02-16-2006, 08:22 AM
a) Though the Consulate, New York website ( http://www.indiacgny.org/php/showNewsDet...?newsid=49&linkid=3670 )
displays that we can get the Statement of need from USA (last year, one of my friend got his DS 2019 while in USA), but when I spoke to the person in-charge of education
MR. RABINDRA NATH PANDA
CONSUL (EDUCATION & CULTURE)
Tel: (212)774 0627 - Fax212)879 7914
then he asked me to call the people in Washington D.C. and check with them. I have been trying to reach the people at
Embassy of India, Washington D.C. ( http://www.indianembassy.org/newsite/passport&visa.asp ) to check if they will issue a Statement of need this time, but I am not able to get a hold of them.
Do you have any input if they are doing this time? If yes, then what is the time frame to get the statement of need
from the people at Washington D.C.?
b) After we submit all the documents to ECFMG, how much time does it take to get the DS2019?