Mumbai Consulate - H1 Renewal - Dec

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tc2007

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Hi
I am trying to get an appt at Mumbai Consualte for H1 renewal sometime around 15 dec. The calender is showing the entire months of DEC / JAN / FEB as unavaiable. I cannot believe that they are already taken. I am guessing that they have not yet been opened or made avaialble.

Can someone confirm that?


Thanks
 
Since its a renewal , you could get dates as soon as Thu-1st november. Select the right options at the VFS website.

Thanks.
 
I am trying to get my passport stamped with H1 this December (for the first time).
I have been trackiing the VFS website for appointments since mid-september and I haven't seen December ever opened for scheduling. I am concerned though. Its barely a month away and nothing is fixed! At Mumbai consulate, you also need to send in all your documents 3 days prior... so it will be really useful if it opens soon. Does anyone have any ideas/info on this. Would be appreciated. thanks.
 
Emergency Appt

pnq2msp said:
I am trying to get my passport stamped with H1 this December (for the first time).
I have been trackiing the VFS website for appointments since mid-september and I haven't seen December ever opened for scheduling. I am concerned though. Its barely a month away and nothing is fixed! At Mumbai consulate, you also need to send in all your documents 3 days prior... so it will be really useful if it opens soon. Does anyone have any ideas/info on this. Would be appreciated. thanks.
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I saw an "Emergency Appt" option on the webiste for renewals. I think if nothing works then we can use that options. I beleive that the Dec dates will open in late Nov. If not then I will try to contact the consulate at that time to find out what is happening.

You can try the same thing.
 
The emergency appt is ONLY in case of a real emergency, like a death in the family or something of that seriousness (per the vfs website). I have been tracking and I am pretty confident that they haven't opened up yet for mid-december. I just sent an email to vfs trying to confirm that. will post what happens. Its ridiculous that they keep it closed for so long. I wonder what benefit there is in it? especially considering the fact that for Mumbai consulate you need to have your documents submitted 3 days prior to you appt. For those of us already in the US, that leaves quite less time to collect all forms and ship them to India.

tc2007- please keep checking the forum and keeping others updated. thanks!
 
pnq2msp said:
The emergency appt is ONLY in case of a real emergency, like a death in the family or something of that seriousness (per the vfs website). I have been tracking and I am pretty confident that they haven't opened up yet for mid-december. I just sent an email to vfs trying to confirm that. will post what happens. Its ridiculous that they keep it closed for so long. I wonder what benefit there is in it? especially considering the fact that for Mumbai consulate you need to have your documents submitted 3 days prior to you appt. For those of us already in the US, that leaves quite less time to collect all forms and ship them to India.

tc2007- please keep checking the forum and keeping others updated. thanks!
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The emergency page also states that "Those on H1 trying to get renewal so that they can go back to US for thier jobs" are elegible for the emergency appt. I think I will fall in this category. not sure about you.
 
hey sorry for the incomplete info. you are right, renewals are fine for emergency appt. I am not for H renewal tho. I am going for H for the first time..but per vfs email reponse, mid-december is yet to open at mumbai, so there is hope. thanks.
 
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