Register your travel at U.S. Embassies

It’s vital for Americans traveling overseas to register themselves at the US Embassy or Consulate in the visiting country. This has many benefits like during a disaster overseas, American consular officers can assist in evacuation but they cannot assist you if they do not know where you are.

Registration is particularly important for those who plan to stay in a country longer than one month, or who will travel to:

  • A country that is experiencing civil unrest, has an unstable political climate, or is undergoing a natural disaster, such as an earthquake or a hurricane.
  • A country where there are no U.S. officials. In such cases, you should register at the U.S. embassy or consulate in an adjacent country, leave an itinerary with the Consular Section, ask about conditions in the country that you will visit and ask about the third country that may represent U.S. interests there.


NOTE: In order to safeguard your privacy, the Privacy Act prohibits information on your welfare or whereabouts from being released to inquiries without your written consent.