CNA Process Flow Chart P 202 CNAManual Flowchart

User Manual: P-202

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CONSULAR
NOTIFICATION
AND ACCESS
CONSULAR
NOTIFICATION
AND ACCESS
BASIC INSTRUCTIONS
“YES.“ “NO.“
Step 1. Make note in case file.
Step 2. Notify nearest consulate without delay.
Step 3. Make record of notification in case file.
Where fax or email sent, keep fax confirmation or
sent email.
Step 4. Allow consular officers access to detainee if
they subsequently request access.
(No further action required.)
Step 1. Make note in case file.
Step 2. Do NOT inform the consulate.
ARRESTING A NON-U.S. CITIZEN
Consular Notication Process
Are you a U.S. citizen?
“YES, I am a U.S. citizen.”
(No further action required.)
“NO, I am not a U.S. citizen.“
STOP
Are you a national of one of these countries?
“YES.““NO.“
Inform detainee, without delay, that he or she
may have consulate notified of arrest/detention.
Albania
Algeria
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Brunei
Bulgaria
China1
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Dominica
Fiji
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guyana
Hungary
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Moldova
Mongolia
Nigeria
Philippines
Poland2
Romania
Russia
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Tajikistan
Step 1. Inform detainee that he or she may commu-
nicate with consulate, and that you must notify
consulate of arrest/detention.
Step 2. Notify nearest consulate without delay.
Step 3. Make record of notification in case file.
Where fax or email sent, keep fax confirmation or
sent email.
Step 4. Allow consular officers access to detainee if
they subsequently request access.
(No further action required.)
Do you want your consulate notified of your arrest/detention?
Tanzania
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Ukraine
United Kingdom3
Uzbekistan
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Q.
Q.
Q.
A.
A.
A.
IN ALL CASES:
Do not inform consulate
about detainee’s refugee
or asylum status.
Detainee may
communicate with
consular ocer and may
request consular access
at any time (whether
previously declined or
not).
Consular ocers may
have access to detainee
regardless of whether
detainee requests it.
Even if detainee does
not want to be visited,
consular ocers may
still have one
face-to-face visit.
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1. Includes Hong Kong and Macao. Does not include Republic of
China (Taiwan).
2. Mandatory only for non-permanent residents in the United States
(i.e., those not holding a “green card”); for green card holders,
notification is upon request.
3. UK includes Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Montserrat,
and the Turks and Caicos islands. Residents’ passports bear the
name of their territory and may also bear the name “United
Kingdom.” Whether or not the passport bears the name “United
Kingdom,” consular services for these persons are provided by UK
consulates.
STOP STOP
STOP NEXT
For more information visit: http://travel.state.gov/CNA
(No further action required.)
Consular Notication & Access (CNA)
U.S. Department of State
CA/P
SA-17, 12th Floor
Washington, DC 20522-1712
P: 202-485-7703
F: 202-485-6170
consnot@state.gov

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