Consular cards are easily obtained with no proof of true identity and are easily forged.
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Consular cards were not designed to be identification and no treaty recognizes them as such. Legal travelers, visitors and long-term residents carried passports, visas or green cards for that purpose.
Any Canadians in Iraq should leave. The situation remains volatile and the government of Canada cannot provide consular assistance to Canadian citizens in distress.
The Channel continues to work with legal support on the ground in Liberia in coordination with British consular officials towards a rapid and satisfactory conclusion of this situation.
The Matricula Consular is a card issued by foreign governments, not just Mexico, although in this case they're of primary concern.
It is necessary for China and Africa to promote cooperation in consular affairs,
I've seen the reports and, yes, our consular officials from Cairo are currently seeking to confirm those reports and to provide consular assistance to the Australian women, but there are not too many more details available,
Consular offices make no attempt to determine whether the person obtaining the card is legally in the United States. In fact, the only people who need these cards are illegal immigrants, criminals and terrorists. Consular cards also are easily forged.
We condemn the incidents that happened in Damascus and Beirut on Sunday and led to fire and ransacking of several diplomatic and consular representations.
We actually have good resources there, of people with consular skills and logistic skills,
The time frame for consular services would be made available within three months,
We have to make sure that all derogatory information we have on individuals who might be trying to get into the country are in that database, so that when our consular offices around the world receive a request for a visa and they put it into the database, we check every single name against our databases,
The bottom line is this -- when it comes to helping Australians on the ground, the Australian government has failed miserably to persuade its closest friend and ally, the United States government, to allow Australian consular officials access to help our own people.