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As many of you know, I decided to apply to the Foreign Service this year. I took the exam in October and just received the news that....

I passed!

Now the next step is to write a series of biographical essays outlining what a cool, confident, multi-cultural, swell guy I am. In other words, fiction. LOL.

It's the first hurdle over with. Wish me luck.

jprichva saidAs many of you know, I decided to apply to the Foreign Service this year. I took the exam in October and just received the news that....

I passed!

Now the next step is to write a series of biographical essays outlining what a cool, confident, multi-cultural, swell guy I am. In other words, fiction. LOL.

It's the first hurdle over with. Wish me luck.

That's just great! The farther you are away from me and the USA, the happier I will be.

Congratulations jprichva.

jprichva saidAs many of you know, I decided to apply to the Foreign Service this year. I took the exam in October and just received the news that....

I passed!

Now the next step is to write a series of biographical essays outlining what a cool, confident, multi-cultural, swell guy I am. In other words, fiction. LOL.

It's the first hurdle over with. Wish me luck.

Congratualtions. Did you study for it

I've been thinking of taking it myself

That's great news---congratulations! Good luck on the essays!

Well this could be interesting...would we eventually get a story from you like this?








...or would it be too private, keeping this guy a secret fling (bad for the 'get offa my lawn' reputation if it gets out, lol).

This is Bill. Doug, it's foreign service.

JP, please explain what the Foreign Service is.

Is it like the Peace Corps?

meninlove said

This is Bill. Doug, it's foreign service.

(pssst...Bill....I wasn't going to correct him....I wanted to see where he was going with it....lurid fantasies....heh)

Congrats! That's really great.

DODGY1974 saidJP, please explain what the Foreign Service is.

Is it like the Peace Corps?

Not really. It's not volunteer work.
The United States is represented in every country where we have diplomatic ties by embassies. Embassies are staffed by members of the U.S. government (State Department) and the collection of all the people who staff them are known as the Foreign Service.

They have very diverse duties, including issuing visas for foreigners who wish to come here to visit or to live, helping Americans who run into trouble in their host countries, analyzing the local economies or political situations of the host country and sending reports on conditions back to Washington, and other duties. There are five different career tracks to choose from: I chose the 'consular' track, which means issuing visas, helping Americans who run afoul of local laws, that kind of thing.

jprichva said

DODGY1974 saidJP, please explain what the Foreign Service is.

Is it like the Peace Corps?

Not really. It's not volunteer work.
The United States is represented in every country where we have diplomatic ties by embassies. Embassies are staffed by members of the U.S. government (State Department) and the collection of all the people who staff them are known as the Foreign Service.

They have very diverse duties, including issuing visas for foreigners who wish to come here to visit or to live, helping Americans who run into trouble in their host countries, analyzing the local economies or political situations of the host country and sending reports on conditions back to Washington, and other duties. There are five different career tracks to choose from: I chose the 'consular' track, which means issuing visas, helping Americans who run afoul of local laws, that kind of thing.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is great news jprichva, I hope you really enjoy your work, and if you learn of volunteer needs then holler at me, I'm available for the months of January and February, shameless aren't I. LOL !!! I've been wanting to volunteer oversees for a long time.

jprichva saidAs many of you know, I decided to apply to the Foreign Service this year. I took the exam in October and just received the news that....

I passed!

Now the next step is to write a series of biographical essays outlining what a cool, confident, multi-cultural, swell guy I am. In other words, fiction. LOL.

It's the first hurdle over with. Wish me luck.

Dont se anybody more suitaable than you. You are a gem of a guy and that is no fiction.

I've heard that the real tough part of the foreign service hiring process is the interview. Supposedly they look for a very specific type of personality. Since they get so many applicants a year, they tend to have their pick when it comes to whom they'd want to work with.

I gear its really interesting once you do make it though. Good luck!

Didn't Hemingway write from abroad? This would be an excellent fit for you, Jeff.

zdrew said, "Didn't Hemingway write from abroad? This would be an excellent fit for you, Jeff."

Hemingway wrote from a-top four broads. Last wife was Mary.

Oh well done! Well done indeed

Not that I´m surprised.

(yesterday was La boheme and La fanciulla del West, since we never talk any more You and your job)

jprichva said
Not really. It's not volunteer work.
The United States is represented in every country where we have diplomatic ties by embassies. Embassies are staffed by members of the U.S. government (State Department) and the collection of all the people who staff them are known as the Foreign Service.

They have very diverse duties, including issuing visas for foreigners who wish to come here to visit or to live, helping Americans who run into trouble in their host countries, analyzing the local economies or political situations of the host country and sending reports on conditions back to Washington, and other duties. There are five different career tracks to choose from: I chose the 'consular' track, which means issuing visas, helping Americans who run afoul of local laws, that kind of thing.

Also, your duties involve buying drinks for Peace Corps volunteers (if you're in a PC country) and letting us stay in your sweet pad in the capital to do laundry and feel like we're not living in the middle of nowhere for a night.

Ahem.

There should be a "like" function for these forums lol. Congrats jprichva!

do you have any choice for where you would be posted/assigned?

That is very good news indeed.

Cool. Where's your dream posting?

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Now the next step is to write a series of biographical essays outlining what a cool, confident, multi-cultural, swell guy I am. In other words, fiction. LOL.

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You mean like any Fox News story?

Seriously though, congratulations! It sounds like a really exciting opportunity for you. Best of luck!

Just curious though, what would your ideal posting be?

Congratulations, Jeff!

Why dont you get posted here. I show you around anywhere in South East Asia