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The embassy was initially hosted in leased facilities which then-ambassador Loy W. Henderson identified as insufficient. When the Indian government created the diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri, it gave the United States the second pick for selecting a property behind the United Kingdom; Henderson selected a "beautiful" 13-acre plot, and although the State Department didn't purchase the land ...
The Metropolitan Building in Kolkata housed the United States Information Service office till 1991. During the Vietnam War , the street outside the consulate was renamed after Ho Chi Minh . In 1995, British journalist John F. Burns characterized it as "one of the most beleaguered American diplomatic posts anywhere."
The consulate reports through the Embassy of the United States in New Delhi. The country-level coordination office for Fraud Prevention Programme is located in the Chennai consulate. [ 22 ] The Chennai Consulate General has a virtual consulate at Bangalore , which does not process visa applications.
This is a list of diplomatic missions in India. There are 157 embassies/high commissions in New Delhi, and many countries maintain consulates in other Indian cities.
The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by its own legislation), [523] [524] [525] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa. [526]
The consulate was established in 1838. In 1843, President Martin Van Buren issued a commission dated 5 October 1838 to Philemon S. Parker, of New York, as consul.At times during the 19th and early 20th centuries, a consular agency at Karachi was under its jurisdiction.
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A U.S. visa does not authorize entry into the United States or a stay in a particular status, but only serves as a preliminary permission to travel to the United States and to seek admission at a port of entry. The final admission to the United States is made at the port of entry by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer.