A news update on the U.S. Consulate, Mumbai’s website indicates that the U.S. Consulate in Mumbai is shifting their premises from “Lincoln House”, Breach Candy and their American Center in Church Gate to their new facility at “Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC)”.  The consulate office at Lincoln House will be closed with effect from November 15, 2011 and the new facility at BKC will commence from November 21, 2011. Effectively, the visa services will be unavailable from November 15, 2011 to November 20, 2011 to facilitate this shift. The new facility at BKC will house the offices of Department of State, the Foreign Commercial Service, the US Food and Drug Administration, the Foreign Agricultural Service, and the Consul General’s residence. Once operational, the number of interview counters for Immigrant and Non-immigrant visas will significantly increase from 13 to 44. It is also understood from this news brief that the American Center at New Marina Lines near Churchgate is already closed and will open after the Consular services are operational.

The Consulate is holding a web-chat on November 9, 2011 at 7:00PM to answer specific questions about the shift and its effect on consular services. Details of the web-chat can be found here.  This news item is available on the U.S. consulate’s website by visiting here.