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VISA Information

US VISA Information

There are two basic types of U.S. visas: Immigrant Visas, for those intending to reside permanently in the United States (whether or not they intend to work) and Nonimmigrant Visas, for those visiting the United States temporarily.

The most common nonimmigrant visas are visitor visas, issued to persons who wish to enter the United States temporarily for business or pleasure. Other types of nonimmigrant visas are given to students, participants in exchange programs, temporary workers, performing artists, professional journalists, and representatives of foreign governments, among others.

Visa services are available at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi as well as at the three Consulates General at Mumbai, Calcutta and Chennai. Each office has responsibility for, or consular jurisdiction over, a particular geographic area in India. Visa seekers must 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
Uttar Pradesh should contact at this office.

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

U.S. 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 at this office .

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 U.S. 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.
  

Calcutta

Residents of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal should contact at this office .

The Consular Office Hours of operation:

Immigrant visa services
By appointment/for adoptions and returning residents only
Nonimigrant services 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Monday-Tuesday
Thursday-Friday (closed Wednesday)

The U.S. 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, Mysore and Tamil Nadu, should contact at this office.

The Consular Office Hours of operation:

Immigrant visa services 8:15 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday -Friday
Nonimigrant visa services 8:15 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday-Friday

The U.S. Consulate General
Mount Road
Chennai 600006
Phone: (44) 8277835 or (44) 8273040
Fax: (44) 8250240