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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.
Read the story →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+3Nov 6Kathmandu Issues an IR5 Parent Visa, Kingston Books Re-interviews for November 19-20, and Islamabad Asks for an I-864AKathmandu issued an IR5 visa to a non-plaintiff parent over 60 two days after her second interview. Kingston booked re-interviews for 19 and 20 November and is working through late-March first interviews. Islamabad asked a spouse case for an I-864A because the joint sponsor shares the petitioner's household. Manila, Amman and San Salvador are still answering with form replies.KathmanduKingstonIslamabadStockholmManila+3Nov 5Auckland Rebooks a Cancelled Interview, Bangkok Calls an EB-2 NIW Back for December, and Two K-1s Are Refused on Public ChargeAuckland sent the first new date for an interview it cancelled in early September. Bangkok phoned an EB-2 NIW applicant for a December re-interview with a short financial list, and Sydney called back a spouse case with a long one. London and Paris refused two K-1s on the public-charge ground despite high petitioner incomes, and Casablanca cancelled its November and December K-1 interviews.AucklandBangkokSydneySeoulCasablanca+3Nov 4Seoul Rebooks Cancelled Interviews for 3 December, a Bogota EB-3 Family Gets Its Visas After an Expedite, and Rio Approves a Second InterviewSeoul began rebooking immigrant visa interviews cancelled for 30 September, with new dates of 3 December. A Bogota EB-3 family whose interview was cancelled for the training got an expedited date and their visas within a week. Rio de Janeiro approved a February interviewee at a second interview, and Kingston issued an IR5.SeoulBogotaRio de JaneiroKingstonAthens+3Nov 3Guangzhou Issues an IR1 Two Days After Its Second Interview, Athens Holds Its First Re-Interview, and a London Refusal Shows Why Sponsor Documents Belong in CEACGuangzhou issued an IR1 two days after a 20 October second interview, the first full re-interview-to-visa timeline from that post. Athens held its first reported second interview on 3 November. A London spouse case was refused on public charge after its replacement joint sponsor was emailed rather than uploaded to CEAC.GuangzhouAthensLondonIslamabadTokyo+2Nov 2Frankfurt Books a Second Interview for 4 November, Stockholm Sends an Interview Letter, and EB-3 Re-Interviews Get the Financial Document ListFrankfurt invited a German CR1 first interviewed in August to a second interview on 4 November, and Stockholm sent a 25 November interview letter to an IR1 that has waited since April. An EB-3 applicant called back for a re-interview was sent the same financial document list diversity visa applicants get.FrankfurtStockholmDhakaIslamabadKathmandu+2Nov 1London Interviews a Rebooked IR1, a San Salvador Case Escalated After 115 Days, and What Islamabad Expects at Third InterviewsLondon held a rebooked interview for an IR1 cancelled in September and accepted an employer letter as proof of health cover. A San Salvador family case in administrative processing since 9 July was escalated after a phone call, and Islamabad applicants interviewed twice before the public-charge rules are preparing for a third.LondonSan SalvadorIslamabadNew DelhiOttawa+1Oct 31Accra's First Re-Interview Approval, What Warsaw Checked Before Saying Yes, and Paris Asks a CR1 for an I-134An F4 family case at Accra, refused under the pause in February, was told at its 29 October re-interview that the visa will be issued, the first approval reported from the post. A Warsaw approval shows how much a public-charge re-interview checks with no document list, and Paris asked a CR1 that already had two I-864s for an I-134 and a health-plan summary.AccraWarsawParisIslamabadStockholm+2Oct 30A Re-Interview Approval Turned on Debts Nobody Knew About, Rio Postpones a Returning-Resident Interview, and Guatemala City Sets a November DateA pause-country spouse re-interviewed in Europe on 23 October was approved and landed in the US on 29 October, but only after explaining debts on the petitioner's credit history that neither spouse knew about. Rio postponed a returning-resident interview with no new date, Guatemala City has a 12 November re-interview, and a Montreal CR1 approved in June still has no visa.Guatemala CityIslamabadRio de JaneiroMontrealTokyo+3Oct 29Tokyo K-1s Book November Dates, a Two-Year 221(g) Gets a Travel-Plan Request, and Tegucigalpa Still Has Not Delivered a Visa Approved in JulyA quiet day with one real opening: two K-1 beneficiaries booked Tokyo interviews for November, the first November dates reported from that post. A B1 applicant in administrative processing for two years was asked for an updated travel plan, a Tegucigalpa IR2 approved on 29 July still has no passport, and Mumbai's August cancellations still have no dates.TokyoTegucigalpaMumbaiManilaBuenos Aires+2Oct 28Bogota Approves Three Second Interviews on Health Insurance, Kuala Lumpur Reports Its First Approval, and a Frankfurt K-1 Finds a Way to RebookBogota approved three more second interviews on 27 October, and in each one the question that mattered was health insurance: people without a coverage plan that morning were asked for a quote before approval. Kuala Lumpur reported its first second-interview approval, a Frankfurt K-1 stuck since August got a 3 November date through a new application, and Guatemala City applicants still hear nothing.BogotaKuala LumpurFrankfurtStockholmGuatemala City+3Oct 27Islamabad Asks Only for Insurance Quotes, Bogota Approves Another Spouse, and the Diversity Visa Report Shows 94 Refusals ReversedIslamabad keeps closing second interviews with one request: health insurance quotes. An F4 family heard on 27 October that everything else was positive. Bogota approved another spouse refused under the pause in June, and a court report in the separate diversity visa case shows 94 earlier refusals turned into approvals in a few days. London is sending some rebooked dates only a week out.IslamabadBogotaLondonRiyadhFrankfurt+2Oct 26A London Rescheduled Interview Ends in Approval While Mumbai, Manila and Islamabad Still Have No New DatesLondon's rescheduled first interviews are producing visas: an F2A spouse case cancelled for 9 September was approved at its new 23 October date. Elsewhere the queue has not restarted. Mumbai answers inquiries with a form email about training, Manila has rebooked nothing from late August, and Islamabad is seeing only earlier pause cases. Second interviews keep ending with a request for a health care plan.LondonMumbaiManilaIslamabadSydney+3Oct 25A Chisinau Second Interview Ends in Refusal Over a Visitor-Insurance Quote, Abu Dhabi Issues, and a Pre-Pause Montreal Case MovesA quiet weekend with one hard lesson. Chisinau re-interviewed an F2A spouse on 20 October and refused again, although the petitioner showed three years of tax returns, large savings and property; the only health coverage evidence was a short-term visitor-insurance quote. Abu Dhabi issued a visa after a 30 September second interview, a Montreal case from before the pause was asked for a new medical, and London's new dates keep surfacing.ChisinauMontrealFrankfurtLondonRio de Janeiro+2Oct 24The Government Says Processing Continues but Fights Any Deadline, London Reschedules in a Batch, Two More Bogota Approvals, and the Rules That Changed This WeekThe government's answer to the court came in on Friday: posts are still reconsidering the applications refused under the pause, under the same 10 September instructions, and those cases are excepted from the in-person public charge training prerequisite. But it opposes any deadline or reporting and wants enforcement deferred while the appeals court decides the stay. Meanwhile London emailed a batch of new interview dates, Bogota approved two more applicants at 06:45, and several posts are calling people in date order while skipping older administrative-processing cases. Plus the rules that changed this week.LondonBogotaCiudad JuarezYerevanAlmaty+11Oct 23Bogota Approves Three Spouses in a Week, Guatemala City and Almaty Start Calling, Naples Sets November Dates While Montreal and Auckland Wait, and Montevideo Joins the TableThe week before the government's court filing split in two. Posts that invited applicants back before the appeals court's stay are approving: Bogota cleared three spouse cases, one in five minutes with no public charge questions. Guatemala City and Almaty started calling, with Almaty's letter asking for a credit report and a social-assistance certificate. Naples rebooked its September cancellations for November and January, but Montreal, Auckland, Manila and Paris still have nothing. Montevideo joins the status table at a reader's request.BogotaGuatemala CityAlmatyIslamabadNaples+12Oct 22Re-Interview Letters Keep Coming After the Stay, Islamabad Asks for Insurance Costs, Mumbai and Manila Say Everything Is on Hold, and the Government Answers TomorrowPosts kept sending re-interview letters after the appeals court's stay: Tunis wrote on 20 October for early November, a 20 November date went out on the 22nd, Naples and Dakar moved. Islamabad's re-interviews now end in 221(g)s for the health plan's cost and how premiums will be paid. Mumbai's service desk says every immigrant visa appointment is on hold, Manila's medical 221(g)s are stuck behind the training, Guayaquil joins the table, and the government's answer to the judge is due Friday.IslamabadTunisMumbaiManilaGuayaquil+10Oct 21Re-Interviews Continue After the Stay, Bogota Issues Its First Employment-Based Case, Casablanca and Frankfurt Results, and a Judge Orders an Answer by FridayThe day after the appeals court's partial stay, Casablanca, Bogota, Frankfurt and Islamabad kept re-interviewing. Bogota issued an EB-1 and approved an IR1 after an hour of questions, Casablanca approved two of ten with two paperwork 221(g)s, Frankfurt issued a pause-country CR1 after one interview, and the district judge gave the government until Friday to say what happens to the 43,000 refused cases.BogotaCasablancaFrankfurtLondonIslamabad+10Oct 20What the Appeals Court Stay Changes, a Kathmandu Plaintiff Issued in 23 Days, Islamabad Emails February Cases, and Tbilisi Refuses at the Second Interview With a Document ListThe appeals court's partial stay of 19 October explained in one paragraph, then what posts did the next day: a Kathmandu plaintiff case issued three weeks after the call, Islamabad emailing February interviewees unprompted, Tbilisi refusing a family case at the second interview but with a document list, Naples' new second-interview list, and a Dubai dropbox white slip cleared in four weeks.KathmanduIslamabadTbilisiNaplesLondon+5Oct 19Bangkok Issues Its First Visa Without a Second Interview, CEAC Dates Move for March to June Cases, Nairobi Reschedules Relayed, and Three More Cancellations Without DatesBangkok tells a spouse interviewed 30 June that her visa is ready, with no second interview and no new medical, and touches CEAC files from March to June the same morning; Nairobi re-interviews relayed; Sydney stuck on a missing medical report; Mumbai, Tokyo and Manila cancellations still without dates; Kuwait City joins the table.BangkokNairobiSydneyMumbaiTokyo+5Oct 18Four Visas Among 216 Plaintiffs in the Government's Own Count, Yerevan's First Issuance, London Works Through Its Paused Cohort, and Bangkok Asks for a Fresh DS-260Applicants summarise the 16 October sworn declaration: 4 visas, 2 refusals, 62 contacts and 27 re-interviews among 216 pause-refused plaintiffs; Yerevan's first issuance in six business days; London reschedules its paused June and July cohort; Bangkok requires an updated DS-260; Tashkent's medical referral still missing; Hong Kong joins the table.YerevanLondonBangkokTashkentHong Kong+4Oct 17Seoul's First Issuance, Dhaka and Kingston Issue Without a Second Interview, and the Government's Response to the Enforcement OrderSeoul's first reported pause issuance (non-plaintiff IR1, second interview 1 October, Issued two weeks later); Dhaka and Kingston move cases with a medical and a passport and no second interview; applicants summarise the government's response to the proposed enforcement order; 18 rows changed.SeoulDhakaKingstonFrankfurtIslamabad+13Oct 16Frankfurt Approves a CR1 and Says the Medical Need Not Be Redone, Bangkok's Domicile Refusal Explained, Tokyo and Ciudad Juarez Still WaitingA non-plaintiff CR1 approved at a Frankfurt second interview, with the officer saying an expiring medical need not be redone if the visa prints while it is valid; Bangkok's domicile refusal in detail; Tokyo and Ciudad Juarez cases from June and February with nothing since; a Bogota September K-1 still without a date.FrankfurtBangkokTokyoCiudad JuarezBogota+2Oct 15The Enforcement Hearing as Applicants Describe It, Three Bogota Outcomes in a Day, Naples Reschedules August, and Islamabad's First Re-Interview EmailApplicants' account of the 14 October enforcement hearing on the pause ruling; Bogota approves a spouse at the window, issues the joint-sponsor case in eight days and the EB-3 family a day after being told there were no visa numbers; Naples reschedules August cancellations to 28 October; Islamabad's first re-interview email asks for three things.BogotaNaplesIslamabadBangkokGuatemala City+11Oct 14Almaty Refuses a Non-Plaintiff Parent on Public Charge, Bogota Finds an EB-3 Approvable but Out of Visa Numbers, and Addis Ababa and Rio Set Re-InterviewsAlmaty's first non-plaintiff re-interview ended in a 212(a)(4) refusal for a 64-year-old parent; Bogota told an EB-3 family the case is approvable but no visa numbers exist; Addis Ababa and Rio de Janeiro set re-interviews for December and November.AlmatyBogotaAddis AbabaRio de JaneiroLondon+11Oct 13A Bangkok Second Interview Ends in a Domicile Refusal, London K-1s Refused on Public Charge, and Hyderabad White Slips Clearing OvernightA Bangkok IR1 re-interview ended with a 212(a)(4) letter asking for a US lease and a job offer; London K-1s refused on public charge; Hyderabad H-1B white slips Issued next day.BangkokLondonHyderabadAmmanWarsaw+5Oct 12San José Re-Interviews a Pause Case Off an "Emergency Priority List", a Passport-Only Second Interview First-Hand, Guangzhou Asks for a US Financial PlanA Sunday window with a first report from San José, Costa Rica: a pause-refused Nicaraguan spouse re-interviewed on 8 October from an embassy priority list, passport kept with one certificate owed. Plus a first-hand passport-only second interview, a Guangzhou EB-2 NIW asked for a US financial plan, a London approval despite the beneficiary's own UK benefits, and who is still waiting.San JoseGuangzhouRio de JaneiroLondonSan Salvador+2Oct 11Frankfurt Issues a Pause-Country Spouse Visa Two Days After the Second Interview, Tokyo Cancels Mid-October Interviews, Benefits-History Fear SpreadsA Saturday: Frankfurt's 6 October second interview for a pause-country CR1 ended in a visa issued on the 8th, with the full question list. Tokyo is cancelling mid-October interviews by portal notice. After Thursday's Johannesburg refusal, petitioners who once used benefits are asking whether to add joint sponsors.FrankfurtTokyoLondonMexico CityOct 10Kathmandu Calls a Non-Plaintiff Parent Case With a Document List, Passport-Only Requests Reported From Bogota and BrazilA quiet overnight window. Kathmandu phones and emails its first non-plaintiff re-interview, a January parent case, with a list of six things to bring. Second-hand reports of passports being requested without a second interview at Bogota and in Brazil. An H-1B stamping appointment pushed a full year for social media vetting.KathmanduBogotaAmmanHyderabadSydneyOct 10Public Charge Refusals at Second Interviews in Johannesburg and Paris, Casablanca and Islamabad Call Non-Plaintiffs, Hearing Stays on 14 OctoberThe first non-plaintiff spouses refused on public charge at second interviews: Johannesburg over the petitioner's 2017 food assistance, Paris over the applicant's own savings. Casablanca phones a January case with a 20 October date, Islamabad emails the late-January cohort, Stockholm rebooks K-1 first interviews, and the judge refuses to move the 14 October hearing.JohannesburgParisCasablancaIslamabadTbilisi+5Oct 8London Rebooks September Cancellations Into Late October, Casablanca Returns a Passport With No Visa, Mumbai Still Has No DatesLondon emails 27 October to an IR1 cancelled for 16 September and, relayed, 23 and 26 October to September K-1s. Casablanca hands back a passport with nothing in it and says immigrant visas are still paused. Mumbai's August and September cancellations have no dates. A California class-action hearing today.LondonCasablancaMumbaiYerevanIslamabad+3Oct 7Bogota Prints a Visa the Same Afternoon, London Reschedules a Non-Expedited Case, Enforcement Hearing Set for 14 OctoberTwo Bogota second interviews end in approvals, one with the visa collected seven hours after the applicant walked in. London emails a 21 October date to a cancelled CR1 and approves an employment case. The judge sets oral argument on enforcement for 14 October.BogotaSydneyLondonKigaliBangkok+5Oct 6DOS Says 706 Cases Reviewed, 318 Approved, 388 Refused; Sydney Holds Second Interviews; Mongolia Re-Interviews in Four DaysThe government's show-cause filing puts numbers on the remand: 706 of ~43,000 pause cases adjudicated by 30 September, 318 approved, 388 refused. Sydney second interviews, a Frankfurt first interview, Kingston's questionnaire reaches March.SydneyUlaanbaatarFrankfurtKingstonBogota+4Oct 5Tokyo Breaks a Seven-Week Silence With a Training Letter, Islamabad's Inquiry Form Bounces, One More Second-Interview ApprovalTokyo answers an August inquiry with a form letter about training that began 'in early August'. Islamabad's own navigator rejects every inquiry. An August spouse case is approved at a 5 October second interview.TokyoIslamabadParisAucklandAlgiers+2Oct 4Dhaka Re-Medical Emails Reach January Cases, Manila Cancels Into October, Mumbai Holds F3 PassportsA quiet Saturday: Dhaka emails a few January applicants for new medicals, Manila cancels 5 October with no reschedules, Mumbai F3 cases sit on Refused with passports held since August.DhakaManilaMumbaiBeirutLondon+1Oct 3Four Non-Plaintiff Approvals in One Day at Guatemala City, Rio, Budapest and LondonFour non-plaintiffs approved or issued on 2 October at Guatemala City, Rio de Janeiro, Budapest and London. Beirut and Bogota send second-interview dates; London K-1s pushed to no date.Guatemala CityRio de JaneiroBudapestLondonBeirut+4Oct 2Tbilisi Hands Back Passports Without Visas Despite "Issued", Rio Calls Thirty January FamiliesTbilisi tells DV applicants with Issued status to collect passports without visas. Rio emails thirty January families. Tokyo issues with no second interview.TbilisiRio de JaneiroTokyoDakarCairo+4Oct 1Casablanca, Manila and Frankfurt Cancel October, Sydney and Amman Call Non-Plaintiffs BackNew fiscal year, same freeze: Casablanca, Manila, Frankfurt, Seoul and Tokyo cancel October. Sydney, Amman, Tbilisi and Islamabad move pause cases.CasablancaManilaFrankfurtSydneyAmman+5Sep 30DV Deadline Day, an Emergency Stay Request, and October Interviews Cancelled on ArrivalOn the last day for diversity visas: Lima issues, London refuses, Bucharest turns one away. Government asks for an emergency stay. Juarez cancels on arrival.LimaLondonBucharestKingstonBogota+3Sep 29Cairo Refuses Its First Re-Interviewed Spouse Cases on Public Charge, Rio Cancels OctoberCairo'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.CairoRio de JaneiroDhakaKathmanduTokyo+3Sep 27Kingston Sends a 20-Question Public Charge Form Instead of a Re-Interview, Dhaka Issues Its First VisaKingston emails a public charge questionnaire in place of a second interview. Dhaka issues a re-interviewed plaintiff. Bogota gives one business day's notice.KingstonDhakaBogotaWarsawLondon+3Sep 26Kathmandu Issues Eight, Bogota and London Send Re-Interview Emails to Non-PlaintiffsEight diversity visa plaintiffs issued at Kathmandu. Bogota emails refused non-plaintiffs to book their own follow-up interview; London reschedules for 6 October.KathmanduBogotaLondonTashkentWarsaw+3Sep 23A Non-Plaintiff Clears Her Re-Interview at Tbilisi, London Turns Two AwayA 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.TbilisiLondonIslamabadDhakaSep 22All Posts Told to Adjudicate, Tashkent Answers, Tbilisi Calls a Non-PlaintiffThe 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.DhakaTashkentTbilisiYerevanIslamabad+1Sep 21Four Approvals in a Weekend — and the First Posts Say They Are ReschedulingThe latest status report counts 4 approvals and 67 refusals over the weekend. Buenos Aires says rescheduling has begun. London calls back a January case.DhakaBuenos AiresLondonFrankfurtKingston+1Sep 20In Writing — Training First, Plaintiffs Only, and 298 Refusals in Two DaysA status report says posts may not resume immigrant visas until public-charge training is done, plaintiffs excepted. In two days: 51 approved, 298 refused.DhakaWarsawTunisTbilisiParisSep 19Four Weeks of Cancellations — Who Got a Date Back, and Who Did NotA 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.LondonMumbaiCiudad JuarezWarsawManila+1Sep 18The Public-Charge Rule Takes Effect — What It Has Already Looked Like at the WindowThe public-charge rule is in force from today. Sixteen cases since the ruling show how posts already applied it: questionnaires, re-interviews, two refusals.WarsawYerevanAucklandParisLondon+1Sep 17864 Re-Interviews in Two Days for One Queue — Silence for the OtherThe 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.IslamabadLimaAlmatyAccraJohannesburg+1Sep 16Eighty Minutes at the Window — the Re-Interview, ItemisedA 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.AnkaraTashkentTokyoMumbaiCasablanca+1Sep 15The Stay Motion Arrives — and So Do the First Public-Charge RefusalsThe 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.ParisDhakaIslamabadKingstonMumbaiSep 14The First Instruction Lands at Auckland, and Cairo Says OctoberMonday after the cable: one applicant told to get a new medical, Cairo says no new appointments until October, Islamabad touched again. What moved.AucklandCairoIslamabadKathmanduDhakaSep 14The Weekend After the Cable — What Monday Now Has to ShowFour days after posts were told to review pause refusals: two visas issued, most posts silent. Bangkok's backlog and Islamabad's uncancelled interviews.AmmanBangkokCairoIslamabadAccraSep 13Two Days After the Cable, the Queue Is Uneven — DV First at Amman, Silence in KathmanduAmman is reviewing diversity visa refusals first and says September is out. Kathmandu, Dhaka and Cairo report nothing. London has sent no letters since July.AmmanKathmanduDhakaCairoBaghdad+1Sep 12The First Pause-Refused Visas Are Issued — and the Price Is a Second InterviewThe 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.KingstonYerevanIslamabadBogotaChennai+1Sep 11The Implementation Cable Went Out to Every Post — and So Did the Government's AppealOn 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.LimaNairobiLondonSep 10A Filing Says No One Has Left Administrative Processing — While Case Dates Keep MovingA filing reportedly says none of the 43,000 affected applicants has left administrative processing. Meanwhile case dates keep changing. Both can be true.LondonNew DelhiSep 9September Reschedules Have Started at London — With About Three Days' NoticeThe 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.LondonDhakaFrankfurtWarsawTokyo+1Sep 8Where Things Actually Stand Going Into Today's Court FilingThe 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.LondonCasablancaMumbaiSep 7Do Not Cancel Your Biometrics Because Your Interview Was CancelledApplicants 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.MumbaiManilaHo Chi Minh CityTokyoSep 6The London Calendar Reopened, and the First Bookable Date Is 7 OctoberFor 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.LondonPhnom PenhManilaWarsawSep 5A Lot of Cancelled Cases Suddenly Share the Same CEAC Update DateApplicants 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.LimaAnkaraSep 4There Are Two Different Waits Here, and Only One of Them Is MovingInterviews 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.WarsawFrankfurtTokyoGuatemala CityMumbai+1Sep 3Someone Got Their Interview Back and Was Approved — and We Now Know What the New Interview AsksThe 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.WarsawTokyoFrankfurtDhakaLondonSep 1Same 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.LondonNaplesAug 31The 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.LondonManilaMumbaiMadridAug 29The Rescheduling Has an End Date — and a Cost Nobody Is CountingTwo 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.DhakaTashkentHo Chi Minh CityPhnom PenhAug 28The Cancelled Interviews Are Coming Back — Nine Days to a Month LaterThe 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.WarsawDhakaLondonMumbaiJakartaAug 25Nineteen 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.New DelhiHyderabadAug 24The 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.Aug 23Dhaka 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.DhakaCairoAug 22A Court Just Vacated a Category of 221(g) Refusals — Here Is Exactly Who That CoversA 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.MumbaiAug 21The 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.HyderabadNew DelhiMumbai