Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§288d Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities of Officers, Employees, and Their Families; Waiver

Title 22 › Chapter 7— INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter XVIII— PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS › § 288d

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Foreign governments’ representatives to international organizations, and the organizations’ officers, employees, and their immediate family members living with them who are not U.S. citizens, get the same special rights and exceptions that foreign government officials have. These cover entering and leaving the United States, immigration registration and fingerprinting, and registering as foreign agents. Those representatives and staff are also protected from being sued or from legal actions for things they do as part of their official jobs, unless their home government or the organization agrees to give up that protection.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §288d

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(a)Persons designated by foreign governments to serve as their representatives in or to international organizations and the officers and employees of such organizations, and members of the immediate families of such representatives, officers, and employees residing with them, other than nationals of the United States, shall, insofar as concerns laws regulating entry into and departure from the United States, alien registration and fingerprinting, and the registration of foreign agents, be entitled to the same privileges, exemptions, and immunities as are accorded under similar circumstances to officers and employees, respectively, of foreign governments, and members of their families.

(b)Representatives of foreign governments in or to international organizations and officers and employees of such organizations shall be immune from suit and legal process relating to acts performed by them in their official capacity and falling within their functions as such representatives, officers, or employees except insofar as such immunity may be waived by the foreign government or international organization concerned.

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22 U.S.C. § 288d

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60