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104846 1 (1978-02-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxxj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,,-.DOCUMENT RESLJ5 048'46 - [ B0385223 1 . U.S. Consular services .4road and Other Department of State Activities. February, l, -978. 17 pp. + enclosure (2 pp.). Testimony betore the 'iiV'iise Committee on Inteznational Felations: Internatioral operati.oi'Subcommittee; by Charles D. Hylander, Deputy Director, InttyrWtional Div. Contact: Internation4*piv. ocqanization Concerned- Department of State. Conqressional Belevapcq). Rouse Committee on International Relations: Interki{1onal Operations Subcommittee. Authority: Foreign Re4tions Authorization Act [of) 1978 (P.L. 95-105). Fore.qn tls and Decorations Act of -960. Foreiqr Service Buildinqrt of 1926. An examinatlon of U.S. consular services abroad focused en the effectiveness 'nd efficiency with which assistance to American- arrested or.,detained aoroad and nonimligrant vsa issuance were beinq p orn and identified ways these two services could be improved. The quality and level of consular assistance provided to U.5. citizens detained cE arrested abroad can and should be improved. There is a need for: greater emphasis by the Department Lf State on thi servire, more timely noti.ication of azresit by the host country, and better training for consular personnel. Nonimmigrant visa issuance procedures were weak at a number 6f posts, a fact that could contribute to the already large illegal alien population in this country. Because consular relations with some countries have not been establis'ed by consular treaties and some treaties are not as specific as would be desireable, consular personnel did not always have a firm basis for conducting their activities. Certain data used by the State Department to determine consular staftinq requirements were not accurate, and criteria used for evaluatinq the need tor constituent posts are not as specific as they could be. (RRS) ,.. I

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