Change in USA Visa rules for No Show Applicants

Applicants that have failed to appear for their scheduled interview appointment at the U.S. Embassy or at the U.S. Consulate in Chennai, Mumbai or Kolkata are considered as 'NO SHOW' applicants.

If a 'NO SHOW' applicant wishes to schedule a new appointment, needs to reactivate their HDFC bank receipt a minimum of 2 working days after their scheduled interview appointment date:

Passenger needs to visit personally at any of VFS application centre along with his passport and valid original HDFC bank fee receipt.

Pay a service charge of Rs.155/- per applicant (inclusive of service tax@ 12% and education Cess at .24%). This fees has to be paid at VFS application centre ONLY, in cash or via demand draft in favour of ‘HDFC bank a/c VFS’. Note: This fee is not to be paid at HDFC bank.

One can then use the same HDFC bank fee receipt to schedule a new interview appointment within the validity period of the HDFC bank fee receipt (1 year from the date of purchase).

Note: Applicants scheduled at Mumbai Consulate that are No Show due to non submission of documents to VFS may also apply for reactivation of their receipt