The US Consulate in Kolkata is responsible for controlling all US visa related issues and it also looks after the interest of people of United States staying in India. The office of the US Consulate in Kolkata is located in 5/1, Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Kolkata: 700 071. The Citizens of Kolkata can apply for either migrant visa to US or non-migrant Visa to US. Reportedly, the US Consulate office in Calcutta receives over 20,000 non-migrant visa requests each year. The consulate authorities presume all non-migrant visa applicants to be future residents of the United States.
The Present US Consulate General in Kolkata
Mr. Henry Victor Jardine is the current consulate general from the United States in Kolkata.His current designation commenced on the 11th of August 2005.Formerly, he had served as the political officer or
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consul general of Dhaka (Bangladesh), Bridgetown (Barbados) and Chianmai of Thailand. Mr, Jardine achieved his B.S degree in Foreign Service from Edmund A. Walsh School.
Issuance of US Immigrant Visa and US Non-Immigrant Visa from US Consulate in Calcutta
Immigrant Visas are issued from the US Consulate Office in Kolkata, but they are of specific categories. These include the visas of returning residents and adopted children. The procedure for the application of the migrant Visa is distinct from that of non-migrant Visa. In case of application for a non-migrant Visa, the applicant needs to prove his source of sponsorship of the trip. Also the applicant has to give the evidence of acquaintances and financial resource to bring him back in case of an emergency situation.
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