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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

Right to information

Please click below for reading full PDF text of Right to Information Act.

RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT

Applications seeking information under the Act may be sent along with the prescribed fee in Dollars, equivalent to Indian Rs.10/- by demand draft/banker’s cheque/money order or postal order favoring “Consulate General of India, San Francisco”. [The official Rupee-Dollar conversion rate may be first checked with the Consulate].
It may be noted that information provided under the Act is available to citizens of India only. Applications should be submitted along with documentary proof of Indian Citizenship (like copy of personal particulars pages of passport.) More information is available at http://rti.gov.in

INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF INDIA< SAN FRANCISCO , REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 4(1)(B) OF THE RTI ACT, 2005

It may also be pointed out that as per section 6(1) (a) of the RTI Act, 2005, a person who desires to obtain information under the Act is required to submit the application to the Information Officer of the “concerned public authority”. Applicants are, therefore, advised to send their requests under the RTI Act to the Consulate only when the subject matter can reasonably be presumed to pertain to the Consulate. While section 6(3) provides for the transfer of an application by a receiving PIO to another [concerned] PIO, this is clearly meant to cover situations where the application is addressed to a PIO on the assumption that it has been directed to the concerned PIO. Where the information required obviously does not pertain to the Embassy, the application may be addressed to the concerned PIO directly. The application should be supported by the proof of Indian citizenship.

Contact details of officers for addressing applications under Right to Information Act, 2005:-

Public Information Officer
Mr. I.M. Bhaskar
Vice Consul (OCI)
Ph : 415 668 0967
Fax : 415 668 2073
Email : Click here to send email

Appellate Authority
Mr. Anand Kumar Jha
Consul (Community Affairs, Information and Culture)
Ph : 415 668 0595
Fax : 415 668 2073
Email : Click here to send email