Bogota 221(g) Tracker: Wait Times

What Bogota has asked for

Every document request recorded on a Bogota 221(g) so far, grouped by type and most frequent first. Document types only — never anyone’s actual documents.

• New medical exam — 11 requests
• Passport — 6 requests
• Marriage / relationship evidence — 5 requests
• Bank statements / financial evidence — 3 requests
• Police certificate — 3 requests
• Tax returns / transcripts — 3 requests
• Birth certificate — 2 requests

3 of 94 tracked Bogota cases were asked to submit by email. Slip colours seen here: pink, white, yellow.

Bogota and the immigrant visa pause

At least one applicant who is not a plaintiff has received a case-specific instruction here. Last reported movement 2026-11-02.

Two more non-plaintiff spouse approvals on 14 October: one approved at the window after a re-interview that checked civil documents and asked about her job, assets in dollars, education, US career plans, benefits, debt and residences, with the passport promised in two days; the other, the 6 October case sent for a joint sponsor over a negative adjusted gross income, emailed the sponsor's papers the same day and watched CEAC go Refused, Administrative Processing, then Issued on 14 October, a week before the medical expired. The EB-3 family told on 13 October that no visa numbers were available read Issued the next day. Relayed: about 80 immigrant interviews on 15 October, most approved. Against that, late January, February and March first interviews are still waiting for second-interview dates while the post reaches cases whose medicals are about to expire first, and the self-rescheduling portal is faulty. First employment-based second interview reported, around 13 October: a non-plaintiff EB-3 (other workers) family first interviewed 28 January was told the case is approvable but that no visa numbers are available in the category, so it waits for numbers with passports left at the post. The officer checked English first, asked about the job offer, the spouse's work plans, salary and childcare, looked at the health insurance research (credit-card travel cover and a US quote satisfied him) and asked about savings and assets without documents. A March EB-3 and a 27 January child case are still waiting to be scheduled; applicants say scheduling is not chronological. Fastest post in the dataset: on 6 October two non-plaintiff spouse cases first interviewed in late April and 11 May were approved at second interviews, one with the visa collected the same afternoon. Relayed on 10 October: an IR1 interviewed around 18-19 August was contacted only to send her passport, with no second interview, because the first interview had already covered savings, assets, debts and insurance; the first passport-only request reported anywhere. A third 6 October case was sent for a joint sponsor over a negative adjusted gross income. The 23 September email cohort (January and February first interviews) is stuck behind a scheduling portal that will not open a calendar. K-1s are the exception to the post's pace: a 3 September K-1 cancellation still has no date on 16 October. The scheduling portal is still failing for the self-booking cohort: a 3 February IR1 told to arrange a second interview could not book and then received the training form letter, and a March case has emailed without result; a September first interview cancellation has nothing. First employment-based re-interview reported: a first-preference case interviewed 21 January was emailed 23 September, re-interviewed 14 October (ten minutes on assets, savings, work plans, insurance), read Issued on 15 October and collected the visa on 20 October; an EB2 NIW and an EB3 were seen the same day. An IR1 first interviewed 10 February was approved at the window on 19 October after an hour: assets and account balances without documents, work plans, an insurance quote or proof (military dependant cover accepted once the pay stub showed service). About 60 applicants waiting from 06:45; those without insurance quotes were pressed; a mother was told to book a separate appointment for her children. Applicants say no interview letters have gone to cases qualified after late February. An IR1 documentarily qualified on 20 March was still without a first interview letter on 22 October. Approvals continue after the stay for cases invited to rebook on 23 September: an IR1 and IR2 first interviewed 10 March were approved on 22 October after a five-minute interview with no public charge questions (the petitioner had uploaded updated taxes, pay stubs, an employer letter, housing arrangements and three personalised insurance quotes); an IR1 was approved on 21 October after 40 minutes; another on 19 October after under ten minutes with insurance and asset questions. A family with the same 23 September email has sat in the queued state for four weeks; an April 221(g) has no date. An EB-3 derivative child first interviewed 28 January was given a 19 November second interview on 22 October. 23 October: two more approvals at 06:45 appointments. An IR1 first interviewed 5 February (new medical 19 October, which demanded extra vaccinations) had a 15-minute interview covering the relationship again and the applicant's own education, job, assets, bank balance and ability to support herself, with no petitioner-finance questions, and was approved; the uploads were proof of the petitioner's employer insurance, a gap-coverage quote of about 180 dollars a month, an updated resume and an asset summary. An IR5 parent whose July follow-up ended in a pause 221(g) was asked about her insurance plan (marketplace quote), savings, pension, property and debt, and approved in ten minutes; many others were approved the same morning. She had found the slot only by checking the portal several times a day after the September email produced no bookable date; another applicant with the 23 September email still shows queued. 21 October: another IR1 refused under the pause after a June interview was approved at its second interview; the medical expires 29 November, so entry must come first. 27 October: three more approvals at second interviews. An IR1 first interviewed 11 June was asked mostly about US health insurance and approved after showing the petitioner's insurance card; others that day without a coverage plan were asked for a quote first, some allowed to send it the same day. An EB-3 family first interviewed in February was approved after showing Marketplace and private quotes. A spouse case first interviewed 2 June had been logged as a no-show for a 9 October second interview the post emailed to the wrong address; a congressional inquiry got it rebooked for 27 October, and it was approved. 2 November: an EB-3 family whose 21 October interview was cancelled for the training got an expedited date of 30 October after a medical-appointment request and a call from their US representative; asked for proof of income, insurance and US property papers on a pink 221(g), visas ready on 2 November. 3 November: the post moved the EB-3 child second interview from 19 November to 9 December without being asked.

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