How do I know which US consulate I'm assigned to in India?

Your post follows your state of residence: New Delhi for the north, Mumbai for the west, Chennai for Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, Hyderabad for Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, and Kolkata for West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and the north-east. Your appointment profile shows the assigned location when you schedule.

Which US consulate covers Bangalore and Karnataka?

Chennai. There is no U.S. consulate in Bengaluru or anywhere else in Karnataka, so the whole state — including one of India's largest H1B and L1 populations — is interviewed at the Consulate General in Chennai.

Is Odisha under the Kolkata or Hyderabad consulate?

Hyderabad. Odisha is an eastern state but it belongs to the Hyderabad consular district alongside Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Applicants from Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Rourkela interview in Secunderabad, not Kolkata.

Are Bihar and Jharkhand covered by New Delhi or Kolkata?

Kolkata. Both states are in the Kolkata consular district despite sitting in northern India geographically. Applicants from Patna, Gaya, Ranchi and Jamshedpur interview in Kolkata.

Is there a US consulate in the north-east of India?

No. There is no U.S. visa interview post anywhere in north-eastern India. Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim are all served by Kolkata.

Can I choose a different US consulate for my visa interview?

The system usually lets you select another post, but interviewing outside your consular district can invite questions about why. Most applicants are better off booking their assigned post and monitoring it for an earlier cancellation.

Does my assigned consulate affect appointment availability?

Yes. Each of the five posts has its own appointment queue, so a date being unavailable at one says nothing about another. Monitoring your specific assigned post is the reliable way to catch an earlier slot.

Which US Consulate Am I Assigned To in India?

US Visa Slot Alert Team · Updated 23 August 2026

Every Indian state and its assigned US consulate

Andhra Pradesh — Hyderabad. Arunachal Pradesh — Kolkata. Assam — Kolkata. Bihar — Kolkata. Chandigarh — New Delhi. Chhattisgarh — Mumbai. Delhi — New Delhi. Goa — Mumbai. Gujarat — Mumbai. Haryana — New Delhi. Himachal Pradesh — New Delhi. Jammu & Kashmir — New Delhi. Jharkhand — Kolkata. Karnataka — Chennai. Kerala — Chennai. Ladakh — New Delhi. Madhya Pradesh — Mumbai. Maharashtra — Mumbai. Manipur — Kolkata. Meghalaya — Kolkata. Mizoram — Kolkata. Nagaland — Kolkata. Odisha — Hyderabad. Puducherry — Chennai. Punjab — New Delhi. Rajasthan — New Delhi. Sikkim — Kolkata. Tamil Nadu — Chennai. Telangana — Hyderabad. Tripura — Kolkata. Uttar Pradesh — New Delhi. Uttarakhand — New Delhi. West Bengal — Kolkata. Andaman & Nicobar Islands — Chennai. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu — Mumbai. Lakshadweep — Chennai.

The four assignments people get wrong

Four states account for most misfiled assumptions. Karnataka goes to Chennai, not to a consulate in Bengaluru — there isn't one. Odisha goes to Hyderabad, not Kolkata, despite being an eastern state. Bihar and Jharkhand go to Kolkata, not New Delhi, despite sitting in the Hindi belt. And there is no post in the north-east at all, so all seven north-eastern states travel to Kolkata. If you are in any of these, check your appointment profile rather than reasoning from the map.

How consulate assignment works

The U.S. Department of State divides India into consular districts. When you create your appointment profile, your interview location is generally the post responsible for the state where you live. You can often select a different post in the system, but interviewing outside your home district can raise questions at the interview, so most applicants should book their assigned consulate first.

U.S. Embassy New Delhi — Northern India

New Delhi covers Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chandigarh — and, uniquely among the five posts, the Kingdom of Bhutan. It does not cover Bihar or Jharkhand, which belong to Kolkata. It handles the largest northern-India caseload, including heavy B1/B2, F1 and H1B volumes from the NCR and Punjab, and there is no other U.S. interview post anywhere in northern India.

U.S. Consulate General Mumbai — Western India

Mumbai covers Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and the union territories of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu. It is one of the busiest posts for business (B1/B2) and intra-company (L1) travel, with large student and dependent volumes from Gujarat.

U.S. Consulate General Chennai — Southern India

Chennai covers Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The critical point is Karnataka: there is no U.S. consulate in Bengaluru, so the entire Karnataka applicant population — one of India's largest sources of H1B and L1 filings — is interviewed in Chennai.

U.S. Consulate General Hyderabad — Telangana & Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad covers Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. Odisha is the one most people get wrong — it is an eastern state, but it belongs to Hyderabad, not Kolkata. Despite serving only three states, Hyderabad is consistently one of the highest-demand posts in the world for F1 student and H1B work visas.

U.S. Consulate General Kolkata — Eastern & North-Eastern India

Kolkata covers eleven states — more than any other Indian post: West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. Bihar and Jharkhand are Kolkata, not New Delhi, and Odisha is not Kolkata at all — it is Hyderabad. There is no U.S. interview post anywhere in north-eastern India.

What if I want an earlier date at another consulate?

If your assigned post has a long wait, the appointment system may let you choose another consulate. This can occasionally surface an earlier date, but travelling far from your district — or switching posts repeatedly — can complicate your case, so weigh it carefully. A better first step is to monitor your assigned post closely and grab an earlier cancellation slot when one opens. US Visa Slot Alert can watch any of the five consulates and email you the moment a matching date appears.

Written by the US Visa Slot Alert team, who build and operate automated monitoring of the official U.S. visa appointment system for India and track consulate slot patterns daily.

Which US consulate am I assigned to in India?