Karnataka seeks US consulate in Bangalore
The Karnataka Government has urged the United States to open a consulate in Bangalore to cater to the large number of US visa aspirants from the State, who are forced to travel to Chennai to submit their applications.
“There is a strong need to open a US consulate in Bangalore as the number of visa aspirants from Karnataka is now estimated to be more than 45,000 every year”, Karnataka’s Home Minister V S Acharya told the US Consul General Andrew T Simkin, who was in Bangalore on Tuesday.
Apart from the estimated 45,000 people from Karnataka, who travel to Chennai seeking different types of US visas every year, there are about 7,000 US nationals living in different parts of Karnataka, the Home Minister added.
Besides, Bangalore, being the hub of the Information Technology (IT) industry in the country, could well emerge at the top of the list of cities in the world seeking visa applications to the US.
Acharya promised the Government’s support to help set up the US consulate in Bangalore. “The State Government is ready to provide all necessary facilities for setting up a US consulate in Bangalore”, he said.
Karnataka’s Law Minister Suresh Kumar, who was also present on the occasion, requested Simkin to consider starting an application receiving centre till a full-fledged US consulate of opened in Bangalore.
The US, which already has its consulate in New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, will be opening its fourth one in Hyderabad by the end of this year.
Responding to the requests of Karnataka Government, Simkin said its consulate in Chennai, which caters to US visa aspirants from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, stands at the No. 3 position in the global list of consulates handling highest number of visa applications. “We received 289,000 visa applications from Chennai last year”, he said.
“The same kind of response can be expected from Bangalore with more young professionals and students flocking the US for higher education”, Simkin said. “American companies see South India as a pool of best talent. From hi-tech operations to fabulous R and D, it has got it all. So, we get the best manpower from here”, he added.
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