Dear All,
There were a couple of postings on this issue recently in various Assam and
North East based yahoo groups. It's about application payment for US visa
interview through HDFC bank. HDFC bank has been authorized to accept the US
visa application fee by the US consulate. However, the HDFC bank branches
either in Guwahati or any other city of North East region do not have the
facility for accepting the money and issuing the receipt. This has caused
tremendous inconvenience as people have to go all the way to Calcutta to pay
the fees.
There was question posted - Does everyone travel to Kolkata just to pay the
fee? - Unfortunately it was true unless he has frineds/relatives there.
We thought it is time for an initiative to make the US Consulate accept fees
at banks in the North East, given that there is more than a trickle of traffic
to US.
I submitted an email to the HDFC bank. Intially they were reluctant to pursue
the matter. I however continued to pursue mainly I was getting supporting
emails from the FASS and Noerth East India group.
Finally HDFC bank informed that they received the approval from Embassy to
start collection of application fees at Fancy Bazar branch in Guwahati.
Finally , Hemanta Bayan Deputy Vice President of HDFC bank informed that
the visa application fees would be accepted from 25th July 2011 at Fancy Bazar.
This is a successful collective effort and I am sharing the news
Cheers,
Ankur
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