In a November 18th Press Release the Ambassador announced a more convenient visa application processes, effective immediately, and that the  U.S. Embassy in New Delhi and Consulates General in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad will now accept visa applications from across India at all visa facilities, regardless of the applicant’s home address or city of residence. This is part of
Mission India’s ongoing effort to facilitate legitimate travel to the United States.

Following the opening of Consulate General Hyderabad in 2008, the U.S. Mission has looked for ways to best capture
the dynamism of India’s growth across the nation.  As a result, they have  redesigned the consular districts, 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

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