Dakar 221(g) Tracker
Live administrative-processing picture at Dakar, from 6 community-reported cases — medians, backlog aging and the latest movement, updated as reports arrive.
Interview volume & pending backlog
Tracked Dakar interviews per month, and how many are still pending today.
No Dakar median yet
Only 2 tracked Dakar cases have both an interview and an approval date — too few to publish a median for this post.
Across all 560 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 Dakar — per-post medians vary widely, which is the whole reason these pages exist.
Dakar and the immigrant visa pause
Only named plaintiffs have been called back at this post so far. Last reported movement 2026-09-28.
Diversity visa second interviews are being held: a Guinean applicant re-interviewed 28 September was handed another 221(g) marked administrative processing with the passport kept; another re-interviewed on the 25th got a 221(g) with the passport returned and was told seniors would review the case. A spouse case refused in January was told cases are handled in interview order.
Every post, side by side: immigrant visa pause status by embassy.
Recent Dakar case reports
Newest first, fully anonymized.
| Reported | Visa | Status | Interview | Approved | Days | Slip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | DV | issued | — | 2026-09-30 | — | — |
| 2026-09-28 | DV | pending | 2026-09-28 | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-26 | — | pending | 2026-01 | — | — | — |
| 2026-07-22 | K1 | pending | 2026-05-07 | — | — | — |
| 2026-07-13 | other | approved | — | 2026-08 | — | — |
| 2026-06-11 | other | pending | 2026-06-11 | — | — | — |
Dakar 221(g) — quick answers
How long does 221(g) administrative processing take at Dakar in 2026?
Not enough resolved cases at Dakar yet for a reliable median. 4 tracked cases are currently pending.
What do most 221(g) slips at Dakar ask for?
No document requests have been recorded at Dakar yet. Across all posts the most common 2026 request is social-media information submitted by email with profiles set public, but that is the general pattern rather than anything specific to Dakar.
Is my Dakar 221(g) wait normal?
Use the My Case comparator: enter your interview date and it shows what share of Dakar cases had cleared by your day count, and how many are still pending at least as long.
Waiting on a Dakar 221(g)?
See where your case sits against every tracked Dakar timeline, and grab the submission email template.