Consulate General of Poland in Mumbai

The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Mumbai is a Polish career post located at Nirmal Building on Backbay Reclamation in the Nariman Point business district of southern Mumbai — the heritage financial-and-commercial district that hosts the National Stock Exchange, the Reserve Bank of India administrative offices, and most of the major foreign career posts in the city. The post serves the western and southern Indian states: Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala, Goa, and the union territories of Pondicherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Consulate General handles Schengen visa decisioning for applicants from this catchment, with biometric intake operated by VFS Poland at the Mumbai Visa Application Centre. National long-stay visa (Type D) applications for study, employment, family reunification and business are also processed at this post for the western and southern Indian catchment. The post serves the Polish business community in Mumbai, the substantial Indo-Polish IT-services flow into the Polish delivery centres (TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL maintain Polish operations primarily in Warsaw, Krakow and Wrocław, with substantial Indian staff movement), and the broader bilateral commercial engagement in the western and southern Indian states. Distinctive working pattern: the Consul General or Deputy Consul General holds open-meeting sessions regarding complaints and requests each Thursday from 16:30 to 17:30, by prior email appointment — a structured opportunity for Polish nationals or applicants with case-specific concerns to engage directly with the post's leadership.

Schengen short-stay visa (Type C) intake for the western and southern Indian catchment routes through the VFS Poland Mumbai centre. National long-stay visa (Type D) applications for study, employment, family reunification, business and other long-stay purposes are also filed at VFS Poland Mumbai and decisioned at the Consulate General. Polish national visa types include the study visa (Type D-study), employment visa (Type D-work), Karta Polaka cases for Polish-origin individuals, family reunification, scientific research and other categories — all routed through this post for applicants in the catchment states. Typical Schengen processing is 15 calendar days from arrival at the post; national long-stay visas typically run 60–90 days.

The Consular Section serves the Polish national community in the western and southern Indian catchment — registered Polish residents are concentrated in Mumbai (the Polish business and shipping community), Bangalore (the Polish IT-services and engineering professionals at Indian operations of Polish-Polish multinational firms), Chennai (limited industrial-engineering community), Hyderabad and Pune. Polish passport renewal, civil-status notification, Polish national ID-card issuance, voter registration for Polish elections, notarial certifications, apostille issuance, and emergency consular assistance for Polish nationals in detention, hospitalisation, victims of crime, repatriation or bereavement are all handled at the post. The emergency line +91 982 199 5595 is available for urgent crisis situations.

Mumbai is the principal commercial city of India and the operational centre for Polish exporters to the western and southern Indian states. The Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) operates from Mumbai supporting Polish exporters across industrial machinery, defence-and-aerospace, IT-services delivery, agricultural commodities and the broader Indo-Polish trade. The Indo-Polish Chamber of Commerce in Mumbai is the principal forum for the bilateral business community.

Indian outbound FDI from the western and southern Indian commercial cluster into Poland is substantial and growing — the major Indian IT-services groups have their Polish delivery centres serving the broader European market, and the cluster's Indian pharma, automotive components and engineering companies have growing Polish exposure. The Consulate General supports both Polish investors looking at the western and southern Indian states and Indian investors expanding into Poland.

The Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) Mumbai office and the Indo-Polish Chamber of Commerce coordinate Polish business engagement with the western and southern Indian commercial cluster — sectoral working groups (IT, industrial machinery, agriculture, defence), Polish Industry Days, and joint advocacy with western and southern Indian state governments. Indian companies looking at Polish operations are supported through the same network.

The Polish Institute Delhi runs cultural programming extending to Mumbai, with Polish-Indian cultural exchanges at Mumbai venues, the Polish film programme at the Mumbai Film Festival, and Polish-design participation in India Design Forum. The substantial Indian student flow into Polish universities — particularly to the major Polish medical universities and the Warsaw, Krakow and Wrocław technical universities — includes a significant component from the southern Indian university system.

Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala, Goa, and the union territories of Pondicherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Schengen and national visa appointments are booked through the VFS Global Poland India portal. Polish consular service appointments are booked through e-Konsulat or by email to mumbai.consul@msz.gov.pl. Telephone information is available Monday to Friday 14:00–15:00 IST on +91 98219 99702 and +91 22 2285 2631 / 2641. Emergency line +91 982 199 5595. The Consul General or Deputy holds open consultations each Thursday 16:30–17:30 by prior email appointment. Out-of-hours emergencies route through the Polish MFA Emergency Service in Warsaw on +48 22 523 80 00.

Nirmal Building at 241/242 Backbay Reclamation, Nariman Point sits in the heritage financial-and-commercial district of southern Mumbai, walking distance from the National Centre for the Performing Arts and the Marine Drive promenade. Approach by Mumbai Metro to Churchgate (Western Line) and then a short walk or taxi, or directly by taxi from anywhere in the Mumbai metropolitan area. The Consulate General observes both Indian and Polish public holidays, including the Polish Constitution Day on 3 May and the Polish Independence Day on 11 November.