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FOREIGN NATIONALS
A. This general order and the attached appendices pertain to the detention or arrest of foreign nationals and outlines the appropriate Consular notification requirements of such actions.
A. Definitions as used within the context of this general order are as follows:
4.15.3 PROCEDURE
A. The following summarizes the requirements pertaining to the arrest or detention of foreign nationals:
1. When dealing with individuals claiming diplomatic immunity, follow procedures set forth in G.O. 4.20.
2. When foreign nationals are detained or arrested, they must be advised of the right to have their consular officials notified. This applies to both “legal” and “illegal” aliens.
3. In some cases, the nearest consular officials must be notified of the arrest or detention of a foreign national, regardless of the foreign national’s wishes. (See Appendix 4.15A for a list of mandatory notification countries and jurisdictions.) Privacy concerns, or the possibility that a foreign national may have a legitimate fear of persecution or other mistreatment by his/her government may exist in some mandatory notification cases. Therefore, under no circumstances should any information indicating that a foreign national may have applied for asylum in the U.S. or elsewhere be disclosed to the foreign nationals consular officials.
4. A person who is a dual national of countries other than the U.S. should be treated in accordance with the rules applicable to each of those countries (see Appendices 4.15A and 4.15B).
5. A person who is a citizen of the U.S. and another country may be treated exclusively as a U.S. citizen when in the U.S. In other words, consular notification is not required. This is true even if the person’s other country of citizenship is a mandatory notification country.
6. The officer making the arrest, or assuming responsibility for the foreign national’s detention, will immediately contact a shift Sergeant who will make the appropriate consular notification. If a Sergeant is unavailable, the officer should make the required consular notification.
7. Many consulates and embassies are not staffed 24-hours a day, seven days a week; therefore, consular notification is considered completed when the message is delivered via voice mail, answering service, fax, or to an actual consular representative.
8. Consular officials are entitled to access their nationals in detention, and are entitled to provide consular assistance.
B. The following outlines the steps to follow when a foreign national is arrested or detained:
1. Determine the foreign national’s country. In the absence of other information, the Department of State suggests the officer assume this is the country on whose passport, or other travel document, the foreign national uses.
2. If the foreign national’s country is NOT on the mandatory notification list:
a. Offer, without delay, to notify the foreign national’s consular officials of the arrest/detention and complete the “optional” notification statement (See Appendix 4.15C). This statement does not have to be provided to the foreign national or the foreign national’s consulate/embassy.
b. If the foreign national asks that consular notification be given, notify the nearest consular officials of the foreign national’s country without delay. (See Appendices 4.15A & 4.15B for embassy and consulate phone and fax numbers.)
3. If the foreign national’s country is on the list of mandatory notification countries:
a. Notify that country’s nearest consular officials, without delay, of the arrest/detention (Appendix 4.15A).
b. Tell the foreign national that you are making this notification. Complete the “mandatory” notification statement (see Appendix 4.15D). This statement does not have to be provided to the foreign national or the foreign national’s consulate/embassy.
C. Keep a written record of the provision of notification and actions taken. Reports shall document that the foreign national was informed of the option of consular notification, whether the foreign national elected or declined consular notification (even in the case of mandatory notification requirements), the date when the foreign national was so informed, and a receipt of notification (i.e. fax log, phone record).
D. For further assistance in making notifications concerning detention or arrest see Special Order 4.15.1-02.
Craig Junginger
Chief of PoliceAPPENDIX 4.15AMANDATORY NOTIFICATION COUNTRIES AND JURISDICTIONS
Algeria
Washington, DC (202) 265-2800; fax
(202) 213-5134
Antigua and Barbuda
Washington, DC (202) 362-5211; fax (202) 362-5225
Armenia – former USSR
Washington, DC (202) 319-1976; fax (202) 319-2982
Azerbaijan – former USSR
Washington, DC (202) 842-0001; fax (202) 842-0004
Bahamas, The
Washington, D.C. (202) 319-2660; fax (202) 319-2668
Barbados
Los Angeles, CA (213) 380-2198; fax (213) 384-2763
Belarus – former USSR
Washington, DC (202) 986-2860/-1604; fax (202) 986-1805
Belize
Washington, DC (202) 332-9636; fax (202) 332-6888
Brunei
Washington, DC (202) 342-0159; fax (202) 342-0158
Bulgaria
Washington, DC (202) 387-7969; fax (202) 234-7973
China1
San Francisco, CA (415) 563-4885
Costa Rica
San Francisco, CA (415) 392-8488; fax (415) 392-3745
Cyprus
Washington, DC (202) 462-5772; fax (202) 483-6710
Czech Republic – former Czechoslovakia
Washington, DC (202) 274-9100/01; fax (202) 966-8540
Dominica
Washington, DC (202) 364-6781; fax (202) 364-6791
Fiji
Washington, DC (202) 337-8320; fax (202) 337-1996
Gambia, The
Washington, DC (202) 785-1399 ; fax (202) 483-1793
Georgia – Former USSR
Washington, DC (202) 393-6060; fax (202) 393-4537
Ghana
Washington, DC (202) 686-4520; fax (202) 686-4527
Grenada
Washington, DC (202) 265-2561; fax (202) 265-2468
Guyana
Washington, DC Telephone: (202) 265-6900/01; fax (202) 232-1297
Hong Kong2
San Francisco, CA (415) 563-4885
Hungary
Los Angeles, CA (310) 473-9344; fax (310) 479-6443
Jamaica
Washington, DC (202) 452-0660; fax (202) 452-0081
Kazakhstan – Former USSR
Washington, DC (202) 333-4507/-4504/-2026; fax (202) 333-4509
Kiribati
Honolulu, HI (808) 521-7703; fax (808) 542-5159 (honorary consul)
Kuwait
Washington, DC (202) 966-0702; fax (202) 966-0517
Kyrgyzstan
Washington, DC (202) 338-5141/42; fax (202) 338-5139
Malaysia
Los Angeles, CA (213) 892-1238; fax (213) 982-9031
Malta
Washington, DC (202) 462-3611/12; fax (202) 387-5470
Mauritius
Washington, DC (202) 244-1491/92; fax (202) 966-0983
Moldova
Washington, DC (202) 667-1160/-1130/-1131; fax (202) 667-1204
Mongolia
Washington, DC (301) 983-1963; fax (301) 983-2025
Nigeria
Washington, DC (202) 822-1500; fax (202) 775-1385
Philippines
San Francisco, CA (415) 433-6666/69; fax (415) 421-2641
Poland (non-permanent residents only) Los Angeles, CA (310) 442-8500; fax (310) 442-8515
Romania
Los Angeles, CA (310) 444-0043; fax (310) 445-0043
Russia
Washington, DC (202) 939-8907; fax 202-483-7579
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Washington, DC (202) 833-3550; fax (202) 833-3553
Saint Lucia
Washington, DC (202) 463-7378/79 ; fax (202) 887-5746
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
New York, NY (212) 687-4490 (UN Mission)
Seychelles
New York, NY (212) 687-9766/67; fax (212) 808-4975
Sierra Leone
Washington, DC (202) 939-9265 fax (202) 483-1793
Singapore
San Francisco, CA (415) 928-8508; fax (415) 673-0883
APPENDIX 4.15A
Slovakia – Former Czechoslovakia Washington, DC (202) 965-5160; fax (202) 965-5166
Tajikistan
New York, NY (212) 472-7645/744-2196
Tanzania
Washington, DC (202) 939-6125; fax (202) 797-7408
Tonga
San Francisco, CA (415) 781-0365
Trinidad and Tobago
Washington, DC (202) 467-6490; fax (202) 785-3130
Turkmenistan
Washington, DC (202) 588-1500; fax (202) 588-0697
Tuvalu
Seattle, WA (206) 622-9255
Ukraine
Washington, DC (202) 333-0606; fax (202) 333-0817
United Kingdom3
Seattle, WA (206) 622-9255
U.S.S.R.4
Uzbekistan
Washington, DC (202) 530-7291/-7294/887-5300; fax (202)293-6804
Zambia
Washington, DC (202) 265-9717-19; fax (202) 332-0826
Zimbabwe
Washington, DC (202) 332-7100; fax (202) 483-9326
1 Notification is not mandatory in the case of persons who carry "Republic of China" passports issued by Taiwan. Such persons should be informed without delay that the nearest office of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office ("TECRO"), the unofficial entity representing Taiwan's interests in the United States, can be notified at their request. 2 Hong Kong reverted to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997, and is now officially referred to as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, or “quote “SAR””. Under paragraph 3(f)(2) of the March 25, 1997, U.S.-China Agreement on the Maintenance of the U.S. Consulate General in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, U.S. officials are required to notify Chinese officials of the arrest or detention of the bearers of Hong Kong passports in the same manner as is required for bearers of Chinese passports--i.e., immediately, and in any event within four days of the arrest or detention. 3 British dependencies also covered by this agreement are Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Montserrat, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Their residents carry British passports. 4 Although the U.S.S.R. no longer exists, some nationals of its success or states may still be traveling on its passports. Mandatory notification should be given to consular officers for all nationals of such states, including those traveling on old U.S.S.R. passports. The successor states are listed separately above. APPENDIX 4.15BFOREIGN EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES IN THE
UNITED STATES
The following information provides the short-form name of the country, followed by telephone and fax numbers as available to the Department of State in September 1997. Consular notification should be made to the listed location nearest to the place of arrest or detention. Washington, DC information is generally for embassies to the United States; numbers for other locations are for consular offices outside of Washington or, in the case of some countries without embassies or consular offices in the United States, for the country's mission to the United Nations in New York. Corrections to the listed numbers may be provided to the Department of State's Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Consular Affairs, telephone 202-647-4415; facsimile 202-736-7559.
In a few instances an entity that is not recognized as a country is listed because aliens may be traveling in the United States on travel documents issued by that entity. In addition, some aliens may still be traveling in the United States on documents issued by the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the former Socialist Federal Republic of Czechoslovakia. The successor states or entities of these three former countries are as follows:~~~~~~
Phone and Fax Numbers for Foreign Embassies and Consulates in the U.S.Afghanistan New York, NY (212) 972-1212; fax (212) 972-1216 (UN Mission)
Albania Washington, DC (202) 223-4942; fax (202) 628-7342
Algeria Washington, DC (202) 265-2800; fax (202) 213-5134
Andorra New York, NY (212) 750-8064; fax (212) 750-6638 (UN Mission)
Angola Washington, DC (202) 785-1156; fax (202) 785-1258
Argentina Los Angeles, CA (213) 954-9155; fax (213) 937-3841 or (213) 934-9076 Australia San Francisco, CA (415) 362-6160; fax (415) 986- 2775
Austria Los Angeles, CA (310) 444-9310; fax (310) 477- 9897
APPENDIX 4.15B
Bahrain Washington, DC (202) 342-0741; fax (202) 362-2192
Bangladesh Washington, DC (202) 342-8372 to 8376; fax (202) 333-4971
Belgium Los Angeles, CA (213) 857-1244; fax (213) 936- 2564 Benin Washington, DC (202) 232-6656; fax (202) 265-1996
Bhutan New York, NY (212) 826-1919; fax (826-2998
Bolivia Seattle, WA (206) 244-6696; fax (206) 243-3795
Bosnia and Herzegovina Washington, DC (202) 745-8000 Ext. 7457
Botswana Washington, DC (202) 244-4990; 4991; fax (202) 244-4164
Brazil San Francisco, CA (415) 981-8170; fax (415) 981-3628 Burkino Faso Washington, DC (202) 332-5577; fax (202) 667-1882
Burma (also known as Myanmar) Washington, DC (202) 332-9044/45; fax (202) 332-9046
Burundi Washington, DC (202) 342-2574; fax (202) 342-2578
Cambodia Washington, DC (202) 726-7742; fax (202) 726-8381
Cameroon Washington, DC (202) 265-8790; fax (202) 387-3826
Canada Seattle, WA (206) 443-1777; fax (206) 443-9662/443-9735
Cape Verde Washington, DC (202) 965-6820; fax (202) 965-1207
Central African Republic Washington, D. C. (202) 462-2517; fax: same
Chad Washington, DC (202) 462-4009; fax (202) 265-1937
Chile San Francisco, CA (415) 982-7662; fax (415) 982-2384
Colombia San Francisco, CA (415) 495-7195; fax (415) 777- 3731
Comoros New York, NY (212) 972-8010
Congo (Brazzaville) Washington, D. C. (202) 726-0825; fax (202) 726-1860
Congo (Kinshasa)(formerly Zaire) Washington, DC (202) 234-7690; fax (202) 686-3631
APPENDIX 4.15B
Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Washington, DC (202) 797-0300; fax (202) 483-8482
Croatia Washington, DC (202) 588-5899; fax (202) 588-8936
Cuba Washington, DC (202) 797-8518; fax (202) 797-8521
Denmark Los Angeles, CA (310) 443-2090; fax (310) 443- 2099
Djibouti Washington, DC (202) 331-0270; fax (202) 331-0302
Dominican Republic San Francisco, CA (415) 982-5144; fax (415) 982-0237
Ecuador San Francisco, CA (415) 957-5921/22; fax (415) 957-5923
Egypt San Francisco, CA (415) 346-9700; fax (415) 346-9480
El Salvador San Francisco, CA (415) 781-7924; fax (415) 781-1136
Equatorial Guinea Washington, DC (202) 393-0525; fax (202) 393-0348
Eritrea Washington, DC (202) 319-1991; fax (202) 319-1304
Estonia Washington, DC (202) 588-0101-2; fax (202) 588-0108
Ethiopia Washington, DC (202) 234-2281-2; fax (202) 328-7950
Finland Los Angeles, CA (310) 203-9903; fax (310) 203-9186
France San Francisco, CA (415) 397-4330; fax (415) 433-8357
Gabon Washington, DC (202) 797-1000; fax (202) 332-0668
Germany Seattle, WA (206) 682-4312; fax (206) 682-3724
Greece San Francisco, CA (415) 775-2103; fax (415) 776-6815
Guatemala San Francisco, CA (415) 788-5651; fax 788-5653
Guinea Washington, DC (202) 483-9420; fax (202) 483-8688
Guinea-Bissau Washington, DC (202) 872-4222; fax (202) 872-4226
Haiti Washington, DC (202) 332-4090-92; fax (202) 745- 7215
APPENDIX 4.15B
Holy See Washington, D. C. (202) 333-7121; fax (202) 337-4036
Honduras San Francisco, CA (415) 392-0076; fax (415) 292-6726
Hong Kong (See China)
Iceland* Washington, DC (202) 265-6653; fax (202) 265-6656
India San Francisco, CA (415) 668-0682/83; fax (415) 668-2073/7968
Indonesia San Francisco, CA (415) 474-9571; fax (415) 441-4320
Iran Washington, DC (202) 965-4990
Iraq Washington, DC (202) 483-7500; fax (202) 462-5066
Ireland San Francisco, CA (415) 392-4214; fax (415) 392-0885
Israel San Francisco, CA (415) 398-8885; fax (415) 398-8589
Italy San Francisco, CA (415) 931-4924/292-9210; fax (415) 931-7205
Japan Portland, OR (503) 221-1811; fax (503) 224-8936 Seattle, WA (206) 682-9107; fax (206) 624-9097
Jordan Washington, DC (202) 966-2664; fax (202) 966-3110
Kenya Los Angeles, CA (310) 274-6635; fax (310) 859-7010
Korea, North New York, NY (212) 972-3105; fax (212) 972-3154 (U.N. Mission)
Korea, South Seattle, WA (206) 441-1011; fax (206) 441-7912 Laos Washington, DC (202) 332-6416/17; fax (202) 332-4923
Latvia Washington, DC (202) 726-8213
Lebanon Los Angeles, CA (213) 467-1253
Lesotho Washington, DC (202) 797-5534; fax (202) 234-6815
Liberia Washington, DC (202) 723-0437
Libya New York, NY (212) 752-5775; fax (212) 593-4787
Lithuania Washington, DC (202) 234-5860; fax (202) 328-0466
APPENDIX 4.15B
Luxembourg San Francisco, CA (415) 788-0816; fax (415) 788-0985
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Washington, DC (202) 337-3063; fax (202) 337-3093
Madagascar Washington, DC (202) 265-5525/26; fax (202) 483-7603
Malawi Washington, DC (202) 797-1007; fax (202) 265-0976
Maldives New York, NY (212) 599-6195; fax (212) 972-3970 (UN Mission)
Mali Washington, DC (202) 332-2249, 939-8950; fax (202) 332-6603
Marshall Islands Washington, DC (202) 234-5414; fax (202) 232-3236
Mauritania Washington, DC (202) 232-5700
Mexico Seattle, WA (206) 448-3526; fax (206) 448-4771
Micronesia, Federated States of Washington, DC (202) 544-2640
Monaco New York, NY (212) 832-0721; fax (212) 832-5358
Morocco Washington, DC (202) 462-7979; fax (202) 265-0161
Mozambique Washington, DC (202) 293-7146; fax (202) 835-0245
Namibia Washington, DC ( 202) 986-0540; fax (202) 986-0443
Nauru Honolulu, HI (808) 532-7821
Nepal Washington, DC (202) 667-4550; fax (202) 667-5534
Netherlands Los Angeles, CA (310) 268-1598; fax (310) 312-0989
New Zealand Los Angeles, CA (310) 207-1605; fax (310) 207-3605
Nicaragua San Francisco, CA (415) 765-6821; fax (415) 765-6826
Niger Washington, DC (202) 483-4224-27; fax (202) 483-3169
Norway San Francisco, CA (415) 986-0766-8; fax (415) 986-3318
Oman Washington, DC (202) 387-1980-82; fax (202) 387-2186
Pakistan Washington, DC (202) 939-6200; fax (202) 387-0484
APPENDIX 4.15B
Palau Washington, DC (202) 452-6814; fax (202) 452-6281
Panama Washington, DC (202) 483-1407
Papua New Guinea Washington, DC (202) 745-3680; fax (202) 745-3679
Paraguay Washington, DC (202) 483-6960-62; fax (202) 234-4508
Peru San Francisco, CA (415) 362-7136; fax (415) 362-2836
Portugal San Francisco, CA (415) 346-3400
Qatar Washington, DC (202) 338-0111; fax (202) 337-2989
Rwanda Washington, DC (202) 232-2882; fax (202) 232-4544
Samoa Washington, DC (202) 833-1743; fax (202) 833-1746
San Marino New York, NY (212) 465-1012 (UN Mission)
Sao Tome and Principe Washington, DC (202) 986-7732; fax (202) 387-5935 (honorary consul)
Saudi Arabia Los Angeles, CA (310) 479-6000; fax (310) 479-2752
Senegal Washington, DC (202) 234-0540; fax (202) 332-6315
Serbia and Montenegro Washington, DC (202) 462-6566
Slovenia Washington, DC (202) 667-5363;fax (202) 667-4563
Solomon Islands New York, NY (212) 599-6192; (UN Mission)
Somalia New York, NY (212) 599-6193 (UN Mission)
South Africa Los Angeles, CA (310) 657-9200; fax (310) 657-9215
Spain San Francisco, CA (415) 922-2995/96 fax (415) 931-9706
Sri Lanka Washington, DC (202) 483-4025-4028; fax (202) 232-7181
Sudan Washington, DC (202) 338-8565-70
Suriname Washington, D. C. (202) 244-7488; fax (202) 244-5878
Swaziland Washington, DC (202) 362-6683, 6685; fax (202) 244-8059
APPENDIX 4.15B
Sweden Washington, DC (202) 467-2600; fax (202) 467-2699
Switzerland San Francisco, CA (415) 788-2272; fax (415) 788-1402
Syria Washington, DC (202) 232-6313
Taiwan--Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) Seattle, WA (206) 441-4586; fax (206) 441-4320 Thailand Los Angeles, CA (213) 937-1894; fax (213) 937-5987
Togo Washington, DC (202) 234-4212/13; fax (202) 232-3190
Tunisia Washington, DC (202) 862-1850; fax (202) 862-1858
Turkey Los Angeles, CA (213) 937-0118; fax (213) 932-0061
Uganda Washington, DC (202) 726-7100-02; fax (202) 726-1727
United Arab Emirates Washington, DC (202) 338-6500; fax (202) 337-7029
Uruguay Santa Monica, CA (310) 394-5777; fax (310) 394-5140
Vanuatu New York, NY (212) 593-0144; fax (212) 593-0219 (UN Mission)
Venezuela San Francisco, CA (415) 421-5172
Vietnam Washington, DC (202) 861-0737; fax (202) 861-0917
Yemen San Francisco, CA (415) 989-3636
APPENDIX 4.15C
WHEN CONSULAR NOTIFICATION IS AT THE
FOREIGN NATIONAL’S OPTIONAs a non-U.S. citizen who is being arrested or detained, you are entitled to have us notify your country’s consular representatives here in the United States. A consular official from your country may be able to help you obtain legal counsel, and may contact your family and visit you in detention, among other things. If you want us to notify your country’s consular officials, you can request this notification now, or any time in the future. After your consular officials are notified, they may call or visit you. Do you want us to notify your country’s consular officials?
Foreign national requested consular notification
Foreign national denied consular notification
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APPENDIX 4.15DWHEN CONSULAR NOTIFICATION IS
MANDATORYBecause of your nationality, we are required to notify your country’s consular representatives here in the United States that you have been arrested or detained. After your consular officials are notified, they may call or visit you. You are not required to accept their assistance, but they may be able to help you obtain legal counsel and may contact your family and visit you in detention, among other things. We will be notifying your country’s consular officials as soon as possible.
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