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U.S. Consular Official Answers Visa Questions from The Netherlands

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Marjorie Ames Date: Monday, 2 April 2007 Time: 1100 GMT (1300 Central Europe) View Webchat Transcript

On April 2 the U.S. Consulate General in Amsterdam is launching a new website in an effort to provide clear and up-to-date information to American citizens in the Netherlands and to the traveling public. Consul General Marjorie Ames will host a webchat to commemorate the launch of the new website and answer questions on a broad range of consular topics -- from passport requirements to visitors and immigrant visa regulations and application procedures.

You can submit questions in advance to consularamster@state.gov.

Guest Biography:

Marjorie A. Ames assumed the duties of Consul General in Amsterdam on August 4, 2006. This is her second diplomatic assignment in The Netherlands. She served as an Economic Officer at the U.S. Embassy in The Hague from 1994 to 1996. Ms. Ames joined the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State in 1991. She began her career as the sole consular officer assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Paramaribo, Suriname, where she also helped administer the public affairs activities of the Embassy. Her other overseas assignments have been in consular positions at the U.S. embassies in Moscow and London.

Prior to her arrival in Amsterdam, Ms. Ames was assigned in Washington, D.C. as a public affairs officer in the Office of Policy Coordination and Public Affairs in the Bureau of Consular Affairs. She served as the speechwriter for the Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs and other Bureau principals. She speaks Dutch and Russian. A native of the state of Texas, Ms. Ames grew up in New York and Ohio. She graduated with honors from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs.