Mumbai consulates - H & L Visa Appointments No Longer Available

[lifestrikes]

Came across this news today

The U.S is committed to facilitating the visa interview process throughout India. We are constructing a new Consulate for Mumbai. The new multi-million dollar Mumbai Consulate facility is scheduled to open later this year.

Unfortunately, the current Mumbai Consulate building’s aging infrastructure has forced us to close several of the interview windows in Mumbai, limiting the number of applicants that can be accommodated at a given time.

If you have already scheduled an H or L visa interview appointment at the Mumbai Consulate, you may keep that interview time. No new H or L visa appointments will be made at the Mumbai Consulate. New H and L interviews may be scheduled at the other U.S. Consulates in India or the Embassy in New Delhi.

Link - H1B and L1 Visa Appointments No Longer Available - Mumbai Consulate

Looks like folks going for H1B stamping/renewal have to travel to different consulates till new consulate will open.

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Originally Posted by lifestrikes

Came across this news today

The U.S is committed to facilitating the visa interview process throughout India. We are constructing a new Consulate for Mumbai. The new multi-million dollar Mumbai Consulate facility is scheduled to open later this year.

Unfortunately, the current Mumbai Consulate building’s aging infrastructure has forced us to close several of the interview windows in Mumbai, limiting the number of applicants that can be accommodated at a given time.

If you have already scheduled an H or L visa interview appointment at the Mumbai Consulate, you may keep that interview time. No new H or L visa appointments will be made at the Mumbai Consulate. New H and L interviews may be scheduled at the other U.S. Consulates in India or the Embassy in New Delhi.

Link - H1B and L1 Visa Appointments No Longer Available - Mumbai Consulate

Looks like folks going for H1B stamping/renewal have to travel to different consulates till new consulate will open.

Btw, if govt shutdown happens - then consulates will close. Our company's immigration department has advised against travelling until possibility of shutdown is not there.

[lifestrikes]

+ PERM Labor processing will be halted too.