Mumbai 221(g) Tracker
Live administrative-processing picture at Mumbai, from 199 community-reported cases — medians, backlog aging and the latest movement, updated as reports arrive.
Interview volume & pending backlog
Tracked Mumbai interviews per month, and how many are still pending today.
Days-to-approval distribution
Resolved Mumbai cases only.
What Mumbai has asked for
Every document request recorded on a Mumbai 221(g) so far, grouped by type and most frequent first. Document types only — never anyone’s actual documents.
- Passport — 7 requests
- Police certificate — 7 requests
- Social media links / handles — 7 requests
- Marriage / relationship evidence — 5 requests
- Photographs — 5 requests
- Tax returns / transcripts — 5 requests
- Additional documents (unspecified) — 4 requests
- Birth certificate — 4 requests
- DS-260 confirmation page — 2 requests
- I-20 — 2 requests
- New medical exam — 2 requests
- vaccination worksheet — 2 requests
- W-2 — 2 requests
27 other requests reported once
- additional joint sponsor documents
- Bank statements / financial evidence
- contact information
- Court records
- CV / resume
- DS-160 confirmation
- DS-260 confirmation
- DS-5535 questionnaire
- fingerprint re-verification
- I-129 petition
- I-864 affidavit of support
- interview appointment letter
- interview appointment letter printout
- Invitation letter
- job offer verification letter
- LCA
- List of publications
- past research project details
- Payslips
- petitioner documents
- prior B1/B2 records
- proof of US domicile
- Research plan / thesis abstract
- sponsor and co-sponsor tax documents
- translations of civil documents
- Travel history / itinerary
- wedding guest list
6 of 199 tracked Mumbai cases were asked to submit by email. Slip colours seen here: white, blue.
Mumbai and the immigrant visa pause
No callbacks of any kind have been reported at this post since the cable. Last reported movement 2026-10-07.
Not a pause post; affected by the worldwide suspension. As of 7 October no reschedule emails for IR1/CR1 interviews cancelled on 25 and 31 August and 4, 8, 15 and 24 September; applicants compare notes daily and nobody has one. Separately, F2B cases are sitting in administrative processing: a 4 May interview given a 221(g) for a French police certificate (submitted 7 May, passport back 14 May) is five months in with a home visit by an inquiry officer, and a case approved 12 June then re-interviewed on 15 June over DS-260 corrections has had silence since. A parent case with a public-charge notice from before the suspension is still pending. On 14 October an F3 applicant reports no rescheduled interview or new letter either.
Full picture for this post, with its pause cases, cancellations and every digest mention: Mumbai immigrant visa pause status. Every post side by side: status by embassy.
Related
Mumbai by visa type
- F-1 221(g) at Mumbai — 54 cases, 36 resolved
- B-1/B-2 221(g) at Mumbai — 39 cases, 26 resolved
- H-1B 221(g) at Mumbai — 15 cases, 8 resolved
Other posts in the same country
- Chennai 221(g) tracker — median same day, 339 cases
- New Delhi 221(g) tracker — median 2d, 260 cases
- Kolkata 221(g) tracker — median same day, 26 cases
Posts with a similar wait
- Manila 221(g) tracker — median 1d, 52 cases
- Kingston 221(g) tracker — median 1d, 16 cases
- Singapore 221(g) tracker — median 1d, 14 cases
- Kuala Lumpur 221(g) tracker — median 1d, 11 cases
Recent Mumbai case reports
Newest first, fully anonymized.
| Reported | Visa | Status | Interview | Approved | Days | Slip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | F3 | mention | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-09 | B1/B2 | issued | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-07 | 1 | — |
| 2026-10-09 | F1 | pending | 2026-07-14 | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-08 | IR1 | pending | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-08 | IR1/CR1 | pending | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-07 | IR1 | pending | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-07 | IR1/CR1 | pending | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-07 | F2B | pending | 2026-06-15 | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-07 | F2B | pending | 2026-05-04 | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-07 | B1/B2 | refused 214(b) | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-07 | H1B | pending | 2026-07-14 | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-07 | other | pending | 2026-07-14 | — | — | white |
Mumbai 221(g) — quick answers
How long does 221(g) administrative processing take at Mumbai in 2026?
Among 87 resolved community-reported cases at Mumbai, the median is 1 day from interview to approval, with 75% clearing within 4 days. 57 tracked cases have been pending 60+ days — outcomes are fast for most and slow for a stuck minority.
What do most 221(g) slips at Mumbai ask for?
Recorded requests at Mumbai: Passport (7 cases); Police certificate (7 cases); Social media links / handles (7 cases); Marriage / relationship evidence (5 cases); Photographs (5 cases); Tax returns / transcripts (5 cases). 6 of 199 tracked cases here were asked to submit by email — the subject-line format matters, see the playbook.
Is my Mumbai 221(g) wait normal?
Use the My Case comparator: enter your interview date and it shows what share of Mumbai cases had cleared by your day count, and how many are still pending at least as long.
Waiting on a Mumbai 221(g)?
See where your case sits against every tracked Mumbai timeline, and grab the submission email template.