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Daily update · Nov 14, 2026 · 3 min read

Paris Rebooks Cancelled K-1 Interviews for December, London K-1s Get Insurance 221(g)s, and Kingston Issues a Child Visa Same Day

Paris has rebooked K-1 interviews it cancelled for early and late September, with new dates from 14 to 22 December, and Naples rebooked a 16 September K-1 for 1 December. London gave two K-1s interviewed on 13 November 221(g)s, one asking for proof of health insurance and a job search. Kingston issued an IR2 child visa the evening of the 10 November second interview.

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Nov 13London Calls a K-1 Held Since August Back for a Second Interview, While Dhaka and Islamabad Go QuietLondon emailed a K-1 applicant held under 221(g) since a late-August interview a second interview for the end of November, with a preparation document centred on public charge. Applicants at Dhaka and Islamabad say new re-interview emails have stopped, Accra is said to approve second interviews without returning visas yet, and Amman's auto-reply still says immigrant visa services are cancelled.LondonDhakaIslamabadAccraAmman+3Nov 12Addis Ababa Re-Interviews Turn on the Public Charge Questionnaire, Managua Holds a Case It Said It Would ApproveAn EB-2 NIW applicant at Addis Ababa describes a re-interview built around the public charge questionnaire, and the post now gives medical instructions only after it. Managua re-interviewed an IR1 on 16 October and said it intended to approve, but four weeks on there is no decision. Islamabad has been on early-February cases for three weeks, and Mumbai still has no new dates.Addis AbabaManaguaIslamabadNaplesCiudad Juarez+3Nov 11London Moves Rebooked Interviews to January When Medical Results Arrive Late, and Yerevan Issues a Spouse VisaLondon cancelled rebooked interviews for 12, 13 and 17 November and moved them to early January; in one case the panel medical results, sent on 6 November, had not reached the post. Yerevan returned a passport with an IR1 visa two weeks after a re-interview, Rio approved a CR1 spouse and three children on 10 November, and an Islamabad parent's 221(g) asked only for health insurance.LondonYerevanRio de JaneiroIslamabadAccra+3Nov 10Bridgetown Issues a Spouse and Child Visa Four Days After a Re-Interview, and a London IR1 Is Approved on the Petitioner's SavingsA spouse and child at Bridgetown, held under 221(g) since April, were re-interviewed on 2 November and issued on 6 November. A London IR1 was approved at the window on 9 November with savings held only by the US citizen spouse. Guatemala City is calling June and July cases with valid medicals first, Ulaanbaatar has set a 23 November re-interview, and Tokyo's August cancellations still have no dates.BridgetownLondonKingstonUlaanbaatarGuatemala City+3Nov 9A London K-1 Is Turned Away Because Her Medical Results Had Not Arrived, and Dhaka Is Reported to Want New MedicalsA London K-1 applicant rebooked with 11 days notice was turned away at the window on 9 November because the panel physician's results had not reached the embassy. Dhaka is reported to be asking early-February interviewees to redo their medicals. The amended lawsuit filed on 6 November now targets the September public-charge instructions, and a visitor approved at the window was refused by email three days later.LondonDhakaBaghdadIslamabadNov 8Kingston Issues a Parent Visa Days After an Insurance Quote, and a Hyderabad H-1B Waits on PrintingKingston issued a visa to the diabetic parent of a US citizen on 2 November, three working days after the family bought and sent a private health policy the officer asked about. In Hyderabad an H-1B and H-4 couple cleared a 221(g) in a day, but only the H-4 has printed. Elsewhere it was a quiet weekend: a second interview booked for 16 November, a Paris F-1 in processing since March 2025, and congressional offices getting the same reply.KingstonHyderabadLondonParisKarachi+2Nov 7The Scheduling Tool Slides Back at Ciudad Juarez and Guatemala City, and London Books a New IR1 InterviewThe November update of the immigrant visa scheduling tool moved Ciudad Juarez back from December 2024 to April 2024 and Guatemala City back to August 2025, while Islamabad sat at September 2025 for a third month. London booked a brand-new IR1 interview for December and issued a rebooked spouse visa. Amman is said to be re-interviewing its 1 February cohort, and missing medicals are holding approvals at several posts.Ciudad JuarezLondonGuatemala CityAmmanKingston+3

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Guides and deep dives

Does a Congressional Inquiry Help a 221(g) or Visa Pause Case? What 95 Inquiries Got

Deep dive · Nov 10, 2026 · 3 min read

What happened after 95 congressional and senator inquiries on 221(g) and visa pause cases: which ones got movement, which got template replies, and why.

Writ of Mandamus for a 221(g) Delay: What Happened in 26 Filed Suits

Deep dive · Nov 10, 2026 · 4 min read

Does a writ of mandamus end 221(g) administrative processing? Outcomes, timing, cost and the government's responses in 26 suits our readers filed.

The 221(g) White Slip: What It Means, What Posts Ask For, and How Long It Takes in 2026

Guide · Oct 12, 2026 · 4 min read

What a white 221(g) slip means, how long it takes to clear across 320 tracked cases, what Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi and London ask for with it, and the refusal risk.

Public-Charge Re-Interview: Every Question Applicants Were Asked, and What to Bring

Guide · Oct 12, 2026 · 57 min read

What a public-charge re-interview at a US embassy looks like in 2026: the questions asked, the emailed questionnaire, the documents, and how cases ended.

Why Immigrant Visa Interviews Were Cancelled Worldwide This Week — and What We Got Wrong

Deep dive · Aug 27, 2026 · 3 min read

Interviews were called off at posts on nearly every continent in the space of a few days, including in countries never covered by any pause. Three days ago we flagged the first sign of it and offered the wrong explanation. Here is the better one.