NRI services in the United States: Indian embassy, consulates, passports and OCI

6,079,221 overseas Indians live in the United States: 2,311,484 Non-Resident Indians (Indian citizens living there) and 3,767,737 Persons of Indian Origin (people of Indian descent who are citizens of the United States or another country), according to the Ministry of External Affairs (as of January 2026). For Indian food, festivals and entertainment, see Indian life in the United States.

Indian embassy and consulates in the United States

Each mission's website gives its address, phone numbers, opening hours and the application centre for passports, OCI cards and visas.

Each consulate serves particular states, listed on the Embassy's and the consulates' websites; India is opening a Consulate General in Boston; until its own website is running, the Embassy's website has its details. Most passport, OCI and visa applications in the United States are lodged through the application centres named on the missions' websites.

Services from the Government of India

Passports: Passport Seva: apply to renew or replace an Indian passport, or report a lost one; the Indian missions abroad take applications through the same system.
Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI): OCI services: the OCI card for foreign citizens of Indian origin and their spouses, a lifelong visa to visit, live and work in India.
Visas for family and friends: Indian Visa Online: e-Visas and regular visas for visitors to India who are not Indian citizens or OCI cardholders.
Consular help and complaints: MADAD: the Ministry of External Affairs' portal for consular grievances, such as a stranded relative, unpaid wages or a death abroad.
Help in an emergency: The Indian Community Welfare Fund helps Indian nationals in distress abroad: emergency stay, air tickets home, legal aid and bringing home the body of someone who has died.
Voting in India: Indian citizens living abroad can register as overseas electors with Form 6A on the Election Commission's Voters' Service Portal, and vote in person at their constituency in India.
Bank accounts and tax: The Reserve Bank of India's FAQs explain NRE, NRO and FCNR accounts and sending money home; the Income Tax Department's NRI page explains tax on income in India.
Young people and students: The Ministry of External Affairs' Know India Programme brings young people of Indian origin to India for a few weeks, and its Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children helps them study in India; Study in India lists courses and admissions.
Meeting the diaspora: The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, held every two years, is the Government of India's gathering of overseas Indians.

Links checked November 2026.