Welfare/Whereabouts Check through Embassy and
Consulate Services
According to the
U.S. Department of State’s website, requests for a welfare check of an
American citizen abroad can be made at the following offices:
For Missing and Sick Adults, Emergency
Family Messages, and Child Abuse, Neglect, Abandonment or Exploitation
cases, and child welfare in cases not/not involving parental child abduction
or custody disputes, contact:
Office of American Citizens Services
Phone: (202) 647-5225
Phone: (202) 647-5226
For a Child Custody/Parental Child
Abduction Case of a U.S. citizen under the age of 18, contact:
Office of Children’s Issues, CA/OCS/CI
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520-4818
Fax: (202) 312-9743
Phone: (202) 312-9700
If you make the request by phone, you will be asked to follow up with a
written request via fax.
Suspicion that a Missing Person may be a
Victim of Dangers Along the Border
According to U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s
Bureau
of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ website, families of Mexican
nationals that are suspected of falling victim to dangers along the southwestern
border are asked to call their
local Mexican
Consulate. On the other hand, families of American citizens are directed to
call the Border Patrol in the sector where the missing person was supposed to
cross (see map below detailing sectors). The Border Patrol phone numbers are
listed below:
McAllen Sector: (800) 863-9382
Laredo Sector: (800) 343-1994
Del Rio Sector: (800) 299-4402
Marfa Sector: (800) 536-6204
El Paso Sector: (800) 635-2409
Tucson Sector: (888) 872-7435
Yuma Sector: (877) 520-7670
El Centro Sector: (800) 901-2003
San Diego Sector: (800) 808-8727
The Role of International Police (Interpol)
Only law enforcement agencies may file a request for assistance from the
U.S. National Central Bureau of Interpol (USNCB) when there is an
international investigation of an American Citizen. Families of a missing person
can contact the local detective or investigator assigned to the case to discuss
if requesting Interpol to issue a missing person alert (Yellow Notice) would be
beneficial in the situation.
Internationally Based Clearinghouses
CANADA
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
c/o Missing Children’s Registry
1200 Vanier Parkway
PO Box 8885
Ottawa, Ontario, CN K1G 3M8
Phone: 1-613-993-1525
Toll Free: 1-877-318-3576
Pager: 1-613-760-6689 (After hours)
Fax: 1-613-993-5430
Email:
mcr.nps@sympatico.ca
Website:
www.ourmissingchildren.ca
Street Address:
1200 Vanier Parkway
PUERTO RICO
Missing Children Program
Centro Estatal Para Niños Desparecidos y Victimas de Abuso
Interpol Office
Special Investigation Bureau
Department of Justice
Olimpo & Limbert Streets
Miramar, PR 00902-3899
PO Box 9023899
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902-3899
Phone: 1-787-729-2523
Toll Free: 1-800-995-NINO (limited calling area)
Fax: 1-787-722-0809
Email:
76710.2700@compuserve.com
Website Gov:
www.gobierno.pr
Website:
www.niepr.org
NETHERLANDS POLICE
National Criminal Intelligence Service
PO Box 3016
2700 KX Zoetermeer
The Netherlands
Phone: 011-31-79-345-8880
Fax: 011-31-79-345-8881
Email:
lbvp@planet.nl
Website:
http://nl.missingkids.com
Street Address:
Europaweg 45
2711 EM Zoetermeer
The Netherlands
