• Sign up for the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program: This allows the State Department to assist you better in an emergency, it helps them contact you if there is a family emergency at home, and they can notify you if there is a crisis where you are traveling. A “must do” when traveling abroad. In accordance with the Privacy Act, information on your welfare and whereabouts will not be released to others without your expressed authorization.​
• Visit State.Gov. This is a free service that pre-registers you with the Embassy. If anything were to happen, it would make your check-in and visit quicker and easier.
• Sign your passport, and fill in the emergency information: Make sure you have a signed, valid passport, and a visa, if required. Fill in the emergency information page of your passport.
• Leave copies of itinerary and passport data page: Leave copies of your itinerary, passport data page, and visas with family or friends, so you can be contacted in case of an emergency.
• Check your overseas medical insurance coverage: Ask your medical insurance company if your policy applies overseas and if it covers emergency expenses like medical evacuation. If it does not, consider supplemental insurance.

• Familiarize yourself with local conditions and laws: While in a foreign country, you are subject to its laws. The State Department website at http://travel.state.gov has safety tips and other useful information about the countries you are going to visit. Take some time to review this information thoroughly.
• Take precautions to avoid being a target of crime: To avoid being a target of crime, do not wear conspicuous clothing or jewelry and do not carry excessive amounts of money. Also, do not leave unattended luggage in public areas and do not accept packages from strangers.
• Identification: Keep your identification on you at all times.
• Immunization: Complete your immunization shots well in advance of your travel dates
• Contact the US in an emergency: Consular personnel at U.S. Embassies and Consulates abroad and in the U.S. are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to provide emergency assistance to U.S. citizens. Contact information for U.S. Embassies and Consulates appears on the Bureau of Consular Affairs website. Also, note the Office of Overseas Citizen Services in the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs may be reached for assistance with emergencies at 1-888-407-4747, if calling from the U.S. or Canada, or 202-501-4444, if calling from overseas.

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