Non-Immigrant Visas

General Information

Effective Tuesday, May 20, 2008 the United States consular sections in India will adjust the consular exchange rate from Rs 42 to the dollar to Rs 44 to the dollar, thereby increasing all rupee denominated costs of applying for visas and passports at the U.S. Embassy and Consulates General.

Effective Tuesday, May 20, 2008, the new fee for NIV applications will be Rs. 5764.

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Effective May 20, the payment of the $131.00 visa application fee at any of the designated branches of the HDFC Bank will require payment of Rs. 5764. Receipts issued by HDFC Bank prior to May 20, 2008, that reflect a payment of Rs. 5,502 will still be honored and there will be no need for a supplemental payment.

The fee for L1 blanket visas will be Rs. 22,000.

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"If you or any member of your party is infected with conjunctivitis also known as red eye or Madras eye or any other infectious disease, please reschedule your appointment. To safeguard the health of our staff and the other applicants, applicants who appear to be infectious will not be permitted to enter the consulate. To reschedule your interview, please send us an e-mail after you have fully recovered to chennainiv@state.gov, placing "Expedited Appointments" in the subject line. We look forward to serving you when you have recovered. Thank you for your kind cooperation and consideration."

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Effective January 1, 2008, the U. S Department of State is revising the worldwide nonimmigrant Machine Readable Visa (MRV) fee from $100 to $131 (5764 INR).

Fraud Prevention Fee (Blanket L1) Rs.22000

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Receipts issued by the HDFC Bank prior to March 11, 2008 that reflect a payment of Rs. 5,240 will also be honored without any supplemental payment.

Attention Indian passport holders:

To process your visa cases efficiently, we recommend your surname and the given name written separately on the first page (the biographic data page) of your passport.

Example:

Surname (last name): Wesley

Given name (first name): John Edward

Once your visa is approved, the immigrant and the nonimmigrant visas will be printed as your name appears in your passport. If you do not have a surname listed separately, your entire name will be printed on the surname field of the visa. Your first name will be printed as "FNU" (first name unknown), per U.S. visa regulations.

By having "FNU" listed as your given name on your visa, you may have difficulty obtaining a driver’s license and social security card in the United States. If you would like to correct the surname and given name fields on your passport biographic data page, you must have an observation made in your passport by the Indian Passport Authorities. In order for your name to be correctly printed on your visa, you must have this observation made before coming for your interview.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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Welcome to the U.S. Consulate General's Nonimmigrant Visa Page! We are pleased that you are interested in traveling to the United States and hope that this web site makes it easier for you to select and apply for the proper visa.

The U.S. Consulate General functions from 8:15 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. The U.S. Consulate General is closed on U.S. and Indian holidays.

Please click on Types of Visas to see details on Student Visas, Business & Tourist Visas, Work Visas and other types of visas.

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