WASHINGTON DC: The Embassy of India, Washington DC, through its Service Provider Cox and Kings Global Services (CKGS), organized an Indian Visa Camp at Windsor Mill (Baltimore), Maryland on Saturday, August 29.
The Camp was held with support from ISKCON Baltimore and Baltimore Fest. The Visa Camp was also supported by Maryland India Business Roundtable, India Samaj Baltimore, Shreyas Panchigar Foundation, Gujarati Samaj of Metropolitan Washington, Sikh Association of Baltimore, Guru Nanak Foundation of America, Capitol Area Telugu Society and American Telugu Association from Baltimore.
The day long Visa camp was inaugurated by Prasanna Shrivastava, First Secretary (Consular), Embassy of India, Washington DC and Dr Neeraj Verma of ISKCON Baltimore, accompanied by Amrish Patel of AB Consultants,
Elisha Pulivarthi of MIBRT and Shreyas Panchigar of Shreyas Panchigar Foundation. Also present were Shyam Pandey and Shalini Sood of Baltimore Fest.
During the Visa Camp, CKGS processed about 150 applications for Indian Visa, OCI and Renunciation Certificates, which were received from applicants from Baltimore as well as the adjoining areas and also advised several others on their consular applications.
Interacting with the members of Indian American Community, Prasanna Shrivastava apprised them of the recent initiatives taken by the Embassy for providing efficient and predictable consular services to the applicants. The members of the Community welcomed the Embassy’s initiative to bring the Visa Camp to their area.
The Last such Visa Camp was held at Raleigh, North Carolina in May 2015.
Neela Pandya