The new chancery premises of the Consulate General of India in Seattle, was officially inaugurated August 26, 2025, by Ambassador of India to USA Vinay Kwatra, in the presence of Governor of Washington State Bob Ferguson, US Senator Maria Cantwell and Mayor of Seattle Bruce Harrell.
Addressing an audience of several elected leaders and prominent Indian American community leaders, Governor Ferguson welcomed the opening of the new Indian consulate as a landmark development, especially in deepening bilateral ties between India and the US Pacific Northwest region.
The new Chancery premises of the Indian Consulate are located in the heart of downtown Seattle (1015, 2nd Ave Seattle, WA -98104) at the prestigious Federal Reserve Building, and spread over two floors, i.e. (1st and 11th). While the first floor houses the Consular section and is open for visitors of consular services and public dealing, the eleventh-floor houses Administrative and Commercial wings. The location had earlier served as Seattle branch of Federal Bank of San Francisco from 1951 to 2008 and has been listed in the US Federal Government’s National Register of Historic Places since 2013.
The announcement for the opening of a 6th Indian Consulate in US was made by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in June 2023, and withing five months, it began operations from a temporary location in Seattle in November 2023. The Consulate noted in its press release that following initiation of its consular operations in July 2024, it has provided consular services to a total of nearly 23,722 applicants from its consular jurisdiction area of Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska.
The inaugural ceremony was also followed by a brief interaction of Ambassador of India with representatives of Indian American community. During the visit, Ambassador also interacted with senior leadership of tech companies from the Greater Seattle area, as well as with elected leadership of Washington State, and leaders of Indian origin elected to public office.
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