What’s New and Noteworthy
Information on recent Consular developments

 

2010

• DipNote blog: Adventures in Travel Expo (March 5, 2010)
• Daily Press Briefing: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport Services Brenda Sprague on Passport Day in the USA 2010 and Passport Fee Changes (March 3, 2010)
• MEDIA NOTE: Passport Day in the USA 2010 (March 2, 2010)
• Intercountry Adoptions by Americans: Foreign Press Center Briefing with Deputy Assistant Secretary for Overseas Citizen Services, Michelle Bond (February 24, 2010)
• Coming back from the Olympic Winter Games in Canada? Remember your passport! (February 19, 2010)
• Consular Services for U.S. Citizens at the Olympic Winter Games (February 19, 2010) 
• Bureau of Consular Affairs Among Highest in Online Open Government Transparency Study (February 16, 2010)
• MEDIA NOTE: Proposal for Changes in Schedule of Fees (February 9, 2010)
• Safety Information for Students Traveling Abroad (February 1, 2010)
• Congress Acts to Help Americans in Haiti (January 26, 2010)
• The Seattle Times: B.C. bound? Don't forget to pack your passport (January 26, 2010)
• Update on Developments in Haiti: Remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (January 20, 2010)
• Interview on the Situation in Haiti and the Adoption of Haitian Children: Michele T. Bond, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Overseas Citizens Services, Washington D.C. (January 19, 2010)
• State and DHS Announce Humanitarian Parole Policy for Certain Haitian Orphans (January 18, 2010)
• The Seattle Times: 'Passport Day' offers help with application (January 9, 2010) 

2009

• MEDIA NOTE: Proposal for Increase of Non-Immigrant Visa Application Fees (December 14, 2009)
• Daily Press Briefing: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Overseas Citizen Services Michele Bond on National Adoption Day (November 20, 2009)
• National Adoption Month and Intercountry Adoption (Assistant Secretary Jacobs op-ed, November 2009)
• MEDIA NOTE: 2011 Diversity Visa Lottery Program Registration (September 29, 2009)
• New Passport Center in Tuscon, Arizona, to Meet Travel Needs of American Citizens (September 24, 2009 )
• Dallas Passport Agency Inaugurated (September 3, 2009)
• Minneapolis Passport Agency Inaugurated (August 18, 2009)

2008

• A Milestone for Intercountry Adoption (Assistant Secretary Harty op-ed, first published December 12, 2007)
• DHS Reminds Carriers and Traveling Public About the End of the Temporary WHTI Accommodation (September 4, 2007)
• DHS Launches Traveler Redress Inquiry Program (February 21, 2007)