Location:
Bhutan and India
Part of:
Foreign & Commonwealth Office

We maintain and develop relations between the UK and India. The British Deputy High Commission in Kolkata provides services to British nationals living in and visiting India and Bhutan.

You can access UK government services while in India.

Urgent assistance

If you’re in India and you need urgent help (for example, you’ve been attacked, arrested or someone has died), call +91 (11) 2419 2100. If you’re in the UK and worried about a British national in India, call 020 7008 1500.

Get an emergency travel document

You can apply for an emergency travel document if you’re abroad and your passport has been lost or stolen, damaged or expired, and you can’t get a new or replacement passport in time to travel.

If you’re due to travel in the next 24 hours, contact us as soon as possible.

Apply online for an emergency travel document if you:

  • are over 16 years old and
  • are a British citizen and
  • have previously owned a British passport

Contact us to apply for an emergency travel document if you are:

  • over 16 years old but have not owned a British passport before or
  • not a British citizen or
  • applying for a child under 16 years old

Once you have contacted us, you will be advised to make an appointment to apply for an emergency travel document at British Deputy High Commission in Kolkata.

Other consular services

Notarial and documentary services

For legal reasons, we’re unable to carry out notarial acts in Commonwealth countries. This includes certifying documents as true copies of originals, administering oaths or taking affidavits. For these or other notarial acts, you should contact a local notary. A standard letter is available to confirm we do not offer these services in India.

See the full list of notarial and documentary services we provide in India.

Consular fees

We charge fees for some of our services. If you are paying in Indian Rupees we can only accept notes that are legal tender, not 500 and 1000 rupee notes that have been withdrawn from circulation. See the full list of consular fees in India.

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British Deputy High Commission Kolkata

British Deputy High Commission Kolkata
1A Ho Chi Minh Sarani
Kolkata 700071
India

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British Information Centre Bhubaneshwar

British Information Centre Bhubaneshwar
Swarnamayee Satapathy
Officer-in-Charge
Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab State Library
Ground Floor
Sachivalaya Marg
Orissa
Bhubaneswar 751 001
India

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British Information Centre Guwahati

British Information Centre Guwahati
Ranjinee Phukan
Officer-in-Charge
Nabin Bordoloi Hall
Dighalipukhuri West
Panbazar
Assam
Guwahati 781001
India

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