rates and overstays continue to decline. Visa fraud is also low, making a fake bank document a significant catch. Post successfully implemented 10-fingerpr [...]
2007-12-21 14:39:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PREL EZ
07SANTODOMINGO63SANTO DOMINGO TRIPWIRE REPORTER CONTACT INFORMATION
[...] Per reftel, post designates the following person as the tripwire application reporter in the Tripwire Reporting and Integrated Planning System (TRIPS): Alexander T. Bryan; Political Officer; Political/Economic Section; Top Secret Clearance; tel 809-731-4203; classified email BryanAT@state.sgov [...]
2007-01-11 17:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CASC CMGT AEMR ASEC
07SHANGHAI792UP, UP AND AWAY: SHANGHAI'S FY-07 VISA NUMBERS GO THROUGH
[...] (U) Consular officers in Shanghai adjudicated 16 percent more NIV applications in FY-07 than in FY-06. This follows a 19 percent increase in FY-06 over the FY-05 NIV workload, which in turn was up 20 percent over FY-04. This cable not only reports the quantitative increases but also provides [...]
2007-12-13 09:21:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT CH
07SINGAPORE225SINGAPORE QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - Q1 FY2007
[...] SUMMARY: H-1B fraud remained the most common fraud activity that we saw in Singapore this quarter. Post began utilizing Lexis Nexis this quarter to support fraud-prevention activities. The number of H-1B applications from unqualified and/or short-term residents of Singapore originating from In [...]
2007-02-01 03:29:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SN
07SINGAPORE680SINGAPORE QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - Q2 FY2007
[...] SUMMARY: H-1b fraud continued to be our most serious form of fraud, but the number of H-1b applications from unqualified and/or short-term residents of Singapore originating from India continued to drop this quarter. Post devoted significant resources to addressing potential adoption fraud. EN [...]
2007-04-04 05:36:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SN
07SURABAYA60US CONSULATE GENERAL SURABAYA: 2007 ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF
[...] Post completed the 2007 annual review of consular management controls on 22 October 2007. Caryn R. McClelland, Consul General, FS-01 certified the completion of the management review. 2. Background on Surabaya Personnel: There are currently two consular officers assigned to post and one [...]
2007-10-23 07:54:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS ID
07TALLINN573 FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: THIRD QTR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 12:44:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN
07TALLINN763 FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: FOURTH QTR FY2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 14:43:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN
07VIENTIANE836VIENTIANE FRAUD SUMMARY: Q4 FY 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-14 10:44:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT LA
07WARSAW1281INCREASE IN WALK-IN TRAFFIC TO WARSAW'S CONSULAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the last year Warsaw,s consular section has seen an increase in both the number and diversity of walk-ins seeking asylum or refugee status in the United States. The majority of cases continue to come from neighboring countries, primarily Belarus. However, recent applicants ar [...]
2007-06-01 14:32:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALCMGT PREF PHUM ASEC RSOX PL
07YAOUNDE1269CAMEROON VISA FRAUD: NOT ENOUGH HANDCUFFS
[...] (U) Summary: Three recently uncovered visa scams highlight the ongoing efforts of malafide Cameroonian travelers to emigrate illegally to the United States. Excellent support from the Regional Security Office, collaboration with local law enforcement and vigilance by consular employees are key [...]
2007-10-24 10:33:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ASEC KFRD CMGT ECON PHUM KPAO CM
07YAOUNDE1304WHICH VISA LOTTERY? CONSULAR OUTREACH IN CAMEROON
[...] (U) Summary: Although Embassy Yaounde visa procedures are of intense interest to Cameroonians and are readily available from multiple sources, they are often distorted in the public eye, usually by scam artists who prey on the desperation and ignorance of many applicants. This phenomenon is mo [...]
2007-11-02 06:35:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KFRD KPAO ECON CM
07ZAGREB1095INAUGURAL MEETING OF CROATIA VISA WAIVER WORKING GROUP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In November, the Croatian MFA hosted the first meeting of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) Working Group. Embassy participants, including the DCM, Political Counselor, Consul, Econ Officer, and the RSO, presented the requirements for a country to be considered for inclusion in the V [...]
2007-12-21 14:47:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PREL KFRD HR
07ZAGREB143ZAGREB QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - OCTOBER 2006 - JANUARY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-08 11:54:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC HR
07ZAGREB992VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2007 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 12:16:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC PREL KVPR HR
08ADANA37CA/CST INSTALLATION/TRAINING EXIT TELEGRAM
[...] Visit summary: A. Post visited: Adana B. CA/CST installation and training team members: Nicholas A. Lombardo Alvin J. Brown C. Post visit dates: 09/08/08 - 09/16/08 D. Post personnel contacted: Robin D. Solo [...]
2008-10-06 10:33:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDKCSY CMGT AADP CVIS CPAS
08AMSTERDAM35ESTA OUTREACH IN THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since the June 3 announcement of the DHS Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) program, Consulate General Amsterdam and colleagues at the U.S. Embassy in The Hague have conducted extensive ESTA outreach activities. We have developed an action plan to continue to reac [...]
2008-07-18 15:09:00Consulate AmsterdamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PREL KPAO PGOV NL
08ANKARA57 PRUDENTIAL REVOCATIONS: NEED FOR TIMELY RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Post enthusiastically supports of the prudential revocation process and the vital role it plays in our border security. We also know that the review of the reapplications is a multi-agency process. However, the sensitivity of prudential revocations, which often involve prominent figures, [...]
2008-01-11 08:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCVIS CMGT TU
08ASHGABAT178FRAUD SUMMARY: ASHGABAT, Q4 2007
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Embassy Ashgabat submits this quarterly consular fraud report for the period October through December 2007 as requested in reftel A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS 3. (SBU) Turkmenistan is experiencing important social, political [...]
2008-02-05 10:42:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KFRD TX
08ASMARA204 FRAUD SUMMARY - ASMARA
[...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the January to March 2008 period. Point of contact is Conoff Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-12-00-04. ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------------- The Government o [...]
2008-04-09 14:36:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER
08ASMARA346 FRAUD SUMMARY - ASMARA
[...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the April to June 2008 period. Point of contact is Conoff Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-12-00-04. ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------------- The Government of th [...]
2008-07-08 14:10:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER
08ASMARA480 FRAUD SUMMARY - ASMARA
[...] (U) The following is a summary of fraud conditions in Asmara from April to September 2008. Point of contact is Conoff Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-12-00-04. ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------------- The Government of the Sta [...]
2008-10-02 08:45:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER
08ASMARA552 ROUTINE AMERICAN CITIZEN SERVICES SUSPENDED
[...] Asmara's consular section suspended providing routine American citizen services on November 17 due to the Eritrean government's detention of 26 of the Embassy's diplomatic pouches since September 13. Until the pouches are released, the consular section will not provide passport, CRBA, notary [...]
2008-11-17 07:11:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDCACS CMGT PREL ER
08ASTANA2540GOVERNMENT OF KAZAKHSTAN REQUEST TO OPEN CONSULATE GENERAL
[...] (SBU) On December 12, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs transmitted via Diplomatic Note a request to open a Consulate General in New York City and appoint Mrs. Raushan Kakimseitkyzy Esbolatova to the position of Consul General. The full text of the Diplomatic Note follows: 2. (SBU) BEGIN T [...]
2008-12-23 10:07:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDABLD CMGT ODIP OFDP KZ
08ATHENS313FM BAKOYANNIS ON MACEDONIA, KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) In a March 3 meeting, FM Bakoyannis told Ambassador Speckhard that she will tell NATO FMs March 6 that Greece is not ready for a NATO invitation for Macedonia and expects Alliance solidarity on this issue. Greece remains ready to make a deal on a composite name -- using "upper" or "new" [...]
2008-03-04 15:08:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CMGT CVIS MK NATO AF GR
08BAGHDAD2945VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST
[...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 CHAIR: DCM PATRICIA A. BUTENIS COORDINATOR: CONOFF MATT CHESSEN ATTENDEES: CONS, DOJ, EXEC, ORA, PAO, MNF-I (CJ9),RSO, POL/MIL, DHS, FBI, POL, MNF-I (DBETT) 3. (U) ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS: 4. (S/NF) The following [...]
2008-09-12 02:39:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3532VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST
[...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: 02NOV2008 CHAIR: DCM PATRICIA BUTENIS COORDINATOR: CONOFF MCHESSEN ATTENDEES: RSO, POL/MIL, EXEC, DOJ, ORA, PAO, FBI, POL, CONS, MNF-I (CJ9) 3. (U) ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS: 4. (S/NF) The following subject was denied access to refug [...]
2008-11-09 09:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3542 CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR MANAGEMENT CONTROLS
[...] Post's review of Consular Management Controls was completed on November 8, 2008. Jeff Lodinsky, FS-02, Consular Chief, conducted the review and certified its completion. Items in para 2 below are keyed to para 5(a) of reftel. 2. a. Standard Operating Procedures: All officers have access [...]
2008-11-09 13:01:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC KFRD
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN136Brunei Fraud Conditions Summary - FY2008
[...] (U) Brunei is a low-fraud environment for consular services and historically has had low rates of fraud and low non-return rates. Brunei has been a member of the Visa Waiver Program since its inception. On May 5, the Government of Brunei announced that it would begin issuing ICAO compliant bio [...]
2008-05-06 07:38:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN139Brunei Issues Biometric Passport
[...] (SBU) On May 5, the Government of Brunei (GoB) began issuing ICAO-compliant biometric passports. Post requests Department clearance to issue the press release in paragraph 4 and update our web information for Brunei citizens seeking visa waiver travel to the U.S. END SUMMARY and ACTION REQUE [...]
2008-05-06 08:35:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCPAS CVIS KFRD CMGT ASEC BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN187INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION - BRUNEI
[...] (U) Below please find post's submission for the Intercountry Adoption Flyer for Brunei. We have adhered as closely as possible to the model text provided by CA/OCS/CI. Post would like to acknowledge and thank John Groch from Embassy Singapore for his valuable support in drafting this message [...]
2008-06-17 01:18:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CASC CMGT BX
08BANGKOK3531DECEMBER 2: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S MAKE-SHIFT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy is assisting Amcits 24 hours a day though a call center manned by consular officers and volunteers from the Embassy community, to find hotel rooms and/or outbound transportation from Thailand. Neither United nor Northwest, the only U.S. carriers that serve Bangkok, [...]
2008-12-02 11:23:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3532DECEMBER 2: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S MAKE-SHIFT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy is assisting Amcits 24 hours a day though a call center manned by consular officers and volunteers from the Embassy community, to find hotel rooms and/or outbound transportation from Thailand. Neither United nor Northwest, the only U.S. carriers that serve Bangkok, [...]
2008-12-02 23:30:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3540DECEMBER 3: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S AIRPORT AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-government protesters claimed victory and departed Thailand's airports December 3 after the high court dissolved several political parties and the prime minister stepped down December 2. The Airports of Thailand (AOT) reports that Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok's international ai [...]
2008-12-03 10:27:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3561DECEMBER 4: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S AIRPORTS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) representatives began assessing the security conditions at Suvarnabhumi on December 4. TSA is working with U.S. air carriers and Thai officials to ensure that all safety and security regulations are met prior to U.S. air carr [...]
2008-12-04 09:58:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BEIJING2985BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: SITUATION REPORT #1,
[...] (SBU) This is the first situation report (sitrep) from the USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The JOC commenced 24/7 operations on 08/01/2008 at 0700 hours local time and will continue operations until 08/26/2008. This daily report will contain [...]
2008-08-01 08:34:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PTER
08BEIJING2995BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/02/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...]
2008-08-02 09:48:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING2997BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-03 07:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3002BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/04/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...]
2008-08-04 08:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3018BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/05/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...]
2008-08-05 07:51:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3035BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/06/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...]
2008-08-06 08:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3049BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 08:34:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3060BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/02/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: XXXXXXXXX [...]
2008-08-08 07:21:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3065BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT 9, 08/09/2008
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/09/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-09 07:32:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER CASC CH
08BEIJING3067BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/10/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers [...]
2008-08-10 07:09:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3076BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/11/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-11 07:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3091BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/12/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-12 07:31:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3106BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/13/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-13 08:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3117BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/14/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-14 08:10:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3139BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/15/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-15 08:31:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3146BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/16/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-16 08:21:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3147BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/17/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-17 08:32:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3158BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/18/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-18 07:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3171BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/19/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-19 08:29:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3200BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/20/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-20 08:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3216BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/21/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers [...]
2008-08-21 08:30:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3241BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/22/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-22 08:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3253BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/23/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-23 08:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3254BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/24/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-24 10:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3275BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/25/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-25 07:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3300BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/26/2008. KEY ISSUES ---------- 2. (SBU) Conclusion of JOC Operations: This is the final situation report from the [...]
2008-08-26 07:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BISHKEK1023KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008
[...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...]
2008-10-07 01:51:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK1026KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008
[...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...]
2008-10-07 05:21:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK1034 CENTRAL ASIA'S FIRST REGIONAL FRAUD CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1-2, 2008, Embassy Bishkek hosted the first Central Asian regional anti-fraud conference at Lake Issyk Kul. With fourteen participants from posts in Central Asia and representatives from USCIS Moscow, the conference was a great success as it highlighted the commonalit [...]
2008-10-08 09:49:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK1253Request for Consular Associate Designation for Adriana
[...] Post would like to request a consular associate designation for the below U.S. citizen Eligible Family Member (EFM): A. Personal Information: Name: Adriana Sanchez Prater Date of Birth: September 5, 1973 Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico Social Security Number: 630 94 6201 Naturaliz [...]
2008-12-17 06:21:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT AMGT
08BRATISLAVA104FOREIGN MINISTER KUBIS WANTS TO CONCLUDE VWP MOU
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Kubis called Ambassador Obsitnik on March 7 to request that Secretary Chertoff add a visit to Bratislava following the JHA Ministerial in Ljubljana, i.e., March 13, so that the U.S. and Slovakia could sign the VWP MOU at that time. A voluble Kubis told the Ambassador that [...]
2008-03-07 15:40:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL CMGT LO
08BRATISLAVA450HSPD-6 AGREEMENT SIGNED
[...] (C) On October 2, 2008, Ambassador Obsitnik and Slovak Minister of Interior Robert Kalinak met and signed the "Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Slovak Republic for the Exchange of Screening Information Concerning Known or Suspected Terr [...]
2008-10-02 15:59:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS KHLS KTIA PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA95 SLOVAK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VWP NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel points to Director of the MFA Americas Office, Dusan Kristofik, on March 4. Kristofik expressed complete agreement with the message and appreciation for the timing of the demarche, as MFA and Interior Ministry officials were scheduled to meet that [...]
2008-03-04 15:45:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS EUN KJUS KPAO PGOV PREL PTER
08BRUSSELS447DHS ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS WITH EU COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 14, 2008, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Policy Stewart Baker met in Brussels with European Union Director General for Justice, Freedom and Security (JLS) Jonathan Faull for a detailed discussion of the implementation along twin tracks of the U [...]
2008-03-26 10:47:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CA CMGT CVIS EUN
08BRUSSELS637FOLLOW UP ON EU BORDER SECURITY SYSTEMS
[...] In response to reftel, Post has prepared the following information on the status of the European Union's proposed Electronic Travel Authorization System (ETSA),planned updates to the Schengen Information System, and planned Visa Information System. Each component is described below. 2. St [...]
2008-04-25 11:15:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDCA CMGT CVIS EUN PINR PREL PTER
08BUDAPEST1047Secretary of Homeland Security Chertoff's visit to
[...] Summary: Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff visited Budapest October 28-29, in connection with Hungary's accession to membership in the Visa Waiver Program and to discuss security issues with Hungarian counterparts. The official program took place on October 28, 2008, with the S [...]
2008-11-04 13:29:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CMGT CVIS HU
08BUDAPEST1076Budapest's Public Outreach on Visa Waiver Program and ESTA
[...] Summary: Embassy Budapest has engaged in active public and media outreach related to the Visa Waiver Program dating back to the commencement of the Roadmap process for Hungary, and redoubled efforts following the passage of the legislation last summer. Post seized upon the October 17 White H [...]
2008-11-10 11:11:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CMGT CVIS HU
08BUDAPEST1105EMBASSY BUDAPEST ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR CONTROLS
[...] Post completed the Annual Review and Certification of Consular Controls on November 19, 2008. Post certifies that it is in compliance with all sub-paragraphs in reftel. The certifying officer is Deputy Chief of Mission Jeffery D. Levine. Narrative responses to all subparagraphs in reftel fo [...]
2008-11-20 16:09:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC KFRD HU
08CAIRO2562UPDATE ON BABY TRAFFICKING NETWORK
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable updates ref (A) which reported ongoing investigation into child trafficking in Egypt. Another Egyptian doctor and couple have been arrested by Egyptian State Security Investigative Services (SSIS) for their involvement in the baby trafficking network uncovered by th [...]
2008-12-23 15:40:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD KPAO EG AESC CASC CMGT CVIS KIRF KOCI PHUM SMIG
08CASABLANCA103 VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2008 REPORTING PERIOD (FOLLOW-UP)
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 5, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on two persons arrested who had been harboring a [...]
2008-05-23 09:53:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA113 VISAS VIPER FOR MAY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met June 2, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by ACG, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on a recently uncovered terror network accused of plo [...]
2008-06-03 12:16:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA142 VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 7, 2008. The meeting was attended by ACG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on the recent arrests of 35 individuals suspected of belonging to a network that [...]
2008-07-09 14:52:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA144 VISAS VIPER FOR June 2008 REPORTING PERIOD (follow up)
[...] (U) The following information was provided by RAO on July 10 with respect to the recent arrests of 35 individuals suspected of belonging to a network that recruits volunteers on behalf of Al Qaeda in Iraq and Algeria. 2. (SBU) Hamid al-Bochibi: Moroccan citizen, DPOB: 15 Nov. 1983, Tetoua [...]
2008-07-11 15:57:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA158 VISAS VIPER FOR JULY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met August 4, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM, with RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. There are no submissions for the July reporting period but RAO is working with [...]
2008-08-05 16:58:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA172 VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 8, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM, with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. An additional six names were provided for the network that recruits [...]
2008-09-09 11:00:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA193 VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 6, 2008. The meeting was chaired by CG, with RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. Regional Consular Officer from Cairo also attended the meeting. 2. There are [...]
2008-10-08 16:47:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA206 VISAS VIPER FOR OCTOBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met November 6, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, FCS and PD in attendance. 2. There are no submissions for the October 2008 reporting period. [...]
2008-11-03 16:02:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA227 VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 2, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee approved the following cases submitted by L [...]
2008-12-02 16:38:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA228 VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 2, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee approved the following cases submitted by L [...]
2008-12-02 16:38:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA268 VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2007 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 8, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, PD, POL, and RSO. 2. Discussion centered on the sentencing of members of the Ansar Al Mahdi cell on [...]
2008-01-09 09:49:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA29 VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met February 4, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, PD, CG and RSO. 2. Discussion centered on procedures for reviewing information gained from press so [...]
2008-02-06 10:11:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA45 VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met March 3, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, POL and PD. 2. Discussion centered on the thirty five or thirty eight people recently arrested in [...]
2008-03-10 16:01:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA59 VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met March 3, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, POL and PD. 2. Discussion centered on the thirty five or thirty eight people recently arrested in [...]
2008-04-02 15:07:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA73 VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met April 7, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, RSO, POL and PD. 2. Discussion centered on two persons arrested on terrorism related charges in th [...]
2008-04-11 15:24:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA92 VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 5, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on two persons arrested along with one of the esc [...]
2008-05-07 12:53:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08DAKAR154DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - FIRST QUARTER FY2008
[...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the first quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...]
2008-02-07 13:20:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG
08DAKAR529DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2008
[...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...]
2008-05-08 07:35:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG
08DAKAR530DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2008
[...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...]
2008-05-08 07:35:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG
08DJIBOUTI687FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI
[...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two- thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 reside [...]
2008-08-27 09:18:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
08DJIBOUTI919ESTA OUTREACH EFFORTS
[...] SUMMARY. Djibouti has conducted two ESTA outreach efforts. The first effort, in July 2008, was through diplomatic notes to consuls and honorary consuls for Visa Waiver Program (VWP) eligible countries. The second effort was an information session open to consuls, honorary consuls, travel age [...]
2008-11-17 14:07:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KPAO DJ
08DOHA852Fraud Report - Doha
[...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Qatar's population consists of a large majority of third country nationals (TCNs). NIV applicants from Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen account for a large portion of post's visa [...]
2008-12-07 12:14:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC QA
08DUBLIN109VISA WAIVER PROGRAM NEGOTIATIONS AND THE EU - THE
[...] (U) On March 4, Cons Chief met with Irish Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Ray Bassett and Joe Hackett of SIPDIS the Irish Passport Office to deliver the demarche mentioned in reftel. Bassett was pleased to receive the information presented in the demarche and stated that he believe [...]
2008-03-05 11:02:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS EUN KJUS KPAO PGOV PREL PTER EI
08FREETOWN489 Fraud Summary - Freetown
[...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...]
2008-10-03 09:48:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SL
08FREETOWN547 HAGUE ADOPTION: NO SIERRA LEONE ABUSE REGISTRY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 08:24:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CASC KOCI CMGT SL
08HALIFAX70HALIFAX ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR MANAGEMENT
[...] In accordance with reftel, Halifax conducted its annual review of consular management controls on November 10, 2008. Harold D. Foster, FS-01, Consul General certifies successful completion of the management review and that post is in full compliance. 2. a. Standard Operating Procedures: [...]
2008-11-10 19:35:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC KFRD CA
08HANOI132Vietnam Adoptions - GVN acknowledges growing problems and
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 11 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 1, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister of Justice, Hoang The Lien, to deliver the dipnote contained in ref A. The Ambassador also delivered a letter to the Minister of Justice requesting a legal opinion on the proc [...]
2008-02-04 09:48:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CASC CMGT KOCI VM
08HANOI226Baby Buying: Selling Infants to China Sparks Outrage; Some
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past week, major Vietnamese media outlets have highlighted the case of four individuals arrested for smuggling newborn infants to China, among other abuses related to trafficking in children. One was an investigative report on a local baby-selling ring in Ha Tay provinc [...]
2008-02-26 10:34:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CASC CMGT KOCI VM CN
08HANOI422ADOPTION FRAUD SUMMARY - VIETNAM
[...] Summary : Adoption related fraud in Vietnam is a large and growing problem. The combination of a decentralized administrative system, a legal framework that lacks procedures for oversight and accountability, and an unregulated donation system have combined to produce an adoption system rife [...]
2008-04-11 10:00:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CPAS CMGT KFRD ASEC VM
08HARARE1007AMCIT REPATRIATION HIGHLIGHTS ZIM'S CRUMBLING HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 11:44:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED CMGT PGOV SOCI ZI
08HARARE1133ZIMBABWE PASSPORT REGISTRAR IN DENIAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a meeting on December 16, Zimbabwe Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede denied the existence of any problems with Zimbabwean passport controls. Instead, he boasted of Zimbabwean passport security features that insured individual identity, and blamed Zimbabwe's excessive passport p [...]
2008-12-19 06:32:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT PGOV KCOR KFRD ZI
08HARARE4052008 QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - QUARTER 1
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-07 11:29:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI
08HARARE927SOUTH AFRICAN VISA APPLICATIONS FROM ZIMBABWE -
[...] (SBU) According to First Secretary Consul Mshiyeni Dennis Nzuza, the South African Embassy in Harare processes approximately 360,000 Zimbabwean visa applications yearly. In a meeting with post's consul, Nzuza explained the South African Consular Section consisted of 5 adjudicating officers a [...]
2008-10-16 13:29:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS SF SMIG ZI
08HARARE928SOUTH AFRICAN VISA APPLICATIONS FROM ZIMBABWE -
[...] (SBU) According to First Secretary Consul Mshiyeni Dennis Nzuza, the South African Embassy in Harare processes approximately 360,000 Zimbabwean visa applications yearly. In a meeting with post's consul, Nzuza explained the South African Consular Section consisted of 5 adjudicating officers a [...]
2008-10-16 13:34:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS SF SMIG ZI
08HARARE996RAMPANT ZIMBABWEAN CIVIL SERVICE CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) As yet another sign of a failed nation, corruption has become endemic within the Zimbabwean civil service, resulting in a near total collapse of government controls over passports and official documents. Civil servants, whose salaries have been eroded to practically nothing by hyper-infl [...]
2008-11-04 13:41:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS KFRD ZI
08HAVANA335IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. OF POSSIBLE REFORM IN CUBAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Significant reform of Cuba's restrictive travel policies for Cuban citizens, reported to be imminent, could result in increased illegal migration towards the United States, certainly in the short-to-medium term. Migrant flows would probably be directed through Mexico and Central A [...]
2008-04-22 20:27:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALSMIG PGOV CMGT CU
08HOCHIMINHCITY889TIGHTENED RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL BY OFFICERS AT CONGEN HCMC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of highly unusual moves that directly violate the "rules of the road" for travel by Consulate employees established by the GVN, External Relations Office (ERO) in HCMC informed the CG that the MFA had forbidden the Consulate's PolOff from completing a planned trip to Da [...]
2008-10-01 10:28:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CMGT VM
08HONGKONG894MFA COMMISSIONER IN MACAU RESPONDS ON U.S.
[...] (C) PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner to Macau Wan Yongxiang told Consul General Cunningham in a meeting in Macau on May 15 that the notion of a "consular agent" was still new to China, and would require further deliberation and study by Beijing. China was not yet ready to agree to [...]
2008-05-16 10:16:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS AMGT AFIN APER PREL HK MC CH
08JAKARTA1192Jakarta B1/B2 Visa Validation Study
[...] SUMMARY: The Consular Section of US Embassy Jakarta recently conducted a visa applicant validation study. The study covered B1/B2 visa issuances for the six-month period December 1, 2006, to May 31, 2007, and was based on a telephone survey followed by house visits and queries of the Departmen [...]
2008-06-18 23:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KFRD ID
08JAKARTA1706Jakarta F1 Visa Validation Study
[...] SUMMARY: The Consular Section of US Embassy Jakarta recently conducted a student visa validation study. The study covered F1 visa issuances for the six-month period December 1, 2006, to May 31, 2007, and was based on queries of Student Exchange and Visitor Information System (SEVIS) status wit [...]
2008-09-10 00:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KFRD ID
08JOHANNESBURG180EASING OF SOUTH AFRICAN BLANK-PASSPORT-PAGE REQUIREMENT FOR
[...] Summary: South African Home Affairs authorities have agreed that arriving U.S. citizens who have no blank pages marked "Visas" in their passports, as is normally required for entry into South Africa, may be processed for admission on available pages marked "Endorsements" or "Amendments and En [...]
2008-11-03 16:14:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS CASC CMGT PREL PGOV SF
08JOHANNESBURG194SOUTH AFRICA'S CHILD ABUSE REGISTRY NOT YET OPERATIONAL
[...] South Africa does not have a searchable registry or database of substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect. In a December 4, 2008, telcon, Selema Mashiane, a Social Worker in the Child Protection Unit of the Department of Social Development (DoSD),explained to Conoff that the DoSD was in [...]
2008-12-04 15:09:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CASC KOCI CMGT
08JOHANNESBURG195SOUTH AFRICA: ELECTION EXCITEMENT AMONG VOTERS AND
[...] SUMMARY. Post observed a high, perhaps even unprecedented, level of participation among the American electorate living in South Africa during the 2007/2008 election cycle. Election interest extended beyond the American electorate to international media, foreign expatriates, and the general S [...]
2008-12-05 12:06:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT
08KINGSTON425FRAUD SUMMARY JAN-MAR 2008 KINGSTON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In the second quarter of FY 2008, the Fraud Prevention Unit focused on public outreach and interagency cooperation, particularly with our law enforcement colleagues. FPU organized an interagency roundtable, conducted three offsite field trips for officers, and gave presentations [...]
2008-05-14 17:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
08KINGSTON864FRAUD SUMMARY - KINGSTON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable is Kingston's first report on the new semi-annual schedule, covering April-September 2008. In the second half of FY 2008, the FPU focused on NIV petition-based visa fraud, as well as enhanced cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions. [...]
2008-09-30 19:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
08KINGSTON91FRAUD SUMMARY OCT-DEC 2007 KINGSTON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the first quarter of FY 2008, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) uncovered a ring of C1/D fraud that resulted in specific information about the applicants' smuggler in New York. FPU also investigated ten H-1B cases of Indian nationals who provided fraudulent employment [...]
2008-01-29 16:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
08LAGOS159FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS FIRST QUARTER 2008
[...] Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 144 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inflation [...]
2008-05-05 07:44:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC NI
08LAGOS27FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS FOURTH QUARTER 07
[...] Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 135 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inflation [...]
2008-02-01 06:16:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC NI
08LISBON2648(SBU) Portuguese interim response to demarche on sharing
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consul General and ACS Specialist met with Manuel Grainha do Vale, MFA Americas Division Deputy Director, on September 30 to deliver the demarche regarding the HSPD-6 proposal to share terrorist screening information. We left the proposal with him in hard copy as a diplomatic no [...]
2008-10-16 12:57:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL PO
08LISBON2711EMBASSY LISBON'S OCTOBER 2008 VISAS VIPER REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Lisbon's Visas Viper Program (VVP) Committee met on November 3, 2008. This month, Post submits the name of an American citizen fugitive, wanted in the U.S. for criminal, terrorist activities, a Syrian national with links to an Al-Qa'ida fundraising operative, and 14 members [...]
2008-11-14 16:40:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC PO
08LISBON584PORTUGAL WAITING FOR EU GUIDANCE ON VISA WAIVER
[...] (SBU) On March 5, 2008, Embassy Lisbon's Consul General delivered reftel points to representatives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, top officials indicated that Portugal 'fully shares' the EU Commission's view that visa [...]
2008-03-07 12:16:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KPAO CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL PTER PO
08LONDON677UK COUNSELS PATIENCE ON VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
[...] (c) Summary. HMG recognizes the issue of legal competency between the EU Commission and member states in the area of visa policy is "complicated," but London supports extension of the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP) to other EU members and wants to complete its own bilateral visa MOU with USG [...]
2008-03-06 17:43:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO CMGT CVIS PREL PTER UK
08LUXEMBOURG213VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT AND
[...] (U) Post convened its monthly Visas Viper Committee on 16 July 2008. One submission was presented to and approved by the committee. 2. (S) Name: ABO KHALIL, Adam DOB: 20 July 1980 POB: Rafah, Palestine Nationality: Israeli Father: ABO KHALIL, Taher Mother: NEGA, Shady Possible Al [...]
2008-08-08 15:08:00Embassy LuxembourgSECRETCMGT CVIS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
08MADRID347DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Multilateral Economic Relations Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde. Econoff explained that while the US strongly supports enhanced OECD engagement with China, the US does not/not support China's proposal for an MOU to essentially restri [...]
2008-03-19 15:00:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON CMGT TW OECD SP
08MASERU324UPDATE ON SECURITY FEATURES OF LESOTHO PASSPORT- CORRECTED
[...] Summary: On October 21, 2008, Consular Officer Lillie J. Kamanu visited the Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Immigration and Passport Services to obtain information about security features of Lesotho's passport. The passport is required identification for primary school leavers and fo [...]
2008-11-01 14:00:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LT
08MINSK190KEEPING EMBASSY MINSK IN OPERATION: POST'S CURRENT
[...] (U) This message has been reviewed by the full country team and cleared by section chiefs and agency heads (Charge, A/DCM, CONS, PAO, A/POL/ECON, MGT, RSO, DATT, RAO, AID) and is submitted in advance of the interagency meeting to discuss the subject issue at 10:00 local time in Washington on M [...]
2008-03-17 09:56:00Embassy MinskSECRET//NOFORNPREL AMGT ASEC ODIP APER CMGT BO
08MINSK191MFA DEMANDS EMBASSY MINSK CUT STAFF TO 17
[...] (C) MFA America's Department Director Vadim Lazerko called in Charge March 17 to repeat the Ministry's request that the Embassy cut its staff to seventeen, the number of diplomats and staff at Belarus' Embassy in Washington and New York Consulate General. Lazerko said the Embassy had until 3 [...]
2008-03-17 17:08:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ODIP AMGT CMGT PINR BO
08MINSK208CHARGE DELIVERS RESPONSE ON STAFF CUTS TO MFA
[...] (C) Charge delivered ref A points and the ref B list of 17 U.S. diplomatic staff to remain in Belarus to MFA A/S-equivalent Americas Department Director Amb. Vadim Lazerko March 24. Charge noted that the USG's decision to accede to Belarusian demands to cut staff was made reluctantly and he [...]
2008-03-25 07:40:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL ODIP CASC OFDP PHUM AMGT CMGT BO
08MINSK215REGIME TO DEMAND EMBASSY STAFF REDUCTION TO
[...] (S/NF) As reported ref A, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Valentin Rybakov informed Charge March 25 that unless the U.S. reversed the guidance issued by the U.S. treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control March 6, Charge would be summoned to the MFA on Monday March 31 and infor [...]
2008-03-25 14:32:00Embassy MinskSECRET//NOFORNPREL OFDP AMGT CMGT BO
08MINSK236BELARUS DEMANDS EMBASSY CUT STAFF TO FIVE
[...] (C) As expected (refs A, B),Belarusian A/S-equivalent MFA Americas Department Director Vadim Lazerko presented Charge with a diplomatic note announcing that Belarus would reduce its diplomatic presence in Washington and New York to six (Ambassador plus five),and demanding that the U.S. redu [...]
2008-03-31 17:56:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALAMGT BO CMGT OFDP PGOV PINR PREL
08MUNICH59MUNICH CONSULAR LEADERSHIP DAY AT INFINEON
[...] Summary. The themes of Munich's 2008 Consular Leadership Day were the CA Leadership Tenets "Learn Constantly" and "Build Great Teams." On January 30 we traveled together to Regensburg, about 90 minutes from Munich, where the German semiconductor company Infineon manufactures the electronic c [...]
2008-02-12 14:54:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT GM
08NAHA78NAHA HOSTS SIA MILITARY PASSPORT COURIER TRAINING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ConGen Naha in coordination with State Department Special Issuance Agency (SIA) and Department of Defense hosted a Military Passport Agents' Training Conference on Camp Foster Marine Base August 19-20 in Okinawa, Japan. Over 40 military passport agents from military installations [...]
2008-09-02 02:21:00Consulate NahaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT CPAS JA
08NASSAU811WHA CHIEFS OF MISSION CONFERENCE: ATTENDANCE OF
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Ned L. Siegel respectfully requests permission to travel to Washington, D.C. from December 3-5, 2008 to attend the 2008 WHA Chiefs of Mission Conference to be held at the Brookings Institue, Department of State and the National Press Club. The Ambassador's travel schedule is [...]
2008-11-20 19:38:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT CMGT ECON OTRA PGOV PREL BA
08NDJAMENA539CHAD - HAGUE ADOPTION CONVENTION HOME-STUDY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 06:36:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDKOCI CVIS CASC CMGT
08NIAMEY1068NIAMEY VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2008
[...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on November 3, 2008. No Visas Viper information was received. 2. Visas Viper Post Coordinator is Conoff Karan Swaner. Visas Viper Committee Chair/DCM Eric Whitaker convened the meeting and requested information from committee members. ALLEN [...]
2008-11-04 13:07:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT ASEC PINR PTER PREL NG
08NIAMEY1128NIAMEY VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2008
[...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on December 1, 2008. No Visas Viper information was received. 2. Visas Viper Post Coordinator is Conoff Karan Swaner. Visas Viper Committee Chair/DCM Eric Whitaker convened the meeting and requested information from committee members. ALLEN [...]
2008-12-01 13:51:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT ASEC PINR PTER PREL NG
08NIAMEY1129NIAMEY VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2008
[...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on December 1, 2008. No Visas Viper information was received. 2. Visas Viper Post Coordinator is Conoff Karan Swaner. Visas Viper Committee Chair/DCM Eric Whitaker convened the meeting and requested information from committee members. ALLEN [...]
2008-12-01 13:51:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT ASEC PINR PTER PREL NG
08NIAMEY988NIAMEY VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR AUGUST 2008
[...] (SBU) Post Visas Viper Committee met on September 15, 2008. Visas Viper Coordinator is Conoff Karan Swaner. Visas Viper Committee Chair CDA Eric Whitaker requested information from the committee. 2. (SBU) Members of the Visas Viper Committee mentioned that sometime in the spring of 2008, A [...]
2008-09-23 14:18:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEG PREL NG
08OSLO665VISITING TEAM ADVANCES HSPD-6 IN NORWAY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 5th meeting at the MFA, a joint Department and TSC negotiating team gave a comprehensive overview of HSPD-6 to an inter-agency group of Norwegian officials. The GON was receptive and indicated that the meeting clarified many issues for them, which would permit th [...]
2008-12-12 13:25:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL PTER NO
08OUAGADOUGOU230BURKINA FASO: HAGUE ADOPTION CONVENTION REQUIREMENTS IAA
[...] On March 12, post sent a formal letter to the Ministry of Social Action and National Solidarity requesting information on Burkina Faso's requirements for prospective adoptive parents from the United States. MOFA notified post that we will receive an official response to this request the first [...]
2008-03-31 07:30:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CASC KOCI CMGT UV
08PARAMARIBO178FRAUD SUMMARY - SURINAME, 2ND QUARTER FY 2008
[...] Per the instructions in RefTel, Paramaribo submits the following post fraud summary for the second quarter of FY 2008. Answers are keyed to the letters found in RefTel. A. Country Conditions The economy, while stable, is still developing, and more than half the population lives below the p [...]
2008-05-02 19:39:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NS
08PARAMARIBO428VISAS VIPER: SEP 2008 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Liza Ybarra, Consular Chief, is post's Visas Viper Coordinator. 2. Post held the Visas Viper committee meeting on October 2, 2008. 3. The meeting was chaired by DCM Bell. 4. In attendance: DCM, CONS, DEAL, RSO, and POL. 5. The committee identified no specific information to report [...]
2008-10-09 16:07:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NS
08PARAMARIBO45F-77 REPORTER DESIGNATION FOR AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO
[...] Gwendolyn S. Webb; Consul; Top Secret Clearance; tel IVG 540-2235; unclass email WebbGS@state.gov. 2. Lara M. Studzinski; Management Officer; Top Secret Clearance; tel IVG 540-2221; unclass e-mail StudzinsLM@state.gov. SCHREIBER HUGHES [...]
2008-02-07 18:18:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CASC CMGT AEMR ASEC NS
08PRAGUE202CHILD ABDUCTION: NEW CENTRAL AUTHORITY DIRECTOR DISCUSSES
[...] CG met March 19, 2008, with the new head of the Czech Office for International Legal Protection of Children (the Czech Central Authority or CCA),Lenka Pavlova. Pavlova was previously a lawyer in private general practice with a focus on family law. She said she applied for her present positi [...]
2008-03-25 06:34:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC CMGT PREL EZ
08PRAGUE230Czech Schengen Accession Limits Amcit Travel
[...] SUMMARY: The Czech Republic's December 21, 2007 entrance into the Schengen zone has drastically limited European travel for Americans with long-term Czech visas. Living legally in the country but without true residency, these "D" visa holders use up their allowed 90 days in the Schengen zone [...]
2008-04-09 15:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL CMGT CASC EZ
08PRAGUE234CZECH INTEL COMMITTEE APPROVES NEGOTIATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-14 15:29:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS PREL PTER EZ
08PRAGUE321PRAGUE CONSULAR ROUNDUP - JAN/MAY 2008
[...] Visa waiver negotiations culminated in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Washington, and initial objections from the European Commission have abated. DHS visited to conduct a country review and to discuss implementing arrangements. The Department is leading the negotiation [...]
2008-05-27 13:39:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT EZ
08PRAGUE647AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 6 MEETING WITH CZECH DPM
[...] (C) Summary: During his October 6 meeting with Czech DPM Alexandr Vondra, the Ambassador raised PM Topolanek's upcoming meeting with President Bush and DHS Secretary Chertoff's upcoming visit to the Czech Republic. The Czechs intend to invite the next U.S. President to an EU-U.S. summit in [...]
2008-10-07 14:39:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALOVIP CMGT CVIS EUN MARR PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE82CZECHS AGREE TO TEXT OF DHS SECURITY MOU
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-08 14:44:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL CMGT EZ EUR
08PRISTINA399ROLLING OUT THE KOSOVO PASSPORT
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. On July 29 the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MOIA) plans to issue the first Republic of Kosovo passport. Contrary to UNMIK's stated plans in February about its readiness to assist Kosovo in this task (reftel [...]
2008-07-29 16:40:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS PREL PGOV KV
08QUITO1100ECUADOR IMPLEMENTS TRAVEL DOC REQUIREMENTS FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Mission Ecuador has coordinated a joint strategy with our Chinese counterparts for delivering demarches to the GOE on its visa policies, specifically the lack of control over "tourists", and working with Ecuadorian authorities to improve their controls (Ref A). Both the U.S. an [...]
2008-11-28 21:31:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PGOV ASEC CMGT KCRM KFRD KTIP EC
08QUITO1127TRAVEL DOCUMENT REQUIREMENT FOR CHINESE: A
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the GOE signed an MOU with China on November 20 to implement a new travel document policy for Chinese tourists traveling to Ecuador, to be effective on December 1, the policy had not been implemented as of December 5. Until it receives clear instructions from the GOE [...]
2008-12-05 22:28:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PREL PGOV ASEC CMGT KCRM KFRD KTIP EC
08REYKJAVIK275ICELAND: CONSIDERING RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL FOR TERRORIST
[...] (SBU) A/DCM and ConOff delivered Ref A demarche and model document to Ministry for Foreign Affairs Desk Officer for the U.S. (and Deputy Chief of the Defense Department) Audunn Atlason and MFA Defense Department First Secretary Ingibjorg Petursdottir on November 21. Emboffs also referred to D [...]
2008-11-25 12:10:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL IC
08REYKJAVIK44 HAGUE ADOPTION LETTER DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT OF ICELAND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-27 15:20:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CASC KOCI CMGT IC
08RIODEJANEIRO89 Minister of Industry and Commerce Discusses Possible
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, 2008, Brazilian Minister of Industry and Commerce Miguel Jorge and Ambassador Sobel discussed Minister Jorge's upcoming visit to Washington DC for the CEO Forum Meeting at the end of April. Ambassador Sobel stressed the importance of showing concrete results from the [...]
2008-04-14 14:43:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN EINV EAIR CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL BR
08RIYADH1381RIYADH VIPER SUBMISSIONS AUGUST 2008
[...] (S/NF) Embassy Riyadh submits the following name as a Visas Viper submission for entry into the Department's CLASS lookout system: Muhamed Seyfudin Ciftci, DOB 27 August 1973. Aliases: Muhamad Ciftci Abu Anas (or Ebu Eness) Seifudin Abu Anas Al-Turki. 2. (S/NF) Background: According t [...]
2008-09-10 14:24:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT SA
08SANTIAGO454SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE SHARE BEST PRACTICES
[...] (U) Southern Cone COM's met in Santiago April 25-26, where they shared information on environmental ("green building"),public diplomacy, and consular best practices in the region. They also heard from OES on its priorities, including on climate change and biofuels. A DVC with Customs and Bord [...]
2008-05-16 15:45:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT CASC CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL SCUL SENV
08SANTODOMINGO345SANTO DOMINGO TRIPWIRE REPORTER CONTACT INFORMATION
[...] Per reftel, post designates the following person as the tripwire application reporter in the Tripwire Reporting and Integrated Planning System (TRIPS): Jose D. Silva; Political Officer; Political/Economic Section; Top Secret Clearance; tel 809-731-4203; classified email SilvaJD@state.sgov.gov; [...]
2008-03-07 15:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CASC CMGT AEMR ASEC
08SARAJEVO1715 THE KLADUSA CONUNDRUM, AN FPU VISIT TO BOSNIA'S ENIGMATIC
[...] [Summary] The Sarajevo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) traveled to Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) most isolated province to discover why we see such a disproportionate number of visa applicants from the northwestern towns of Bihac and Velika Kladusa. The FPU also wanted to address long held suspi [...]
2008-11-07 09:39:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK
08SECTIO04OF07BEIJING3049BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 08:34:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08SHANGHAI133MEETING WITH WESTINGHOUSE TO DISCUSS FACILITATED VISA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 12, 2008, Consular Section Chief met with Westinghouse representatives to discuss special visa processing in support of the AP1000 Nuclear Power Plant Project. This year alone, Westinghouse plans to sponsor up to 200 Chinese nationals for nuclear power technologies tra [...]
2008-04-01 04:37:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS PGOV ECON CH ENRG
08SHANGHAI30UP, UP, AND AWAY: SHANGHAI'S FY-07 VISA NUMBERS GO THROUGH
[...] (U) Consular officers in Shanghai adjudicated 16 percent more NIV applications in FY-07 than in FY-06. This follows a 19 percent increase in FY-06 over the FY-05 NIV workload, which in turn was up 20 percent over FY-04. This cable not only reports the quantitative increases but also provides [...]
2008-01-25 00:34:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT CH
08STATE112582RULES OF BEHAVIOR FOR PROTECTING PERSONALLY
[...] The Department has long been concerned with protecting individuals' personal information. This concern has been heightened in recent years by the increasing mobility of information by electronic means and high visibility breaches of personal information in both paper and electronic formats. [...]
2008-10-22 18:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAINF AMGT APER ASEC CMGT
08STATE48120RESOURCE GUIDE FOR USG TERRORIST INFORMATION SHARING
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 14. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: As a result of several different Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs) as well as 9/11 Commission Act requirements designed to enhance U.S. security, Washington agencies have concluded a number of biographic [...]
2008-05-06 22:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PTER KLHS
08STATE48128RESOURCE GUIDE FOR USG TERRORIST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 23:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PTER KLHS
08STATE90314DEMARCHE ON VISA SERVICES FOR AFGHAN NATIONALS
[...] (U) This is an action request - Embassy Islamabad see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Background: On July 17, 2008, the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul delivered a diplomatic note to Embassy Kabul. In that note, the government of Pakistan announced that henceforth "it will not issue Pakistani visas [...]
2008-08-21 21:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS PHUM PK PREL AF
08STOCKHOLM474EMBASSY STOCKHOLM'S FEEDBACK ON ESTA
[...] SUMMARY: An initial review of ESTA among various offices at Post raised several questions, including whether we can provide a prototype of the ESTA website as part of our outreach efforts and how ESTA will interface with the Class database and airline systems. This cable also outlines Post's [...]
2008-06-30 06:14:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SW
08STOCKHOLM558ESTA: AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE U.S. SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Post remains concerned about threats to U.S. security from naturalized Swedes who obtain Swedish passports by fraudulent means (reftels). Post recommends that the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) form be amended to add a requirement for travelers to list other names, ad [...]
2008-08-08 11:27:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CMGT CPAS CVIS KFRD KVPR PGOV PINR PREL
08STOCKHOLM581HANDICAPPED APPLICANT'S ESTA REJECTION HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A physically handicapped applicant was required to apply for a tourist visa after having affirmatively answered to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) application question regarding physical disorders. Her case, which was covered by a national paper, highlight [...]
2008-08-20 14:49:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SW
08STOCKHOLM648STOCKHOLM ON HSPD-6 TERRORIST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy delivered reftel demarche September 25 and urged that Swedish officials be prepared to meet with a negotiating team to discuss implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6) in October. Swedish officials predict they will be able to assemble the r [...]
2008-09-26 14:34:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL SW
08STOCKHOLM748HSPD-6 TEAM VISITS TO DISCUSS TERRORIST SCREENING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Meetings between the HSPD-6 terrorist screening information negotiation team and the Swedish MOJ and MFA reveal that the current Swedish political climate makes any formal terrorist screening information agreement highly difficult. Existing informal arrangements are working well, [...]
2008-11-07 16:32:00Embassy StockholmSECRETASEC CVIS PGOV PREL CMGT PTER SW
08STOCKHOLM777EMBASSY STOCKHOLM'S ESTA OUTREACH MATRIX
[...] Summary: Post has compiled the following list of outreach efforts undertaken over the past five months to inform contacts, stakeholders, and the public about the ESTA program. Additional information about our efforts can be found in our previous reporting located in reftels. We will have addit [...]
2008-11-19 15:19:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SW
08SURABAYA103SURABAYA B1/B2 VISA VALIDATION STUDY
[...] Summary: The Consular Section of the U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya recently conducted a validation study of B1/B2 visa issuances for the six month period between December 1, 2006 and May 31, 2007. The study results were primarily based on queries of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [...]
2008-09-08 00:45:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KFRD ID
08SURABAYA98CONSULAR MANAGEMENT VISIT TO BALI CONSULAR AGENCY
[...] Summary. Supervisory Consular Officer / Surabaya Consular Section Chief (CSC) Terry Mobley visited Bali from July 24 - 25. During the visit, CSC and Bali-based Consular Agent Joshua Finch reviewed Consular Agency operations, visited with a few long-term American citizen residents of Bali, an [...]
2008-08-21 07:25:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CASC CPAS ID
08TALLINN242FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: 2nd QUARTER 2008
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Estonia's economy grew rapidly in 2007, approximately 7.3 percent, albeit at a slower pace than expected. Growth is predicted to fall to 4.3 percent in FY 2008. Labor shortages exist in the country both as a result of declining birth rates and outsourcing of Estonia's labor- [...]
2008-07-16 05:51:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN
08TALLINN243FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: 3rd QUARTER 2008
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Initial estimates indicate Estonia's economic growth has slowed significantly in FY08, causing some alarm among economic analysts and the general public. That said, labor shortages continue to exist in the country both as a result of declining birth rates and outsourcing of [...]
2008-07-16 05:52:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN
08TALLINN260DHS AND DOJ VISIT TALLINN TO NEGOTIATE PCSC AGREEMENT
[...] Summary: A U.S. delegation co-led by the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) visited Tallinn on July 21 to spearhead negotiations of a Prum-like, PCSC (Preventing and Combating Serious Crime) Agreement with the Government of Estonia (GoE). An information-s [...]
2008-07-29 12:08:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS CPAS EN
08TALLINN348FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: MAR - AUG 2008
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Economic growth in Estonia, previously running at over 10% per year, has ground to a halt in recent months, causing concern among economic analysts and the general public, and forcing cuts in the state budget. The previously booming real estate sector has been particularly [...]
2008-10-03 08:47:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN
08TALLINN395ESTONIAN VISA WAIVER AND ESTA OUTREACH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Tallinn has embarked on a long-term commitment to educate Estonian travelers on the intricacies of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). The Embassy has organized a variety of outreach activities, including numerous press interviews, presentations to travel professionals and a [...]
2008-11-10 15:31:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PREL KPAO KHLS EN
08TALLINN47FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: 1ST QUARTER 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-05 14:59:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN
08TALLINN60FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: 1ST QUARTER 2008
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Estonia's economy grew rapidly in 2007, approximately 7.3 percent, albeit at a slower pace than expected. Growth is predicted to fall to 4.3 percent in FY 2008. Acute labor shortages exist in the country both as a result of declining birth rates and outward migration of Esto [...]
2008-02-13 08:18:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN
08TOKYO1627JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES BIOMETRICS, ESTA, CHILD
[...] (C) DHS Deputy Secretary Schneider and Justice Minister Hatoyama met on June 12 in Tokyo to discuss: -- Japan's new biometric immigration system, developed with assistance from the United States, which has already captured data on 4.5 million travelers and identified 150 as malafide; -- the p [...]
2008-06-15 22:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALCVIS CMGT JA
08TOKYO1711VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL
[...] SUMMARY: This is an ACTION CABLE, please see PARA 4. On June 3, DHS Secretary Chertoff introduced the ESTA program. Since then, post has conducted numerous outreach activities to inform the Japanese Government and public of this initiative. This cable also contains information on future outr [...]
2008-06-22 22:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PREL PGOV EUN JA
08TOKYO2115VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL
[...] SUMMARY: This cable contains information on outreach activities to inform the public of ESTA from June 20 to July 31. END SUMMARY. 2. Mission Japan consular and DHS representatives conducted a wide variety of outreach efforts to publicize the launch of ESTA. After drafting a power point pr [...]
2008-08-01 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PREL PGOV EUN JA
08TOKYO2117VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: August 1 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
[...] The ESTA application system went live in Japan on August 1 and was available for applications in the morning. Embassy Tokyo used two passports for trial applications. Conoff and Locally Engaged Staff filled out ESTA applications using one Japanese and one Danish passport. Post's experience w [...]
2008-08-01 06:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PREL PGOV EUN JA
08TOKYO2876(SBU) Delivery of Demarche to GOJ on proposal to exchange
[...] (SBU) Conoff delivered reftel demarche on the proposal to exchange terrorist screening information pursuant to HSPD-6 to Maiko Fujiwara, MOFA, International Counter-Terrorism Coordination Division, Foreign Policy Bureau. 2. (SBU) Fujiwara thanked Conoff for the information and noted the GO [...]
2008-10-15 23:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT ASEC PTER PGOV PREL JA
08TRIPOLI526LIBYA SEEKS TO BLACKMAIL EUROPEAN MISSIONS FOR VISAS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-03 13:13:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCOR CVIS CMGT LY
08TRIPOLI6LIBYA IMPOSES NEW CURRENCY REQUIREMENT FOR TOURISTS
[...] (SBU) Post received January 3 a copy of a note sent from the GOL's Civil Aviation Committee to airlines announcing that as of 7 January, all tourist visa holders -- except bearers of Egyptian and Tunisian passports -- will be required to present USD 1000 or the equivalent in another convertible [...]
2008-01-07 15:53:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT CASC PREL PGOV LY
08VANCOUVER78MANAGING 2010 OLYMPICS BORDER TRAFFIC
[...] This is the second of two cables looking at preparations for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Issues related to economics, commerce and logistics are covered in ref. This cable addresses the travel of tourists and participants to the Games and potential issues for border management. 2. [...]
2008-04-04 17:49:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIEDCA KOLY PREL ASEC CMGT
08VIENNA296TAIWAN IN THE OECD: AUSTRIA FAVORS U.S. POSITION
[...] (C) Econ/Pol Couns met 2/29 with MFA Asia Department Director Zimburg to deliver reftel demarche. Zimburg reported that Austria's basic position on Taiwanese participation in international organizations was in favor of "pragmatic" engagement. Thus, Austria would tend to oppose proposals that [...]
2008-02-29 15:32:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL OECD ECON CMGT TW AU
08VIENTIANE180FRAUD SUMMARY-(VIENTIANE): Q1 FY 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-20 10:22:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LA
08VILNIUS235Bloggers, Officials React to Sanctions, Diplomatic Row
[...] (SBU) Post has monitored the Belarusian public's reaction to recent events in the country including Belneftekhim sanctions, Belarus' recall of its Ambassador to the U.S., GOB demands for American Embassy staff reductions and the resulting suspension of some consular operations, and a spurious [...]
2008-04-15 10:40:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ASEC CMGT BO
08VILNIUS940BELARUS: STATUS OF EMBASSY OPERATIONS
[...] (SBU) All but four of Embassy Minsk's 35 State and other agency Americans departed post in two phases -- March 27 and May 3, 2008 -- as a result of demands by the GOB, lashing out in response to expanded USG economic sanctions. One of our highest priorities is maintaining the employment of ou [...]
2008-11-04 10:41:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT APER CMGT PREL ABUD BO
08VILNIUS951BELARUS: PROSPECTS FOR REGIME APPROVAL OF INCREASE
[...] (U) This message builds on ref A, which provides a report on the current status of operations at Embassy Minsk. 2. (C) Post anticipates that Lukashenka -- who is under increasing economic pressure and is now seeking a USD 2 billion loan for the IMF as reported ref B -- may soon make some [...]
2008-11-06 10:16:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALAMGT APER CMGT PREL ABUD BO
08VILNIUS972ESTA OUTREACH IN LITHUANIA
[...] (U) Summary. Post has an aggressive outreach program underway for the Electronic System of Travel Authorization (ESTA). Post introduced the concept of ESTA in spring 2008, in anticipation of Lithuania's admission to the Visa Waiver Program. Post intensified outreach efforts in fall 2008, wh [...]
2008-11-18 12:53:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PREL KPAO KHLS EN LH
08YAOUNDE368YAOUNDE AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE LESSONS LEARNED: IT
[...] (U) Summary: During the last week of February 2008, Cameroon's renowned stability and tranquility of Cameroon were shattered by a spasm of rioting and violence that led Embassy Yaounde to request the authorized departure of eligible family members. Mission Cameroon's lessons learned from this [...]
2008-04-15 15:43:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AF AFIN AMGT ASEC CA CASC CM CMGT KFLO
08ZAGREB75FRAUD SUMMARY - ZAGREB
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 06:32:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC HR
09ABIDJAN647FRAUD SUMMARY (REVISED) Q ABIDJAN, COTE DQIVOIRE
[...] Following is AbidjanQs fraud summary for April 2009 through August, 2009. 2. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Cote dQIvoire has been a divided country since a 2002 failed coup attempt evolved into an armed rebellion that split the country in two. Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and New Forces leader G [...]
2009-11-02 13:44:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IV
09ABUDHABI378 Fraud Summary - Abu Dhabi
[...] Country Conditions Note: Many aspects of this report should be viewed in tandem with the Fraud Summary from Consulate General Dubai. While the two posts in the UAE see somewhat different applicant pools (Notably, Dubai is the primary NIV processing post for persons in Iran, while Abu Dhabi [...]
2009-04-14 12:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AE
09ABUJA561FRAUD SUMMARY - ABUJA
[...] Following is post's semi-annual fraud reporting cable for the period September 2008 to February 2009, per reftel instructions. ------------------ COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------ 2. Background: Nigeria covers 356,700 sq miles and has a population of approximately 145 million. The [...]
2009-04-02 06:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI
09AMMAN1260 FRAUD SUMMARY - JORDAN
[...] (U) Jordan is a developing country with a per capita income of $5,000 and a population of nearly 6.3 million. Almost one third of the population lives in the capital city of Amman and about thirty percent of Jordanians are younger than 14. The service sector comprises over 77 percent of the e [...]
2009-06-04 12:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO
09AMMAN2260 FRAUD SUMMARY - JORDAN
[...] (U) Jordan is a developing country with a GDP per capita of $5,100 and a population of over 6.3 million. Over 78% of the people live in urban areas and one third of all Jordanians are younger than 14. The service sector comprises over 66 percent of the economy, industry covers about 30 percen [...]
2009-10-12 12:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO
09AMSTERDAM83FRAUD SUMMARY - NETHERLANDS
[...] Per the instructions in Ref A, Amsterdam submits the following post summary of fraud-related activity during the period from March 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009 updating Ref B. -------------------------- Country Conditions -------------------------- 2. The Netherlands is a highly develope [...]
2009-10-29 16:46:00Consulate AmsterdamUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NL
09ANKARA1841TURKEY DROPS VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR MORE COUNTRIES
[...] SUMMARY: (C) MFA Head of Visa Section Kemal Demirciler recently gave us a consular perspective on the increasing number of Turkish bilateral visa waiver agreements. He said his department is not consulted before a visa waiver agreement is signed, and he expects no notification as to which c [...]
2009-12-28 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL CVIS CMGT PGOV PTER SY LY TU
09ANKARA449Ankara: VALIDATION STUDY OF IRANIAN APPLICANTS
[...] Summary: Embassy Ankara recently conducted a validation study of Iranian applicants who had been issued B-1/B-2 visas in Ankara during calendar year 2008. The purpose of the study was to determine the overstay rate of Iranian nonimmigrant visa recipients and to better inform Post's adjudicati [...]
2009-03-25 10:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD TU
09ASMARA146PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ANTI-REGIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Eritrea, only the elderly and pro-regime individuals are allowed passports and exit visas to travel abroad. The regime closed the University of Asmara in 2005 and conscripts almost all young adults into open-ended national service, which borders on indefinite forced labor. Per [...]
2009-05-05 13:53:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALCVIS CMGT PREL PGOV SOCI PREF ER
09ASMARA340Eritrea Fraud Summary through August 2009
[...] The Eritrean government (GSE) continued its harsh economic policies, which further increased the scarcity of basic goods and the impoverishment its people. Grocery stores are thinly stocked; meat and fish are not always available, and basic commodities such as sugar, flour, cooking oil, coffee [...]
2009-10-01 14:05:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ZA IL KE SD EG ER
09ASTANA540ALMATY AND ASTANA FRAUD SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 2008 - FEBRUARY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The following sections correspond to questions in Ref A. --------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS --------------------- 3. (U) Kazakhstan is a single consular district with two consular offices, Embassy Astana and Embass [...]
2009-03-26 04:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KZ
09ASUNCION162FRAUD SUMMARY Q ASUNCION
[...] (U) This cable is in response to an action request in paragraph 6 of retel. ------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------- 2. (U) After the 35-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner and six decades of Colorado Party rule, Paraguayans elected former Roman Catholic b [...]
2009-03-19 20:48:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS PA
09ASUNCION644VISAS VIPER: SEPTEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 15:38:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL PA
09ASUNCION706FRAUD SUMMARY - ASUNCION
[...] This cable is in response to an action request in reftel. ------------------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) After the 35-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner and six decades of Colorado Party rule, Paraguayans elected forme [...]
2009-10-28 13:56:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC PA
09ASUNCION734VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 19:33:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL PA
09ASUNCION852VISAS VIPER: NOVEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 22:08:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL PA
09ATHENS1672THEFT OF 692 BLANK GREEK RESIDENT PERMITS
[...] Summary: The Greek recently press reported that, during the weekend of 15/16 August 2009, the Office of Immigration and Aliens Affairs at Kavala in northern Greece was robbed. A small safe containing government documents, including blank alien registration cards, blank provisional legal resid [...]
2009-09-16 12:25:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC GR
09ATHENS1774FRAUD SUMMARY ATHENS
[...] Over the past 20 years Greece has seen a remarkable improvement in its standard of living. This is primarily due to the long-term convergence plan of the European Union for socioeconomic uniformity among member states. This, together with its geographic location, has made Greece an attractiv [...]
2009-09-30 13:14:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GR
09AUCKLAND22NEW ZEALAND REACTION TO THE END OF THE E-PASSPORT EXEMPTION
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) Summary. New Zealand expects hundreds of its citizens abroad may be inconvenienced by the end of the e-passport exemption for emergency travel and will lobby DHS to use its waiver authority liberally. End summary. 3. (U) [...]
2009-05-06 08:39:00Consulate AucklandUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KPAO PBTS PREL NZ
09AUCKLAND7NEW ZEALAND: MEETING ON VISA WAIVER PROGRAM LETTER
[...] (U) Wellington A/DCM and Auckland Consul General met January 27 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials Catherine Nicol (Americas Division) and Lyndal Walker (Consular Division) to discuss the VWP letter from DHS A/S Baker. CG reviewed the points in ref A, explaining the legislat [...]
2009-01-30 11:21:00Consulate AucklandUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PBTS PREL NZ
09BAGHDAD1061 Nomination of Jeff Lodinsky for the 2009 Barbara M. Watson
[...] Embassy Baghdad is proud to nominate Consul General Jeff Lodinsky for the 2009 Barbara M. Watson Award. Jeff supervises one of the most stressful, demanding and unusual Consular operations in the world. Through his leadership in Baghdad, the diverse, multi-national staff has achieved remark [...]
2009-04-19 13:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT APER AMGT IZ
09BAGHDAD2680FRAUD SUMMARY - BAGHDAD
[...] Security remains a concern in Iraq; however, conditions are gradually improving. Traveling both domestically and around the region remains difficult for Iraqi nationals. High numbers of Iraqis continue to pursue plans to immigrate to the US for economic and security reasons. Post is prepari [...]
2009-10-06 03:11:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PREF KFRD IZ
09BAGHDAD2753VISAS VIPER: SEPTEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post: Baghdad MEETING DATE: 04 Oct 2009 CHAIR: Consul General David Schwartz COORDINATOR: CONOFF David Brownstein ATTENDEES: POL, ECON, ORA, CONS, MNFI (CJ9),OHA, POLM, FBI, DHS 3. (U) THE COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTING INFORMATION ON [...]
2009-10-13 15:09:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINR PTER ASEC CMGT CVIS KPRV IZ
09BAGHDAD278 VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST
[...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: 01FEB2009 CHAIR: CONS JEFF LODINSKY COORDINATOR: CONOFF MCHESSEN ATTENDEES: RSO, POL/MIL, EXEC, DOJ, ECON, DHS, FBI, POL, CONS, MNF-I (CJ9) 3. (U) THE COMMITTEE HAD NO NEW SUBMISSIONS FOR JANUARY CROCKER [...]
2009-02-03 08:36:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2968VISAS VIPER: NOVEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post: Baghdad MEETING DATE: 04 November 2009 CHAIR: Consul General David Schwartz COORDINATOR: CONOFF David Brownstein ATTENDEES: RSO, ECON, POL/MIL, FBI, PAS, CONS 3. (U) THE COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTING INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWI [...]
2009-11-09 15:44:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPINR PTER ASEC CMGT CVIS KPRV IZ
09BAGHDAD317 VISAS FOR IRAQIS - A STRATEGIC VULNERABILITY
[...] (U) As we proceed to implement the Strategic Framework Agreement, the United States faces a significant obstacle to achieving its objective of an Iraq that is a stable ally with effective institutions accountable to its people. That obstacle is the 120 to 150-day wait time required of most Iraq [...]
2009-02-07 05:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PREL
09BAGHDAD3232VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post: Baghdad MEETING DATE: December 6, 2009 CHAIR: DCM Robert Ford COORDINATOR: CONOFF David Brownstein ATTENDEES: POL, ECON, CONS, MNFI (CJ9),OHA, POLM, FBI, DHS, PAS, RSO, MNF-I 3. (U) THE COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTING INFORMATION [...]
2009-12-15 14:47:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINR PTER ASEC CMGT CVIS KPRV IZ
09BAGHDAD359 BAGHDAD CONSULAR LEADERSHIP DAY 2009
[...] Baghdad's Consular Section marked the 2009 Consular Leadership Day with a series of events and programs that highlighted the Section's teambuilding inside the DOS community and beyond. The day began by concluding a two-day Military Passport Acceptance Agent training program for five U.S. Army [...]
2009-02-11 14:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS CASC
09BAGHDAD996 VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST
[...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: 05APR2009 CHAIR: CHARG PATRICIA BUTENIS COORDINATOR: CONOFF ANUUTINEN ATTENDEES: RSO, POL/MIL, EXEC, ECON, PAO, DHS, FBI, CONS, MNF-I (CJ9) 3. (SBU) THE COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTING INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE VISAS [...]
2009-04-12 03:18:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ
09BAMAKO725FRAUD SUMMARY - BAMAKO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 11:37:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ML
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN122COUNTRY FRAUD SUMMARY -- BRUNEI
[...] Summary: Brunei has been a member of the Visa Waiver Program since its inception. On May 5, the Government of Brunei announced the production and issuance of fully ICAO compliant biometric passports. Prior to this announcement, the Government of Brunei had been issuing regular passports (red c [...]
2009-06-03 00:58:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SN
09BANGUI103FRAUD SUMMARY - BANGUI
[...] (U) This is Embassy Bangui's response to State 074840, regarding general conditions fraud, and consular fraud issues in the Central African Republic. Country Conditions 2. (U) The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country of 4.5 million people, ranked among the least developed c [...]
2009-05-26 11:07:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CT
09BANJUL285FRAUD SUMMARY - BANJUL, MAR - AUG 2009
[...] Embassy Banjul submits the following fraud report covering March through August 2009. Post notes, however, that Conoff arrived only in July 2009 and is just becoming familiar with consular work in The Gambia. a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: The Gambia, the smallest country on the mainland of Afric [...]
2009-09-23 15:01:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GA
09BEIJING174CHINA: VISA DELAYS SET BACK WESTINGHOUSE PROJECT, THREATEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Westinghouse's execution of a multi-billion dollar contract to build nuclear power units in China -- a source of thousands of U.S. jobs -- continues to be hindered by visa processing delays, specifically the 9 weeks currently required for Visas Mantis Security Advisory Opinion ( [...]
2009-01-21 09:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA CH
09BEIJING601SAO DELAYS LOSE SALES AND COST AMERICAN JOBS FOR U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. aviation companies point to current SAO processing times of 16 weeks or longer as an unreasonable threat to U.S. exports, U.S. jobs, and the chances of recovery for their communities in the U.S. The industry has grown remarkably over the past 5 years in China, and has succe [...]
2009-03-09 09:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS OEXC ECON EAIR CH
09BEIJING686Mantis 2008 (1 of 2): More Workload, More Waiting in
[...] Summary: This cable summarizes Beijing's 2008 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) review. In 2008, overall SAO Mantis volume increased by 10 percent, and wait times quadrupled to 16 weeks for SAO clearance. End Summary. ------------------------------- 2008 in Review: By the Numbers - [...]
2009-03-17 09:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING687Mantis 2009 (2 of 2): Unpredictable Delays Harm Business,
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable draws preliminary conclusions on 2009 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) processing trends, based on the first 5 months of the fiscal year. Current lengthy SAO processing delays undermine Consular Section public outreach efforts. Expediting 2009 student and scho [...]
2009-03-17 09:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING817SAOs: U.S. Companies Highlight Harm to U.S. Exports; Jobs
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidents and CEOs of U.S. high-tech exporters met with the CDA to express their concern that four-month-long waits for visa issuances are having a serious negative impact on American exports, and to discuss possible solutions. A delegation of former American Chamber of Commerc [...]
2009-03-27 06:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BELFAST79FRAUD SUMMARY - BELFAST - MARCH- AUGUST 2009
[...] Country Conditions: As part of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland is a developed industrialized country with a well-established infrastructure. Like the rest of the UK, Northern Ireland is suffering as a result of the global credit crunch and economic downturn. The unemployment rate in N [...]
2009-09-30 14:05:00Consulate BelfastUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC UK
09BELMOPAN400 FRAUD SUMMARY - BELMOPAN
[...] Per Reftel B, U.S. Embassy Belmopan provides the following information for the period March, 2009 - September, 2009: a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Fraud encountered during visa and American Citizen Services interviews remains at moderately low levels. Post saw a slight increase in NIV fraud. Be [...]
2009-10-30 21:35:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM BH
09BERLIN1170INTENSELY NEGATIVE REACTION TO ESTA FEE IN GERMANY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reaction in Germany to the ESTA fee-related provision of the Travel Promotion Act (TPA) has been vehemently disapproving. Even before the Senate vote on September 9, GOG officials and the media, including the national evening television news, highlighted their opposition to the [...]
2009-09-21 15:10:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALCVIS CMGT PREL GM
09BERN220 SWISS REFERENDUM APPROVES UNIVERSAL BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS
[...] By the narrowest of margins, Swiss voters May 17 approved the country's transition next year to only biometric passports. With 1.9 million voters participating (38% of the eligible electorate, according to Swiss papers),the "yes" vote (for only biometric passports) garnered 50.14% (953,136 v [...]
2009-05-18 13:07:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KPAO PBTS PREL SZ
09BISHKEK1140KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan is a Central Asian republic of five million people. Agriculture plays an important role in the Kyrgyz economy, which has not been as heavily affected by the global economic downturn as some neighboring countries. Nonetheless, poverty and high unemployment lead [...]
2009-10-21 02:03:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
09BISHKEK470KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY SEPTEMBER - MARCH 2009
[...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. Kyrgyzstan was ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world in a recent Forbes magazin [...]
2009-05-15 10:59:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
09BOGOTA3128FRAUD SUMMARY - COLOMBIA
[...] This country fraud summary from the Bogota Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) covers the period from February 2009 to August 2009. --------------------- A. Country Conditions --------------------- 2. Despite improving security and positive, but slower economic growth in Colombia du [...]
2009-09-30 19:15:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD CO
09BOGOTA3404Colombian MFA Sounds Alarm about Citizenship Fraud
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 15, 2009 AmEmb Bogota's consular Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) met with the head of the passport office at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Mauricio Acero. Acero requested the meeting to alert FPU to a fraud trend whereby foreign nationals fraudulently [...]
2009-10-27 16:17:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS PINS KFRD SMIG CO
09BRATISLAVA386HOMELAND SECURITY STAFFDEL TALKS VISA WAIVER PROGRAM WITH
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) On August 27th, Embassy Bratislava hosted five staffers from the House and Senate Committees on Homeland Security, along with Marc Frey, Director of the Visa Waiver Program Office at DHS, on the first stop of a regional fact-finding trip to Visa Waiver Program (VWP) member coun [...]
2009-08-31 14:53:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PREL PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA422FRAUD SUMMARY - BRATISLAVA
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Slovakia joined the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) in November 2008, and the majority of former B visa travelers are now traveling under VWP. Although Slovakia had one of the best-performing economies in Europe in recent years, it has been severely affected by the global economi [...]
2009-09-30 14:41:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC LO
09BRAZZAVILLE180FRAUD SUMMARY - BRAZZAVILLE
[...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. Full scale NIV and ACS consular services are now available at Embassy Brazzaville. On 18 February, the Consular Section issued its first NIV. This was the first NIV issued in the Republic of the Congo in 12 years. Prior to the opening of the [...]
2009-06-12 12:45:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC CF
09BRAZZAVILLE181FRAUD SUMMARY - BRAZZAVILLE
[...] Full scale NIV and ACS consular services are now available at Embassy Brazzaville. On 18 February, the Consular Section issued its first NIV. This was the first NIV issued in the Republic of the Congo in 12 years. Prior to the opening of the New Embassy Compound on 20 January, consular service [...]
2009-06-12 13:34:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC CF
09BRAZZAVILLE275FRAUD SUMMARY - BRAZZAVILLE
[...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. For the first time in 12 years, full scale NIV, IV and ACS consular services are now available at Embassy Brazzaville. NIV and ACS operations went live with the opening of the New Embassy Compound in February 2009. IV operations resumed in la [...]
2009-09-28 18:09:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CF
09BRAZZAVILLE336CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2009
[...] (SBU) Post's Visas Viper Coordinator (CONS) convened a Visas Viper meeting on 25 November 2009 to discuss activity for the month of November 2009. Viper Committee is comprised of Ambassador Eastham, DCM, ROS, CONS, and ECON/PD (Back-up CONS). There were no actionable viper issues during the re [...]
2009-11-27 07:10:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDCF CVIS CMGT PTER PINR ASEC KVPR
09BRUSSELS1220EUROPEAN UNION EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PROPOSED
[...] (C) Summary: On September 3, 2009, USEU Charge d'Affaires was demarched by the European Commission's Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security o EU concerns about the proposed fee for the Electronic System for travel Authorization (ESTA) contained in the Travel Promotion Act of 2 [...]
2009-09-04 15:25:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALCVIS CMGT PREL SMIG EU
09BRUSSELS443STATUS OF SCHENGEN INFORMATION SYSTEM II
[...] (SBU) Delays to the upgrading of the current Schengen Information System (SIS),the EU's primary system for cross-border sharing of lookout information, may result in the project being scrapped entirely. Numerous technical and political obstacles have delayed the project since 2003 when the [...]
2009-03-27 12:23:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT EUN
09BUCHAREST265VISAS VIPER SUBJECT: ABU ELBA, HUSSAM
[...] (S) The Romanian Internal Intelligence Service (SRI) notified post that Hussam Abu Elba (DOB: 27-Jun-1975, POB: Jabalia, the West Bank (Israel),Passport number 1194591, email addresses XXXXXXXXXXXX@yahoo.com, XXXXXXXXXXXX@yahoo.com) recently applied for a visa and has direct connections to indivi [...]
2009-04-21 08:14:00Embassy BucharestSECRETKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC RO
09BUENOSAIRES1113FRAUD SUMMARY - ARGENTINA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 17:57:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES569ARGENTINES FLOCK TO DISNEY, LEAVING THE CRISES BEHIND
[...] (U) While Argentina's economy has contracted sharply in the wake of the global financial crisis and negative GDP growth is widely projected for 2009, demand for non-immigrant visas (NIVs) continues to rise. In the first quarter of 2009, daily demand for visas has gone from an average of 525 ap [...]
2009-05-13 17:00:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT ECON EFIN AR
09CAIRO1054 CA/FPP AND CAIRO FPU IDENTIFY TWO COPTIC PRIESTS AS
[...] (SBU) Summary: CA/FPP and the Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) have been reviewing visa and PIERS records in an effort to identify additional cases of the baby trafficking network described in reftels. Through an analysis of PIERS records, a Fraud Prevention Officer (FPO) at CA/FPP linked and [...]
2009-06-10 14:34:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG
09CAIRO1766 FRAUD SUMMARY - CAIRO
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Widespread poverty and a lack of perceived economic prospects drive a significant number of Egyptians to look for opportunity outside of their homeland. Boatloads of Egyptians have been intercepted traveling north across the Mediterranean towards Europe. Such economic migran [...]
2009-09-13 13:39:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EG
09CAIRO1828 FPU REVIEW OF DIVERSITY VISA CASES REVEALS ANOTHER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) reviewed Diversity Visas (DVs) issued by post to identify additional cases of the baby trafficking network described in reftels. A number of cases were found that raised the possibility that some DV lottery winners applied with newborns that [...]
2009-09-23 11:51:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG
09CAIRO1945Cooperation and Coordination Busts Fraud Ring
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU),the Egyptian State Security Investigative Services (SSIS) and the Greek Embassy in Cairo worked together to identify a major fraud ring involved in obtaining Schengen visas for mala fide travelers. The ring used fake US visas and bogus suppo [...]
2009-10-13 14:58:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC SMIG EG
09CAIRO207FRAUD TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES CONTINUE TO DISMANTLE NETWORK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable highlights the effective fraud tools and techniques that have uncovered the network of fraudulent birth registrations reported in refs (A) and (B). The Fraud Prevention Manager (FPM) and A/RSO-I continue to use a wide variety of fraud resources to not only identify ad [...]
2009-02-04 15:31:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG
09CAIRO2178COPTIC CHOIR BOYS UNCOVERED AS INTENDING IMMIGRANTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) uncovered a scheme to have young men pose as Coptic choir boys in order to be issued visas for travel to the United States. The applicants used bogus letters from churches in Egypt and the United States to facilitate the fraud. Egyptian State [...]
2009-11-19 11:31:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD KIRF CVIS CMGT KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG
09CAIRO2205BLIND COPTIC GIRLS' CHOIR USED FOR ALIEN SMUGGLING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) has identified seven individuals who were successfully smuggled to the United States through their inclusion with a church group of blind Coptic girl singers. The church group was organized and sponsored by an Egyptian-American man in the Uni [...]
2009-11-25 14:44:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD KIRF CVIS CMGT KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG
09CAIRO2291 Baby Traffickers Resurface in Alexandria
[...] (SBU) Summary: An American Citizen couple attempted to register a newborn as their biological child during a scheduled consular outreach visit held at the American Center in Alexandria. The couple fit the profile developed by the Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) in reftels and the case was re [...]
2009-12-13 14:59:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG
09CAIRO426 FRAUD SUMMARY - CAIRO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 11:37:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EG
09CAIRO600 UPDATE ON CASE OF FRAUDULENT BIRTH REGISTRATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Working with the Canadian Embassy in Cairo, the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) has identified at least five cases from the Canadians that fit the profile of the confirmed baby trafficking cases described in reftels. In addition, the FPU has uncovered one additional case from the no [...]
2009-04-08 07:33:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT CVIS EG KFRD KOCI PHUM SMIG
09CANBERRA440VWP:AUSTRALIA INFORMED CONCERNING CBP POLICY UPDATE
[...] (U) April 30, Consular Officer delivered the U.S. Customs and Border Protection announcement contained in reftel to Richard J. Jameson, Executive Officer, Passport Systems and Technology Section (PST),Passport Business Improvement and Technology Branch (PSB),Australian Passport Office, Depar [...]
2009-05-05 06:40:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KPAO PBTS PREL
09CANBERRA71AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO VISA WAIVER PROGRAM LETTER
[...] (U) January 8, Pol Off presented Beverly Mercer, Director of the U.S. Political and Strategic Section, and Alanna Mckay, Executive Officer of the U.S. Branch, of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade the talking points contained in paragraph 6 (reftel) concerning the Visa W [...]
2009-01-21 05:05:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PBTS PREL KPAO
09CANBERRA800HAGUE ADOPTION CONVENTION: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO
[...] (U) August 6, consoff presented Vicki Parker, Assistant Secretary, Intercountry Adoption Branch, Access to Justice Division, Australian Government, Attorney-General's Department, with the USG's Annual Letter on the Hague Adoption Convention. On August 19,the Consular Section received the fo [...]
2009-08-31 00:06:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKOCI CASC CVIS CMGT ADCO
09CARACAS1065 VISAS VIPER JULY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] The DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on July 28, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for July 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLASS dat [...]
2009-08-13 21:38:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS1167 VISAS VIPER AUGUST 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] The DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on August 25, 2009. Committee members submitted one name for the Visas Viper program. 2. Committee members agree that Qureshi, Muhammad Zubair Ali meets the Visas Viper criteria. His information is as follows: Name: Qureshi, Muh [...]
2009-09-04 19:18:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS1312 VISAS VIPER SEP 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] The DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on September 29, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for September 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the [...]
2009-10-13 13:28:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS1413 VISAS VIPER OCT 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] The CG chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on October 27, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for October 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLAS [...]
2009-11-04 19:04:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS145 VISAS VIPER JANUARY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas VISA VIPER Committee meeting on January 26, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new VISAS VIPER names to submit to the Consular Section for January 2009. 2. Conoff reminded participants to continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the C [...]
2009-02-04 12:46:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS311 VISAS VIPER FEBRUARY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on February 25, 2009. Committee members submitted two names for the Visas Viper program. 2. Committee members agree that Lina Ron meets the Visas Viper criteria. Her information is as follows: Name: Ron Pereira, Lina Nine [...]
2009-03-13 13:28:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS446 VISAS VIPER MARCH 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on March 30, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for March 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the [...]
2009-04-08 12:25:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS454INFLATION AND A FIXED EXCHANGE RATE INCREASINGLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Budgetary pressures stemming from Venezuela's unorthodox economic policies have strained Post's operations and will almost certainly pose stark choices for Post and the Department in the coming year. Inflation is high and growing, and the official exchange rate has been fixed [...]
2009-04-08 21:35:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABUD AFIN AMGT CMGT APER ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS691 VISAS VIPER APRIL 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] The RSO chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on April 28. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for April 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLASS databas [...]
2009-06-05 14:31:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS715 VISAS VIPER MAY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on May 26, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for May 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLAS [...]
2009-06-09 21:42:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS890 VISAS VIPER JUNE 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] The CG chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on June 30, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for June 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLASS data [...]
2009-07-14 13:36:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CASABLANCA112 VISAS VIPER FOR MAY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met June 8, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee would like to submit the following names o [...]
2009-06-08 17:15:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA131 VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2009 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 6, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, ACG/CONS, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee discussed the arrest of five members of a [...]
2009-07-08 09:41:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA140 VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2009 REPORTING PERIOD (UPDATE)
[...] As reported previously (Casablanca 0131),members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 6, 2000 and discussed the arrest of members of the terrorist cell Salafiya Jihadia. 2. Legatt office provided the following submissions. All are Moro [...]
2009-07-15 15:42:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA159 VISAS VIPER FOR JULY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met August 3, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM/PD, CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, RAO, POL, ECON, and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee had nothing to report for Jul [...]
2009-08-07 09:24:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA177 VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2009 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 8, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Acting DCM/PD with ACG/CONS, LEGATT, DHS, RAO, DAO, RSO, ECON and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee does not have anything to report at [...]
2009-09-08 16:05:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA188SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - CASABLANCA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 11:46:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA19 VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met February 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, FCS, and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for [...]
2009-02-05 14:22:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA193 VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 7, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, RAO, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PD and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee discussed the September arrest of 24 [...]
2009-10-08 12:05:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA197 VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD UPDATE
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 7, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, RAO, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PD and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee would like to submit the following na [...]
2009-10-20 16:56:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA2 VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 5, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, FCS, and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee approved the following cases submitted by [...]
2009-01-05 16:51:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA224 VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 7, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, USAID and PD in attendance. 2. There are no submissions for the November 2009 reporting period. [...]
2009-12-08 09:19:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA40 VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met March 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, and ECON. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for the month of February 2009. [...]
2009-03-10 13:43:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA42PDAS KIRBY ADDRESSES FRUSTRATIONS OF MOROCCO'S BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Moroccan-American Chamber of Commerce in Morocco (AmCham) hosted a business lunch March 2 for PDAS Michael Kirby of the Bureau of Consular Affairs. The event was attended by 56 business men and women representing numerous industry sectors. AmCham Board Members, the Consul G [...]
2009-03-12 13:01:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT ASEC EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA66 VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2009 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met April 6, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, PD and FCS. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for the month of March 2009. [...]
2009-04-07 17:35:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA85 VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2009 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 5, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for the m [...]
2009-05-05 11:26:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CHENGDU223FRAUD SUMMARY - CHENGDU (APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 2009)
[...] The Chengdu consular district covers Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR),and the Chongqing Municipality. The majority of the Consulate's NIV applicants hail from Chengdu, Chongqing and Kunming, followed by Guiyang and smaller cities and towns throughout th [...]
2009-10-09 04:55:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CH
09CHENGDU266CHENGDU B1/B2 VALIDATION STUDY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Consulate Chengdu's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) conducted a validation study of all private Chinese passport holders who were issued B1/B2 visas in CY2008. Based on a review and analysis of 800 randomly-selected visa issuances, the illegal overstay rate was found to be 2.0 perc [...]
2009-11-19 09:09:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CH
09CHENNAI13 Kerala Field Investigations Yield Low Fraud, but Good
[...] Summary. While Post frequently reports on H-1B fraud trends in Hyderabad and Bangalore, the state of Kerala, on India's southwest coast, deserves attention as the primary source of immigrant visa applicants in South India. On a recent field investigation trip throughout the state, an FPU team [...]
2009-01-16 05:12:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CVIS KFRD CMGT IN KOCI
09CHENNAI158Mission India FY08 Visa Referral Validation Study
[...] (SBU) Summary. Mission India recently conducted a validation study of all 1,408 approved non-immigrant visa applicants who utilized the visa referral program in FY2008 in New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata. The study showed that 99.4 percent of the visa recipients have entered and depart [...]
2009-05-27 02:12:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN
09CHENNAI173Chennai P-3 Performers: Well Scrutinized and Well Behaved
[...] SUMMARY. Consulate General Chennai adjudicated 577 P-3 cultural performance non-immigrant visas in FY08. Despite this relatively low number, to rule out concerns about possible alien smuggling and misuse of P-3 visas, ConGen Chennai instituted a vetting system to screen for potential fraud ind [...]
2009-06-05 00:46:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN
09CHENNAI174Applying in Chennai: No English? No problem.
[...] Summary. Consulate Chennai conducted a validation study for the first three months of calendar year 2008 of its non-English speaking B1/B2 applicants and found the visa holders had a 97.6 percent compliance rate. Post adjudicated approximately 84,000 visas during this time, including 11,253 n [...]
2009-06-05 02:51:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN
09CHENNAI306India Biannual Fraud Update
[...] India-wide consular operations are among the busiest in the world. In FY-2008, Mission India processed more than 756,000 non-immigrant visa applications and 27,000 immigrant visa applications. While the majority of applicants from India are bona fide travelers and migrants, the volume of frau [...]
2009-10-13 01:10:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN
09CHENNAI77India Semi-Annual Fraud Update
[...] India-wide consular operations are among the busiest in the world. In FY-2008, Mission India processed more than 756,000 non-immigrant visa applications and 27,000 immigrant visa applications. The majority of applicants from India are bona fide travelers and migrants. Despite a relatively lo [...]
2009-03-13 07:37:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN
09CHISINAU264 Fraud Summary - Chisinau: September 2008 -February 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 07:59:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KTIP MD
09CHISINAU721MOLDOVA ELDERLY TRAVELERS B1/B2 VALIDATION STUDY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 14:02:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CMGT ASEC MD
09CHISINAU769 Fraud Summary - Chisinau: March 2009 -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 09:42:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KTIP MD
09CIUDADJUAREZ516FRAUD SUMMARY - CIUDAD JUAREZ - MARCH THROUGH AUGUST 2009
[...] (U) Ciudad Juarez, located in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, forms the larger half of the Ciudad Juarez/El Paso metropolitan area with the largest population center on any international border in the world. The Ciudad Juarez/El Paso area is one contiguous community separated by a visible lin [...]
2009-10-01 15:15:00Consulate Ciudad JuarezUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX
09COLOMBO1045 FRAUD SUMMARY - SRI LANKA
[...] Political insecurity and socioeconomic conditions put pressure on Sri Lankans of all ages and societal classes to migrate legally and illegally to the United States. In May 2009, the Sri Lankan government announced victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),an armed insurgent g [...]
2009-11-18 07:43:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CE
09COLOMBO359 FRAUD SUMMARY - SRI LANKA
[...] Political insecurity, economic and population pressures, and the lure of earning hard currency put pressure on Sri Lankans of all ages and classes of society to migrate legally and illegally to the United States. The violent civil conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation [...]
2009-03-30 11:32:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CE
09CONAKRY335 FRAUD SUMMARY FOR CONAKRY GUINEA
[...] Following is Post's fraud summary for the period September 2008 through March 2009; responses are keyed to Reftel. ------------------ COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------ 2. In December 2008, the long-time President of Guinea died and within hours a Captain in the military proclaimed [...]
2009-06-15 08:24:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GV
09DAKAR1238SEMI-ANNUAL FRAUD SUMMARY - DAKAR
[...] The following is Embassy Dakar's semi-annual fraud reporting cable covering the period of March 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple [...]
2009-09-30 11:39:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC SG
09DAKAR388FRAUD SUMMARY - DAKAR
[...] The following is Embassy Dakar's semi-annual fraud reporting cable covering September 2008 to March 2009. Responses are keyed to Reftel. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political p [...]
2009-03-26 17:19:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC SG
09DHAKA304FRAUD SUMMARY - DHAKA
[...] Bangladesh is a high fraud post. In CY 2008, Dhaka's FPU investigated 969 cases, not/not counting cases referred for DNA analysis. Infrastructure, especially road infrastructure, is poor outside of main cities and towns. This combined with wide-spread seasonal flooding and frequent natural [...]
2009-03-30 00:33:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BG
09DHAKA950FRAUD SUMMARY - DHAKA
[...] Dhaka is a high fraud post. In FY 2009, Dhaka's FPU conducted FPU verifications (mostly site visits) for 488 cases, not/not counting cases referred for DNA analysis. Many of these cases required several site visits to complete. Infrastructure, especially road infrastructure, is poor outside [...]
2009-10-06 09:54:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BG
09DILI274VISAS VIPER: AUGUST 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] The Charge d'Affaires chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on October 6, 2009. State Department, USAID, Defense Department and Department of Justice were present at the meeting. 2. Post has no information to report for the August 2009 reporting period. 3. Post's Vis [...]
2009-10-06 03:26:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT
09DILI275VISAS VIPER: SEPTEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Charge d'Affaires chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on October 6, 2009. State Department, USAID, Defense Department and Department of Justice were present at the meeting. 2. Post has no information to report for the September 2009 reporting period. 3. Post's Visa [...]
2009-10-06 03:35:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT
09DILI289EVACUATION EXERCISE REINFORCES AMCIT OUTREACH, EXPOSES
[...] SUMMARY: The Embassy conducted a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) exercise on October 20 as part of the MAREX 2009 combined military exercise. U.S. Marines evacuated three dozen volunteers drawn from both the Embassy and the private American citizen community, using CH-53E Sea Stallio [...]
2009-10-26 04:48:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT AEMR AODE ASEC TT
09DILI304VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Deputy Chief of Mission chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on November 17, 2009. State Department, USAID, Defense Department and Department of Justice were present at the meeting. 2. Post has no information to report for the October 2009 reporting period. 3. Post [...]
2009-11-17 02:48:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT
09DILI312VISAS VIPER: NOVEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Deputy Chief of Mission chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on December 1, 2009. State Department, USAID, Defense Department and Department of Justice were present at the meeting. 2. Post has no information to report for the November 2009 reporting period. 3. Po [...]
2009-12-01 08:12:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT
09DJIBOUTI1252FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI
[...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two-thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 residen [...]
2009-10-08 15:32:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
09DJIBOUTI1272CORRECTED COPY - FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI
[...] CORRECTED COPY of 09 DJIBOUTI 1252. See paragraph 36 for revised text. 2. Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the wor [...]
2009-10-13 11:51:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
09DJIBOUTI569FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI
[...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two-thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 residen [...]
2009-05-28 11:56:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
09DUBAI408FRAUD SUMMARY - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] Country Conditions Fraud at Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai is low. Concern about visa fraud in the UAE is generally limited to visa applications from Third Country Nationals (TCNs) living in or visiting the UAE. UAE citizens ("Emiratis") are a minority in their own country, c [...]
2009-10-05 10:51:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AE
09DUBLIN120 FRAUD SUMMARY - IRELAND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 16:53:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EI
09DUBLIN3MEETING WITH THE IRISH REGARDING HOMELAND SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11, a USG delegation consisting of State Department and Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) officials briefed Irish government officials on the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6) process and on what is expected from the Irish government. The Irish were [...]
2009-01-06 14:24:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL EI
09DUSHANBE1204FRAUD SUMMARY - DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN
[...] Tajikistan's continued poverty, high unemployment and dependence on remittances from family members abroad result in a significant number of working age Tajiks, mostly male, who leave Tajikistan for better prospects elsewhere. Until recently, approximately one million Tajiks out of a populati [...]
2009-11-05 05:04:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE413FRAUD SUMMARY - DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN
[...] Tajikistan's continued poverty, high unemployment and dependence on remittances from family members abroad result in a significant number of working age Tajiks, mostly male, who seek to leave Tajikistan for better prospects elsewhere. Until recently, according to unofficial statistics, more th [...]
2009-04-03 10:16:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE480TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER MARCH 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 04:00:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE533TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER JANUARY 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on February 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by the PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, RSO, DAO and EXBS. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2.VVP Coordinator [...]
2009-05-07 03:36:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE564TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER APRIL 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on May 4, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, and RSO. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2. VVP Coordinator is ConOff Elisa [...]
2009-05-12 06:42:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE565TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER APRIL 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on May 4, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, and RSO. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2. VVP Coordinator is ConOff Elisa [...]
2009-05-12 08:31:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE737TAJIKISTAN: VISAS VIPER MAY 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on June 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by ConOff and DCM and attended by PAO, MGT, ODC, DEA, DATT, USAID, INL, POL/MIL, POL/ECON, and RSO. The meeting did not generate any information that meets the Visas Viper criteria. 2. VVP Coordinator is ConOf [...]
2009-06-15 03:31:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TI
09FLORENCE19FRAUD SUMMARY (SAN MARINO)
[...] Relations between the United States and the Republic of San Marino (RSM) were upgraded in 2006 from Consular to Diplomatic. For consular purposes, the republic is within the jurisdiction of the Consulate General in Florence for all functions except for immigrant visas, which are processed at t [...]
2009-05-05 14:14:00Consulate FlorenceUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SM
09FRANKFURT1712FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 2008 TO FEBRUARY 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 13:41:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM
09FRANKFURT1722 FRANKFURT'S IRANIAN VISA APPLICANT VALIDATION STUDY
[...] SUMMARY: Consulate General Frankfurt conducted a validation study of Frankfurt's 2007 Iranian B-1/B-2 travelers. Of the 288 applicants who traveled to the United States, 19 (6.6%) claimed asylum, adjusted status or overstayed. For the vast majority who returned from the United States without [...]
2009-07-01 08:52:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD IR GM
09FRANKFURT2648FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - MARCH - AUGUST 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 12:57:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM
09FREETOWN127 Fraud Summary - Freetown
[...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...]
2009-04-03 08:41:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CPAS ASEC KFRD SL
09FREETOWN391 Fraud Summary - Freetown
[...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...]
2009-10-02 08:09:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CPAS ASEC KFRD SL
09GABORONE570FRAUD SUMMARY: BOTSWANA JULY 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 09:51:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BC
09GUADALAJARA379FRAUD SUMMARY - (GUADALAJARA)
[...] (U) Guadalajara is the second largest city in Mexico and the consular district covers the Mexican states of Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit, and Aguascalientes although both post accepts applicants from throughout Mexico. Conditions within the consular district are similar to other parts of Mexico; t [...]
2009-10-02 20:39:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX
09GUANGZHOU188NONIMMIGRANT VISA DEMAND FALLS AS SOUTHERN CHINA ECONOMY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangzhou has seen a 10.4 per cent decline in nonimmigrant (NIV) cases in the first half of FY2009; this contrasts with a 17.4 per cent increase in NIV cases during the same time frame in FY2008. While tourist and business visa (B1/B2) applications dropped by 14.9 per cent, studen [...]
2009-03-24 09:00:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT ECON CH
09GUANGZHOU193 VISA REFERRAL PROGRAM: GUANGZHOU AMCHAM NEARLY FLAWLESS
[...] (U) Summary: A recent validation study conducted by the Guangzhou Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) with the assistance of the Office of Fraud Prevention Programs revealed that post's American Chamber of Commerce of South China (AmCham) referral program continues to function almost flawlessly. As [...]
2009-04-01 07:27:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT ECON CH
09GUANGZHOU325Guangzhou Consuls General and Fujian Authorities Hold
[...] (U) Summary and Comment. Fujian government officials appear to have received our message about the need to work together to address fraud and illegal migration issues. At a May 26 meeting in Guangzhou, six Guangzhou-based consuls general and their staff met with Fujian officials to discuss [...]
2009-05-29 09:29:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDCFIS KTIP KFRD ASEC PGOV CH CMGT CVIS
09GUANGZHOU507Consul General Discusses Visa Issues in
[...] (SBU) Summary: Visa outreach and the need for increased cooperation on establishing travel document authenticity were among the key topics raised during Consul General Brian Goldbeck's initial trip to Fujian's provincial capital of Fuzhou, August 12-14. (See ref A for overview and other issue [...]
2009-08-21 06:00:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD ETTC PREL ECON CMGT OEXC CH
09GUANGZHOU631CHINA: ON-SITE FRAUD CHECKS STRENGTHEN VISA OFFICER
[...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-September, Guangzhou's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) conducted on-site visits as part of a validation study focusing on the accuracy of issuances and refusals for students from Fuzhou, Fujian. Fujian province has become notorious over the past 30 years for immigration docu [...]
2009-11-16 07:09:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CMGT ASEC PGOV PINS CH
09GUANGZHOU667 China Sees Explosive Growth in Immigrant Investor Visas
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 05:22:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KFRD ECON EFIN CH
09GUANGZHOU670CHINESE MFA HOSTS VISA CONFERENCE: MANTIS SAOS, REFUSAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) organized a visa conference in Guangzhou on December 2-4 to discuss U.S. visa policy. Consistent with previous visa conferences, the main issues on the Chinese side were complaints about the length of time to process Mantis securi [...]
2009-12-11 06:27:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PREL KFRD CH
09GUANGZHOU671 China Sees Explosive Growth in Immigrant Investor Visas
[...] (U) Summary: Guangzhou saw an increase of over 600 percent in the issuance of investor immigrant pilot program (EB5) visas from fiscal year (FY) 2008 to FY 2009, with total applicants issued rising from 245 to 1,732, giving China the highest volume of EB5 visas in the world. These applicants h [...]
2009-12-11 10:58:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KFRD ECON EFIN CH
09GUATEMALA1022VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 7 October 2009 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON, DHS/USCIS PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: Non [...]
2009-10-07 19:51:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT
09GUATEMALA1212VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2009
[...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 4 November 2009 CHAIR: Charge Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: ACG Barbara Armstrong ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: N [...]
2009-11-04 17:50:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT
09GUATEMALA1404VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2009
[...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 2 December 2009 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: None [...]
2009-12-09 00:11:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT
09GUATEMALA1406VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2009
[...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 2 December 2009 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: None [...]
2009-12-09 00:14:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT
09HANOI91SCENESETTER FOR A/S JACOBS VISIT TO VIETNAM
[...] (C) Summary: Post welcomes your visit to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Coming at a time when the GVN,s overall desire to attract tourism and investment has created a window of opportunity for deepening our relations and improving the ability for U.S. citizens to live and work here, your visit c [...]
2009-02-06 04:33:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALCMGT CASC PREL VM
09HARARE779FRAUD SUMMARY - ZIMBABWE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 15:13:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI
09HARARE780FRAUD SUMMARY - ZIMBABWE
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: One year after the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) that led to the February 2009 formation of a new unity government, tension remains between and within Zimbabwe's major political parties. Several issues remain unresolved, to include the restoration of basi [...]
2009-10-01 12:49:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI
09HARARE808FRAUD SUMMARY - ZIMBABWE
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: One year after the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) that led to the February 2009 formation of a new unity government, tension remains between and within Zimbabwe's major political parties. Several issues remain unresolved, to include the restoration of basi [...]
2009-10-08 10:58:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI
09HARARE877EDUCATING ZIMBABWE'S NEXT GENERATION
[...] SUMMARY: In a conscious decision to effect change through the education of Zimbabwe's next generation of leaders, Mission Zimbabwe actively seeks the country's best and brightest for study in the U.S. In the past ten years the number of Zimbabweans studying in the U.S. has grown from approxim [...]
2009-11-04 19:04:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS OEXC KFRD KPAO ZI
09HAVANA142ILLEGAL MIGRATION FROM CUBA IN SHARP DECLINE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Illegal migration from Cuba to the United States appears to have peaked in FY 2008 and has declined significantly. Illegal migration fell 20 percent in FY 08 and is down by almost 50 percent thus far in FY 2009. The decline has affected migrant flows both through Mexico - the ma [...]
2009-03-03 14:34:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PREL CVIS CMGT SOCI CU MX
09HAVANA327 FRAUD SUMMARY Q CUBA
[...] Although initially optimistic that Raul CastroQs formal assumption of power might bring significant improvements to their lives, the economic and political reality on the ground continues to drive many Cubans either to the Interests Section or more unacceptably, the high seas, in any hopes fo [...]
2009-06-05 11:39:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS SMIG CPAS CMGT ASEC CU
09HERMOSILLO71FRAUD SUMMARY---HERMOSILLO (SEPTEMBER 2008-FEBRUARY 2009)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 18:51:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT PTER MX
09HOCHIMINHCITY359SECURITY POLICE ACCUSE CONSULATE OF FOMENTING DISSENT AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the insistence of "security agencies," the External Relations Office (ERO) of Ho Chi Minh City called in CG on May 11 to complain that Consulate staff have been encouraging anti-GVN protestors and promising land rights protestors political support, visas and other benefits if th [...]
2009-05-12 07:55:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CMGT VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY55DISPOSITION OF REFUGEE RECORDS IN HO CHI MINH CITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 14. 2. (U) Summary: The following is an item by item plan for disposition of refugee and Amerasian files currently in the custody of the Humanitarian Resettlement Section or the Consular Section of ConGen HCMC. Reference is made to relevant [...]
2009-01-20 07:59:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDPREF CMGT VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY657EXPANDED HCMC CONSULAR DISTRICT WORKING WELL, BUT MPS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of September, when the GVN expanded the number of provinces that they recognize as belonging to the HCMC consular district from one (HCMC only) to 22, travel within the newly expanded consular district has generally been straight forward with only a few small [...]
2009-11-06 07:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CitySECRET//NOFORNPREL CMGT ASEC VM
09ISLAMABAD2819 FRAUD SUMMARY: ISLAMABAD
[...] Pakistan Fraud Summary: Pakistan is considered a "high" fraud country. Fraud of every kind is pervasive at all levels of government and commercial sectors. Fraud surfaces in many different forms, including washed U.S. visas of good to excellent quality; forged documents such as post-secondary [...]
2009-11-21 05:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PKST
09JAKARTA1361Crew (C1/D) Visa outreach in Jakarta
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta's Consular section met with and briefed shipping agents who participate in our Crew Visa Program (CVP) as a follow-on to our crew and transit (C1/D) visa validity study (reftel). We thanked the agents for their adherence to guidelines that see minimal abuse of C1/D vis [...]
2009-08-19 04:31:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KFRD ID
09JAKARTA815Jakarta Seafarer Crew (C1-D Visa) Validation Study
[...] SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Jakarta recently conducted a validation study of C1-D visa issuances for January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008. The study was based on Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Arrival-Departure Information System (ADIS) and a survey of the Seafarer Manning Agent's records, [...]
2009-05-08 10:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KFRD ID
09JERUSALEM1804FRAUD SUMMARY -- JERUSALEM
[...] Semiannual fraud report for Consulate General Jerusalem follows, formatted per instructions in ref C. (A) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Jerusalem's consular district includes Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. JERUSALEM: Jerusalem's diverse population includes Palestinian residents of E [...]
2009-10-13 09:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ECON KWBG IS XF
09KABUL1209AFGHAN FRAUD SUMMARY
[...] Afghanistan has suffered three decades of civil war and unrest. It lacks good road, water, or power systems. International efforts to help rebuild the country are hampered by insurgent attacks, mountainous and difficult terrain, the lack of ingrained government institutions, and the absence of [...]
2009-05-11 12:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CASC CFED CJAN CPAS CVIS AF
09KAMPALA1241FRAUD SUMMARY - UGANDA
[...] (U) Uganda is a country in political and economic transition. It is estimated that 31% of its 30 million people live below the poverty line, and in northern Uganda, over 70% of the population lives below the poverty line. A high unemployment rate and the lack of a living wage for many Ugandan [...]
2009-10-27 09:12:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC UG
09KARACHI351KARACHI VISAS, OPEN FOR BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following a 14-year hiatus, ConGen Karachi resumed nonimmigrant visa operations on November 5, for business travelers from Sindh and Balochistan Provinces. While initially limited to ninety interviews per week to balance security and staffing requirements, this demonstration of [...]
2009-11-06 10:09:00Consulate KarachiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PK
09KATHMANDU910FRAUD SUMMARY - KATHMANDU, NEPAL
[...] Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita income of less than USD400. A precarious peace following ten years of armed civil conflict, the Maoist party intimating a potential return to violence, weak government institutions under the current government - the second [...]
2009-10-05 12:44:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NP
09KINGSTON253FRAUD SUMMARY - KINGSTON (OCT 08-MAR 09)
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In the first half of FY 2009, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on IV relationship fraud and enhancing cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions and the law enforcement community within the Embassy. During the past two quarters, FPU at [...]
2009-04-02 11:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
09KINGSTON495JAMAICA: WORKING HAND IN GLOVE LEADS TO CUFFS
[...] (C) Thanks to a long-standing partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS),Kingston Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) has assisted in the location and arrest of several fugitives in Jamaica. In accordance with Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 222f to further the administration and [...]
2009-06-19 19:17:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCVIS CPAS CMGT SOCI PREL KFRD KCRM ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON530JAMAICA: COUNTRY CLEARANCES AND BRITISH OVERSEAS
[...] Post appreciates receipt of Reftel, and will provide comments on the proposal regarding country clearances, and on other questions vis-a-vis the Cayman Islands, in coming weeks. MOSS [...]
2009-07-08 18:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC APER CMGT KCOM PBTS EFIN PREL JM
09KINGSTON790Fraud Summary - Kingston March 2009 - August 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the second half of FY 2009, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on IV relationship fraud and enhancing cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions and the law enforcement community within the Embassy. During the past two quarters, FP [...]
2009-10-06 16:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
09KINGSTON798JAMAICA: COUNTRY CLEARANCES AND BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 18:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC APER CMGT PBTS EFIN BEXP PREL KCOM JM CJ
09KINSHASA1100 DRC PASSPORTS AND CORRUPTION: YET ANOTHER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 9, 2009, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC) announced that all non-biometric passports would be cancelled effective December 31, 2009 (reftel). The announcement marked the culmination of a two-year effort by the GDRC to regularize passpor [...]
2009-12-17 11:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC CMGT CVIS ASEC OTRA CG
09KINSHASA346GDRC Introduces MR Passports; Threatens Retaliation against
[...] See action request at para. 6. 2. On March 30, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba convoked the diplomatic corps to announce the introduction of new machine readable (MR) passports beginning April 1. The passports come in four categories: diploma [...]
2009-04-09 08:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT CVIS ASEC OTRA PREL CG
09KINSHASA898FRAUD SUMMARY - KINSHASA
[...] Per reftel A, post is updating its country fraud summary, covering March 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS 2. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly recovering from a war begun in 1998 that led to the deaths of more than five million persons. Conflict [...]
2009-09-30 16:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CG
09KOLKATA188GUARDING AGAINST VISA FRAUD WITH "BATCH CHECKS" IN ADIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post recently expanded its approach to validation studies, providing more frequent and focused assessments of B1/B2 visa applicants. Using a "batch method" of retrieving Arrival Departure Information System (ADIS) records of multiple travelers with a single search, Post can quick [...]
2009-07-09 06:55:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD ASEC CVIS CMGT IN
09KOLKATA246MISSION INDIA ENDORSES SHANGHAI REQUEST TO RE-ENABLE ADIS
[...] Mission India heartily endorses AmConGen Shanghai's request (ref A) to re-enable two features that were lost in the recent upgrade of the Arrival Departure Information System (ADIS). These features allowed Consular Sections to quickly assess the travel history of large groups of travelers, gen [...]
2009-09-02 03:46:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS ASEC CMGT IN
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