The Bank Draft should be made payable to 'American Embassy, New Delhi(or the place of your choice)' and it MUST be in Indian Rs. Also write your name and home address on the Draft.
Currently the application fee is $45(Dec, 1998). Draft amount = $45 * ceiling(current rate of $) (When I went for my VISA renewal the rate of $ was around 42.xx, So I got the Draft of Rs. 1935($45 * 43).
New Delhi:
U.S. Embassy
Shanti Path
ChanakyaPuri
New Delhi 110021
Phone: 91-11-6889033
Fax: 91-11-6872028
Need some help here!!!!!
Calcutta:
Phone: 91-33-2423611 to 2423615
Madras: Phone: 91-44-
Bombay: Phone: 91-22-3633611
Drop box facilities are available on all the locations.
Delhi Consulate accepts drop box application forms from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM.
I had gone to New Delhi Consulate for my VISA renewal. So I can give you some details
about New Delhi Consulate:
If you want to stand in the queue to get the VISA then you should reach there early in the
morning(by 5:30 AM). The queue does not starts at the consulate gate. When I went for my VISA
(Nov. '98), The initial queue was on some road which was about 400 meters from consualte gate,
then after 6:30 AM they will move you to the road closer to consulate gate(now you are 100 meters
away from the consulate window), then at 7:30 AM they will allow you to move towards the consulate
window(after checking you with metal detector, and looking inside your bags). The VISA application
form will be distributed, which you are supposed to fill before you reach the window. Don't
forget to keep a stapler or gum to paste your passport size photo to the application form.
Your documents will be checked on the consulate window, then they will let you in. Inside they
might ask couple of questions and ask for more documents(in my case they did not ask me any questions
or to show more documents other than the first five in the above list which I had submitted any way).
After they approve, you will have to come out and pay the VISA fee at the Cashier counter.
From 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM they distribute the stamped passport. Be there early(again you will have
to stand in a queue but fortunately that starts right at the Consulate window)!!!. There are more
than one window, so check your token to find out which window you should be standing on.
'Njoy and Good Luck!!!
January 1................................New Year's Day
3rd Monday in January....................Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday
3rd Monday in February...................President's Day
Last Monday in May.......................Memorial Day
July 4...................................Independence Day
1st Monday in September..................Labor Day
2nd Monday in October....................Columbus Day
November 11..............................Veterans' Day
4th Thursday in November.................Thanksgiving Day
December 25..............................Christmas Day
(Please do not depend completely on this list)
January
1 - New Year's Day (Sat)
12 - Swami Vivekananda Birth Anniversary (Tue)
14 - Makar Sankranti (Thu)
14 - Pongal (Thu)
15 - Pongal (Kerala) (Fri)
17 - Mauni Amavasya (Jain) (Sun)
20 - Ramzan-Id (Wed)
26 - Republic Day (Tue)
30 - Mahatma Gandhi Commemoration Day (Sat)
February
14 - Mahashivratri (Sun)
28 - Holika Dahan (Sun)
March
1 - Holi (Mon)
2 - Dhulivandan (Tue)
7 - Ranga Panchami(Sun)
18 - Gudhi Padva (Thu)
25 - Shri Ramnavami (Thu)
29 - Bakri-Id and Mahavir Jayanti (Mon)
31 - Hanuman Jayanti (Wed)
April
2 - Good Friday (Fri)
4 - Easter Sunday (Sun)
14 - Dr Ambedkar Jayanti (Wed)
17 - Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti (Sat)
27 - Moharram (Taajiyaa) (Tue)
30 - Buddha Purnima (Fri)
May
1 - Labour Day, Maharashtra Day (Sat)
June
27 - Id-E-Milad (Sun)
28 - Vat Purnima (Mon)
July
24 - Ashadi Ekadashi (Sat)
28 - Guru Purnima (Wed)
August
15 - Independence Day (Sun)
22 - Pateti (Sun)
26 - Raksha Bandhan (Thu)
September
3 - Gopal Kala (Fri)
5 - Teacher's Day (Sun)
7 - Parushanparvarambh (Jain) (Tue)
9 - Pola (Thu)
13 - Shree Ganesh Chaturti (Mon)
14 - Rishi Panchami (Tue)
24 - Anant Chaturdashi, Onam (Kerala) (Fri)
October
2 - Gandhi Jayanti (Sat)
10 - Ghatasthapana (Navtatra begins) (Sun)
16 - Ayambil Oli begins (Jain) (Sat)
19 - Dassera (Tue)
24 - Kojagari Purnima (Sun)
November
5 - Dhanatrayodoshi (Fri)
7 - Naraka Chaturdashi, Deepawali, Laxmi Pujan (Sun)
9 - Balipratipada (Tue)
10 - Bhaubeej (Wed)
13 - Gyan Panchami (Jain) (Sat)
14 - Pandit Nehru Birth Anniversary (Children's Day) (Sun)
23 - Guru Nanak Jayanti (Tue)
December
10 - Ramzan (Muslim Month Begins) (Fri)
13 - Naga Puja (Mon)
22 - Shree Dattatraya Jayanti (Wed)
25 - Christmas (Sat)
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