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How to Have a Safe Trip Overseas
The State Department strongly encourages American
citizens planning travel abroad to register their travel
with the Department of State.  Travel registration
makes it possible to contact a traveler if necessary,
whether because of a family emergency in the United
States or because of a crisis in the place the traveler
is visiting.  
Note that, in accordance with the Privacy Act, the Department of State may not release
information about those registered without their express written authorization.

If your family needs to reach you because of an emergency, they can pass a message to
you through the Office of Overseas Citizens Services, which can be contacted from within
the United States at 1-888-407-4747 (toll free), and from overseas at 202-501-4444.  
The Office of Overseas Citizens Services will contact the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in
the country in which you are traveling in order to pass the message to you.
The State Department also advises leaving a detailed itinerary and copies of your
passport biographical-data page with a friend or relative in the United States.

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