About the Consulate

Human Resources

All interested applicants for the opportunities listed below MUST apply through the form provided. Please refer to General Information on application procedures.

General Information – Application Procedures

Interested applicants for available employment opportunities must submit the following:

1. Application for Employment (Form HR-01); (doc format)
   
2. Optional: Any other documentation (e.g., essays, certificates, awards, copies of degrees earned) that address the qualification requirements of the position as listed above.

Applicants must apply on Form HR-01 (Application form for Employment) and specify the vacancy announcement number. Applications not completed on Form HR-01, or without reference to a specific vacancy number, will not be accepted.

Applications should be forwarded to:

U. S. Consulate
Human Resources Office
Gemini Circle
220 Anna Salai
Chennai 600 006
FAX: 2811-2020

For further information on available employment opportunities, dial "Job Information Line" at 2811-2000.

Definitions

EFM: US Citizen spouse or US citizen child as referred to in 6 FAM 111.3, paragraph R, (1) who is at least age 18, and who, in either case, is on the travel orders of a US citizen Foreign or Civil service employee or military service member permanently assigned to or stationed at a US Foreign Service post or establishment abroad and under Chief of Mission authority.
Member of Household (MOH): Foreign born spouses, dependent children, unmarried partners of the same and opposite sex, parents, other relatives or adult children declared to the Chief of Mission who fall outside the Department’s current legal and statutory definition of EFM.
3. Ordinarily Resident (OR): A citizen of the host country

or a citizen of another country who has shifted the main residency focus to the host country and has the required work and/or residency permit for employment in country.

Not-Ordinarily Resident (NOR): Typically NORs are US citizen EFMs and family members of FS, GS, and Military Personnel who are on the travel orders and under Chief of Mission authority, or other personnel having diplomatic privileges and immunities.