The US Consulate General in Mumbai will suspend its operations from November 15-21 as it is shifting its base from where it operated since the last 53 years. As part of the relocation, the US Consulate General Mumbai will shift from Lincoln House in Breach Candy and the American Centre in Churchgate to its new facility in the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) constructed on about 10 acres at Bandra, Mumbai.
Kapil Gupta, Consul, information officer of US Consulate General, Mumbai, said, “The Consulate will close at Lincoln House after business hours on Monday, November 14 and will reopen on Monday, November 21 at the new location in the Bandra Kurla Complex.”
The new US Consulate General at BKC reflects the expansion in US-India relations, and features expanded space for consulate operations. With this, the number of interview windows for services to visa applicants will increase from 13 to 44. This closure would not affect the processes of US Visa Facilitation Service (VFS) centres in Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
The new consulate compound will house all US government offices in Mumbai, including the Department of State, the Foreign Commercial Service, the US Food and Drug Administration and the Foreign Agricultural Service.
