Which states does the U.S. Consulate General Mumbai cover?
Applicants residing in the following 6 jurisdictions are normally interviewed at the U.S. Consulate General Mumbai, located at C-49, G-Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai 400051.
- Maharashtra
- Gujarat
- Goa
- Madhya Pradesh
- Chhattisgarh
- Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (UT)
Who applies at Mumbai
Mumbai's queue is unusually business-weighted. Maharashtra's corporate and financial base drives sustained B1/B2 and L1 volume that does not follow the academic calendar, while Gujarat contributes heavy F1 and H4 demand that does. The practical consequence is that Mumbai rarely gets the deep off-season troughs Chennai or Hyderabad see — pressure on the calendar is closer to year-round, and openings are spread more evenly across categories rather than arriving in large student-season batches.
How often Mumbai opened up recently
Appointment openings appeared at Mumbai on every one of the last 31 days. Slots at this post are not rare — the difficulty is that they are taken within minutes of appearing, so whether you see one is almost entirely a question of when you happen to look.
That makes Mumbai the 2nd most active of the five Indian posts over this window.
Based on our own monitoring records, counted through 12 September 2026, and refreshed daily. This is a historical pattern, not live availability — we do not publish which appointments are open right now.
Where the interview actually happens
The interview itself is at the consulate in Bandra Kurla Complex, but that is not your first stop. Biometrics and document submission happen earlier, at a separate Visa Application Centre, and the two appointments are booked as a pair in the scheduling system with the VAC visit first. Applicants routinely lose a slot by treating them as one booking — if you rebook the interview to an earlier date, the VAC appointment has to still sit in front of it. When an alert lands, check that both legs of the trip still work before you commit to the new date.
What makes Mumbai's queue behave differently
Because a large share of Mumbai's applicants are travelling for business rather than study, cancellations here are driven by shifting corporate schedules rather than by a single seasonal deadline. That produces a steadier trickle of returned appointments through the year instead of the sharp cliffs seen at student-heavy posts. It also means an earlier date is more often available at short notice — the constraint is noticing it, not waiting for a release window.
Gujarat applicants and the Ahmedabad question
There is no U.S. consulate in Ahmedabad, Surat or anywhere else in Gujarat. Every Gujarat applicant is assigned to Mumbai, which is why Gujarat's large outbound student population lands squarely in Mumbai's F1 and H4 queues each spring. If you are booking from Gujarat, budget for the travel when you evaluate an alert: a slot two days out at BKC is only useful if you can physically reach Mumbai for both the VAC visit and the interview.
Visa categories we monitor at this post
These are the categories with the heaviest demand at Mumbai. We track every supported category here, not only these:
- B1/B2 visa appointments
- L1 visa appointments
- H1B visa appointments
- F1 visa appointments
- H4 visa appointments
How alerts work for Mumbai applicants
Tell us the consulate, visa category and date range you can actually travel for. Our system checks the official US visa scheduling pages as often as every 2 minutes, around the clock, and emails you the moment a matching Mumbai appointment appears — whether it is fresh inventory or a returned cancellation. You book it yourself on the official portal. We never ask for your embassy or CGI Federal login, and we never book on your behalf.
Frequently asked questions
- Which states does the US Consulate in Mumbai cover?
- The Mumbai consular district covers Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and the union territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu. If you live in any of these, Mumbai is normally your assigned interview post.
- Is there a US consulate in Ahmedabad or Pune?
- No. Mumbai is the only U.S. visa interview post in western India. Applicants from Ahmedabad, Surat, Pune, Nagpur, Indore, Raipur and Panaji are all interviewed at the Consulate General in Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai.
- Where exactly is the US Consulate in Mumbai?
- The consulate is at C-49, G-Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai 400051. Your biometrics appointment is at a separate Visa Application Centre, not at the consulate itself, and it is scheduled before the interview.
- How quickly do Mumbai visa slots disappear?
- Cancelled or newly released Mumbai appointments are frequently taken within minutes. That is why we re-check the scheduling system as often as every 2 minutes and email you the moment a slot matching your date range opens at this post.
- Does Mumbai have a slot season like the student consulates?
- Less so. Mumbai's business-visa share means demand is spread more evenly across the year than at Hyderabad or Chennai, where the fall academic intake dominates. Mumbai still tightens ahead of summer travel, but it does not empty out in the same way off-season.
- Can I book a Mumbai interview if I live in another consular district?
- The scheduling system will often let you pick a different post, but interviewing outside your home district can invite questions about why. Most applicants are better served monitoring their assigned post for an earlier cancellation than switching cities.
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