Manila 221(g) Tracker: Wait Times

What Manila has asked for

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

• New medical exam — 4 requests
• Passport — 3 requests
• employment contract — 2 requests
• O-1 petition — 2 requests
• sputum test results — 2 requests
• Tax returns / transcripts — 2 requests
• Transcripts / degree — 2 requests

4 of 91 tracked Manila cases were asked to submit by email. Slip colours seen here: white, pink, green, yellow.

Manila and the immigrant visa pause

Movement has been reported here, but who is being called is disputed or unknown. Last reported movement 2026-10-08.

No reschedules: K-1s cancelled for 27 August and 1 September, a CR-1 for 25 August, an IR-5 and a 21 September interview all report nothing on 8 October, with nobody at the post seen getting interviews this month; the medical for a cancelled 1 September K-1 expires 14 January. Relayed: EB-3 re-interviews in early October. An O-1 given a 221(g) on 27 August is still Refused six weeks on. On 14 October K-1s cancelled for 27 August, 1 September and 15 September still have no dates; a K-1 applicant notes that only London, Warsaw and Budapest have rescheduled K-1 interviews so far. K-1 applicants report no rescheduled interviews at all on 16-17 October; one expects November or December. A hotline agent said in September that the training would end by the end of October; an applicant whose passport went to the courier about six weeks ago, medical now expired, is still Refused on 18 October. An 18 September interview cancelled on 30 August still has no date on 19 October; that medical expires 30 December. Medical 221(g)s are stuck behind the training hold: a 30 July parent case whose medical reached the post on 11 September and documents on 17 September was told on 7 October the delay is due to the global training initiative, CEAC touched 8 October, still Refused, medical expiring 11 December; a 6 August pink-slip sputum case handed in the passport on 24 September and an inquiry answered that training is still under way (medical expires 24 December); a third sputum case was told it is unclear when to submit the passport. K-1 transfers: the last In Transit to Manila was at the end of July. A 23 September immigrant visa interview and a 22 September K-1 interview both still have no new date (23 October). 23-24 October: K-1s cancelled for 2 and 22 September still have no dates and nobody in the thread has seen a Manila reschedule; EB-2 cases documentarily qualified in April and June have no interview letters. 26 October: no reschedules reported for interviews cancelled 27 August (IR1) and 11 September (employment-based); a July F4 221(g) whose documents the post confirmed on 24 September shows only a 21 October CEAC update. Medicals start expiring in January. 27 October: an EB-3 other-workers case documentarily qualified June 2023 still has no letter. 28 October: an F4 derivative in administrative processing since July is still waiting. Unsourced claims that interviews restart next week, or that the section closes 1-15 November, are unconfirmed. 30 October: a CR1 cancelled for 27 August had CEAC updates on 21, 26 and 28 October but still shows Ready. The O-1 given a 221(g) on 27 August is still Refused; a congressional inquiry on 29 October got a general reply. 5 November: a senator inquiry on a K-1, the third, got the same training-initiative form reply; F4 and other immigrant cases in 221(g) report no movement, some with medicals expiring in mid-November.

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Full picture for this post, with its pause cases, cancellations and every digest mention: Manila immigrant visa pause status. Every post side by side: status by embassy.

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• F-1 221(g) at Manila — 8 cases, 4 resolved

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