Amerikanska

U.S. Consul to Karlstad on September 14, 2012

Vice Consul Ruth J. Newman will be in Karlstad on September 14, 2012 to take applications for consular reports of births, passports, social security numbers, and to notarize documents that will be used in the U.S. Please note that we will not be able to accept applications for immigrant visas.

The 2012 Amerikanska Donation Drive

Current: 1950 SEK
Goal: 3000 SEK

The current total is from LAPettersson, Beverly, Linda and 6 anonymous donors.

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Those who've been here a while know what this is. It used to be an annual thing this time of year, started by the founder of the site, Flame. I haven't run a donation drive since May 2009, but feel that it's time to resurrect the tradition, since Amerikanska is really your site.

Amerikanska is a non-profit and ad-free site. All work on the site is done voluntarily.

However, hosting a website costs money.

Currently, it's 1500 SEK per year (the costs have not increased since I took over the running of Amerikanska 5 years ago). That includes costs for hosting the site and the domain.

If you're able, please help keep Amerikanska going with a donation to help cover these costs. All donations go to the cost of hosting only, no one is paid to maintain it, not even me. Only a maximum of 3000:- in donations will be accepted. In the event it happens to go over that, additional donations will be held to pay for the domain name and/or held for next year's costs.

Donations are voluntary, helping to keep the site both ad-free and free to use, which it has been since 2001.

Read on for details on how to help out...

CONSUL TO GOTHENBURG SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 AND TO SUNDSVALL ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Consul Martin Tatuch will be in Gothenburg on September 22nd 2011 and Vice Consul Ruth Newman in Sundsvall on September 29th 2011 to take applications for consular reports of births, passports, social security numbers, and to notarize documents that will be used in the U.S. Please note that we will not be able to accept applications for immigrant visas.

U.S. Vice Consul to Orebro on May 5, 2011

Vice Consul Amy Reardon will be in Orebro on May 5, 2011 to take applications for consular reports of births, passports, social security numbers, and to notarize documents that will be used in the U.S. Please note that we will not be able to accept applications for immigrant visas.

U.S. Consul to Linköping on March 29 and to Göteborg on April 20, 2011

Consul Martin Tatuch will be in Linköping on March 29 and in Göteborg on April 20, 2011 to take applications for consular reports of births, passports, social security numbers, and to notarize documents that will be used in the U.S. Please note that we will not be able to accept applications for immigrant visas.

Consular Report of Birth Abroad Information

Important change in filing for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad

The Department of State is pleased to announce the introduction of a redesigned Consular Report of Birth
Abroad (CRBA, or Form FS-240). The redesigned CRBA, which is an official record confirming that a child born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent or parents acquired U.S. citizenship at birth and serves as proof of citizenship, has been updated with a variety of state-of-the-art security features to help prevent fraud and identity theft.

Gothenburg Basketball Youth Festival

Come to our youth basketball tournament in Gothenburg, 13th to the 16th of May 2010. We are in our 32nd Year!

It is the largest in Europe with around 7000 participants from over ten European countries.

Warden Message - Phishing Emails claiming to be sent by the IRS

Dear American Citizen:

It is come to the Consular Section's attention that U.S. citizens living
abroad are receiving e-mail messages purportedly from the Internal
Revenue Service requesting personal financial information. Please note
that the IRS never requests information from taxpayers in this manner.

There is a new phishing scheme which is targeting non-resident aliens
(NRAs) by requesting that you complete an attached but fraudulent
W-8BEN. The official form W-8BEN does not request bank account details.
A correct copy of the W-8BEN can be found on the IRS website:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8ben.pdf.

U.S. Consul to Gothenburg September 21, 2009

Consul to Gothenburg on September 21, 2009

Consul Martin Tatuch will be in Gothenburg on September 21 to take applications for reports of births and passports, and to notarize documents that will be used in the U.S. Please note that we will not be able to accept applications for immigrant visas.

Appointments

In order to obtain an appointment, you must send the required documents for the service you need (passport, report of birth, notarization, etc.) to the Embassy in Stockholm in advance.

The appointments will take place on September 21, from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Stockholm OPEN GYM: Basketball

If you live in Stockholm and love to play ball, the SSBL (Stockholm Street Basketball League) is the place to be. Stockholm OPEN GYM is set to launch the Winter Season 2009/2010.