Japan Overseas Corporation
Consulate General
Consulate General of India, Osaka
(i) Mr. Vikas Swarup, Consul General of India, Osaka-Kobe
Mr. Swarup joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986. He has served in Turkey, USA, Ethiopia, UK and South Africa. He has been Consul General of India in Osaka-Kobe since August 2009.
He is also the author of two novels, Q&A, which was filmed as ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and Six Suspects, which have been translated into more than 40 languages, including Japanese.
(ii) Mr. B. Bhattamishra, Vice Consul
Mr. B. Bhattamishra has been posted in the Consulate General of India in Osaka-Kobe since the end of August 2011. Prior to his posting in Japan, he has done postings in Indian Diplomatic Missions in Colombo-Sri Lanka, San francisco-U.S.A and Ashgabat-Turkmenistan. He may be contacted for cultural, information, educational and administrative matters.
(iii) Mr. Ramesh Chander Goyal, Vice Consul
Mr. Goyal is the contact person for consular, visa and commercial related queries.
(iv) Mr. Shingo Tomita, Marketing Assistant
Mr. Tomita is the contact person for commercial and trade related queries
The Consulate provides consular/ passport services to Indian nationals. The services include issue of new and duplicate passports, miscellaneous services on passports, issue of OCI and PIO cards, attestation of documents, etc.
Visa services have been outsourced to M/s Japan Overseas Corporation which runs the India Visa Application Centre in Osaka.
The Consulate General of India Osaka-Kobe has been functioning in Osaka since April 1993. Prior to this, it was located in Kobe.
The Consulate covers the following prefectures of Japan:
1 |
Ehime |
2 |
Fukuoka |
3 |
Hiroshima |
4 |
Hyogo |
5 |
Kagawa |
6 |
Kagoshima |
7 |
Kochi |
8 |
Kumamoto |
9 |
Kyoto |
10 |
Mie |
11 |
Miyazaki |
12 |
Nagasaki |
13 |
Nara |
14 |
Okayama |
15 |
Oita |
16 |
Osaka |
17 |
Saga |
18 |
Shiga |
19 |
Shimane |
20 |
Tokushima |
21 |
Tottori |
22 |
Wakayama |
23 |
Yamaguchi |
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