22 CFR § 150.1 - Diplomatic Agent-Level Immunity.

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title: "22 CFR § 150.1 - Diplomatic Agent-Level Immunity."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "150.1"
section_name: "Diplomatic Agent-Level Immunity."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "P"
subchapter_name: "DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES"
part_number: "150"
part_name: "DIPLOMATIC AGENT-LEVEL IMMUNITY"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "22 U.S.C. 2651a, 2656; 22 U.S.C. 254c; Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Done at Vienna April 18, 1961, 23 U.S.T. 3227; Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, Done at Vienna April 24, 1963, 21 U.S.T. 77; Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, 21 U.S.T. 1418."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 68780, Aug. 28, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
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# 150.1 Diplomatic Agent-Level Immunity.

Diplomatic Agent-Level Immunity refers to the complete immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the United States and to comprehensive immunity from the civil and administrative jurisdiction of the United States, and is enjoyed by:

(a) Foreign individuals accredited to the United States as “diplomatic agents” under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, and the family members forming part of their households;

(b) Foreign individuals accredited to the United States as administrative and technical staff or service staff of diplomatic missions, or as consular officers of consular missions, and the family members forming part of their households, representing a foreign government with which the United States has an international agreement for the enhancement of immunity of those individuals to diplomatic agent-level immunity; and

(c) Certain other foreign officials and representatives as determined by the Department of State.