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NATO and the UN generally have their own classes of visas that do not grant diplomatic privileges. In the US for example, there are NATO visas for NATO represen
by pseudo0 6y ago
NATO and the UN generally have their own classes of visas that do not grant diplomatic privileges. In the US for example, there are NATO visas for NATO representatives, and G visas for members of international organizations [0] (although they made an exception to that and let the EU and African Union representatives enter on diplomatic A visas) [1].
The funny part is that this is a total tempest in a teapot. Diplomatic immunity hardly ever gets used nowadays; the only real advantage to diplomatic status is avoiding the London congestion taxes.
[0] - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/other-visa-categories/visa-employees-nato.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/other-vi...
[1] - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/other-visa-categories/visas-diplomats.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/other-vi...
- rusk 6y ago> Diplomatic immunity hardly ever gets used nowadays Harry Dunn’s family might disagree with this ...
- pseudo0 6y agoAnd that turned into a significant diplomatic incident precisely because of the way diplomatic immunity was exercised in that case... In serious situations like that between friendly countries with fair judicial systems, diplomatic immunity usually gets waived.
- rusk 6y agoIt still hasn’t been resolved last I checked and it was a decision made by the current administration so I’ve little faith that the attitude has changed.