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US consulate in Hyderabad opened its own new building built in Nanakramguda, Financial District on 20 March 2023. [11] [12] Spread across a sprawling 12.3-acre site and built at a cost of US$ 340 million, [13] the facility is among the largest US consular processing campus in Asia, both in terms of the number of visa windows and in area. [14]
[16] [17] In January 2023, the Visa Application Center (VAC) used for biometrics appointments, IW submissions & passport collection moved to Lower Concourse, HITEC City metro station, [18] [19] while actual visa interviews will continue at the US Consulate in Hyderabad. [20] Hyderabad metro towards HITEC city Cyber Towers
In June 2005, the Consulate General introduced an online appointment service for all categories of visa applications. [3] The Consulate General processes visa applications from the states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. [4] [5] In 2006, the Consulate opened new visa application centres at Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi.
The Chennai consular region has Deputy High Commission office at Hyderabad [2] and a Deputy High Commission office at Bangalore, [3] functioning from 2009, for which visas are issued from the Deputy High Commission office at Chennai. [4] The visa application centres are located in Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi and Bangalore. [5] [6]
Embassy 2014 [37] Benin: Embassy 2016 [38] Nicaragua: Embassy 1990 [39] Chennai Belgium: Consulate-General 2021 [40] Kolkata Poland: Consulate-General 1993 [41] Mumbai Czechia: Consulate-General 2019 [42] Ecuador: Consulate 2019 [43] Pakistan: Consulate 1994 [44]
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]
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If the embassy or consulate grants the visa, the individual is then allowed to travel to the United States. At the airport, border crossing or other point of entry, the individual speaks with an officer from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to request admission, and if approved, the individual may then enter the United States. [7]