Consulate of United Kingdom in Chennai (India) :

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Address of the Consulate of United Kingdom in Chennai (India) :

British Deputy High Commission in Chennai, India - 20 Anderson Road - Chennai 600 006 - India

Telephone of the Consulate of United Kingdom in Chennai (India) :

(+91) 44 4219 2151

Fax of the Consulate of United Kingdom in Chennai (India)

(+91) 44 4219 2322

Email of the Consulate of United Kingdom in Chennai (India) :

web.newdelhi@fco.gov.uk

Website of the Consulate of United Kingdom in Chennai

www.gov.uk/government/world/india

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General information about the embassy :

Ambassador or representative of the Consulate of United Kingdom of Chennai (India) :

Bharat Joshi Deputy High Commissioner

Opening hours of the Consulate of United Kingdom in Chennai (India) :

Lundi-Jeudi: 08.30-16.30 & Vendredi: 08.30-13.30

Representations in the world :

The Consulate of United Kingdom in Chennai (India) is one of 109 foreign representations in Chennai and is one of 704 foreign representations in India.
There are 894 representations (embassies or consulates) of United Kingdom in the world.

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Role of the Consulate of United Kingdom à Chennai (India)

An embassy is the diplomatic representation of one State to another, it is the place of diplomatic representation of a State in another State. It is of the order of diplomacy, i.e. its mission is to manage negotiations between governments. It represents its government to the authorities of the state in which it is located. It is an intermediary between two states: it facilitates communication between two governments.
In addition to this mission of representation and diplomacy, an embassy ensures a consular mission which allows expatriates to make administrative procedures: such as the elaboration of acts for events of civil state such as a birth, a marriage, a death, a recognition, and to obtain identity papers such as passport or identity card.

In case of insecurity in the host country, an embassy can ensure the protection of these expatriates inside the embassy.

An expatriate in difficulty can also ask his embassy for help, for example if he loses his money, his identity documents, and he can also ask to be repatriated.