Almaty 221(g) Tracker: Wait Times
Live administrative-processing picture at Almaty, from 7 community-reported cases — medians, backlog aging and the latest movement, updated as reports arrive.
Interview volume & pending backlog
Tracked Almaty interviews per month, and how many are still pending today.
No Almaty median yet
None of the 7 tracked Almaty cases have reported an outcome date yet, so there is no honest median to publish for this post.
Across all 609 resolved cases we track, at every post, the median is 3 days from interview to approval. Treat that as background, not as a prediction for Almaty — per-post medians vary widely, which is the whole reason these pages exist.
What Almaty has asked for
Every document request recorded on a Almaty 221(g) so far, grouped by type and most frequent first. Document types only — never anyone’s actual documents.
- personal credit report — 2 requests
- US health insurance plan — 2 requests
11 other requests reported once
- bank and pension statements
- Bank statements / financial evidence
- certificate of targeted social assistance (e-government)
- certificate on receipt of social assistance
- job offer or work plan
- job offer or work plan in the US
- New medical exam
- pension statements
- proof of relationship to sponsor
- translated valuation of assets
- valuation of all assets with English translation
No tracked Almaty case has reported an email submission request.
Almaty and the immigrant visa pause
At least one applicant who is not a plaintiff has received a case-specific instruction here. Last reported movement 2026-10-22.
First non-plaintiff re-interview reported, and it ended in a refusal: a 64-year-old IR5 parent first interviewed 17 February was emailed at short notice in the week of 5 October for a follow-up interview with a new medical and a document list (credit report, certificate of any social assistance received, asset valuation with translation, bank and pension statements, a US health insurance plan, a job offer or work plan). The I-864 was above the guideline, but no insurance plan or work plan could be shown; she was handed a 212(a)(4) paper with no explanation and her visitor visa was cancelled. Earlier: plaintiffs scheduled first, per relayed reports; a non-plaintiff CR1 interviewed 30 March had no contact as of 6 October. RE-INTERVIEW DATE APPROXIMATE. A pause case at Almaty received the same automated email, that the post is reviewing cases and will reach each in turn, on 9 October. IR5 parents first interviewed 13 April were emailed on 22 October for a second interview in early November. The post asked for proof of the relationship to the sponsor, a personal credit report, a certificate on whether the applicant has received targeted social assistance (available from the e-government portal), a translated valuation of all assets, bank and pension statements, a US health insurance plan, and job offers or a work plan. 23 October: a case first interviewed May 2025, whose administrative processing finished but could not be issued under the pause, reports the post inviting family cases from December 2025, January and now April first interviews while skipping it; only a generic email reply and a later CEAC date change.
Full picture for this post, with its pause cases, cancellations and every digest mention: Almaty immigrant visa pause status. Every post side by side: status by embassy.
Recent Almaty case reports
Newest first, fully anonymized.
| Reported | Visa | Status | Interview | Approved | Days | Slip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | IV (immigrant) | pending | 2025-05 | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-23 | IR5 | called | 2026-04-13 | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-20 | IV (immigrant) | pending | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-13 | IR5 | refused | 2026-02-17 | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-06 | IR1/CR1 | pending | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-27 | CR1 | pending | 2026-03-30 | — | — | — |
| 2025-05-14 | — | pending | — | — | — | — |
Almaty 221(g) — quick answers
How long does 221(g) administrative processing take at Almaty in 2026?
Not enough resolved cases at Almaty yet for a reliable median. 5 tracked cases are currently pending.
What do most 221(g) slips at Almaty ask for?
Recorded requests at Almaty: personal credit report (2 cases); US health insurance plan (2 cases); bank and pension statements; Bank statements / financial evidence; certificate of targeted social assistance (e-government); certificate on receipt of social assistance.
Is my Almaty 221(g) wait normal?
Use the My Case comparator: enter your interview date and it shows what share of Almaty cases had cleared by your day count, and how many are still pending at least as long.
Waiting on a Almaty 221(g)?
See where your case sits against every tracked Almaty timeline, and grab the submission email template.