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Embassy

Meaning in travel & airport english, with examples

/ˈembəsi/nounCommon term

In travel & airport english, embassy means: The official office of one country's government in the capital city of another country, led by an ambassador.

In Turkish: büyükelçilik, elçilik

How it is used

Travellers deal with embassies when they apply for visas or need help from their own country abroad, for example after losing a passport. Many practical services for citizens, such as emergency travel documents, are handled by the embassy's consular section or by consulates in other cities.

Example sentences

  1. After my passport was stolen, the embassy gave me an emergency travel document.

  2. The embassy is closed on public holidays, but it has an emergency phone line.

Common collocations

  • contact the embassy
  • embassy staff
  • consular section
  • emergency travel document
  • consulateAn office of a country's government in a foreign city that helps its own citizens there and often handles visas; it is smaller than an embassy.
  • visaOfficial permission from a country, usually a sticker in your passport or an electronic record, to enter, stay in or pass through it for a set purpose and time.
  • passportAn official document issued by your country that proves who you are and what nationality you have, and lets you travel abroad.
  • police reportAn official written record made by the police after you report a crime, such as a theft, or an accident.

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