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“Celebrating
35 Years of Grenadianism”
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Welcome to the Consulate
General of Grenada’s
website. The purpose of this website is to provide information to Grenadians
in Canada and around the
world as well as, Individuals, Governments and Corporations who are
interested in the Grenadian economy, and doing business with industries in Grenada.
Our first responsibility is towards “YOU” our customers. When you are
satisfied with the products, programs, and service we provide, only then
can we be satisfied with our own performance. We owe our Grenadian and
Canadian associates the same degree of respect, loyalty, and commitment we
ask of them. We will continue to provide opportunities to grow personally,
professionally, and intellectually, recognizing we all benefit from each
other's individual accomplishments.
CONSULAR FUNCTIONS CONSIST OF:
1.
Protecting in the receiving state the
interests of the sending state and of its nationals, both individuals and
bodies corporate, within the limits permitted by international law;
2.
Furthering the development of
commercial, economic, cultural and scientific relations between the sending
State and the receiving State and otherwise promoting friendly relations
between them in accordance with the provisions of the present convention;
3.
Ascertaining by all lawful means
conditions and developments in the commercial, economic, cultural and
scientific life of the receiving State, reporting thereon the Government of
the sending State and giving information to persons interested;
4.
Issuing passports and travel documents
to nationals of the sending State, and visas or appropriate documents to
persons wishing to travel to the sending State;
5.
Helping and assisting nationals, both
individuals and bodies corporate, of the send State;
6.
Acting as notary and civil registrar
and in capacities of a similar kind, and performing certain functions of an
administrative nature, provided that there is nothing contrary thereto in
the laws and regulations of the receiving State;
7.
Safeguarding the interests of
nationals, both individuals and bodies corporate, of the sending State in
cases of succession mortis cause in the territory of the receiving
State, in accordance with the laws and regulations of the receiving
State;
8.
Safeguarding, within the limits imposed
by the laws and regulations of the receiving State, the interests of minors
and other persons lacking full capacity who are nationals of the sending
State, particularly where any guardianship or trusteeship is required with
respect to such persons;
9.
Subject to the practices and procedures
obtaining in the receiving State, representing or arranging appropriate
representation for nationals of the sending State before the tribunals and
other authorities of the receiving State, for the purpose of obtaining, in
accordance with the laws and regulations of the receiving State,
provisional measures for the preservation of the rights and interests of
these nationals, where, because of absence or any other reason, such
nationals are unable at the proper time to assume the defense of their
rights and interests;
10.
Transmitting
judicial and extra-judicial documents or executing letters rogatory or
commissions to take evidence for the courts of the sending State in
accordance with international agreements in force or, in the absence of
such international agreements, in any other manner compatible with the laws
and regulations of the sending State in respect of vessels having the
nationality of the sending State, and of aircraft registered in that State,
and in respect of their crews;
11.
Exercising rights of
supervision and inspection provided for in the laws and regulations of the
sending State in respect of vessels having the nationality of the sending
State, and of aircraft registered in that State, and in respect of their
crews;
12.
Extending assistance
to vessels and aircraft mentioned in sub-paragraph (k) of this Article and
to their crews, taking statements regarding the voyage of a vessel,
examining and stamping the ship's papers, and, without prejudice to the
powers of the authorities of the receiving State, conducting investigations
into any incidents which occurred during the voyage, and settling disputes
of any kind between the master, the officers and the seamen in so far as
this may be authorized by the laws and regulations of the sending State;
13.
Performing any other
functions entrusted to a consular post by the sending State which are not
prohibited by the laws and regulations of the receiving State or to which
no objection is taken by the receiving State or which are referred to in
the international agreements in force between the sending State and the
receiving State.
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