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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.
The following is a list of the consular districts of the United States. Such districts are designated by the Secretary of State as per Section 312(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3952(c)).
U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).
The United States ambassador to India is the chief diplomatic representative of United States in India. The U.S. ambassador's office is situated at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. On March 15, 2023, Eric Garcetti was confirmed as ambassador. He was sworn in on March 24, 2023, and presented his credentials to President Droupadi Murmu on May 11 ...
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]
The same happened to the territory in front of the UK Embassy, which was named after Luhansk People's Republic; the embassy refused to use the new address. [11] Saudi Arabia: In 1948, US-Saudi diplomatic relations began when the US’ first diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia was located in a traditional house in Jeddah. [12]
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.