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In 2002, the consulate decided to shift its office to northern suburbs owing to security reasons. Since 21 November 2011, all sections of the U.S. Consulate General Mumbai are located at a new facility in Bandra Kurla Complex. In 2012, the U.S. Commercial Service Trade Information Centre was inaugurated at the Consulate General. [5]
A visas are issued to representatives of a foreign government traveling to the United States to engage in official activities for that government. A visas are granted to foreign government ambassadors, ministers, diplomats, as well as other foreign government officials or employees traveling on official business (A-1 visa). Certain foreign ...
Karkaria believed one could circumvent embassy's wait times required for processing visa applications by outsourcing the administrative work. [7] He soon "persuaded the US government to pilot a scheme for Indian visa applicants to the US at its Mumbai embassy". [3] The company opened its first visa processing centre in Mumbai that same year. [7]
The Chennai Consulate issued 142,565 non-immigrant visas in 2010 — the most among Mission India's five consular sections, [30] up from 7,500 non-immigrant visa applications in 1992. The Consulate conducts an average of 1,200 to 1,400 interviews every day, which has gone up to 1,800 in a day, with an average refusal rate of 20 percent. [ 31 ]
Consulate General 2021 [42] Kolkata Poland: Consulate General 1993 [43] Mumbai Czechia: Consulate General 2019 [44] Ecuador: Consulate 2019 [45] Pakistan: Consulate 1994 [46] New Delhi Albania: Embassy 2014 To be re-opened [47] [48] Benin: Embassy 2016 [49] Nicaragua: Embassy 1990 [50]
Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) or Washington Special Clearance, [1] commonly called security clearance, administrative clearance, or administrative processing, [2] is a process the United States Department of State and the diplomatic missions of the United States use in deciding to grant or deny a United States visa to certain visa applicants.
The Consular Consolidated Database (CCD) is a database used by the Bureau of Consular Affairs under the United States Department of State, that has over 290 million passport records, 184 million visa records, and 25 million records of U.S. citizens living overseas, and adding 35,000 visa cases a day.
Beginning April 1st, 2025, US citizens will have to obtain a visa for Namibia. US citizens will be issued with visas on arrival upon payment of a designated fee. [317] No Nauru: Visa required [318] 30 days Visas are issued with validity of 30 days. [319] Visa can be obtained in the Nauruan Press Office at the United Nations. [citation needed] —