The Consulate General of the United States of America Chennai speaks to the interests of the United States government. The department reports to the envoy at the U.S. Government office in New Delhi. The present Consul General is Robert G. Burgess, officeholder since 6 August 2017. He was gone before by Phillip Min. 

Positioned one of America’s greatest mediation posts on the planet, the Chennai Consulate additionally positions first all-inclusive in handling business based visas, positions among the top universally in giving ‘L’ and ‘H’ class visas, and positions eighth all-inclusive regarding all classification of visas being given. Starting at 2009, around 20,000 guests enter the department consistently to get a scope of administrations, including the American Library and social and instructive projects directed by the Consulate General.

Functions

The Chennai Consulate serves the Chennai consular region, which incorporates the conditions of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, and the associated regions of Lakshadweep, Puducherry, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Consulate forms applications for both foreign and non-outsider visas to the United States. The Consulate gives U.S. residents with help and backing in angles, for example, visa substitution, CRBA, notarial, enlistment in government office ward framework, restoration of identification, etc. The office reports through the Embassy of the United States in New Delhi. The nation-level coordination office for Fraud Prevention Program is situated in the Chennai office. The Chennai Consulate General has a virtual office at Bangalore, which doesn’t process visa applications.

The consular segment at the Chennai Consulate has been extended multiple times since 1988 and was intended to process 2,500 visa applications yearly. In 2004–2005, the Chennai Consulate General prepared roughly 8,600 worker visa cases, giving 5,300. The department never again forms migrant visas. 

From 1 December 2011, the Chennai Consulate General turned into the main place in the nation to get and process cover L classification visas implied for administrators, officials, or particular information experts moving inside their organization. From 1 January 2012, the inside quit handling migrant visa petitions.

Location

The Consulate General structure is situated at 220 Anna Salai and adjoins the Oxford University Press building. The structure remains at the crossing point of Anna Salai and Cathedral Road on the Gemini Circle confronting the Anna Flyover ashore rented for long haul from St. George’s Cathedral and has a passage on the two streets. Both the Consulate General and the American Library Center are situated in a similar structure.

The American Library

The American Library is situated in the Consulate premises and was established in 1947 as a major aspect of American Consulate at Dare House with an assortment of 800 books. Afterward, the library alongside the United States Information Service (USIS) moved to the Vummudiar working at 162 Mount Road, with a little perusing room with appended library.

In 1951, the library was again moved to the Addison Building on Mount Road. Diplomat Chester Bowles, who officially opened the new structure, considered it the ‘most elevated point in the profound companionship and close relations among India and the U.S.’ In 2000s, the library started taking materials to individuals by sorting out street shows and voyaging displays in a few South Indian urban areas.

In September 2004, the Chennai American Library set up an American Corner in Bangalore in organization with the Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan. In January 2008, the library took an interest in the yearly Chennai Book Fair. Of the 700,000 guests who went to the book reasonable, more than 8,000 individuals visited the American Library slow down and 438 pursued new library enrollments