Residence

• Provision of Legal Advice, representation or institute Court Proceedings.
• Intervention in local judicial practices in relation to private matters.
• Intervention in local investigations involving Motswana abroad (e.g. crimes committed, deaths occurred etc.)
• Conduct search and rescue efforts abroad.
• Paying of personal expenses for Batswana abroad (Issuing of loans, medical bills, hotel bills, payment of pensions, air fares, transport, meals, return of remains, financially supporting Batswana incarcerated abroad etc.)
• Assisting with transfer of funds for Batswana.
• Facilitating personal arrangements such as obtaining accommodation and work, residence, study permits for Batswana travelling or planning to live and work abroad.
• Intervention in relation to customs or quarantine requirements and regulations of foreign countries.
• Provision of security protection.
• Acceptance of responsibility for custody and safe return of property.

The Department of Protocol and Consular Services in the Ministry of International Affairs and Cooperation facilitates burials and repatriation of foreign nationals in Botswana. The authority to bury is given by the Office of the District Commissioner in the relevant district where the application is lodged.