London 221(g) Tracker: Wait Times

What London has asked for

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

• CV / resume — 10 requests
• Passport — 9 requests
• New medical exam — 8 requests
• Transcripts / degree — 7 requests
• Police certificate — 6 requests
• Travel history / itinerary — 5 requests
• Birth certificate — 4 requests
• Social media links / handles — 4 requests
• Tax returns / transcripts — 4 requests
• Bank statements / financial evidence — 3 requests
• Employment letter / job details — 3 requests
• health insurance — 3 requests
• Research plan / thesis abstract — 3 requests
• assets and liabilities — 2 requests
• enrolment letter — 2 requests
• I-864 affidavit of support — 2 requests
• Invitation letter — 2 requests

25 of 283 tracked London cases were asked to submit by email. Slip colours seen here: green, white.

Email addresses London has used

Addresses applicants report being contacted from, or told to write to, in London 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.

• petitionslondon@state.gov — seen in 3 reports
• londonniv@state.gov

London and the immigrant visa pause

At least one applicant who is not a plaintiff has received a case-specific instruction here. Last reported movement 2026-11-12.

Relayed 14 October: the four 1 October K-1 refusals were 221(g)s rather than denials (two students with a joint sponsor earning over 200k, one homeowner on about 70k with insurance and no debt), and K-1s interviewed on 6 October were approved. An immigrant-visa applicant says the post is not working in chronological order. K-1 public charge refusals are being reported, relayed on 12 October: a K-1 interviewed 1 October was refused on public-charge grounds despite a petitioner earning over 65k with a home and insurance ready, after the fiance's own finances were questioned; one telling says four of four interviews that day, the first after the training, ended the same way, and observers say beneficiaries' savings, debts and Universal Credit use are weighed regardless of the petitioner's income. Rescheduled pause cases are being interviewed: a spouse first interviewed in January had its rescheduled interview on 9 October and left with a 221(g) for an updated I-864, tax transcript and W-2, passport kept. Reschedules continue (10 September CR1 to 21 October, 16 September IR1 to 27 October, September K-1s to 23 and 26 October, relayed); the 8 October K-1 was turned away. Relayed from a K-1 group: interviews held since 1 October are running about half approved, half not, with no leniency for young couples. Approvals: the 8 July case re-interviewed 2 October has its passport ready; a 6 October approval on a rough savings figure; an O-1 in a white 221(g) from 3 September went Issued 30 September after the passport was recalled. A UK spouse who had claimed UK benefits while working was approved after the public-charge additions; she credits the petitioner's high earnings, an established home and US medical insurance (date not stated). On 18 October applicants paused from late June and early July bookings have just received new dates, and late August and early September originals are being heard this week and next; a direct-consular-filing case cannot book at all because the portal says the system is busy, and another DCF case interviewed in August sits in a documentless 221(g) with the passport held. Reported 20 October: an IR1 first interviewed 5 August and given a 221(g) has since had a second interview and holds the visa (dates not given). Outside the pause, a K-1 interviewed in early July and told the visa would follow in two weeks was instead asked for the full medical history from the UK health service and then a paid telehealth evaluation by the post's psychologist in mid-September; CEAC has not moved since 20 August and emails go unanswered. A K-1 cancelled for 22 September still has no date while earlier dates have been rebooked. 20 October: a K-1 rescheduled from 1 September to 6 October was approved verbally, kept the passport without a 221(g) and had it back with the visa exactly two weeks later; petitioner above the guideline plus a joint sponsor. A pause-country IR1 cancelled for 26 August saw the scheduling site switch to schedule an appointment with no dates on 20 October. K-1s cancelled for 22 September had no new date on 22 October while early-September cancellations have been rebooked; a 14 September K-1 re-interviewed on 19 October was given a 221(g) with the passport kept. K-1 petitions moved in bulk: an unusually large batch of London K-1 cases went to In Transit at NVC on 22 October, with NOA2 dates from June to October, though the booking site still shows no dates. 23 October: a batch of reschedule emails went out for first interviews cancelled under the suspension (not pause re-interviews). K-1s cancelled for 17, 22 and 23 September got 13 and 17 November; a 9 September K-1 got early November; an 8 October K-1 got 20 November; a 20 October K-1 got 10 December; IR1 and IR5 cases from 23 September got 6 November; an EB-3 from 13 October got 8 December and an EB-2 from 20 October got 1 December. The appointment service pages still showed the old dates that evening, and one applicant was warned the date could move again. 24-25 October: more batch dates surface: a K-1 given 5 November, a 13 October interview given 10 December; one applicant given a date ten days out says it is too soon for the medical and will ask to move it. 26 October: an F2A spouse case cancelled for 9 September and rescheduled to 23 October was approved at the new interview. 27 October: a rebooked K-1 got a date only seven days out with no later slots on the scheduling site; an IR1 interviewed 12 August whose joint-sponsor W-2s were sent the next day is still undecided. 27 October: an IR1 cancelled for 16 September was interviewed on its rebooked date; questions covered the relationship, finances, plans to work and health insurance, and a letter from the spouse employer confirming cover from arrival was accepted. Outcome not yet stated on 1 November. 3 November: a spouse case first interviewed in May was refused under the public-charge ground 212(a)(4) at its second interview on 30 September. A replacement joint sponsor had been emailed to the post rather than uploaded to CEAC, and the officer still referred to the old sponsor; upload new sponsor documents to CEAC as well. 4 November: a K-1 interviewed that day was refused under the public-charge ground with no reason given, although the petitioner reports income over twice the requirement and insurance plans. 6 November: an IR1 by direct consular filing whose 4 September interview was cancelled and rebooked for 22 October got a 221(g) for a co-sponsor (the petitioner tax returns showed zero after the foreign income exclusion), sent the documents on 29 October and was Issued on 3 November. The same day another applicant reported a brand-new IR1 interview booked for December, not a rebooking. No employment-based interview letters reported yet. 9 November: a K-1 rebooked with 11 days notice was turned away at the window because the panel physician results had not yet reached the embassy; the post kept the document packet and will email a new date. Leave time for the medical results to arrive before the interview. 9 November: an IR1 whose 23 September interview was cancelled (new date sent 23 October) was approved at the window. Questions covered savings, health insurance, monthly income and work plans; the only document taken was proof of savings, all in the US citizen spouse name, and a plan to join the spouse state health plan after arrival was accepted. 10 November: the rebooking problem is now medicals. An IR1 rebooked for 17 November (medical done 3 November, results sent 6 November) was moved to 7 January 2027 because the results had not arrived, and a K-1 rebooked for 12 November was moved to 4 January; another rebooked interview due 13 November went to 5 January. Book the panel medical well over two weeks ahead. Also reported 10 November: an IR1 for a family of five refused under 212(a)(4), where the joint sponsor barely met the guideline and the US citizen spouse had no recent US income. 10-12 November: the K-1 turned away on 9 November for missing medical results was then emailed to book a new interview itself; applicants say slots appear at random times on the booking site. 12 November: a K-1 interviewed in late August and held under 221(g) since was emailed, unprompted, a re-interview for the end of November, with a preparation document mostly about public charge even though public-charge questions were asked at the first interview.

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