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Public Notice Regarding Commencement of New Outsourcing Service Provider

CONSULATE GENERAL OF INDIA

HOUSTON

PRESS RELEASE

Public Notice Regarding Commencement of New Outsourcing Service Provider

This is in continuation of our Press Release of 9 October 2020 regarding change of outsourcing service provider for Visa, OCI, Renunciation, Passport, and Global Entry Programme (GEP) services.

With effect from 3 November 2020 (11:01 PM Central Standard Time), Consulate General of India, Houston will accept online applications for OCI, Renunciation, Passport and GEP services through the new service provider, VFS Global.  A service fee of US$15.90 (inclusive of all taxes) per application will be charged in addition to applicable Government of India fees for these services. 

Applicants are advised to send duly filled applications by post to VFS Global only after completing their application at https://visa.vfsglobal.com/usa/en/ind to the following address:

VFS Global

1001 Texas Ave

Suite #550

Houston, TX 77002

It may also be noted that due to the ongoing COVID pandemic, there will be no walk-in service at VFS Global until further notice.  All applications shall only be dealt with by post.

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