Please apply only to the consulate of the appropriate Jurisdiction Fee for PIO Card will be US $ 365.00 for adult and for children below the age of 18 years will be US $ 185.00 (effective from September 17, 2007). USPS postage rates are revised from May 14, 2007. All applicants are advised to ensure that the correct postage stamp is used. We regret that we cannot dispatch mails without correct stamps as it will not be accepted by USPS. The numbers given below have specifically been designated to answer Consular/Passport/Visa queries. Please dial only these numbers for any consular/visa query from 9.30 am to 1.00 pm and 2 pm to 6pm.
Consular Wing 2536 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC USA - 20008 Fax: (202) 387-6946	Passport: email (202)939-9838 (202)939-9862 Passport Lost/ Duplicate/ Short validity: email (202)939-9864 OCI: email (202)939-9860 PIO: (202)939-9863 Miscellaneous: email (202)939-9867 Mail Status: email (202)939-9851

It would be preferable for applicants to send consular queries to respective email links given above.

1. Emergency Services
   
   
2. Indian Passport & other Passport Services
   (Issue of New Passport after 10 years; Renewal of a Short Validity Passport; Issue of a Duplicate Passport; Adding pages to a Passport; Issue of a new Passport booklet due to change of name, change of surname after marriage, change of Date of Birth or Place and any other information endorsed under the laminated portion of the passport and Issue of Emergency Travel Document)
   
   
3. Miscellaneous Service/Attestation of Documents
   (Issue of Birth/life/marriage/police clearance certificate, attestation of property/commercial documents, no obligation to return to India (NORI) and endorsement for emigration check not required (ECNR) and authentication of Indian Driving Licenses etc.)
   
   
4. Application for Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) Card
   
   
5. Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
   
   
6. Grant of Waiver Certificate/No objection to return to India (NORI/Conversion of J1 visa to H1)
   
   
7. Fee Structure for Consular Services
   
   
8. Consular Counter Timings
   
   
9. Mailing Service
   
   
10. Customs Rules & Regulations
    
    
11. Guidelines for Adoption of Indian Children
    
    
12. Embassy on the map
    
    
13. Consular Jurisdiction
    
    
14. Consular Holidays
    
15. Consular Service Update
    March 2004 - Persons holding Indian passports with 20 year validity are advised to apply for a new 10 year validity passport by requirements applicable for issue of new passport. The new passport will be issued gratis except for applicable mailing charges.