Bureau of Consular Affairs

aid: bureau-of-consular-affairs
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bureau-of-consular-affairs/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Bureau of Consular Affairs
tags:
- Federal Government
- Passports
- Travel
- Travel Advisories
- Visas
type: Index
kind: government
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bureau-of-consular-affairs.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-25'
modified: '2026-04-21'
position: Consumer
description: The Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA) is a bureau of the United States Department of State responsible for administering
  laws, formulating regulations, and implementing policies related to consular services and immigration. CA provides travel
  advisories, passport and visa information, and publishes datasets through its data catalog accessible via the CKAN API.
apis:
- aid: bureau-of-consular-affairs:ca-data-catalog-ckan-api
  name: Bureau of Consular Affairs Data Catalog (CKAN API)
  tags:
  - CKAN
  - Data Catalog
  - Federal Government
  - Open Data
  humanURL: https://cadatacatalog.state.gov/
  baseURL: https://cadatacatalog.state.gov/api/3/action
  properties:
  - url: https://cadatacatalog.state.gov/dataset/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://cadatacatalog.state.gov/api/3
    type: DataAPI
  description: The CA Data Catalog provides access to datasets from the Bureau of Consular Affairs via the CKAN API. It includes
    passport issuance statistics, visa issuance data, adoption statistics, and other consular affairs data. The CKAN API supports
    dataset search, retrieval, and resource downloads.
- aid: bureau-of-consular-affairs:travel-advisories
  name: Travel Advisories API
  tags:
  - Federal Government
  - Travel
  - Travel Advisories
  humanURL: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories.html/
  baseURL: https://travel.state.gov
  properties:
  - url: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories.html/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://travelmaps.state.gov/TSGMap/
    type: DataAPI
  description: The State Department publishes travel advisory levels (Level 1-4) for every country. Advisory data is available
    for consumption by travel applications and services to help inform travelers about safety conditions.
- aid: bureau-of-consular-affairs:passport-issuance-statistics
  name: Passport Issuance Statistics
  tags:
  - Federal Government
  - Passports
  - Statistics
  humanURL: https://cadatacatalog.state.gov/dataset/passportstatistics
  properties:
  - url: https://cadatacatalog.state.gov/dataset/passportstatistics
    type: DataAPI
  - url: https://cadatacatalog.state.gov/dataset/passportstatistics
    type: Documentation
  description: Annual and monthly passport issuance statistics published by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, available as downloadable
    datasets through the CA data catalog.
- aid: bureau-of-consular-affairs:bureau-of-consular-affairs-datastore-api
  name: Bureau of Consular Affairs Datastore API
  description: Datastore queries over tabular resources.
  humanURL: https://cadatacatalog.state.gov/
  baseURL: https://cadatacatalog.state.gov/api/3/action
  tags:
  - Datastore
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-consular-affairs-datastore-api-openapi.yml
- aid: bureau-of-consular-affairs:bureau-of-consular-affairs-discovery-api
  name: Bureau of Consular Affairs Discovery API
  description: Read-only discovery actions (packages, groups, organizations, tags).
  humanURL: https://cadatacatalog.state.gov/
  baseURL: https://cadatacatalog.state.gov/api/3/action
  tags:
  - Discovery
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-consular-affairs-discovery-api-openapi.yml
- aid: bureau-of-consular-affairs:bureau-of-consular-affairs-write-api
  name: Bureau of Consular Affairs Write API
  description: Write actions (require API token).
  humanURL: https://cadatacatalog.state.gov/
  baseURL: https://cadatacatalog.state.gov/api/3/action
  tags:
  - Write
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-consular-affairs-write-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/bureau-of-consular-affairs-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bureau-of-consular-affairs-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bureau-of-consular-affairs-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bureau-of-consular-affairs
- type: Website
  url: https://travel.state.gov/
- type: Portal
  url: https://cadatacatalog.state.gov/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/privacy-policy.html
- type: CKAN API
  url: https://cadatacatalog.state.gov/api/3/action/package_list
- type: Statistics
  url: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics.html
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'