Immigrant Visa Pause Update, November 13, 2026: London Calls a K-1 Held Since August Back for a Second Interview, While Dhaka and Islamabad Go Quiet
Post by post
| Embassy | Status | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| London | Called back | K-1 held under 221(g) since late August emailed a re-interview for end of November |
| Dhaka | No decision | Applicants say new re-medical and re-interview emails have stopped |
| Islamabad | No decision | No new re-interview dates for a few weeks, commenters say |
| Accra | No decision | Relayed: second interviews approved, passports kept, no visas back yet |
| Amman | No decision | Auto-reply says IV services cancelled; IR1s from Oct 2025 and Jan 2026 not contacted |
| Guatemala City | Called back | Applicants say new dates are going to 221(g) cases; no date posted yet |
| Frankfurt | No decision | Only cancelled appointments rebooked; June DQ cases still without a first interview |
| Hyderabad | Issued | H-4 spouse and children interviewed 9 Nov, issued 10 Nov |
Day 84. One post is moving the cases it put on hold in the summer, and several others seem to have gone quiet. London has called back a K-1 it had held under 221(g) since August.
London: a K-1 from August called back
A K-1 applicant interviewed at London in late August was told the visa would probably be approved within days. Instead the post kept the passport and issued a 221(g) for administrative processing just as the pause began, and CEAC has shown Refused ever since. On 12 November the embassy emailed, without being asked, a new interview date at the end of November. Attached was a preparation document that is mostly about public charge, even though public-charge questions were asked and a public-charge statement was handed in at the first interview. Expect the second interview to review the finances again from scratch: bring current pay, savings and the health insurance plan. The public charge re-interview guide has the questions people have been asked.
Quiet at Dhaka and Islamabad
Dhaka applicants said on 12 November that new emails asking for fresh medicals and booking second interviews have stopped; an IR1 first interviewed on 3 February has not been asked for a new medical. Commenters said the same of Islamabad, where no new re-interview dates have been reported for a few weeks, and of Colombia. Some think the posts are going back to sending appointments in batches. At Accra, applicants relay that second interviews are being approved with the passport kept, but no visas have come back yet. At Amman, an emailed question drew an automatic reply that all immigrant visa services are cancelled until further notice, then a staff answer a day later. Spouse cases there that became documentarily qualified in October 2025 and January 2026 have had no contact.
Elsewhere
Guatemala City applicants say the post has started sending new interview dates to people held under 221(g), though nobody had posted a date by 13 November. At Frankfurt, only cancelled appointments have been rebooked; cases documentarily qualified in June still have no first interview. In Santo Domingo, applicants say the monthly scheduling tool moved backwards, from March 2025 to February 2025. Applicants are also passing around a claim, citing a State Department court filing from October, that only a handful of officials deliver the in-person training each post needs before it can resume immigrant interviews, and that visa-waiver countries come first. We have not been able to confirm the numbers.
On the non-immigrant side, an H-4 spouse and children at Hyderabad were interviewed on 9 November and issued on 10 November. A Belfast visitor visa applicant has been asked to send the passport for issuance after a second spell of administrative processing. Status by embassy: immigrant visa pause status. Cancelled and rebooked interviews: cancellation tracker.