Immigrant Visa Pause Update, November 10, 2026: Bridgetown Issues a Spouse and Child Visa Four Days After a Re-Interview, and a London IR1 Is Approved on the Petitioner's Savings
Post by post
| Embassy | Status | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| Bridgetown | Issued | IR1 and IR2 held since April: re-interview 2 Nov, documents uploaded 3 Nov, issued 6 Nov |
| London | Approved | IR1 cancelled in Sept approved 9 Nov; only proof of the spouse's savings was taken |
| Kingston | Issued | Relayed: parent (IR5) approved and printed 5 Nov after the family emailed the post |
| Ulaanbaatar | Called back | IR2 first interviewed 11 May has a re-interview on 23 Nov, documents due 18 Nov |
| Guatemala City | Called back | Re-interviews going to June and July cases with valid medicals; January still waiting |
| Casablanca | No decision | Relayed: about two officers, back to December first interviews after a few Jan-Feb cases |
| Tokyo | No decision | IR1s cancelled for 27 Aug and 15 Oct still have no new interview date |
| Ankara | No decision | EB-1A got a document request on 9 Nov; a K-1 cancelled for 25 Sep has no date |
Day 81. The best news today comes from the smaller posts. A Barbados family went from second interview to issued visas in four days, and a London spouse case was approved on savings that were all in the US citizen's name.
Bridgetown: from re-interview to issued in four days
A spouse and child (IR1 and IR2) were refused under 221(g) at Bridgetown on 9 April and then held through the pause. The embassy invited them back on 12 October. At the re-interview on 2 November the officer went through employment, education, finances and the sponsorship arrangements, then asked for more documents. The next day the family sent the passport by courier and uploaded a degree certificate, the 2025 tax return and the financial evidence they had shown at the window. Both cases moved to Administrative Processing on 4 November and to Issued on 6 November, and the passport was on its way back by 9 November.
London: approved on the petitioner's savings
An IR1 applicant whose 23 September interview was cancelled got a new date on 23 October and was approved at the window on 9 November. The questions were the now-standard public-charge set: savings, health insurance, monthly income and plans for work. She had no savings of her own; all of it was held by her US citizen spouse, and proof of those savings was the only document the officer took. Her answer on insurance, that she would join the state plan her spouse uses once she arrived, was accepted, and loosely defined work plans did not count against her. London has also turned K-1s down on public-charge grounds this month, so treat this as one data point, not a rule. In Kingston, a parent first interviewed in January was approved and printed on 5 November. The family had written a relocation and self-sufficiency plan, backed by an insurance quote. Both cases are now in the public charge re-interview guide.
Who is being called, and in what order
Posts are not all working the same way. At Guatemala City, applicants say re-interview instructions are going first to people interviewed in June and July whose medicals are still valid. Nobody from January reports contact, though one caller was told January cases start next week (unverified). Casablanca is reported to have about two officers; after a few January and February cases it has gone back to December first interviews. Ulaanbaatar has set a 23 November re-interview for an IR2 first interviewed on 11 May, with a document appointment on 18 November. At Tokyo, IR1 interviews cancelled for 27 August and 15 October still have no new dates. At Ankara, a pause-country EB-1A applicant received a document request on 9 November, while a K-1 cancelled for 25 September is still waiting.
Other 221(g) cases
An F-1 PhD student at Ankara, held on 20 October for a social media review, saw CEAC go from Approved to Refused three days later and has had no update since. A Montreal K-1 held because an account was private made it public over two months ago and is still Refused. A Dubai visitor renewal filed through the interview waiver came back with a yellow slip asking for an in-person interview, but the booking site shows no slots. At Hyderabad, an H-4 interviewed on 2 November was issued the next day while the H-1B spouse still showed Approved a week later.
Wednesday, 11 November, is Veterans Day, a US holiday most embassies and consulates observe, so expect slower replies. Status by embassy: immigrant visa pause status. Cancelled interviews and rebookings: cancellation tracker.