HOW TO GET AN HONORARY CONSUL JOB
Recently a friend contacted me regarding an advert for an Honorary Consul position. My response was as follows:
Don’t even think about paying some scammers for something you can get for free.
Expat World Magazine in Singapore (free subscription) put out a CD around 10 yrs ago that included our favorite book, PT , several others & another small manual(a book by WGH the same author ) called *how to become an honorary consul*…
It explains everything how to get the job and what it entails & is not out of date because the rules of the game have not changed.
You need to have a nice house & be able to entertain visiting diplomats. You need a decent car, to present a decent apperartance, and should know at least one of the languages of your adopted country. If your wife is from there, so much the better.
There is very limited diplomatic immunity and you have that only in the course of doing your diplomatic dutues… In a case close to me that involved getting my adopted countrymen out of jail for smoking marijuana on public streets. In NYC for instance–if you are Consul there, it happens at least once a month if your country happens to be Jamaica. You go to court, post bail the form of a personal note, and usually the rasta guys get acquitted if they agree to go home soon. They may also let you issue visas, but never passports.
I know the little book works and you can get the job for free…Because I did it.
But, it took a lot of letter writing & one interview with the ambassador. Eventually I got special “CD” License plates and invites to a lot of classy parties…Theonly obligation seems to be to give a party on your adopted particular country’s independence day & maybe doing a little public speaking typically at grammar schools, on behalf of your adopted country… After many years you might be able to parlay it into a passport from that country.
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