Robert Casey wrote:

The only exception is a representative of a foreign country. I have
a relative who is a diplomat of another country ("Country B") and
held a US license by examination before moving to "Country B" and
becoming a diplomat of that country. AFAIK s/he is able to retain
the US license as long as s/he is not accredited as a diplomat to
the United States (which is not likely to happen for quite a while
if ever).

If he did get that diplomat accreditation, the FCC then couldn't do
anything to him. Hell, you can shoplift and go drunk driving and they
can't touch you if you're a diplomat. The only way New York City gets
diplomats to pay up on parking tickets is to tow his car away, and he
has to pay the tickets to get it back.

The FCC sure has a handle on someone who has an FCC license and
becomes a representative of a foreign country (other than an
"honorary consul" which is a U S citizen handling certain business
or tourism activities). They can - and will - invalidate the FCC
license that s/he holds.

If s/he commits an offense such as continuing to operate as an
amateur without a license from the "home" country and meeting all
the requirements for alien operation in the US, the US can - and
will - lodge a formal complaint with the "home" country and if
nothing is done can declare the person as "persona non grata" and
give him/her 48 hours to leave the country. I've seen it done to
someone who held a U N passport who thought that he could get away
with something because of that. It was handled very quietly without
paper subject to the FOIA being passed back and forth.

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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane