All Indian visa offices in the USA will temporarily stop accepting visa applicants due to a system upgrade between 3/30 and 4/4, each of the individual consulates will be closed to submissions on different schedules.
See additional information regarding the fee change below, at this time the fee change does not seem to effect US citizens only Non-US citizens residing in or appling for a Indian visa in the USA.
CHANGE IN VISA FEES
IMPORTANT - There are changes in Visa Fee for All Nationals and Visa Categories vide Circular No. VII/ 406/ 21/ 2016 published by Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.
· Applications submitted to Indian consulate PRIOR to 01 April, 2017:
o REVISED FEES WILL APPLY, if your application is on any of the stages below:
§ In Transit stage to CKGS
§ Verification stage
§ On hold for Incomplete documents before the application was submitted to Embassy / Consulate
§ On hold for Incomplete documents after the application was submitted to Embassy / Consulate
· Applications submitted to CKGS ON 01 April, 2017: Revised Fee structure will apply for all applications.
· Applications submitted to CKGS AFTER 01 April, 2017: Revised Fee structure will apply for all applications.
Your application will be put ON HOLD until the additional visa fees are made.