The VisaMoves Blog
What moved at each consulate, how long approvals are really taking, and what to do while you wait — written from the community’s own case data.
Immigrant Visa Pause Update, Sept 29: Cairo Refuses Its First Re-Interviewed Spouse Cases on Public Charge, Rio Cancels October
Cairo's first spouse re-interviews end in public-charge refusals. A Brazil post asks for the passport only. Rio cancels October. Tokyo turns a couple away.
Read the story →Public-Charge Re-Interview: Every Question Applicants Were Asked, and What to Bring
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.
Immigrant Visa Pause Update, Sept 27: Kingston Sends a 20-Question Public Charge Form Instead of a Re-Interview, Dhaka Issues Its First Visa
Kingston emails a public charge questionnaire in place of a second interview. Dhaka issues a re-interviewed plaintiff. Bogota gives one business day's notice.
Immigrant Visa Pause Update, Sept 25: Kathmandu Issues Eight, Bogota and London Send Re-Interview Emails to Non-Plaintiffs
Eight diversity visa plaintiffs issued at Kathmandu. Bogota emails refused non-plaintiffs to book their own follow-up interview; London reschedules for 6 October.
Immigrant Visa Pause Update, Sept 23: A Non-Plaintiff Clears Her Re-Interview at Tbilisi, London Turns Two Away
A non-plaintiff's second interview at Tbilisi ended with no reason for refusal and one document to send. Islamabad starts scheduling. London turns two away.
Immigrant Visa Pause Update, Sept 22: All Posts Told to Adjudicate, Tashkent Answers, Tbilisi Calls a Non-Plaintiff
The government told a court every post must now adjudicate immigrant visas, trained or not. Within a day Tashkent replied and Tbilisi called a non-plaintiff.
Daily Digest, September 21, 2026: Four Approvals in a Weekend — and the First Posts Say They Are Rescheduling
The latest status report counts 4 approvals and 67 refusals over the weekend. Buenos Aires says rescheduling has begun. London calls back a January case.
Daily Digest, September 20, 2026: In Writing — Training First, Plaintiffs Only, and 298 Refusals in Two Days
A status report says posts may not resume immigrant visas until public-charge training is done, plaintiffs excepted. In two days: 51 approved, 298 refused.
Daily Digest, September 19, 2026: Four Weeks of Cancellations — Who Got a Date Back, and Who Did Not
A stocktake of the 75 cancelled immigrant visa interviews we hold: which posts, how people were told, who was given a new date, and the diversity visa clock.
Daily Digest, September 18, 2026: The Public-Charge Rule Takes Effect — What It Has Already Looked Like at the Window
The public-charge rule is in force from today. Sixteen cases since the ruling show how posts already applied it: questionnaires, re-interviews, two refusals.
Daily Digest, September 17, 2026: 864 Re-Interviews in Two Days for One Queue — Silence for the Other
The status report shows posts can schedule hundreds of re-interviews in 48 hours. Diversity visa and plaintiff cases are getting them. Family cases are not.
Daily Digest, September 16, 2026: Eighty Minutes at the Window — the Re-Interview, Itemised
A pause-refused spouse visa approved after an eighty-minute re-interview. What was asked, who is being called back, and a 30 September deadline in court.
Daily Digest, September 15, 2026: The Stay Motion Arrives — and So Do the First Public-Charge Refusals
The government asked the judge to freeze her own ruling. The first status report shows tiny numbers. And two pause cases ended in public-charge refusals.
Daily Digest, September 14, 2026 — Monday: The First Instruction Lands at Auckland, and Cairo Says October
Monday after the cable: one applicant told to get a new medical, Cairo says no new appointments until October, Islamabad touched again. What moved.
Daily Digest, September 14, 2026: The Weekend After the Cable — What Monday Now Has to Show
Four days after posts were told to review pause refusals: two visas issued, most posts silent. Bangkok's backlog and Islamabad's uncancelled interviews.
Daily Digest, September 13, 2026: Two Days After the Cable, the Queue Is Uneven — DV First at Amman, Silence in Kathmandu
Amman is reviewing diversity visa refusals first and says September is out. Kathmandu, Dhaka and Cairo report nothing. London has sent no letters since July.
Daily Digest, September 12, 2026: The First Pause-Refused Visas Are Issued — and the Price Is a Second Interview
The cable text is out, the first pause-refused visas are issued, and the route ran through a second interview about money. What was asked, and who moved.
Daily Digest, September 11, 2026: The Implementation Cable Went Out to Every Post — and So Did the Government's Appeal
On the same day, posts were told the pause is over and the government appealed the ruling. An appeal is not a stay. What changes for a refused case now.
Daily Digest, September 10, 2026: A Filing Says No One Has Left Administrative Processing — While Case Dates Keep Moving
A filing reportedly says none of the 43,000 affected applicants has left administrative processing. Meanwhile case dates keep changing. Both can be true.
Daily Digest, September 9, 2026: September Reschedules Have Started at London — With About Three Days' Notice
The first September cancellations have been given new dates. The gap is ten days, the notice is about three, and that is a serious problem for anyone who has not done their medical.
Daily Digest, September 8, 2026: Where Things Actually Stand Going Into Today's Court Filing
The sworn declaration is due today. This is the baseline it lands against: 45 cancellations across 20 posts, 23 September appointments affected, and not one of them with a replacement date.
Daily Digest, September 7, 2026: Do Not Cancel Your Biometrics Because Your Interview Was Cancelled
Applicants at Mumbai completed biometrics on 1 September with their interviews already cancelled. Several people are cancelling theirs on the assumption everything is paused — which costs them again when the interview comes back.
Daily Digest, September 6, 2026: The London Calendar Reopened, and the First Bookable Date Is 7 October
For the first time since the cancellations began, the scheduling system is showing bookable immigrant visa slots at London — the earliest on 7 October. Plus why many applicants still cannot reach the system at all.
Daily Digest, September 5, 2026: A Lot of Cancelled Cases Suddenly Share the Same CEAC Update Date
Applicants at different consulates, cancelled on different days, are all reporting a CEAC last-updated date of 3 September. One obvious objection is that CEAC just rolls forward. Our own data says it does not.
Daily Digest, September 4, 2026: There Are Two Different Waits Here, and Only One of Them Is Moving
Interviews are restarting at posts in countries that were never on the 75-country list. For people refused under that policy, thirteen days after a judge struck it down, there is still no verified case moving toward issuance. Plus: a post says the quiet part out loud about September.
Daily Digest, September 3, 2026: Someone Got Their Interview Back and Was Approved — and We Now Know What the New Interview Asks
The first case we can follow all the way through: cancelled 24 August, reinterviewed 2 September, approved. Plus the first reported question set from a post-training interview, and a warning that your new date may already be sitting in the portal with no email sent.
Daily Digest, September 1, 2026: Same Cancelled Date. Nine Days at One Post, Ten Weeks at Another.
The first London replacement date landed and it is in November — roughly ten weeks out, from the same 24 August cancellation that another post rebooked in nine days. Plus: your scheduling portal is probably still showing an appointment that no longer exists.
Daily Digest, August 31, 2026: The Pause Did Not End Today. It Moved Into September.
Two independent sources said the worldwide rescheduling ran through 31 August. Instead, posts spent the weekend cancelling September appointments as far out as the 30th. We got this wrong on Saturday, and the correction matters most for DV-2026 selectees, whose visas expire by law on 30 September.
Daily Digest, August 29, 2026: The Rescheduling Has an End Date — and a Cost Nobody Is Counting
Two independent sources now point at 31 August as the end of the worldwide interview rescheduling, and the replacement dates coming through are days out, not a month. But the wait is quietly expiring people's medical exams, and they cannot book new ones on their own.
Daily Digest, August 28, 2026: The Cancelled Interviews Are Coming Back — Nine Days to a Month Later
The first replacement dates from last week's worldwide cancellations have landed: nine days, twenty-three days, thirty days. Every appointment we hold between 23 and 27 August was cancelled; most from 1 September on were not. And a quarter of the affected applicants were never told.
Why Immigrant Visa Interviews Were Cancelled Worldwide This Week — and What We Got Wrong
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.
Daily Digest, August 25, 2026: Nineteen Status Emails Did Nothing. The Twentieth Wasn't a Status Email.
An applicant eight months into administrative processing got template replies to every check-in — until they wrote to report a problem instead of asking a question. The answer came within hours. Plus: a fourth report that your passport may already be waiting, and there is a clock on it.
Daily Digest, August 24, 2026: The First Email Arrives. It's the Second One That Doesn't.
A third applicant reports a visa issued, a confirmation email on the day, and then silence where the collection notice should be. Three cases in five days now point at the same broken link — and it is not the one people assume.
Daily Digest, August 23, 2026: Dhaka Pushed Second Interviews a Month Out. Nobody Can Say Why Yet.
Two days after a court vacated the 75-country immigrant visa pause, one embassy appears to have stretched the gap between its two interview stages from days to a month. Here is what is actually known, what is guesswork, and why it probably does not affect you.
Daily Digest, August 22, 2026: A Court Just Vacated a Category of 221(g) Refusals — Here Is Exactly Who That Covers
A federal judge set aside the 75-country immigrant visa pause and vacated visa refusals based solely on it. It is a genuinely large ruling, and it does not apply to most people reading this. We read the order so you can tell which group you are in.
Daily Digest, August 21, 2026: The Consulate Email That Says Your Refusal Is Final (It Usually Isn't)
An applicant asked their consulate for a status update and got a reply saying they failed to establish eligibility and that the refusal is final. Their case is an ordinary open 221(g). Here is what that wording actually means, plus a new pattern in how documents are being collected.
Daily Digest, August 20, 2026: A Blank Tracking Page Is Not Evidence of Anything
Someone with an empty portal status and no notification email went to the collection counter anyway. Their passport was already sitting there. Today's reports argue that the tracking page is not a reliable picture of where your passport actually is.
Daily Digest, August 19, 2026: Sending Your Documents Is Not the Same as the Consulate Receiving Them
Nine new case timelines today, and two of them turned on the same overlooked step: the moment you email your 221(g) documents. One applicant sent theirs three times over a week before anyone confirmed receipt. Here is how to tell whether yours actually landed.
Daily Digest, August 18, 2026: Three Kinds of "Approved", and Only One Gets You on a Plane
An officer saying yes, a status page saying Approved, and a visa actually printed are three different things. Today's reports landed one at each stage — and the gap between them is where most of the panic happens.
Daily Digest, August 17, 2026: "Issued" Is Not In Hand — the Four Days Nobody Counts
Everyone tracks interview to approval. Almost nobody tracks approval to passport-in-hand. Across 159 tracked cases the median is 4 days, and most of it happens before the courier ever touches your passport.
We Counted 999 Visa Interviews. Almost Everything You've Read About the Questions Is Wrong.
Every prep guide tells you to rehearse 8-15 questions. In 999 reported US visa interviews, 81% involved five or fewer. Here is what officers actually asked in 2026 — and the one question that did not exist a year ago.
Daily Digest, August 16, 2026: The Weekend Freeze Is Normal — Put the Phone Down
It's Sunday, your CEAC hasn't moved, and that means nothing: 96% of status changes land Monday to Friday. Here's what this week's 34 new case reports actually showed, and what to do before Monday.
Daily Digest, August 15, 2026: 7 approvals across 15 consulates
Daily 221(g) administrative processing digest for 2026-08-15: 36 new case reports, 7 approvals. Per-consulate movement for H1B stamping.
221(g) Slip Colours: Yellow vs Pink vs White (and Blue, Green) — What Each Means in 2026
What a yellow, pink, white, blue or green 221(g) slip means, how often each appears in 2026 reports, and how long each one takes to clear.
The 221(g) Email Format That Gets Cases Approved (Passport Number in the Subject)
Consulate auto-replies demand the passport number in the subject line. The exact 221(g) social-media submission email format used in approved Hyderabad and Chennai cases.
H1B 221(g) Administrative Processing in 2026: How Long It Really Takes, by Consulate
Real 221(g) wait times from 470+ community-reported cases: Hyderabad median 0 days, Chennai 0–1 days, New Delhi up to 20 days at p75 — and why the two-week mark changes everything.