A "consul" is a person within the government who is in charge of relaying information about and promoting his country within a foreign region, while the "consul general" is the government official in charge of supervising all of the lower level consuls within a certain area. If you would like to write a letter to a consul general, you should first understand exactly how to properly address her to ensure you are polite and respectful in the letter.
InstructionsStart with the word "Dear." This is a universally accepted polite greeting for a letter.
Add the consul general's title, such as "Mr.," "Mrs.," "Ms." or "Miss." Note that if you're not sure if a female consul general is married, use "Ms." to address her.
Write in the surname, or last name, of the consul general. Then, add a colon to complete the greeting.
For the envelope, include the consul general's full name after his title and write "Consul General" underneath his name.
How do I address a Consul General....Mr or Ms?
Dear Consul General. If you are not very specific , you will get an Assistant Counsel General , or worse yet , an Aide.
For the salutation you would write: Dear Mr. (or Mrs. or Ms.) Smith On the envelope you would address it as: The Honorable John (or Jane) Smith American Consul General Address
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The proper form of address to a Consul General is "Consul General [Last Name]." It is respectful to address them with their title followed by their last name when speaking or writing to them.
You answer it addressing him or her by saying "Dear Consulate General" and Hence forth......
The highest office in a Consulate is a Consul, the highest office in a Consulate-General is a Consul General, and the highest office in an Embassy is an Ambassador. You would address the letter as: The Honorable John Smith, Consul Consulate of "conventional long form of whatever country" Street address City, State, zip In the letter however, the salutation would simply be Dear Mr., Mrs., Miss, or Ms., the same goes for a Consul General A foreign Ambassador would be: His (or Her) Excellency John Smith Ambassador of "conventional long form of whatever country" Street address City, State, zip The salutation for an ambassador would be either Excellency, or Dear Mr. (or Madam) Ambassador
Dear Consul is sufficient and preferred you don't need to make reference to the honorary portion of the title if you want to be even more formal then use "honorable consul" it it's a consul general (honorary or not) then you should use Dear Consul General
A consul general is someone who serves at a foreign embassy. If they are simply a consul, they can be addressed as Mr. or Mrs. If they are also the ambassador of the embassy, then they are addressed as "his or her excellency" followed by their full name.
The Consul General is the head of a Consulate General
His/Her Excellency
Very much depends on the culture of the country he/she is representing. Northern American and northwestern European consuls-general can simply be addressed as 'sir' or 'madam'. In most other countries and cultures the safe bet is to address them as 'your excellency'.