US Visa Application Centre - Government office in Hyderabad - Hyderabad, India

Went for H1B Dropbox which was originally scheduled at 9:15am Chennai - Opened at 9:00 AM (Loc: Hitech City metro station, 1st floor) - Formed a line with the first 6 applicants of 9:00 clock batch (they usually allow 40mins ahead of the original interview scheduled time) - Indian students are collecting the documents in their respective counters - Handover below required docs to the team member Original passport US Visa appointment confirmation barcode page DS160 confirmation page Two passport size photos of USCIS standards I797A Approved photo copy Employment confirmation letter photo copy - In return, they stamped on visa appointment confirmation letter and gave it back as a proof of acknowledgement - Apparently, it takes around 4 weeks to get the passport delivered back with the new H1B stamped

Easy to locate, just in the 1st floor of metro station (Hitech city) I visited for my visa renewal . You can reach there by 2 or 4 wheeler, parking is not a problem. Suggest u better go by metro rail, just inside the metro no need to go outside. All the stafff are very well mannered, and co operative. For renewal of visa just carry passport, conformation letter n DS 160. Of course two pass port size 2\2 photos. U can find xerox and other things available just out side the office, for photos these guys take lot of money so be prepared. I entered for renewal , finished my work just in 3 mts, no need to keep ur phone in the lockers which r available in xerox shops out side for price.

Location - 1st floor Metro Station HitechCity Parking - Park in E Galleria Mall (For 3hrs I paid 45Rs/-) There is no seating available, you can sit on the bridge steps. How to reach the center - Park in E Galleria Mall, take lift to G or 1st floor, take another lift to 3rd floor. Mall is connected to metro station over a bridge, use the bridge to reach visa center. Once you enter the center, you will see an escalator. Left to the escalator is the FINGER PRINT line, right to the escalator you will see 2 lines. The one on far right is DROP BOX and one on left is PASSPORT PICKUP(Much bigger line than DROP BOX). FINGER PRINT - Electronics/Bags not allowed, there are paid lockers right next to the lines. DROP BOX/PASSPORT PICKUP - Electronics/Bags are allowed. Documents for H1+H4(Both are not required to show up) - Copy of current I797/previous I797, passport with previous visa both H1/H4 (if this is not the first time), 2+2 photos(H1+H4) make sure the photos are recent; no shadows; white background, DS160 + appointment confirmation make sure no name/address mistakes, Employment Verification Letter. My appointment was at 11:45AM, depending on the number of people in the line they let people whose appointment is 1hr/0.5hr later. They let me in the line at 10:45AM, by the time I reached the counter, it was 11:50AM :-). The agent who handled my case took more time than other agents, was done by 12:15PM. Update :- Visa got issued on 17th, ready for pickup on 18th, picked up on Sunday October 22nd, there was no line, picked up in 5 minutes. I know they are going to ask random id copies so I took copies of aadhar, passport, pancard, drivers license, voter id with me. I gave aadhar copy and they asked for a different one and gave them drivers they again asked for a different one then gave them pancard. They took my passport copy, pancard copy. I picked my wifes passport as well, for her a consent letter, her passport copy. All the best.

Advantages - easy car parking at e Galleria mall and direct access from mall to metro station where you see drop box office. No need to travel in train if you go from mall. Better to go half an hour early. They ask for appointment time and allow if you are in current slot. But if yours is next slot you can join at end of line and next slot line is formed soon. So you can save time when your slot time starts. Only 6 seats are there for waiting people. Others have to stand. Please increase number of chairs considering elderly and women with small kids. Security guards dont understand local language. Please recruit people who can speak local language. Waiting time can be reduced by proper planning. We reached at 2.45pm, slot was at 3.15 pm. Done submissions by 4.30pm.

Staff are well mannered, this center is located at 1st floor of hi-tech City metro station, you can park the vehicle on road only, Pl check any corrections in DS160 before visiting the center your DS160 form submission date should be below one year of appointment date otherwise create new DS160 , there are number of shops for updating DS160 they are charging Rs500/ - per one DS. Overall very good. No Electronic accessories allowed inside

The only negative is that there is no seating area if you come more than 30-45 minutes before your slot. Everything else about the process is good. My slot was at 2:30. Asked us to get on a queue at 2:00. Verified the docs (passport, appointment confirmation and DS160) while we assembled. Was done with the entire process (including fingerprints submission) by 2:30. There are locker services available (@ ~ Rs.150) right below the metro station. Parking is available under the mall right next to it.

It had moved to the premises of HiTech Metro station in January 2023. Here is the address: Lower Concourse , Hitec City Metro Station, HITEC City, Madhapur, Hyderabad,500081

Problem with parking place. Ut good accessible location, convenient for any one as it was under the Hyderabad metro station concourse. Very easily reachable and almost 10 counters are available for dropbox submission and passport pickup. Another problem is that there was only 1 counter for biometrics. So saw a long line there. I visited this location for my dropbox slot. Overall I am very much satisfied as it was really quick.