Who controls the US consulate?

[JonasMichaels 0]

What I mean is, who is their boss? USCIS? Who do they have to answer to? Is there a chain of hierarchy? Like if your best friend was the head of USCIS, could they influence the consulate in VN? Would love to know who they have to answer to...there has to be SOMEONE above them.

Jonas

[R de la R 2]

What I mean is, who is their boss? USCIS? Who do they have to answer to? Is there a chain of hierarchy? Like if your best friend was the head of USCIS, could they influence the consulate in VN? Would love to know who they have to answer to...there has to be SOMEONE above them.

Jonas

USCIS is not the boss of the Consulate. Embassies, Consulates, USCIS, and other US gov are under the same level.

There are administratives offices in Washington where the bosses are. US Congress is in charge of providing the funds for the work they have to do day by day.

[Kevin and 10]

What I mean is, who is their boss? USCIS? Who do they have to answer to? Is there a chain of hierarchy? Like if your best friend was the head of USCIS, could they influence the consulate in VN? Would love to know who they have to answer to...there has to be SOMEONE above them.

Jonas

The USCIS is under The Department of Homeland Security. Embassies and Consulates are under the State Department. Both fall under the Executive branch, since the head of each of these departments are appointed by the President.

[Dau_Que 0]

What I mean is, who is their boss? USCIS? Who do they have to answer to? Is there a chain of hierarchy? Like if your best friend was the head of USCIS, could they influence the consulate in VN? Would love to know who they have to answer to...there has to be SOMEONE above them.

Jonas

I can see where you're trying to head. The law was written in a way that the CO's decision in regards to issuing Visas to people trying to get into the States is discretionary and no other branch of gov't can overule it. That is you can't appeal to the judicial branch. Their decision is final. In other words, they ARE your GOD!

[ThaitoUSA 15]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the head of the State Department which oversees our embassys and consulates. Perhaps if you offer to pay off her campaign debts, she could throw you a bone; You also have a chance of winning a date with Bill.

[chuckandkim 0]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the head of the State Department which oversees our embassys and consulates. Perhaps if you offer to pay off her campaign debts, she could throw you a bone; You also have a chance of winning a date with Bill.

I know I know I know!!!!

It's Hillary Clinton...You beat me to it...

But I think JonesMichaels wants to know the immediate boss! Then it would be this guy: MICHAEL W. MICHALAK U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

http://vietnam.usembassy.gov/bio-mwmichalak.html

Then list goes down under him:

Offices and Departments

AMB's Assistant

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Monica M. Lam

Deputy Chief of Mission

Virginia E. Palmer

DCM's Assistant

Courtney Preston

Administrative Officer

Robert Riley

Counselor for Political Affairs

Brian C. Aggeler

Counselor for Economic Affairs

Michael Honnold

Counselor for Public Affairs

James A. Warren

Chief Consular Section

Eric Alexander (all consular inquiries)

Regional Security Officer

Gordon Hills

General Service Officer

William Pidgeon

Information Management Officer

Meredith Donaway

Defense Attaché (DAO)

Colonel Patrick D. Reardon

Health Attaché (HHS)

Captain Michael Iademarco

CDC Director

Commander Mitchell Wolfe

JPAC (Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command)

Lieutenant Colonel Todd Emoto

Agricultural Counselor (FAS)

John Wade

Commercial Counselor (USFCS)

Donald Nay

The Office of the USAID Representative (USAID)

Francis A. Donovan

Drug Enforcement Agency Attaché (DEA)

Jeffrey Wanner

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Elizabeth Erickons (Resident in Singapore)

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Dale Maki (Resident in Beijing)

Edited April 14, 2009 by chuckandkim

[payxibka 10,045]

What I mean is, who is their boss? USCIS? Who do they have to answer to? Is there a chain of hierarchy? Like if your best friend was the head of USCIS, could they influence the consulate in VN? Would love to know who they have to answer to...there has to be SOMEONE above them.

Jonas

Pecking order would be something like:

Sec State

Ambassador

Consulate General

Consular Section Chief

[Melrose Plant 1]

The problem is, there is very little actual oversight of what we're dealing with. Or I should say for myself, what I've dealt with. I'm glad that part of the journey is over.

And there probably won't be a lot of oversight in the future because, from your average citizen's point of view, there ain't nothing wrong. Let's face it, there's a lot of visa fraud out there, and the consulate makes it hard to pass the interview. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

The most important thing for us to do here is to make sure that you make it through this process without having a heart attack or something, Jonas.

[NeedHelp! 0]

ok...but is there any way to contact these people directly, email them, phone or make an appointment to meet with them if you have overwhelming proof of illegal actions on the part of the CO's?

[Melrose Plant 1]

ok...but is there any way to contact these people directly, email them, phone or make an appointment to meet with them if you have overwhelming proof of illegal actions on the part of the CO's?

Very funny.

[e_barretti 0]

Indeed! Its the Department of State. In fact when I have questions for the U.S Embassy, I just talk to DOS, they seem to be more informed anyway.

[payxibka 10,045]

ok...but is there any way to contact these people directly, email them, phone or make an appointment to meet with them if you have overwhelming proof of illegal actions on the part of the CO's?

please define illegal actions