US Visa from India (B1/B2): interview appointment in the next 1–3 months

The US government's application fee for a B1/B2 visa is $185 per person, which is ₹18,130 at the ₹98-per-dollar consular exchange rate the US Embassy in India has used since 25 May 2026. It is paid to the US government, cannot be refunded and is charged whether or not a visa is issued. Our fee is separate: ₹22,470 for US Visa Express or ₹9,999 for standard filing, per traveller, GST included.

Our service for people who need to travel in the coming months. We fill your DS-160, check your documents and book your appointment. Then our team checks the official appointment system every day for an earlier interview date and moves you when one fits, aiming for an interview within 1–3 months. Mock interviews and your named case manager are included.

Only when your appointment is booked. Until then you pay us nothing. The one payment before that is the US government fee, which you pay to the US government on its appointment system, because no appointment can be booked without it.

Then you do not pay our Express fee, and if you have already paid it, every rupee of it comes back to you. The US government fee is paid to the US government, so it is not ours to return.

Yes, for standard filing, under our refund policy. Our professional fee is refunded in full if the visa is refused, initiated within 7 days to the account you paid from. Embassy, government, biometric and VFS fees are paid to those bodies and cannot be refunded by anyone. Read the refund policy

No. US Visa Express has no refusal refund: its fee pays for the appointment work (booking your interview and our team's daily checks for an earlier date), and that work is done once your appointment is booked, whatever the officer later decides. Its one refund promise is about the appointment: if none is booked within 3 months, the Express fee comes back in full. The US government fee is not refundable with either plan.

No one outside the US government controls how many interview dates the consulates release. What we promise is the work: daily checks by our team for an earlier date, and your Express fee back in full if no appointment is booked within 3 months.

A person on our team logs in to the official US visa appointment system every day and looks for an earlier interview date in the cities you have agreed to. When one fits your plans, we move your appointment and tell you on WhatsApp. We do not use bots or automated booking tools.

For anyone not travelling for a while. You get the same expert DS-160, document checks, mock interviews and named case manager, and we book the regular appointment date the system offers, without the daily search for an earlier one. It is ₹9,999 per traveller: a 50% advance to start online, the balance before we submit.

Our expert fills it from your answers and documents. You then read every answer, and we submit it only after you confirm it is correct. The DS-160 is your own application, signed electronically in your name, so you stay responsible for what it says, which is exactly why we make you check it.

A submitted DS-160 cannot be edited; a correction means a new DS-160. The US Embassy in India says that if your appointment was booked on or after 15 November 2023, you must bring both the original and the corrected confirmation pages, or cancel and rebook the appointment with the new DS-160 number.

Almost certainly. Since 1 October 2025 the State Department requires nearly every visa applicant to attend an in-person interview with a consular officer, including children under 14 and adults over 79. The main exception for visitors is the renewal described in the next answer.

Possibly, if your earlier B1, B2 or B1/B2 visa expired less than 12 months ago, was issued for full validity, and you were at least 18 when it was issued. You must also apply in your country of nationality or residence, never have been refused a visa (unless that refusal was overcome or waived) and have no apparent ineligibility. Officers can still call anyone in for an interview.

Until mid-2025, many children, older applicants and people renewing other visa types could skip the interview. The State Department narrowed this in two updates (25 July and 18 September 2025). The rule in force since 1 October 2025 keeps the waiver mainly for B1/B2 renewals within 12 months of expiry, and only when every condition is met.

Yes, in general. The September 2025 update says all nonimmigrant visa applicants, including those under 14 and over 79, will generally need an in-person interview unless they fall into one of the listed exceptions.

You visit a Visa Application Centre (many people still call it the OFC), where your fingerprints and photo are taken. It is usually a short visit on a different day from the interview. We check your documents before you go.

A short conversation at the Embassy or Consulate. The officer asks about your trip, your work, who is paying and your ties to India, and may look at documents. At the end you are told whether the visa is approved, refused, or needs more processing. The officer decides; nobody else can.

Section 214(b) of US immigration law presumes every visitor intends to immigrate until they show otherwise. A 214(b) refusal means the officer was not satisfied, usually about ties to India or the purpose of the trip. It is not a ban. Reapplying makes sense when something real has changed, and our US refusal page explains how we rebuild a case.

Your application needs more information or administrative processing before a decision. It is not final. The State Department's manual says no new application fee is charged if the 221(g) refusal is overcome within one year.

Visitor-visa interviews in India are held at the US Embassy in New Delhi and the US Consulates in Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata. The Embassy asks applicants to apply in their country of residence or nationality.

Choosing any city gives us every consulate's dates to look through, which usually means an earlier interview. If you can only travel to one city, tell us and we will search there alone. Travel to the appointment is at your own cost.

Your passport (valid at least six months beyond your stay), the DS-160 confirmation page, your appointment confirmation, and originals that show your job or business, income, savings and family ties in India. Visiting family or on business, add the invitation. The full list is on this page, and we check yours before each appointment.

No. The US visitor-visa process does not ask for a flight or hotel booking, so we do not sell one with this service. You give your planned travel dates on the DS-160.

The visa lets you travel to a US port of entry; it does not set your stay. As the US Embassy puts it, a visa "does not guarantee your entrance or determine the length of time you will be allowed to stay. An immigration officer at the point of entry makes those decisions." The consular officer decides how long the visa itself is valid.

B1 covers business visits such as meetings, conferences and negotiating contracts. B2 covers tourism, visiting family and friends, and medical treatment. Indian applicants usually receive a combined B1/B2 visa. Neither part allows you to work in the US.

A US law passed in July 2025 created a separate $250 "visa integrity fee", charged when a visa is issued. On 30 Oct 2026 we found no State Department or US Embassy India notice that it is being collected from applicants in India, so it is not in the totals on this page. If that changes, it is paid to the US government, never to us, and your case manager will tell you before anything is paid.

The Embassy accepts expedited appointment requests online, but only from people who already hold a confirmed interview date, and it says the slots are very limited and cannot cover every traveller, even for urgent trips. If you have a genuine emergency, your case manager prepares the request with you.

No. SureshotVisa is an independent consultancy, licensed in Punjab, and not affiliated with the US government. We use the same public appointment system as everyone else, and we have no influence over appointment dates or visa decisions.

No, and no one honestly can. The consular officer alone decides, usually in a few minutes at the interview. What we control is the preparation: a correct DS-160, documents that agree with it, and answers you have practised until they come naturally.

One named person on our team who handles your file from your first message to your passport coming back. You message them on WhatsApp; they reply during office hours (Mon–Sat, 9 am–7 pm IST).

As many as you need before your date. Each one is a live video call with our consultant, using the questions officers ask Indian applicants, and you get honest feedback on every answer.

Yes. A past refusal must be declared on your DS-160, and the officer will want to see what has changed. Read our US refusal recovery page, or tell your case manager what happened and we will give you an honest view before you pay anything.

Yes. Every traveller, children included, needs their own DS-160 and pays the US government fee, and our fee is per traveller too — there is no family discount. We try to keep a family's appointments together.

For Express, tap the WhatsApp button on this page; your message tells us the number of travellers, the visa type and your city, and your case manager takes it from there. For standard filing, start online and pay the 50% advance.