Bengaluru will have the fifth United States consulate in India, with a “site-dedication ceremony” held in the city on Friday (January 17).
The new consulate primarily seeks to strengthen economic and political relations between the US and Karnataka and to harness the thriving mutually beneficial ecosystem of investment and trade between the US and India.
However, the new consulate is not expected to begin processing visa applications immediately.
Residents of India’s IT capital have long sought a US consulate in the city. The existing US consulates in India are in Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai.
When was the US consulate in Bengaluru announced?
The announcement was…