Consulate General of India, Houston
Five states across the South and the plains: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. Dallas, the busiest city in the country without an Indian consulate, sits inside this district and has a VFS centre of its own.
How to book an appointment at the Indian consulate in Houston
There are two counters in this story: Consulate General of India, Houston and the VFS centre that acts for it. Only one of them can help with a given file.
Passport, visa, OCI and renunciation files are filled in online and then taken or posted to VFS. The consulate sees them afterwards.
The ICWF contribution goes in its own money order or cashier's check. One cheque for everything is a common reason for a file coming back.
Houston, 77007
Its own front page carries a small typo in the state list, «Arkansas, , Kansas», which is worth mentioning only because the same page is the reference everyone else copies.
How to cancel an appointment at the Indian consulate in Houston
A missed appointment is not rescheduled for you. Release it and take a new one.
The confirmation email carries the reschedule link. That is the fastest route.
Getting to the Indian consulate in Houston
Allow for security at the door: bags are checked and phones are often left outside.
Real reviews of the Indian consulate in Houston
Houston averages 3.5 out of 5 across 752 reviews. It is also the office whose reviewers most often mention that their file went through VFS rather than the consulate.
A surrender certificate arrived inside the published twenty-one days, which is what I had planned the student visa around.
Aesha J.
The application went through VFS and came back with a query. The consulate's information desk sorted out what the query actually meant.
Ashka S.
An emailed question about a child's visa got a clear answer within a couple of days, which I had not expected.
Santhosh S.
Opening hours of the Indian consulate in Houston
The office works a full day. The public window does not.
This office does not publish counter hours. Write before you travel.
Phone number of the Indian consulate in Houston
The number is (713) 626-2148. Consular sections often do not answer during counter hours, so email usually gets a faster reply.
What the Indian consulate in Houston handles
What the office in Houston still does in person is narrower than most people expect.
The full consular counter for the five states, plus the national jurisdiction table that the rest of this site is checked against.
What you can settle without going
Several of these are done from home, and one of them is the busiest service in the whole system.
- You can check an OCI or passport application from the reference number alone.
- You can get a PAN card from the Indian tax department, which no consulate issues.
- You can pay the government fee online where the portal allows it.