Visa Interview in India - Can I go to any city to give interview?

[nitingarg172]

Hi,

I am currently applying for a Masters program in the US. I currently live in Bangalore but my passport has my permanent address mentioned, which is of Chandigarh cty. I have been looking at available interview dates and Mumbai has the earliest day available, chennai is later and New Delhi is much later in June. My question is, Can I select any city as my interview place?

Thanks
~Nitin

[Sourav Mishra]

Yes. You can. Few of my friends from N Del applied to Hyd and got it. You have to have some justification ready though. My friends aunt lived in Hyd and he visited n stayed with her often. Permanent address is inconsequential to which city you apply as long you can justify to some extent why you are applying there