Which states does the U.S. Embassy New Delhi cover?
Applicants residing in the following 11 jurisdictions are normally interviewed at the U.S. Embassy New Delhi, located at Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021.
- Delhi (NCT)
- Haryana
- Punjab
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Ladakh (UT)
- Uttarakhand
- Uttar Pradesh
- Rajasthan
- Chandigarh (UT)
- Bhutan (country)
Who applies at New Delhi
No other Indian post mixes categories as broadly as New Delhi. Punjab and western UP feed very large F1 and B1/B2 volumes, the NCR technology corridor supplies H1B and L1 applicants, and the Embassy additionally absorbs diplomatic, official and Bhutanese travel that never touches the other four posts. That breadth cuts both ways: the raw number of appointments released is the largest in the country, but so is the number of people competing for them, and demand peaks in different categories at different times rather than in one synchronised rush.
How often New Delhi opened up recently
Appointment openings appeared at New Delhi 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 New Delhi the 3rd 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 This is a historical pattern, not live availability — we do not publish which appointments are open right now.
It is an Embassy, and that changes the district
Because New Delhi is India's Embassy rather than a regional consulate, its consular district is defined by what the other four posts do not cover, and it includes an entire neighbouring country. Bhutanese applicants are processed through New Delhi. For Indian applicants the practical point is narrower but more commonly misunderstood: Bihar and Jharkhand are not in the New Delhi district despite sitting in the north-east of the Hindi belt. Both belong to Kolkata.
Punjab, Chandigarh and the absent northern consulate
There is no U.S. consulate in Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jalandhar or Lucknow, which surprises applicants from a region that sends an exceptional number of students to the United States. Every one of them interviews in New Delhi. During the spring F1 run-up this concentrates a very large share of Punjab's student demand onto a single calendar, and it is the main reason northern applicants see wait times lengthen earlier in the season than the raw appointment count would suggest.
Why the largest post is not the easiest post
Applicants often assume the Embassy's size makes slots easier to find there. In practice the extra capacity is consumed by the extra demand, and New Delhi's queue is further complicated by categories the other posts never see. What genuinely helps is that a bigger appointment pool produces a bigger absolute number of cancellations — an earlier date does open here regularly, but it opens against far more competition, so the window between a slot appearing and being taken is short.
Visa categories we monitor at this post
These are the categories with the heaviest demand at New Delhi. We track every supported category here, not only these:
- B1/B2 visa appointments
- F1 visa appointments
- H1B visa appointments
- H4 visa appointments
- J1 visa appointments
How alerts work for New Delhi 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 New Delhi 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 regions are served by the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi?
- New Delhi covers Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chandigarh, plus the Kingdom of Bhutan. Applicants residing in these areas are normally interviewed at the Embassy in Chanakyapuri.
- Are Bihar and Jharkhand covered by New Delhi?
- No. Bihar and Jharkhand belong to the Kolkata consular district, not New Delhi. This is one of the most common assignment mistakes in northern India — check your appointment profile rather than assuming based on geography.
- Is there a US consulate in Chandigarh, Punjab or Lucknow?
- No. New Delhi is the only U.S. visa interview post in northern India. Applicants from Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Lucknow, Kanpur, Jaipur and Dehradun all interview at the Embassy in New Delhi.
- Can I get an earlier New Delhi interview than the date I was assigned?
- Yes. Applicants reschedule to earlier dates regularly when cancellations appear. Because New Delhi's pool is the largest in India it produces a steady volume of returned appointments — the difficulty is being the one who sees them first.
- Does the New Delhi Embassy handle Bhutan visa applicants?
- Yes. Bhutan falls within the New Delhi consular district, so applicants from Bhutan are processed through the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi rather than through a mission in Thimphu.
- Why are New Delhi wait times long if it is the biggest post?
- Capacity and demand scale together. New Delhi releases more appointments than any other Indian post, but it also serves more states, more applicants and more visa categories, including official and Bhutanese travel the other posts never handle.
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