Immigrant Visa Pause Update, November 5, 2026: Auckland Rebooks a Cancelled Interview, Bangkok Calls an EB-2 NIW Back for December, and Two K-1s Are Refused on Public Charge
Post by post
| Embassy | Status | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| Auckland | Called back | IR1 cancelled 4 Sept got a new date about two weeks out; first rebooking here |
| Bangkok | Called back | EB-2 NIW first seen in March phoned for a late-December re-interview |
| Sydney | Called back | August spouse case called back with a financial list incl. superannuation |
| Seoul | Called back | Second IR1 confirms 30 Sept rebooked for 3 Dec; a September K-1 still waits |
| Casablanca | Cancelled | K-1 interviews for November and December cancelled, no new dates |
| London | Refused | K-1 refused on public charge on 4 Nov with no reason given |
| Paris | Refused | K-1 rebooked for 29 Sept refused on public charge; case email bounces |
| Tegucigalpa | No decision | Public-charge refusal from 6 Aug still Refused after 150 pages of evidence |
Day 76. A first rebooking at Auckland, re-interview calls at Bangkok and Sydney, and two K-1 refusals on public charge.
Auckland sends its first new date
An IR1 spouse case whose 4 September interview at Auckland was cancelled under the worldwide suspension got an email on 4 November with a new interview date about two weeks out. It is not a pause-country case. The couple had been emailing the consulate for weeks and had been told it would write when anything changed. Others at Auckland cancelled for 28 August, and a K-1 cancelled in early September, are still waiting. Applicants there read it as the post finishing the in-person training, as Tokyo and Seoul appear to have done. At Seoul a second spouse case confirmed the rebooking from 30 September to 3 December; the notice asked for nothing beyond the documents listed on the embassy website. A K-1 interviewed at Seoul in early September has heard nothing.
Re-interview calls: Bangkok and Sydney
Bangkok has phoned an EB-2 NIW applicant (reported 5 November) for a re-interview in the last week of December. The applicant, from one of the proclamation-ban countries, was first interviewed in March and given a 221(g). The list was short: proof of assets, pay stubs and an employment letter, with the spouse attending. At Sydney, a spouse case interviewed in August with only a missing medical outstanding was called back in late October with a much longer list: bank, mortgage, property and superannuation statements, health insurance, a job offer and any other evidence of support. Another Sydney spouse case got a request for more documents on 3 November. Both lists are in the re-interview guide.
Two K-1s refused on public charge
A K-1 interviewed at London on 4 November was refused under the public-charge ground, 212(a)(4), with no reason and no next steps. The petitioner reports income more than double the requirement and insurance plans. At Paris, a K-1 for a third-country national living in Portugal, cancelled for 25 August and rebooked for 29 September, was refused on the same ground. The petitioner showed about 80,000 USD a year against a 50,000 requirement, three years of taxes, a house and savings, and health-insurance costs, but no employer letter confirming the fiancée could join the plan. They were not told how to send more evidence, and the email address linked to the case bounces. Both cases suggest income alone is not settling K-1 cases at these posts.
Casablanca, Tegucigalpa and the waiting posts
A K-1 applicant at Casablanca reports notices on 4 November cancelling every K-1 interview set for November and December, with no new dates. An IR1 there, first interviewed on 20 February, moved to Administrative Processing in CEAC the same day without a call. At Tegucigalpa, an immigrant visa refused on public charge at a 6 August interview sent a 150-page financial package on 19 August. CEAC has updated three times since, last on 22 October, but still shows Refused; a congressional office was told only that the post had a training pause. Callers to San Salvador, Lima, Ciudad Juarez and Buenos Aires all hear that rescheduling has begun and an email will follow. Nobody we track there has a date. A Lagos K-1 cancelled for 1 September saw a pending appointment appear on the scheduling site on 4 November, but no confirmation email. A friend relays that Port of Spain has restarted immigrant visa interviews; that is unconfirmed. The latest status for every post is on the pause status page, and dates by post are on the cancellations tracker.
Frankfurt and visitor visas
At Frankfurt, an IR1 that is not a pause case was verbally approved at a mid-October re-interview and told the passport would come in a week. Three weeks later CEAC shows Administrative Processing and no passport has arrived; most Frankfurt re-interviews have been issued within one or two weeks. London is issuing B1/B2 visas a day after approval. Bangkok released more December H-1B stamping slots on 3 November. Wait times by post are on our 221(g) tracker.