So m'dear this is how ignorant I am. I always thought there was only ONE foreign consulate per country and it would be located in and around Washington, D.C. Seriously. That's what I thought. So how does that work? They ask permission or just buy property and build whatever the heck they want to build however many places they want to build them? Thank you for your reply Walt. How did life go in Portland last night? SIGH.
This post was edited by RosieG at July 22, 2020 7:42 AM MDT
An Embassy is generally established in the capital of the "host" nation ... but Consulates may be located in other cities, as well. Think of the Embassy as the main office, and Consulates as branch offices.
Got it. Embassy as the head office...Corporate as it were. The others are the sales offices. Thanks Walt. I asked a question about how many consultates other countries had in other countries. Florida is now called a CAT 5 virus wise. Bet der speigleman is proud. :)
I think there may also be situations where a nation doesn't have an ambassador in the host country - so they have a consulate, rather than an embassy. Not sure about that, though.
Likely, they'll have us close a consulate in China. Though they had already refusedto let our Wuhan staff return - since the US wouldn't agree to testing and quarantine.
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