Tag:diplomatic=consulate
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| A consulate, consular agency or office, including honorary consuls, which offers official visa or passport services. |
| Rendering in OSM Carto |
| Group: diplomacy |
| Used on these elements |
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| Useful combination |
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| Status: approved |
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The tag diplomatic= is used with office=diplomatic to map a Consulate, consular agency or office, including honorary consuls. These diplomatic offices do not take on official diplomatic tasks and serve a more administrative purpose. Their primary focus is to deliver services to their own nationals (citizens of the sending country). A typical secondary function is issuance of entry visas for travel to the sending state for non-citizens. Consulates can be more numerous than diplomatic missions and might be posted in various cities throughout the receiving country.
How to map
Add diplomatic= to office=diplomatic on a node
placed at the centrepoint of the building, or on a closed way (area)
drawn around the perimeter of the building.
consulate=* may be used to specify the type of consulate with the values of
consulate=consulate_general- a consulate headed by a consul generalconsulate=yes- a consulate headed by a consulconsulate=consular_agency- office offering consular services (for example, passports only to citizens of the sending country)consulate=consular_office- office offering limited consular servicesconsulate=honorary_consul- office of a host-country national who offers limited services on behalf of a foreign countryconsulate=residence- official residence of a consul or consul general.
Note: amenity=consulate is formally deprecated, and should be replaced with updated tags as per office=diplomatic. See Proposed features/office=diplomatic, which records adoption of the office=diplomatic tag recommendation.
Tags to use in combination
name=*country=*target=*- Address
phone=*website=*opening_hours=*wheelchair=*
Three additional optional tags describing available services may be applied:
diplomatic:services:non-immigrant_visas=yes/no- Availability of non-immigrant visa services (such as tourist and short-term student, work, or business visas) at the consular officediplomatic:services:immigrant_visas=yes/no- Availability of immigrant visa services at the consular officediplomatic:services:citizen_services=yes/no- Availability of passport and other document services, for citizens of the sending country of the consular office
emergency:phone=* may be added for the emergency phone lines provided by the missions.
Maps
See also
diplomatic=embassy- An embassy or diplomatic mission headed by an ambassador or equivalently ranked chief of mission.diplomatic=liaison- A government-to-government office which lacks consular or embassy status, including subnational missions.office=government- An office of a supra-national, national, regional or local government agency or departmentoffice=ngo- An office of a non-governmental organisation (NGO)
