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All queries relating to services like
passports, OCI Card, PIO Card and Miscellaneous services may be directed to
phone number
Please dial only this number for any
consular/visa query from 9.30 am to 1.00 pm (EST). If the phone is continuously
ringing it means the operator is busy as they handle voluminous calls.
So please keep trying.
Please apply only to Jurisdiction of Embassy
of India, Washington, DC
(Bermuda, Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia)
Note: Unlike earlier passports, new
passports that are being issued now do not carry "ECNR"
endorsement.
ONLINE APPLICATION FOR PASSPORT SERVICES
Application for all passport services should be filled up
online. The second page after printing should be manually filled up
before sending the application form along with other documents to the Embassy.
"On-line filled up application can be mailed or submitted in person
at the counter of the consular wing."
"Applicants are advised to submit their passport application on or
around the appointment date which appears while filling up application
on-line. It will take 10 to 15 working days to process the case after the
appointment date."
Note: The
above time schedule does not apply to
services where prior approval is required from authorities in India or any
other Passport Issuing Authority other than the office where the application
is made. In such cases, the processing time would be weeks/months.
Passport application must be submitted in person by the applicant or
immediate family member of the applicant at the counter or directly through
mail to the Embassy. Personal interview may be required.
Note: B1/B2 visa holders are temporary visitors to U.S. and therefore we cannot issue passport to them.
Applicants are requested to manually write their contact telephone nos
(Home/Work/Cell
phone nos) as well as the email addresses on the opening page (first page)
of the printed online application form. This is required to contact an
applicant either for a personal interview or for any other requirement if it
arises.
In spite of the guidelines given to the applicant for filling up online
application many applicants are not following it. Rather they are sending
old application forms which were in vogue prior to February
2008.
Applications which are not filled online will not be processed and
will be returned and the delay will be the responsibility of the applicant
and mailing fees will be utilized in returning the application.
Please send two separate checks (certified check or Money Order only) One for the passport service and another one for mail service.
Consular Wing
2536 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
USA - 20008
Fax: (202) 387-6946
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