All consulate offices and the passport Agency will be closed Thursday 23, November for the U.S.A Thanksgiving holiday. Brazil consulate: Nov 10, Nov 23, and Nov 24 China consulate: Nov 10, Nov 23, and Nov 24 Israel consulate: Nov 10 and Nov 23 Japan consulate: Nov 10,...
Russia: Effective immediately – Aug 31st Due to the immediate closure of the San Francisco Russian consulate, processing time will be 2-3 weeks for all incoming Russian visa requests regardless of what jurisdiction you fall under. Please email our Russia desk at...
India: Effective immediately – Jul 26th Please note that, effective immediately, the Indian visa center, CKGS, will ship your passport back to you directly after your Indian visa is ready. They will ship to the home address you provide on your visa application...
China: Effective immediately – May 3rd The China consulate is implementing strict rules on the passport photos they require on their applications. Please use the following link as a reference. Any application that does not follow these requirements will...
No glasses, no matter what for U.S. Passport Services. From the State Department: “Last year, more than 200,000 U.S. passport customers submitted poor quality photos which we couldn’t accept. The #1 problem was glasses. We had to put their passport...
Stay in Vietnam longer than ever Effective immediately – Aug 29th, the Vietnam consulate in San Francisco is now issuing 1 yr multiple entry visas for tourism and business USA passports applicants. Please note that this new provision will only be granted to US...
