UNITED STATES

Consular and Diplomatic Corps

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Current Series

In Use Since	1985
Size	American standard
Colors	Dark blue on reflective white. Blue band along the top and left edges, red band along lower edge.
Registration	Foreign Missions Nationwide: Prefix codes - two letter country code - three serial numerals United Nations: Five serial numerals - letter A or three serial numerals - two letter country code - letter D
Issuance	Officially issued
Notes	Along the top: `CONSUL, DIPLOMAT` or `STAFF` Along the bottom: `Issued By And Property Of The UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE` Annual month (left bottom corner) and year (right bottom corner) validation stickers.

Prefix and Suffix Codes

Code	Prefix/Suffix	Meaning	Example
C	Prefix	Foreign Consul	CAB 123
D	Prefix	Diplomat	DAB 123
S	Prefix	Non-diplomatic Staff	SAB 123
A	Suffix	United Nations Secretariat	12345 A
A	Suffix	Foreign Mission to U.N. and family members	12345 A
D	Suffix	United Nations Diplomat	123 ABD

Diplomatic Country Codes

AA - Congo
AC - Ivory Coast
AF - Japan
AH - Madagascar
AJ - Panama
AK - Cape Verde
AQ - Syria
AU - Uganda
AV - Israel
AW - Organization of African Unity
BL - South Africa
BY - Solomon Islands
BZ - Iraq
CB - Cambodia / Kampuchea
CC - Ethiopia
CS - Afghanistan
CT - Bhutan
CU - Botswana
CV - Burma / Myanmar
CW - Cameroon
CX - Burundi
CY - China
DA - Colombia
DB - Costa Rica
DC - Cuba
DD - Cyprus
DF - Dominican Republic
DG - Ecuador
DH - French Caribbean
DI - Israel
DJ - France
DK - Greece
DL - India
DM - Iran
DN - Denmark
DP - Bangladesh
FC - USSR (discontinued)
FF - Antigua
FG - Central African Republic
FH - Ireland
FI - Israel
FJ - Lebanon
FK - Kenya
FL - Liberia
FM - Libya
FN - Malta
FP - Morocco
FR - Philippines
FS - Netherlands
FT - Qatar
FV - Sri Lanka
FW - Holy See (Vatican)
FX - Sierra Leone
FY - South Africa
FZ - Suriname
GC - Sweden
GD - Ukraine
GG - Zambia
GM - Turkey
GP - Albania
GQ - North Korea
HL - St. Lucia
HN - Mongolia
HV - Belgium
HW - Guatemala
HX - Benin
HY - Guinea-Bissau
HZ - Haiti
JB - Honduras
JC - Kuwait
JD - Mauritius
JF - Nigeria
JG - Portugal
JH - Somalia
JJ - Chad
JK - Turkey
JM - Yugoslavia
JP - Tunesia
JQ - Togo
KQ - Equatorial Guinea
KH - Hungary
KJ - Lithuania
KK - Fiji
KL - Jordan
KM - Jamaica
KN - Gabon
KP - Luxembourg
KQ - Israel
KR - Malaysia
KS - Mexico
KT - Namibia
KU - Sao Tome et Principe
KV - Saudi Arabia
KW - Seychelles
KX - Sudan
LC - Venezuela
LD - Vietnam
LG - Turkey
LH - Israel
LK - Delegate to the EEC
LR - Liechtenstein
LW - Germany
MK - Djibouti
ML - Diego Garcia
MN - Comoros
MP - Bahamas
MQ - Monaco
MW - Maledives
NA - Oman
NB - Papua New Guinea
NC - Paraguay
ND - Romania
NQ - Angola
PA - Austria
PB - Barbados
PC - Belize
PD - Bermuda
PF - Bolivia
PG - Belarus
PH - Czech Republic
PI - Israel
PK - Norway
PL - Chile
PM - Brunei
PR - Argentina
PS - Zimbabwe
PV - Rep. of Congo (Zaire)
QA - Yemen
QD - Burkina Faso
QL - St. Kitts and Nevis
QM - Bulgaria
QN - Laos
QP - Latvia
QQ - Lesotho
QR - Malawi
QS - Mozambique
QT - New Zealand
QU - Nicaragua
QV - Niger
QW - Poland
QX - Pakistan
QY - South Yemen (discontinued)
QZ - Indonesia
RB - Rwanda
RC - St. Vincent
RD - Senegal
RL - Uruguay
SG - Israel
ST - Dominica
SX - USSR (discontinued)
TC - Mali
TF - Algeria
TG - Canada
TH - Egypt
TJ - Germany
TK - Netherlands Antilles
TL - El Salvador
TM - Iceland
TN - Nepal
TP - Mauritania
TR - Italy
TS - Iraq
TT - Guyana
TU - Guinea
TV - Ghana
TW - Gambia
TX - Finland
TY - Grenada
TZ - Peru
UA - Bahrain
UF - Estonia
UH - Spain
UX - Trinidad and Tobago
VF - Thailand
VG - Tanzania
VH - Switzerland
VJ - Brazil
VK - Singapore
VL - Swaziland
WB - United Arab Emirates
WD - South Korea
WM - Western Samoa
WZ - United Kingdom
XF - Turkey
XZ - Australia
YM - Hong Kong
YR - Russia

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