Process
From the first conversation to your diplomatic passport.
It begins with your personal story. It can end with a document that officially identifies you as the representative of a state. In between lie six clearly defined steps.
A conversation that opens up new possibilities
Perhaps you have been carrying this idea around for a while.
A diplomatic passport. A state appointment. The thought of one day representing a country in an official capacity.
But how realistic is this ambition for someone with your background?
That is the very question you start with.
In your personal conversation with Daniel Taborek, the focus is entirely on you: your CV, your professional successes, your international relationships and your connections to one or more countries.
You find out which parts of your story so far could matter for a state appointment.
An extraordinary ambition becomes a first, specific assessment.
Finding the state and the right role
A diplomatic passport is issued by a state. So the first step is to establish which relationship with which country offers a solid basis for a possible appointment.
Perhaps you already have business ties there. Perhaps you have invested, lived or built personal relationships there.
On that basis, you look together at the possible roles: special envoy, ambassador-at-large, attaché, honorary consul or government adviser.
Your real goal, the diplomatic passport, stays at the centre from the very start.
That is why we check explicitly whether the state concerned actually issues a diplomatic passport for the role in question.
The review of your suitability
A state appointment is a decision of trust.
A state wants to know whom it is entrusting with an official role.
So you put together your CV and the required supporting documents.
The review covers, among other things, your identity, your reputation, your criminal record, any entries on sanctions lists and the source of your funds.
This step is part of what gives an appointment its special significance.
A diplomatic passport records a role in the service of a state, based on a proper review and decision.
The moment of your state appointment
This is where possibility becomes reality.
Once the state has reviewed your suitability and decided in your favour, your official appointment follows.
You receive a mandate, a letter of appointment or, in the case of an honorary consul, a consular commission.
For an honorary consul, this commission is transmitted through diplomatic channels (Article 11 VCCR).
You now take on a task that a state has officially entrusted to you.
This is the decisive step on the way to the document you are aiming for.
Your diplomatic passport
The moment your whole route has been leading to.
With your appointment, you apply for the diplomatic passport from the issuing state, usually through its foreign ministry or an embassy.
The state issues it for the term of your appointment.
An official document that makes your new role visible.
A diplomatic passport in your name.
A passport that records that you have taken on a special task for a state.
What was once a personal vision can now become part of your real life.
Your official role begins
If you carry out your duties in a particular state, its admission may also be required.
As an honorary consul, you receive the exequatur. As an attaché, notification takes place.
The receiving state is free to decide on admission (Article 12 VCCR). Until the final decision, provisional admission is possible (Article 13 VCCR).
You then take up your official duties.
The diplomatic passport records your role. Your work gives that role its real substance.
It all starts with a conversation.
In a conversation with Daniel Taborek, you will find out which parts of your story count towards a state appointment.