Islamabad 221(g) Tracker: Wait Times

What Islamabad has asked for

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

• Passport — 5 requests
• Tax returns / transcripts — 4 requests
• Bank statements / financial evidence — 3 requests
• CV / resume — 3 requests
• complete USCIS petition — 2 requests
• I-129 petition — 2 requests
• I-20 — 2 requests
• I-864 affidavit of support — 2 requests
• Marriage / relationship evidence — 2 requests
• New medical exam — 2 requests
• Photographs — 2 requests
• proof of US domicile — 2 requests
• W-2 — 2 requests

19 of 171 tracked Islamabad cases were asked to submit by email. Slip colours seen here: white, green, blue, yellow, pink.

Email addresses Islamabad has used

Addresses applicants report being contacted from, or told to write to, in Islamabad 221(g) cases. Official post and scheduling-vendor domains only. Use the address on your own slip or email first; these are what other applicants at this post have seen. Every post’s addresses in one place: 221(g) email addresses by consulate.

• islamabadivinquiry@state.gov — seen in 2 reports
• support-pakistan@usvisascheduling.com

Islamabad and the immigrant visa pause

Movement has been reported here, but who is being called is disputed or unknown. Last reported movement 2026-11-05.

A re-interview email arrived on 14 October asking only for a valid passport, two photographs and an updated medical, with no financial documents listed; plaintiff status not stated. The early-February cohort is waiting behind late January: four applicants first interviewed on 2 and 24 February report Refused on 12-13 October, with CEAC last-updated touches on 6 and 9 October for some and none for others, and emails to the post unanswered; commenters expect the post to work chronologically after the relayed re-interview emails of 7-8 October to applicants interviewed 21-26 January (dates 15-19 October, five or six people in one telling; no first-hand copy yet). A 3 February case and a July case have nothing. The email navigator still bounces inquiries. Pace: the post is reported to be giving 26 January first interviews re-interview dates of 2 November; a 6 February case waits. Separately, an early-September first interview cancelled for training has no new date on 17 October. 20 October: applicants first interviewed on 10 and 18 February received an unsolicited automated email saying the post is reviewing cases and will reach theirs in turn, with a CEAC last-updated change; they read it as the post arriving at February. Relayed the same day: a scheduled re-interview ended in an approval on 20 October, the day after the appeals court's partial stay. Collected 20 October: re-interview emails are reaching cases first interviewed 21 to 29 January, with dates from 19 October to 4 November, mostly IR1; a December 2025 administrative-processing case and a November 2025 F3 whose passports came back after the pause have nothing. No new first interviews have been released and cancelled ones have not been rebooked. Reported 22 October: re-interviews now end in health-insurance 221(g)s. A CR1 whose interview went well was asked for the costs and a summary of the health plan after showing only insurance cards for a limited-benefit policy; a parent couple not refused on public charge were asked to show how the family will pay premiums after presenting a marketplace quote of about 1,800 dollars a month. A student case in administrative processing since April 2024 was called back for a new interview. Applicants say the post is still scheduling and conducting re-interviews after the stay. 23 October: the post is said to be working strictly by original interview date, reaching cases first interviewed 2 February on 22 October; EB-2 NIW cases from May and June have no email yet, and a 3 September inquiry was answered on 23 October. In the insurance 221(g) reported yesterday the officer wanted a monthly figure for the spouse and accepted a screenshot of an email exchange with the insurance agent; the first interview had been 21 January. 23 October: re-interview invitations have covered first interviews from 21 January to 2 February; a December 2025 administrative-processing case has still had no call. 26 October: first interviews cancelled in September are not being rebooked; applicants describe the post as scheduling only re-interviews of earlier pause 221(g) cases. 27 October: an F4 re-interview ended with a white slip asking only for health insurance quotes, the officer calling the rest of the case positive; an IR1 shows Issued for a week with the passport still to come. Applicants say the post works strictly in original-date order. 29 October: an IR1 was approved and the post is holding the new passport for issuance; the scheduling profile needed a message-centre ticket to update the passport details. 30 October: the IR1 issued on 21 October after a 19 October re-interview (first interview 21 January) still has no passport and no dispatch message. A parent case in administrative processing since a March 2025 interview now shows the interview as cancelled and the application as expiring for no interview, and the family is considering a lawsuit. 31 October: an IR1 interviewed in February and again in April, both before the public-charge instructions, expects a third interview in November and has an insurance quote ready; relayed advice is to prepare for questions on work plans, how health care will be obtained and paid for, and housing (a notarised statement from a relative who owns the home if there is no lease). 2 November: an IR1 refused 221(g) on 10 February over the petitioner's US domicile got only a generic reply to its 60-day inquiry, with the CEAC date moving to 2 November; an immigrant case in administrative processing under the travel ban since 1 December 2025 has had no contact and nears the one-year mark. 3 November, relayed from messaging groups: after two quiet weeks a new batch of re-interview emails went out on 2 November, mainly for first interviews between 30 January and 2 February. Mid- and late-February interviewees (18 and 27 February) have nothing, one with no CEAC change since February. Relayed: some refusals ask for an alternative health plan with adequate minimum essential coverage; travel insurance is not accepted. 5 November: an IR1 re-interviewed on 2 November (first interview 26 January) was told the officer could not see the documents uploaded to CEAC and left with a 221(g); three days later an email asked for an I-864A, tax transcripts, W-2s and proof of status, because the joint sponsor lives in the petitioner household. Reported 10 November: a parent (IR5) re-interviewed in early November got a 221(g) with only health insurance ticked (plan name, coverage and monthly premium), and the officer wrote Marketplace on the slip; the second parent is still waiting. Reported 11 November: re-interview emails come in small batches, one week on and one week off, one category at a time; first interviews of 2-3 February have been the front of the queue for about three weeks. Reported 12 November: no new re-interview dates for a few weeks, commenters say.

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