The newly designed complex brings in all the US Government offices in the city to one location. The workload of processing US visa applications have now become centralized in Mumbai. South Indians will have to send in their visa applications to Mumbai, and not to Chennai. With President Barack Obama signing an Executive Order to boost tourism in the US from emerging countries like India and China, American Embassys recently annouced that streamlining of the visa application process will be its priority. "We want to make it easier for travelers to apply for a visa to visit the United States," James Herman, Minister-Counselor for Consular Affairs in New Dehli, said, adding that over the last five years, the US mission increased staffing by over sixty percent and opened two new consulates in Hyderabad (in 2009) and Mumbai (in 2011). Noting the importance of Indian travelers to the US, Herman said Indians represent the highest volume of work visa travelers to his country and the second highest number of foreign students there. He said 2011 was a record year for H1B work visas—over 68,000 processed by Consular Team India alone and"we continue to support the people-to-people ties which define the growing partnership between our nations."
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