"It's in the building across the street from the consular office, right?"

Now the consular office must send the application to Washington and wait for a response.

Rooms of similar size were built to the north for consular offices.

One is the demand from private foreign companies like banks or law firms to be in the same building as their consular office.

The visa is valid for up to ten years, with the time set by the consular office.

If you do not live near a consular office, getting a foreign visa can be even more time-consuming.

You may also contact any of our consular offices by e-mail for further information on this topic.

The consular office has attempted to keep in daily contact with Americans, directly or through family members and neighbors, since the crisis began.

You may contact our consular office by email/ telephone for further information on this topic.

Seoul and Moscow opened consular offices in each other's countries late last year.