November 18, 2010- The U.S. Ambassador to India, Timothy J. Roemer, announced that visa applications are now accepted across India at all visa facilities, regardless of the applicant’s home address or city of residence. This was done to make the visa application process more convenient for all Indians and to facilitate legitimate travel to the United States.

 In addition, the U.S. Embassy reorganized the following Indian consular districts: Embassy Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata. This action was taken as a way to best capture the dynamism of India’s growth across the nation. According to Roemer, "With these changes, we believe our Consulates General and our Embassy in New Delhi will be even better positioned to support and serve Indian visa applicants, as well as American citizens and businesses throughout India."