External Office (Caphiria)

The External Office of the Imperium, or simply the External Office or EXTRA, is the foreign affairs cabinet-level executive department of the Office of the Imperium, operating under the Ministry of Diplomacy. The External Office is tasked with advising the Imperator in matters of international relations, administering diplomatic missions, negotiating international treaties and agreements and coordinating its participation in international and regional supranational political organizations such as the League of Nations or UNESARP. Additionally, the External Office has the ability to deploy diplomats to foreign governments or institutions and maintains foreign embassies in other countries.

Within the External Office are several departments: the Department of Immigration, which manages issues of immigration and asylum for refugees; it is also responsible for the regulation of immigration and preventing illegal immigration as well as the integration of legal immigrants (professionally, linguistically, housing); the Department of Foreign Affairs which deploys diplomats to foreign governments or institutions and maintains foreign embassies in other countries; the Department of Diplomatic Security is concerned with protecting and assisting Caphirian citizens and Latins living or traveling abroad, and the Office of Counterterrorism which coordinates Caphiria's efforts to improve counter-terrorism cooperation with foreign governments and participates in the development, coordination, and implementation of the Imperium's overall counterterrorism policy.

Tracing its origins to the Third Imperium, the External Office is considered among the most powerful and prestigious ministerial offices in Caphiria. It is led by the Chancellor of the External Office (cancellarius extrarius), who reports to the Chancellor of Diplomacy (Proprinceps) and Imperator directly. The position of Chancellor of the External Office is currently held by Temione Egărenovisi, who was appointed in 2015.

The External Office also provides diplomatic training to Caphirian magistrates and military personnel, exercises partial jurisdiction over immigration, and provides various services to Caphirian citizens, such as issuing passports and visas, posting foreign travel advisories, and advancing commercial ties abroad.