US to set up consulate in Hyderabad by 2008

[OhioChick]

Friday, November 03, 2006

Hyderabad, Oct 18: The US will set up a consulate here in early 2008 as part of measures to speed up the processing of visa applications, a top American official said on Wednesday.

As of last week, about 40,000 visa applications were pending with US missions across the country and efforts are on to clear them as quickly as possible, US Consul General Peter G Kaestner told reporters here today.

In line with the US Government's plans to expand operations to meet the spiralling demand for visas in India, which accounted for 50 per cent of H1B visas issued last year, a consulate will be set up in Hyderabad in early 2008, he said.

The consulate will process 1.25 lakh to 1.40 lakh visa applications a year, said Kaestner, who was here to inspect facilities at Paigah palace that will temporarily house the consulate.
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=330162&sid=REG

[kurth]

1. One lakh is equal to a hundred thousand

in case anyone doesn't know.

[denverbill]

2. If you can't export the jobs, import the workers.

F'ing free traitors.

[joefree1]

3. Workers permits for America - say goodbye to your programing jobs

To those American programmers that still have jobs.

I've lived in and worked in Hyderabad. They are trying hard to become the Silicon Valley of India. Bill Gates was visiting there once a month. Lot's of money being made there. Not much in the way of labor or pollution laws to get in your way.

But don't think of exporting American goods to Hyderabad. Import tax is 63%. And that's not counting the bribes.