AI Use Cases for Consular Affairs

Smarter Passports, Visas, and Border Security
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-06301-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

AI Use Cases for Consular Affairs explores applications for artificial intelligence across issues such as visas, passports, border security, disaster evacuation, and identity verification. It shows how AI can improve fairness, expand access, and return precious time to public servants, while confronting the risks and ethical dilemmas head-on.

Drawing on more than sixty years of combined diplomatic experience – including the adjudication of tens of thousands of visas and leadership through crises, evacuations, and fraud investigations – retired U.S. Foreign Service Officers Dr. Don Kilburg and Virginia Blaser reveal how AI is reshaping global mobility – from biometric identity verification and fraud detection to crisis alerts, multilingual access, and workflow optimization. Every year, millions of people apply for visas, renew passports, flee disasters, or struggle to prove their identity across national lines. Behind each of these moments lies a hidden world of high-stakes consular decisions – made under immense pressure, with limited time and imperfect information. AI has the power to transform that world.

This book is essential reading for public servants, policymakers, diplomats, politicians, state officials, immigration professionals and all those working in consular affairs, as well as general readers with an interest in the implications of AI for worldwide migration.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kilburg, Don

Blaser, Virginia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Foundations 1. Reimagining Consular Work with AI Part 2: Visas, Passports, and Citizen Services 2. Smarter Visa Processing with AI  3. AI in Passport Services and Identity Verification  4. Multilingual Access, Chatbots, and AI-Powered Communication  5. Crisis Management and Emergency AI Part 3: Fraud, Forgery, and Identity Integrity  6. Detecting Fraud and Forgery with AI  7. Identity Integrity and Biometric Analytics Part 4: Operations and Deployment  8. AI-Optimized Appointments and Internal Workflows  9. Deploying AI at the Mission Level Part 5: People First 10. A Human Future with AI at Our Side

Über Autor(innen)

Don Kilburg is a retired U.S. diplomat, experimental psychologist, and U.S. Army veteran with 28 years of public service. His Foreign Service career spanned five continents, four languages, and postings from Beijing to the former Soviet Union, including intelligence reporting for the President's Daily Brief and service as Spokesperson for the Bureau of Energy Resources and Press Attaché in Beijing. A pioneer of AI adoption at the State Department, his innovations earned him multiple Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards. He is the author of AI Use Cases for Diplomats (Chapman & Hall, 2025) and Founder & CEO of Mind Leap Institute.  Virginia Blaser is a senior executive and retired U.S. diplomat whose 34-year Foreign Service career included service as Acting Ambassador in five countries and the adjudication of tens of thousands of visas and passport determinations. A recipient of the Presidential Rank Award, she led complex consular operations abroad and oversaw the largest overseas U.S. passport unit. She now advises international organizations and private firms on governance, strategy, diplomacy, and the ethical use of emerging technologies.