H1b visa dates

[kakatiya]

As of January 26, 2026, U.S. consulates in India—including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata—have effectively exhausted regular H-1B visa interview slots for the remainder of 2026, with new dates now being pushed into April and May 2027. 

 

 

This massive backlog has been driven by a combination of policy shifts and operational changes: 

• Mandatory Social Media Screening: Effective December 15, 2025, a new requirement for mandatory social media screening for all employment-based visa applicants has significantly increased the processing time per case.

[Moon_Walker]

14 minutes ago, kakatiya said:

As of January 26, 2026, U.S. consulates in India—including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata—have effectively exhausted regular H-1B visa interview slots for the remainder of 2026, with new dates now being pushed into April and May 2027. 

 

 

This massive backlog has been driven by a combination of policy shifts and operational changes: 

• Mandatory Social Media Screening: Effective December 15, 2025, a new requirement for mandatory social media screening for all employment-based visa applicants has significantly increased the processing time per case.

They already decided to stop and trap as many as possible. They will never open slots and also postpone existing ones.

[2024]

[jefferson1]

14 minutes ago, Moon_Walker said:

They already decided to stop and trap as many as possible. They will never open slots and also postpone existing ones.

true

[krrish4u]

How about H4 visa appointments? Is it similar to H1B?

[akkum_bakkum]

3 minutes ago, krrish4u said:

How about H4 visa appointments? Is it similar to H1B?

The last I know....thy treat all H classification the same.

[ARYA]

Papam

[ARYA]

1 minute ago, akkum_bakkum said:

The last I know....thy treat all H classification the same.

Oho

[Paamu]

Jan lo ne unnam.... appude whole year gone a.... intentionally doing ani artham ayyindi.  Scary stuff. 

[Coconut]

how about b1b2? 

[Thokkalee]

What about B1/B2 visas? Parents visa expire ayyindi 🙁

[Hitman]

30 minutes ago, Thokkalee said:

What about B1/B2 visas? Parents visa expire ayyindi 🙁

They should be fine I believe. 

[akkum_bakkum]

1 hour ago, Coconut said:

how about b1b2? 

B visas ki SM vetting ledu bhavani...so slots shud be available easily.

[2024]

36 minutes ago, Thokkalee said:

What about B1/B2 visas? Parents visa expire ayyindi 🙁

avi easy gaa dorukutnayi ippudud

[LadiesTailor]

1 hour ago, Paamu said:

Jan lo ne unnam.... appude whole year gone a.... intentionally doing ani artham ayyindi.  Scary stuff. 

Yeah…. Something big is coming