
Read below and the timeline for weekly updates. But in October they said it is taking about a week if all is good with the application. Also, for dropbox stamping, they said in August that it can take anywhere from 3 to 4 weeks as per US Embassy and they can expedite dropbox cases. They will open slots for F1 first refused applicants towards the end of the F1 season for spring 2023. Next batch to come in later part of November. First batch of F1 Slots for Spring 2023 applicants opened and they are full. All the slots in late 20 are not placeholder slots. They have started interviewing first-time B1/B2 applicants starting this September month. They say that the wait time for the same cut in half after many booked appointments. They mentioned that they opened over 100K slots for H/L Category and are not sure if they will open more bulk slots in 2022.

Overall Current Status Summary: US Consulates in India continue to be closed for regular operations as of November 8th, 2022. You can check the timeline section to get detailed links and official sources, news screenshots in the next section.

Official Sources, Links Summary of all Updates from US Consulates in India as of November 8th, 2022īelow is the short summary of all updates from the US Consulates, and Embassy in India from November 2021 until November 8th, 2022.
