Visa Services

Important Notices

• Children Under 14 Required to Appear for Nonimmigrant Visa Interview (March 28, 2008)
• U.S. Embassy Adjusts Consular Exchange Rate (March 7, 2008)
• The U.S. Embassy announces a change in nonimmigrant visa interview requirements for children under the age of 14 (December 27, 2007)
• United States Government Announces Worldwide Revision of Machine Readable Visa Application Fee (December 14, 2007) 
• U.S. Embassy Adjusts Consular Exchange Rate (October 9, 2007)
• Website Fraud Warning
• Statement by Geoffrey Pyatt, Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy, on Increased Demand for U.S. Visas by Unqualified Applicants (May 9, 2007)
• Service charge for reactivation of valid HDFC Visa Fee Receipt (May 7, 2007)
• Attention all nonimmigrant visa applicants from the Chennai consular district (April 19, 2007)
• Attention immigrant visa applicants from the New Delhi consular district (April 17, 2007)
• U.S. Embassy Adjusts Consular Exchange Rate (April 10, 2007)
• Attention English-speaking nonimmigrant visa applicants from the Mumbai consular district (March 29, 2007)
• Attention English-speaking nonimmigrant visa applicants from the Chennai consular district (March 29, 2007)
• Attention Indian passport holders
• Nonimmigrant visa interview appointments at U.S. Embassy, New Delhi on 30th January, 2007 moved to 2nd February, 2007 (January 24, 2007)
• English-speaking applicants can now apply at the U.S. Embassy, New Delhi or the U.S. Consulates in Chennai or Mumbai (December 4, 2006)
• U.S. Eliminates Nonimmigrant Visa Issuance Fee for All Indian Applicants (November 9, 2006)
• U.S. Adjusts Consular Exchange Rate (October 31, 2006)
• Nonimmigrant visa application forms must now be generated online (October 30, 2006)
• Statement by the Ambassador in the Consular Section, Thursday, October 5, 2006   ( Audio)
• U.S. Embassy Opens New Visa Appointments: Applicants can Advance Scheduled Visa Appointments (October 3, 2006)
• U.S. Embassy Changes Nonimmigrant Visa Interview Appointment System to Prevent Misuse (September 27, 2006)
• U.S. Adjusts Consular Exchange Rate, effective August 7, 2006 (July 28, 2006)
• USINFO Webchat: Student Visas & Studying in the U.S. (June 13, 2006)
• U.S. Embassy Announces New System For Immigrant Visa Applicants (May 4, 2006)
• Visa Services Re-open in Kathmandu (May 1, 2006)
• Increase in VFS Service Charge Fee (April 20, 2006)
• Submission of Pending Documents for Immigrant Visas (April 11, 2006)

• Visa Issuance Fee waived for "Blanket" L-1 applicants (March 17, 2006)

• Existing Nonimmigrant Visa Appointments Cannot be Modified to earlier date (February 22, 2006)

• Revision of the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services (November 9, 2005)

• U.S. Embassy Announces New Systems for Visa Applicants (September 20, 2005)
• New Schedule of Fees for U.S. Consular Services (March 1, 2005)
• Indian Passports with 20 Years Validity
• U.S. Adjusts Consular Exchange Rate (February 3, 2005)
• Effective October 26, 2004, Travelers from Visa Waiver Program countries must present either a machine-readable passport or a valid U.S. visa
• Sevis Fee (October 19, 2004)
• Important Notice For Pending Immigrant Visa Cases Fingerprint and Photo Requirement for Immigrant Visas (July 2004)