NewsWhore
08-21-2009, 02:40 PM
A long-standing practice is for Dominican Presidents to appoint US residents and Dominican-Americans to diplomatic posts in the US. The appointees forego protocol and keep either their US citizenships or residency status.
It is illegal under US law to be a citizen or resident of the US and be employed with diplomatic status at an embassy of another country. In many cases the US State Department will just not recognize the legitimacy of the appointed consul, for example.
The matter is back in the press after President Leonel Fernandez appointed Rafael Evans as the new Dominican consul in New York.
The US State Department has officially requested that Evans give up his residency status in the US, something he has had for 15 years. This is a pre-condition to his being recognized as consul in the US by the State Department.
A similar situation affected Dominico Cabral, who was appointed Dominican consul in Massachusetts. As reported in the press, Cabral chose to give up his US citizenship when he was named to the post.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)
It is illegal under US law to be a citizen or resident of the US and be employed with diplomatic status at an embassy of another country. In many cases the US State Department will just not recognize the legitimacy of the appointed consul, for example.
The matter is back in the press after President Leonel Fernandez appointed Rafael Evans as the new Dominican consul in New York.
The US State Department has officially requested that Evans give up his residency status in the US, something he has had for 15 years. This is a pre-condition to his being recognized as consul in the US by the State Department.
A similar situation affected Dominico Cabral, who was appointed Dominican consul in Massachusetts. As reported in the press, Cabral chose to give up his US citizenship when he was named to the post.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)