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Indians in the USA

The Indian embassy and consulates, OCI and passport centres, tax rules on both sides and help when things go wrong, in one place.

Indian embassy and consulates

• Embassy of India, Washington DC · Covers DC and nearby states
• Consulate General of India, New York · Check which consulate covers your state
• Consulate General of India, San Francisco · Check which consulate covers your state
• Consulate General of India, Chicago · Check which consulate covers your state
• Consulate General of India, Houston · Check which consulate covers your state
• Consulate General of India, Atlanta · Check which consulate covers your state
• Consulate General of India, Seattle · Opened in 2023 for the Pacific Northwest

Outsourced service centres

• Indian Consular Application Centres (VFS) · Passport, visa, OCI and other services; 17 centres

Welfare and emergency help

• MADAD · Complaints and help requests to Indian missions
• Passport Seva · Passport rules and status

Local emergency numbers

• Emergency · 911 for police, fire and ambulance
• Suicide and crisis line · 988, call or text
• Poison Control · 1-800-222-1222, free, 24 hours

Tax and money

• FBAR (FinCEN Form 114) · Report Indian bank accounts if the total tops US$10,000
• India-USA tax treaty (DTAA) · Avoid paying tax twice on the same income
• Income tax e-filing (India) · File your Indian ITR, see Form 26AS and AIS, track refunds
• NRE and NRO accounts (RBI) · Rules for NRI bank accounts in India
• FATCA Form 8938 · Report Indian accounts and investments with your US tax return if above the limit

Rules that matter to Indians

• OCI card rules · Who can get OCI and what it allows
• Renounce Indian citizenship · Needed after taking US citizenship

Key dates

• US tax returns due · 15 April; FBAR due the same day, auto-extended to 15 October
• Indian income tax return · 31 July for most NRIs