Visa Appointments Available at U.S. Consulate in Hyderabad as of March 5, 2009  Posted Mar 04, 2009 ©MurthyDotCom A press release on the official website of the Visa Facilitation Service confirms that the American Consulate General in Hyderabad is scheduled to commence visa operations on March 5, 2009. The Hyderabad Consular District will serve visa applicants residing in the State of Andhra Pradesh, only. Residents of other southern states or territories need to continue to apply through the U.S. Consulate in Chennai. ©MurthyDotCom Hyderabad Appointments Available Now; Chennai Appointments Continuing ©MurthyDotCom The press release clarifies that applicants residing in Andhra Pradesh, who have existing visa appointments at the U.S. Consulate, Chennai, may go ahead with the visa interview as scheduled. For those who have not yet made visa appointments, our affiliate, Murthy Immigration Services, Pvt. Ltd. in Chennai has verified that the VFS website has started accepting applications for visa interview dates for the U.S. Consulate in Hyderabad, as of this writing. It is not clear if the visa applications are being accepted for all categories of visa. From our earlier update on this topic, U.S. Consulate Hyderabad, India - January 2009 Update, MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers learned that that the official expectation for the consulate in Hyderabad was to initially interview about 100 applicants per day, limited to the more common visa categories like the B-1/B-2. Thus, it is not recommended that one cancel an existing appointment. ©MurthyDotCom Conclusion ©MurthyDotCom The Hyderabad location will be more convenient for many of our readers residing in Andhra Pradesh. More information regarding the extent of services and visa types will be reported to our readers when it becomes available. Copyright © 2009, MURTHY LAW FIRM. All Rights Reserved
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