Did you know………U.S. Department of State, Overseas Citizens Services, Office of Policy Review and Interagency Liaison…..

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The U.S. Department of State, Overseas Citizens Services (formerly Special Consular Services), Office of Policy Review and Interagency Liaison is responsible for process service under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) via the diplomatic channel in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1608(a)(4) and implementing regulations. (Source: http://www.travel.state.gov)

The defendant to be served by the Department of State must be a foreign state or political subdivision only, as defined in Section 1603 of the FSIA (Attachment D), not an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state (which is to be served under Section 1608(b) of the FSIA). The Department of State does not serve natural persons under the FSIA. (Source: http://www.travel.state.gov)

Did you know……Hague Convention process service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters……

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The Hague Convention on Process Service Abroad sets out the means by which judicial or extrajudicial documents are to be transmitted abroad in order to be served. The Convention only applies as between States Parties and has three fundamental objectives: (Source: http://www.hcch.net)

(1)  To simplify the method of transmission of documents to be served from the country of origin to the country of destination;

(2)  To establish a system which insures, in so far as possible, that a recipient is given actual notice of the document served in sufficient time to enable him or her to arrange for a defense; and

(3)  To assist in proving that process service was validly effected in the country of destination, by means of the certificates contained in a standard form.

Did you know……….Default Judgment………..

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No judgment by default shall be entered by a court of the United States or of a State against a foreign state, a political subdivision thereof, or an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state, unless the claimant establishes his claim or right to relief by evidence satisfactory to the court. A copy of any such default judgment shall be sent to a foreign state or political subdivision in the manner prescribed for process service under 28 U.S.C. § 1608.

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Did you know…….. Answer deadline for a foreign state or political subdivision thereof or an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state.

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In any action brought in a court of the United States or of a State, a foreign state, a political subdivision thereof, or an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state shall serve an answer or other responsive pleading to the complaint within sixty (60) days after process service has been made under 28 U.S.C. § 1608(d).

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Did you know………Date of Process Service……..

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In the case of process service under 28 U.S.C. § 1608(a)(4), process service is deemed to have been made as of the date of transmittal indicated in the certified copy of the diplomatic note.

In any other case under 28 U.S.C. § 1608, process service is deemed to have been made as of the date of receipt indicated in the certification, signed and returned postal receipt, or other proof of service applicable to the method of process service employed.

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Did you know…….Process Service upon an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state……

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If process service cannot be made under 28 U.S.C. § 1608(b)(1) or (b)(2), and if reasonably calculated to give actual notice, process service is effected by sending a copy of the summons and complaint, together with a translation of each into the official language of the foreign state, by any form of mail requiring a signed receipt, to be addressed and dispatched by the clerk of the court to the agency or instrumentality to be served.

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Did you know……..Process Service upon a foreign state, or political subdivision of a foreign state through diplomatic channels vis the The U.S. Department of State:

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If process service cannot be made within thirty (30) days under 28 U.S.C. § 1608(a)(3), process service is effected by sending two (2) copies of the summons, complaint, and notice of suit, together with a translation of each into the official language of the foreign state, by any form of mail requiring a signed receipt, to be addressed and dispatched by the clerk of the court to the Director of Overseas Citizens Services, U.S. Department of State.

As of July 2010, the Department of State charges the plaintiff $2,275.00 for this service.

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Did you know…..Process Service upon a foreign state or political subdivision…..

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If process service cannot be made under 28 U.S.C. § 1608(a)(1) or (a)(2), service is effected by sending a copy of the summons, complaint, and a notice of suit, together with a translation of each into the official language of the foreign state, by any form of mail requiring a signed receipt, to be addressed and dispatched by the clerk of the court to the head of the ministry of foreign affairs.

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Did you know…… Process Service Answer deadline for an individual in a foreign state………..

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Unless a different time is prescribed in a Statute of the United States, a defendant shall serve an answer within 20 days after being served with the summons and complaint; or if process service of the summons has been timely waived under FRCP 4(d), within 90 days after the date when the request for waiver was sent if the defendant was addressed outside any judicial district of the United States.

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Process Service upon foreign governments

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(a) Process service in the courts of the United States and of the States shall be made upon a foreign state or political subdivision of a foreign state:

(1) by delivery of a copy of the summons and complaint in accordance with any special arrangement for process service between the plaintiff and the foreign state or political subdivision; or

(2) if no special arrangement exists, by delivery of a copy of the summons and complaint in accordance with an applicable international convention on process service of judicial documents; or

(3) if process service cannot be made under paragraphs (1) or (2), by sending a copy of the summons and complaint and a notice of suit, together with a translation of each into the official language of the foreign state, by any form of mail requiring a signed receipt, to be addressed and dispatched by the clerk of the court to the head of the ministry of foreign affairs of the foreign state concerned, or