# US consulates in India closed Wednesday 19 August: no interviews, 221(g) or pick-up > All US consular sections in India shut to visa applicants on 19 August 2026, the monthly closure: interviews, 221(g) and passport pick-up pause. Next: 30 Sept. - Published: 2026-08-17 - Author: VisaGyan (VisaGyan) - Canonical: https://visagyan.in/us-consulates-india-closed-19-august-2026 - Official sources: - https://in.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/241/2026/02/Consular-Sections-throughout-India-will-be-closed-to-visa-applicants-for-all-consular-services-including-221.pdf - https://in.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/241/2025/12/2026-%E2%80%93-Embassy-New-Delhi-Authorized-Holidays.pdf --- If your US visa appointment, 221(g) follow-up or passport pick-up falls on **Wednesday 19 August 2026**, it will not happen: every US consular section in India is closed to visa applicants that day for all consular services. It is the routine monthly India-wide closure, not an emergency — and the next one is 30 September. ## What exactly is closed on 19 August? The Embassy's notice is blunt: "Consular Sections throughout India will be closed to visa applicants for all consular services including 221(g) appointments and document pick-up or drop-off." That covers Embassy New Delhi and the consulates in Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata. Visa interviews, dropbox document submission at consular sections, 221(g) appointments and passport collection all pause for the day. ## Why does this matter if my interview is on another day? Because the closure ripples through the calendar around it. The day before and the day after usually run at full load, so a rescheduling wave from 19 August pushes into 18 and 20 August. If you are hunting for an earlier slot, the days right after an India-wide closure are worth watching — cancellations tend to cluster there. Our guides on [how slot drops actually work](/us-visa-slot-drop-mechanics-and-monitors) and [Telegram slot channels](/us-visa-slot-telegram-channels-explained) explain what to monitor and what to ignore. ## Is 19 August a public holiday? No — and that is why people miss it. It is not on the embassy holiday calendars: Embassy New Delhi's next listed holiday is Raksha Bandhan on Friday 28 August, followed by US Labor Day on 7 September. The India-wide closures are a separate monthly list, always a Wednesday, published once for the whole year. Both lists are worth keeping — a booking system will not always warn you. ## What should I do if my appointment lands on a closure day? The scheduling system does not offer appointments on closure days, so a valid confirmation for 19 August is unlikely. If you hold one anyway, log in to your ustraveldocs profile and check the appointment date and time again, then contact the call centre through your profile. Do not pay anyone offering to "fix" it — see [why hiring a visa agent for slots is a bad idea](/should-i-hire-a-visa-agent-india). City-by-city notes on where the queue stands are in our appointment guides for [Mumbai](/us-visa-appointment-mumbai), [New Delhi](/us-visa-appointment-new-delhi), [Hyderabad](/us-visa-appointment-hyderabad) and [Kolkata](/us-visa-appointment-kolkata). *VisaGyan is an independent journal, not affiliated with the US government or ustraveldocs. Confirm dates in your own appointment profile.*