The Consulate General of the State of Qatar opened in New York in August 2013.  The Consulate provides Qatari citizens with any assistance they might need during their stay in New York and in the other seventeen states (New York, Connecticut, Vermont, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri) that falls under our jurisdiction; the assistance includes but not limited to issuing emergency travel documents, and helping distressed Qatari citizens.