We are here to help U.S. citizens in distress in India. Below is a glossary of the compiled information we have available. You may be able to find your topic of query by clicking the appropriate letter below. If you are looking for post-specific resources (lists of hospitals, lawyers, undertakers, etc.), click here to find your consular district and your post-specific resource list.
If you already know your consular district, you can find post-specific resources here:
Some common topics of specific information are:
- Arrest of a U.S. citizen in India
- Birth of a U.S. citizen in India
- Death of a U.S. citizen in India
- Denied entry to India at India border/travel delays
- Emergency financial assistance
- Legal services
- Medical services/prescriptions
- Notary services
- Parental abduction of a U.S. citizen child
- Indian Visa issues
- U.S. passports
If you are unable to find what you are looking for, you can find contact information for your nearest U.S. Embassy/Consulate here.
A
- Abduction (International Parental Child Abduction)
- Abduction in India
- Absentee Voting
- Accommodation in India
- Accountants
- Administrative Processing Information
- Adult Passport Renewal
- Adoption – Central Authority in India
- Adoption – General Information About Adopting in India
- Air Ambulance / Medi-Vac Info
- Amending/Correcting the Consular Report of Birth
- American Center
- American Citizens Traveling Abroad
- American Library
- Americans in India Journal (PDF 323 KB)
- Animals, Importing/Exporting
- Apostilles – Obtaining in India or the U.S.
- Application Process – Passport
- Application: Consular Report of Birth Abroad (DS-2029)
- Application: Social Security Card (PDF 234KB)
- Appointments for Passports and Notary Services
- Arrest of an American Citizen
- ART, Artificial Reproductive Technology in India
- Assisted Reproductive Technology
- Attorney Lists
- Attorneys (Procedures for Retaining a Foreign Attorney)
- Attorneys in the U.S. (ABA Lawyer Referral Service)
- Authenticate documents for use in the U.S. or India
- Avian Flu and other Pandemics
- Avian Flu and other Pandemics – India
B
- Baby (Baby’s First Passport & Report of Birth in India)
- Bhutan: Country Report
- Bird Flu
- Birth Certificates, Order from a State in the U.S.
- Birth Certificate for Americans Born Abroad
- Birth Certificate for Americans Born Abroad – How to Amend/Correct
- Burial Flags for Veterans
- Business Disputes (PDF 88 KB)
C
- Center for Disease Control
- Changing Your Name in Your Passport
- Child Citizenship Act of 2000
- Child Abduction in India
- Children’s Passport Issuance Alert Program
- Child’s Passport/Birth/Social Security
- Child Support Issues
- Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
- Citizenship: Renunciation
- Closure Dates for American Citizen Services
- Commercial Disputes (PDF 88 KB)
- Commercial Services
- Consultants (Taxes)
- Consular Notification and Access
- Consular Report of Birth
- Consular Report of Death
- Contact Information and Hours
- Correcting or Amending a U.S. Passport
- Country Specific Information for India
- Crime in India
- Crime Victim Assistance
- Criminal Record Checks from the U.S. for U.S. Citizens
- Criminal Background Checks and Fingerprinting in India
- Customs and Import restrictions in India
- Customs and Import Restrictions
D
- Death Certificates (Consular Report of Death)
- Declaration of Foreign Assets
- Dentists
- Depositions
- Detention/Arrest Overseas
- Disabilities – Traveling with Disabilities
- Disaster Preparedness
- Disputes (Commercial and Business) (PDF 88 KB)
- Divorce Abroad
- DNA and Parentage Blood Testing
- DNA Testing Facilities
- Doctors
- Domestic Violence (PDF 174 KB)
- Driving Overseas– International Permit Info
- Drug Offenses Overseas
- DS-11: Application for a U.S. Passport
- DS-3053: Statement of Consent for a Passport to a Minor < 16
- DS-5504: Application for a U.S. Passport – Name Change, Data Correction, and Limited Passport Replacement
- DS-64: Statement Regarding Lost or Stolen Passport
- DS-82: Application for a U.S. Passport by Mail (Renewals only)
- Dual Nationality
- Dual Nationality: Loss of U.S. Citizenship
E
- Earthquake Preparedness (Guide) (PDF 224 KB)
- Electronic Federal Tax Payment
- Embassy and Consulates of India in the United States
- Emergency Loans Through Department of State
- English Newspapers in India
- Enroll with the Embassy for Security and Travel Information
- Estates of Deceased U.S. Citizens Overseas
- Evidence, Obtaining Abroad
- Exchange Rate for Fees
- Expeditious Naturalization (PDF 45KB)
F
- Family Based Immigrants
- Federal Benefits Overseas
- Federal Taxes
- Fees
- Fiancé (e) of an American Citizen – Immigrant (“K” Visa)
- Financial Emergencies and Sending Money Overseas
- Financial Scams
- Finding Someone in India
- Fingerprinting in India
- First Passport (Baby)
- Flags for Veterans
- Foreign Embassies in India
- Foreign Embassies in the United States
- Foreign Commercial Service
- Foreign Service
- Forms and Applications
- Visas to the U.S.
- Visas to India
- Fraud – Internet Scams
- Freedom of Information Act
- FRRO: Foreign Regional Registration Office
- Funerals
- Foreign Service Officers Test (FSOT)
I
- India Ministry of Tourism
- Indian Tourism Info
- Indian Visas and Immigration Information
- Immunization Information
- Improved Consular Safety and Security Messaging
- Insurance (Travel)
- International Drivers License
- International Financial Scams
- International Travel
- Intercountry Adoption
- Internet Dating and Romance Scams
- Internet Based Registration System (IBRS)
- ITIN
- Internal Revenue Service
L
M
- Medi-Vac / Air Ambulance Info
- Marriage
- Marriage in India
- Marriage of U.S. Citizens Abroad
- Medallion Signatures
- Medical Insurance Overseas
- Medical Resources
- Messages to U.S. Citizens
- Ministry of Home Affairs (Government of India)
- Missing People
- Money Transfers in India (Emergency)
- Money (General Information on Sending Money Overseas)
N
P
- Pakistan: Country Report
- Pakistan, Visas for
- Parental Child Abduction
- Parental Consent Form (DS-3053)
- Also see: Passports for Minors
- Passport
- Passport photo
- Passports and Seriously Delinquent Tax Debt
- Pets Overseas
- Pharmacies
- Physicians
- PIO (Person of Indian Origin) Information
- Police Clearances from the U.S. for U.S. Citizens
- Prescriptions Overseas
- Privacy Act Waiver (Authorization for the Release of Information under the rivacy Act) (PDF 29 KB)
R
- Rabies in India (PDF 86 KB)
- Recommend Vaccinations for Travel to Some Countries
- Registration with the Embassy
- Registration Requirements for Indian Visas
- Remains– Returning a Deceased Loved One to the U.S.
- Renew My Existing Passport (Adult)
- Renew My Existing Passport (Child)
- Renunciation of Citizenship
- Report of Birth
- Road Safety Overseas
S
- Security Firms (Private) – New Delhi Consular District (PDF 102 KB)
- Security Updates: Receive by Email
- Selective Service Registration
- Sending Money Overseas
- Social Security
- Social Security Card Application (PDF 56 KB)
- State/Local Taxes
- STEP – Enroll for Security and Travel Updates
- Students Abroad
- Surrogacy
- Swine Flu and other Pandemics
T
- Tax Consultants
- Taxes – Form 8938 (Foreign Assets)
- Time Difference Between India and the U.S.
- Tourism (India Ministry of Tourism)
- Tourism Fraud and Complaints
- Transferring Money Overseas
- Transportation Letter (for lost Green Cards) (PDF 293 KB)
- Travel Alerts
- Travel Insurance
- Travel Tips from the Department of State
- Travel Tips to India (PDF 323 KB)
- Traveler’s Checklist
- Travelers with Special Considerations
- Travel advisory Country list
U
- USA.gov
- U.S. Citizens Traveling Abroad
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- U.S. Embassies and Consulates Overseas – Locate
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- U.S. Passport Application Status online
- Undertakers
V
- Vaccinations
- Verification of Employment Offers
- Veteran Affairs
- Victims of Crime
- Visas
- Vital Records: Info on Ordering Records from the U.S.
- Voting Information/Voting Messages
