The U.S. is implementing a new visa application process for Indians
that will make obtaining visas more convenient, says the U.S.
ambassador to India. The U.S. Embassy in New Delhi and Consulates
General in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad are now accepting
visa applications at all visa facilities in India, regardless of the
applicant’s home address or city of residence.
After the opening of the new Consulate General in Hyderabad, the U.S.
mission in India has been looking for other ways to best manage the
changing population dynamics of that country. Part of this response has
been to reorganize U.S. consular districts in India. The consular
districts have been reorganized as follows:
Embassy Delhi: Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and
Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bhutan
Consulate Mumbai: Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Diu and Daman, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Consulate Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh, Orissa
Consulate Chennai: Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Consulate Kolkata: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal??
“With these changes, we believe our Consulates General and our Embassy
in New Delhi will be even better positioned to support and serve Indian
visa applicants, as well as American citizens and businesses throughout
India,” said U.S. Ambassador to India, Timothy J. Roemer.
