Consulate General of India, Seattle
The youngest consulate after Boston, and the reason the northern plains no longer answer to Chicago. Its district is Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota and Washington.
How to book an appointment at the Indian consulate in Seattle
The first question at Consulate General of India, Seattle is not when. It is where, because passports, visas and OCI cards are handled by VFS Global.
You book with whoever holds the service. VFS for documents that end in a card or a booklet, the consulate for signatures and certificates.
The government fee is what it is, but VFS adds a service charge of $19 on top, and that is not the consulate's money.
Seattle, 98104
Two addresses appear on this site. The consulate's own location page and Google give 1015 2nd Avenue, in the Federal Reserve Building, and the national directory still gives 3101 Western Avenue. The VFS centre is in the same building as the consulate, four floors up.
How to cancel an appointment at the Indian consulate in Seattle
A missed appointment is not rescheduled for you. Release it and take a new one.
Keep the reference number. Without it neither the consulate nor VFS can find the file.
Getting to the Indian consulate in Seattle
Parking is the usual problem downtown. Public transport gets you closer than a car will.
The Federal Reserve Building at 1015 2nd Avenue, downtown. The consular counter and the VFS centre share the address and differ by suite number.
Real reviews of the Indian consulate in Seattle
Seattle is the best rated office in the country at 4.7 out of 5 across 214 reviews, and emergency travel documents are what its reviewers keep coming back to.
An emergency travel document was issued fast during a trip that had gone wrong, and the staff treated it as urgent rather than routine.
Swati G.
A time-sensitive file was handled professionally and answered the same day. That is unusual enough to be worth writing down.
Bikram R.
I lost documents while travelling with family and the counter dealt with it calmly and quickly. It made a bad situation manageable.
Bishnu B.
Opening hours of the Indian consulate in Seattle
Counter hours are shorter than office hours, and the difference catches people out.
The consular counter opens 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.. The office itself keeps longer hours, and the two are not the same thing.
Phone number of the Indian consulate in Seattle
The number is +1-206-803-0400. Consular sections often do not answer during counter hours, so email usually gets a faster reply.
What the Indian consulate in Seattle handles
These are the services you go to Seattle for.
Notarial acts, attestation, emergency certificates and registrations for eight states, several of them a very long way off. Omaha is 1,659 miles from this counter and Anchorage further still.
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.