Embassy of the United States in Wellington
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The Embassy of the United States in Wellington, New Zealand along with the consulate general in Auckland provides assistance to American citizens and issues travel visas to foreign nationals who wish to visit the United States.
The current U.S Ambassador to New Zealand is William McCormick who who presented his credentials to the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark on November 9, 2005.
There have been many United States Ambassadors to New Zealand since the post was created in 12 October 1838.
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[edit] Offices and Departments
The following is a list of the major Mission Sections represented at the U.S. Embassy in New Zealand:
The Ambassador [1]
Consular Section
Defense Attaché's Office [4]
Foreign Agricultural Service [5]
Management Section [6]
Political / Economic Section [7]
Office of Public Affairs [8]
- American Reference Center [9]
Regional Security Office [10]
U.S. Commercial Service [11]
[edit] Asia-Pacific Regional Offices
-accredited to, but not based in New Zealand:
Drug Enforcement Agency (Canberra)
Federal Aviation Administration (Singapore)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (Canberra)
The U.S. Antarctic Program [12]
[edit] Location
The Embassy is located in the urban, inner-city Wellington neighbourhood of Thorndon, minutes away from the "Beehive", the official government buildings of the New Zealand Government and the Chinese Embassy and the Wellington Botanic Garden. It is easily accessible via the Wellington Urban Motorway, part of New Zealand State Highway Network, linking Wellington and Auckland. Between these two transport links is Wellington Railway Station, the southern terminus of the North Island Main Trunk railway, and also the base for suburban commuter lines to northern Wellington suburbs.
[edit] Contact Information
- U.S. Embassy, 29 Fitzherbert Tce,
- Thorndon, Wellington
- P.O. Box 1190, Wellington,
- New Zealand
- http://wellington.usembassy.gov/index.html
- Tel.: +64 4 462 6122
- Fax: +64 4 499 0490
- Email: wellington.arc@state.gov
- Business Hours: 0900-1630.
- Monday through Friday.
- Embassy & Consulate
- Closed on both U.S. & N.Z. holidays.
[edit] References
- ^ Ambassador - U.S. Embassy Wellington, New Zealand
- ^ U.S. Citizen Services - U.S. Embassy Wellington, New Zealand
- ^ Visas to the U.S. - U.S. Embassy Wellington, New Zealand
- ^ Defense Attache Office - U.S. Embassy Wellington, New Zealand
- ^ Foreign Agricultural Service - U.S. Embassy Wellington, New Zealand
- ^ Management Section US Embassy - U.S. Embassy Wellington, New Zealand
- ^ Political/Economic Section US Embassy - U.S. Embassy Wellington, New Zealand
- ^ Office of Public Affairs US Embassy New Zealand - U.S. Embassy Wellington, New Zealand
- ^ Resources - U.S. Embassy Wellington, New Zealand
- ^ Regional Security Office - U.S. Embassy Wellington, New Zealand
- ^ US Commerical Service - U.S. Embassy Wellington, New Zealand
- ^ About the Embassy - U.S. Embassy Wellington, New Zealand
