The Consulate General of the United States of America in Hyderabad represents the interests of the

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and nearby surrounding areas. The

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serves the

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, and

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. The current Consul General is Jennifer Larson, incumbent since September 2022. Established in 2008, it is the first U.S. diplomatic office to open in

since India's independence. The United States Consulate General in Hyderabad announced the opening of its new owned facility in

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to cater to the regional needs for the next 20 years. At a cost of $340 million, new consulate facility in Hyderabad is an investment in the India–US relationship.

History

Until the consulate opened in Hyderabad, the Consulate General of the United States, Chennai received about 40% of its visa applications from

. In early 2006, the then Chief Minister of the State Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy announced that the

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has agreed to open a consulate in the capital city of Hyderabad. He also announced steps to provide temporary and permanent accommodation to the consular staff. This announcement came soon after the visit of

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to the state capital. Hyderabad was chosen because of "its strategic location in terms of a large visa demand, a broad-based economy spanning information technology, bio-technology and other life sciences besides a diverse population, including Muslims." Soon after this, the then

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David Campbell Mulford announced that the consulate will begin its operations in 2007 and inauguration planned for 2008. The purpose of opening the consulate in Hyderabad was to reduce the burden of the consulate in Chennai that issues the highest number of visas in India. In 2007, United States signed an agreement with the local government to lease the

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for five years. Mulford announced that the palace will be renovated to serve as a temporary accommodation for the consulate. The state government designated in the city's

where a permanent consulate would be built, and is expected to be ready for use in Mid-2022. In 2008, the facility opened with the capacity to process 100 visa applications in a day. The consulate first started interviewing visa applicants from 10 March 2009 and in a year's time it interviewed 100,000 applicants. In the years following its opening, the number of students traveling to the United States from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh increased significantly. US consulate in Hyderabad opened its own new building built in Nanakramguda, Financial District on 20 March 2023. Spread across a sprawling 12.3-acre site and built at a cost of

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340 million, the facility is among the largest US consular processing campus in

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, both in terms of the number of visa windows and in area.

Activities

The consulate has conducted activities that foster and promote

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, Indo-US business ties and social causes such as renovation of a two-centuries-old tomb of Mah Laqa Bai, a Nizam-era

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and

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References

External links

Official US CG Hyderabad webpage
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India–United States relations

History

Activities

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References

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