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Consul General's Message

Welcome to the new website of the Consulate General of India in San Francisco.

We have made every effort to make the website user friendly. We have tried to provide the information you are actually looking for, rather than displaying the information easily available with the Consulate. Special efforts have been made to ensure that all documentary requirements for each specific service can be seen at one location.

We hope this website would also serve as a gateway to India for those who are trying to access information relating to tourism, trade, economy, etc. The relevant information has been made available through various links to important websites.

I hope you would find the website useful. However, improvements are always possible and we look forward to receiving your feedback containing comments, ideas and suggestions to make the website more user friendly and useful.

Your comments/suggestion may be sent to email
With Best Wishes.
N. Parthasarathi

Commercial Information

Monthly Commercial Report :

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Miscelleneous commercial information :

"Satellite telephone services (including Thuraya, Irridium, Immarsat Satphone services) are not permitted in India. Satellite phones can be imported and used in India only with prior permission and licencse from Department of Telecommunications (DOT). Any satellite phones brought in baggage/hand baggage into India without licence by the DOT will be detained/confiscated."

"Under the new Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14 announced in August 2009 by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry of India, it has been decided to extend the following facility to exporters :

For the purpose of Export Promotion Scheme and Incentive Schemes under FTP (Foreign Trade Policy), realization of export proceeds shall not be insisted if RBI (Reserve Bank of India) writes off the requirement of realization of export proceeds (not under self-write off clause) and the exporter also produces a certificate from the Foreign Mission of India about the fact of non-recovery of export proceeds from the foreign buyer."