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overseas.
Have a plan to keep your passport in a safe place. We recommend
that you make several photocopies and you may want to consider
keeping your passport in a safety deposit at a bank.
There
are basically two types of US visas
Immigrant visas
for those intending to reside permanently in the United
States (whether or not they intend to work)
Nonimmigrant visas
Indian citizens who wish to visit the United States
temporarily must first obtain a visa. Those coming to the
US as tourists, to visit friends or relatives, for medical
treatment or to conduct business, must obtain a visitor's
visa (B-1 for business or B-2 for pleasure/medical treatment).
Students must obtain a foreign student visa (F for academic
studies, or M for nonacademic or vocational studies), and
exchange program participants either a J visa (for programs
designated by the United States Information Agency) or a
Q visa (for programs designated by the Immigration and Naturalization
Service).
Visa services are available at the US Embassy in New Delhi
as well as at the three Consulates General at Mumbai, Calcutta
and Chennai. Each office is responsible for, or consular
jurisdiction over, a particular geographic area in India.
Visa seekers should apply to the consular office in the
appropriate consular district
Consular Districts and Hours of Operation
New Delhi
Residents of Delhi and the north Indian states of Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and
UttarPradesh should contact:
The Consular Office & hours of operation:
Immigrant visa services: 8:30 a.m., Monday - Friday
Nonimmigrant visa services: 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Monday
- Friday
US Embassy Shantipath,
Chanakyapuri New Delhi
Phone: (11) 419-8000 Fax: (11) 419-0017
Mumbai (Bombay)
Residents of the western states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra and Goa should contact:
The Consular Office Hours of operation:
Immigrant visa services: 8:15 a.m. - 1 p.m., Monday - Friday
Nonimmigrant visa services 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday -
Friday Token distribution: 11 a.m.
The US Consulate General
Lincoln House 78
Bhulabhai Desai Road Mumbai 400026
Phone: (22) 363-3611 to 3618
Fax: (22) 3630350
Note: Mumbai's Visa Services Office is also closed on the
last working day of each month.
Kolkata (Calcutta)
Residents of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura,
Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal should contact:
The Consular Office Hours of operation:
Immigrant visa services
By appointment/for adoptions and returning residents only
Nonimmigrant services 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Monday-Tuesday
Thursday-Friday (closed Wednesday)
The US Consulate General
5/1 Ho Chi Minh Sarani
Calcutta 700071
Phone: (33) 2423611 to (33) 2423615; (33) 2422336 to (33)
2422337 Fax: (33) 2422335
Chennai (Madras)
Residents of the southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala,
and Tamil Nadu, should contact:
The Consular Office Hours of operation:
Immigrant visa services 8:15 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday -Friday
Nonimmigrant visa services 8:15 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday-Friday
The US Consulate General
Mount Road Chennai 600006
Phone: (44) 8277835 or (44) 8273040
Fax: (44) 8250240
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