US Consulate in Hyderabad stops visas

Hyderabad: The US Consulate in Hyderabad has stopped issuing visas to students, IT professionals, tourists and businesspersons from Telangana in the wake of corona scare.

The consulate has cancelled visa appointments from March 16. Officials said that all the immigrant and non-immigrant visa appointments have been cancelled.

The appointments would be resumed once they get a green signal from US Government. However, internal functioning of the consulate will continue as the employees will work from home unless there is urgency in the consulate operations.

The US government has already announced national emergency after number of confirmed or presumptive coronavirus cases in America crossed 2000.

The number of dead also increased to 41. Officials said that all the consulates in the country will respond to the queries of the visa applicants on online only as the physical entry of them in the consulate is prohibited until further orders.