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UK and US consulates provide services for citizens in need, including replacement of lost or stolen passports and help and advice in difficult situations.
Foreign Embassies exist to represent their nation to their host country nationals, providing information and services on trade, tourism and culture in the home state. All Embassies have a Consular Section which exists to provide information and services to its own nationals visiting or living in the host country. Many country consulates recommend that citizens report their arrival so that their names can be added to a citizens' register. Citizens of the USA, the United Kingdom and Ireland living in Luxembourg can access information from the consular sections of their relevant Embassies. Click on the appropriate link below to access the home page of each of these Embassies in Luxembourg. UK CitizensThe consular section of the British Embassy Luxembourg provides help for British nationals living in or travelling to Luxembourg. The website UK in Luxembourg provides information on trade and investment between Luxembourg and the UK, travel advice and a section on what the Embassy can do when things go wrong.
Many services are available for British citizens living in or travelling to Luxembourg. These include:
Passport services for British residents in Luxembourg are available from the Western European Passport Office at the British Consulate-General in Paris.
The UK government's Direct.gov website provides information online for Britons considering moving abroad and for those already there. It includes tax, health and education advice as well as a section on what to do when returning to the UK.
US CitizensThe Embassy of the United States of America, Luxembourg has a website with information for American citizens living in Luxembourg. The US Citizens Service consular section provides passport services, registration of births of American citizens abroad, information on visas, federal benefits, notary services, adoptions, as well as offering emergency assistance to American citizens in distress. The US Embassy website also has information on marriage, hospitals, doctors and pharmacies in Luxembourg and a list of English-speaking attorneys and translators.
Voting in US electionsUS citizens living overseas are eligible to vote by absentee ballot in the general presidential elections. The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) has complete information and online registration and absentee ballot request forms for the Federal Post Card Application (OFPCA). They provide a toll-free number for citizens outside of the US to call for information.
Irish CitizensThe Embassy of Ireland in Luxembourg provides help and advice in emergency situations to Irish citizens resident or travelling in Luxembourg. The website has information on travel between Ireland and Luxembourg and has a section About Luxembourg with useful links for Irish citizens living in Luxembourg.
Services provides by the Irish Embassy include:
Canadian CitizensThe Embassy of Canada in Brussels provides consular services to Canadian citizens living in Luxembourg. There is an Honorary Consulate in Luxembourg, open by appointment only and providing limited services.
Australian CitizensAustralian citizens in Luxembourg are represented by the Australian Embassy in Belgium.
New Zealand CitizensThe New Zealand Embassy to Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania and Bulgaria represents New Zealanders living in Luxembourg. The Embassy also acts as New Zealand Mission to the European Union.
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