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Money Transfer

In assisting indigent U.S. citizens, the consular officer acts as an intermediary to help the citizen locate a private source of funds (family members, friends, employers, etc.) and to instruct how the funds may be transferred to Bolivia.

The U.S. consular officer has no funds available for welfare services because the U.S. Congress does not provide funds to give or loan to U.S. citizens in need except in limited cases where the U.S. citizen agrees to be repatriated to the U.S. and signs a promissory note agreeing to repay the loan to the U.S. Government.

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