Immigrant visa pause: status by embassy
The 75-country immigrant visa pause was vacated on 21 August and posts were told on 10 September to review every case refused under it. This page tracks what each post has actually done since, from what applicants report. Crowdsourced and anonymised; updated every day from the same evidence as the daily digest. As of 9 Nov. Each post name opens that post’s own page, with its cases, cancellations and every digest mention. En español: América Latina y España
As of 9 Nov: 37 of 73 US embassies tracked are calling back applicants refused under the pause. Latest, London (9 Nov): 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.
73posts tracked
37calling non-plaintiffs
5plaintiffs only
19nothing reported
Short answer, as of 9 Nov
- Which US embassies are calling back applicants after the immigrant visa pause?
- As of 9 Nov, 37 of the 73 US embassies and consulates we track are calling back at least one applicant who is not a named plaintiff, usually for a new medical or a second interview about finances: London, Bangkok, Kingston, Athens, Auckland, Seoul, Kathmandu, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, Tokyo, Bogota, Warsaw and 25 more.
- Where has there been movement most recently?
- London (9 Nov), Bangkok (5 Nov), Kingston (5 Nov), Islamabad (5 Nov), Athens (4 Nov).
- Where has nothing moved?
- 19 posts have no callback of any kind reported: Madrid, Mumbai, Tirana, Yaounde, Algiers, Baghdad, Guayaquil, Ho Chi Minh City, Jerusalem, Kuwait City and 9 more. 5 more have called named plaintiffs only.
- What happens at the second interview?
- Every approval reported since the 10 September cable went through a second interview about money: tax returns and W-2s, savings and assets, debts, health insurance in the US, employment plans and any use of public benefits. A new medical is usually requested first if the old one is more than six months old.
Find your post in the table below, or open its page for the full history and an alert when it moves.
Key facts, as of 9 Nov
- 73 posts tracked. 37 are calling at least one non-plaintiff, 5 have called plaintiffs only, 12 show movement without a clear pattern, and 19 have no callback of any kind reported.
- Moving most recently: London (9 Nov), Bangkok (5 Nov), Kingston (5 Nov), Islamabad (5 Nov), Athens (4 Nov), Auckland (4 Nov).
- Scale: the Department’s own 6 October court declaration counted about 706 pause cases adjudicated between 21 August and 30 September, 318 approved and 388 refused, out of roughly 43,000 refused under the pause.
- Source: applicant reports, read every day; this table is the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing on it comes from the posts themselves.
What the table means
- Plaintiffs only: every callback reported at the post has been a named plaintiff in one of the four suits. The government has told a court that posts may not resume immigrant visa processing until public-charge training is complete, with named plaintiffs as the exception.
- Some non-plaintiffs: at least one applicant who is not a plaintiff has received a case-specific instruction, usually a new medical or a second interview.
- No callbacks reported: applicants at the post report no email, no instruction and no status change. Absence of reports is not proof of absence, but at posts with dozens of applicants writing in, it is close.
- Posts marked not a pause post are included because the worldwide suspension of immigrant visa interviews since 24 August affects them too.
Status by post
| Post | Who is being called | Last movement | Pause cases held | Cancellations | Latest report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 9 Nov | 20 | 46 (25 rebooked) | 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. Full history |
| Bangkok Thailand 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 5 Nov | 11 | 1 | 5 November: an EB-2 NIW applicant from one of the proclamation-ban countries, first interviewed in March, was phoned for a re-interview in the last week of December and told to bring proof of assets, pay stubs and an employment letter, with the spouse attending. Full history |
| Kingston Jamaica 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 5 Nov | 4 | 1 | 6 November: re-interview dates of 19 November (IR2 first interviewed 10 February) and 20 November (IR1 first interviewed 27 March); applicants say the post emailed several people this week, asked others to renew medicals and send passports, and is working through end-of-March and early-April first interviews. Full history |
| Athens Greece | Some non-plaintiffs | 4 Nov | 1 | — | 4 November: the F4 family re-interviewed on 3 November now shows Ready in CEAC. Full history |
| Auckland New Zealand 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 4 Nov | 2 | 4 | 5 November: an IR1 whose 4 September interview was cancelled was emailed on 4 November with a new date about two weeks out, after weeks of emailing the consulate; the first rebooked interview reported here. Full history |
| Seoul South Korea 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 4 Nov | 2 | 3 (2 rebooked) | 5 November: a second IR1 confirms the rebooking from 30 September to 3 December, with no extra documents asked in the notice; a K-1 interviewed in early September has heard nothing yet. Full history |
| Kathmandu Nepal 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 3 Nov | 6 | 2 | 5 November: a non-plaintiff IR5 parent over 60, first interviewed 29 January, was emailed on 2 November to submit documents, re-interviewed on 3 November after a new medical and read Issued on CEAC by 5 November. Full history |
| Rio de Janeiro Brazil 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 3 Nov | 6 | 8 | 3 November: an immigrant visa first interviewed 2 February was approved at its second interview. Full history |
| Sydney Australia 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 3 Nov | 5 | 4 | 5 November: an IR1 interviewed in August with only a missing medical outstanding was called back in late October with a list of financial documents (bank, mortgage, property and superannuation statements, health insurance, a job offer); another spouse case got an email asking for more documents on 3 November. Full history |
| Tokyo Japan 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 3 Nov | 7 | 11 (2 rebooked) | 3 November: a CR1 spouse was interviewed and approved the same day (how the date was obtained not stated); the L-1B renewal approved 8 October is still waiting for the visa. Full history |
| Bogota Colombia 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 2 Nov | 19 | 7 (1 rebooked) | 3 November: the post moved the EB-3 child second interview from 19 November to 9 December without being asked. Full history |
| Warsaw Poland 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 30 Oct | 6 | 3 (2 rebooked) | Relayed on 12 October from a Russian-language group: K-1 interviews have been rescheduled since the retraining, with applicants asked for the beneficiary's savings, assets, education, proof of not using benefits at home, employment history and a health insurance plan. Full history |
| Guatemala City Guatemala 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 29 Oct | 6 | 2 | 6 November: the monthly scheduling tool for new immigrant visa interviews moved back from September to August 2025. Full history |
| Stockholm Sweden 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 29 Oct | 1 | — | 6 November, second-hand: two applicants documentarily qualified in early April are said to have received interview letters; only a couple of K-1 re-interviews have been reported otherwise. Full history |
| Frankfurt Germany 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 27 Oct | 10 | 8 (2 rebooked) | 1 November: a German CR1 first interviewed 13 August, which sent one extra document the same day, was emailed around 20 October for a second interview on 4 November and accepted by replying; the consulate confirmed no booking on the scheduling site is needed. Full history |
| Paris France 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 27 Oct | 4 | 8 (2 rebooked) | 4 November: a K-1 for a third-country national living in Portugal, cancelled 25 August and rebooked for 29 September, was refused under the public-charge ground despite about 80,000 USD of income against a 50,000 requirement; no instructions on sending more evidence and the case email bounces. Full history |
| Almaty Kazakhstan 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 22 Oct | 4 | — | 23 October: a case first interviewed May 2025, whose administrative processing finished but could not be issued under the pause, reports the post inviting family cases from December 2025, January and now April first interviews while skipping it; only a generic email reply and a later CEAC date change. Full history |
| Dakar Senegal 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 22 Oct | 3 | — | 22 October: a Guinean mother of a US citizen had her second interview, short, on education, assets and who she will live with; outcome not yet stated. Full history |
| Guangzhou China 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 22 Oct | 1 | — | 3 November: an IR1 for a pause-country national first interviewed 2 March had a second interview on 20 October (about 90 minutes), went to Administrative Processing on 21 October and Issued on 22 October; visa in hand 27 October and the applicant has entered the US. Full history |
| Naples Italy 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 22 Oct | 5 | 16 (5 rebooked) | 20 October: an IR-1 was notified of a second interview for the following week with a list of documents the post may consider: bank statements, financial information, educational qualifications, employment applications, health insurance, housing arrangements and sponsor financials. Full history |
| Tunis Tunisia 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 22 Oct | 1 | — | 4 November: a spouse case re-interviewed on 22 October was put into administrative processing after questions on the petitioner living abroad with the applicant and not working; told to expect contact in 10 days, none yet. Full history |
| Casablanca Morocco 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 20 Oct | 5 | 8 (1 rebooked) | 7 November: an immigrant visa re-interviewed in mid-October was put back in 221(g) because the new medical had not reached the post; 2.5 weeks later, one CEAC update. Full history |
| Chisinau Moldova | Some non-plaintiffs | 20 Oct | 1 | — | 20 October: an F2A spouse case first interviewed 12 March was phoned the day before and re-interviewed, then refused again despite the petitioner's three years of tax returns, large savings and jointly owned property; the only health coverage evidence was a visitor-insurance quote, which commenters blame. Full history |
| Lima Peru 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 20 Oct | 3 | 8 (1 rebooked) | 20 October: a DV-2026 selectee cancelled for 3 September was re-interviewed, told the case was strong and the documents in order, but the system would not allow issuance; passport and documents kept and contact promised within weeks, with 23 October understood as the deadline. Full history |
| Tbilisi Georgia 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 16 Oct | 6 | 1 | 16 October: a family third-preference case from a pause country was refused under 221(g) on public-charge grounds at its second interview and handed a yellow sheet asking for a health insurance plan or quote for every family member and bank statements and savings for the petitioner and the joint sponsor, with the decision to be re-evaluated once they are in. Full history |
| Dhaka Bangladesh 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 15 Oct | 9 | 5 (1 rebooked) | 3 November, relayed: an F4 family first interviewed in January was issued after a second interview; before it they uploaded property valuations, bank statements and the petitioner health insurance card to CEAC. Full history |
| Amman Jordan 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 12 Oct | 4 | — | 6 November: applicants report no immigrant visa rescheduling since the pause was lifted; commenters relay reduced staffing tied to the regional conflict and say immigrant interviews were cancelled again while tourist visas continue (second-hand, unverified). Full history |
| Johannesburg South Africa 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 9 Oct | 0 | — | Second interviews are happening and one ended in a refusal: a Ghanaian spouse of a US-born citizen (income about $92,000, insurance in place) was refused 212(a)(4) at his 9 October follow-up interview after answering truthfully that the petitioner had received food assistance and WIC in 2017-18; the interview stopped at that answer, no documents were reviewed, and a second 221(g) put the case back in administrative processing with advice to consult a lawyer. Full history |
| Managua Nicaragua | Some non-plaintiffs | 8 Oct | 0 | — | First report from this post: a CR1 first interviewed in April was contacted on 8 October with a second interview on 30 October. Full history |
| San Jose Costa Rica | Some non-plaintiffs | 8 Oct | 2 | — | 28 October: an IR1 documentarily qualified about eight months ago, with no interview, got the standard global training initiative reply to a second inquiry; a congressional inquiry dated 21 October got the same text. Full history |
| Kigali Rwanda 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 6 Oct | 0 | — | First report from this post: a non-plaintiff IR1 given a public charge 221(g) at a February interview was emailed in early October with a re-interview date at short notice, which the applicant may not be able to make; the thread's view is that declining could cost months. Full history |
| Ulaanbaatar Mongolia 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 5 Oct | 1 | — | Fast movement reported: a pause case first interviewed 9 February was phoned by the embassy on 1 October and re-interviewed on 5 October; outcome not yet stated. Full history |
| Beirut Lebanon 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 2 Oct | 0 | — | 25 October: a case in administrative processing since September 2025 is still waiting. Full history |
| Bridgetown Barbados 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 2 Oct | 1 | — | A Jamaican applicant living on another paused-country island, first interviewed in January, was emailed on 2 October for a follow-up interview one week later. Full history |
| Budapest Hungary | Some non-plaintiffs | 2 Oct | 1 | — | First first-hand issuance at this post: a Pakistani spouse whose visa was close before the January pause was re-interviewed after it lifted and asked for documents not requested before: prospective US health insurance coverage, a potential job offer letter and evidence of financial support or assets, plus a new medical and new police certificate within about 10 days. Full history |
| Cairo Egypt 221(g) tracker | Some non-plaintiffs | 1 Oct | 5 | 1 | 26 October: K-1 applicants whose interviews were cancelled under the suspension report no new dates yet. Full history |
| Pristina Kosovo | Some non-plaintiffs | 26 Sept | 1 | — | CEAC updates reported by 26 September, no emails. Full history |
| Hong Kong Hong Kong 221(g) tracker | Plaintiffs only | 16 Oct | 0 | — | First report, from the 16 October court declaration as summarised by applicants: a named plaintiff was given a re-interview on 27 October. Full history |
| Yerevan Armenia 221(g) tracker | Plaintiffs only | 9 Oct | 2 | — | 2 November: the spouse case interviewed 17 March still has no contact from the post despite repeated emails and inquiries. Full history |
| Tashkent Uzbekistan 221(g) tracker | Plaintiffs only | 6 Oct | 6 | — | The plaintiff re-interviewed in late September at one day's notice is, two weeks later, still in 221(g) for an expired medical while the embassy has told the panel clinic he does not need a medical at this time (relayed by a friend). Full history |
| Ankara Turkey 221(g) tracker | Plaintiffs only | 30 Sept | 4 | 3 | Fifty days after Ankara began cancelling interviews, applicants on 12 October report nothing: a June immigrant interview refused under the pause is still Refused, an Iranian spouse (minority group) interviewed 27 February and an Iraqi spouse interviewed 10 August have had nothing from four emails, and a K-1 set for 23 October was cancelled by email on 1 October with no new date. Full history |
| Brussels Belgium 221(g) tracker | Plaintiffs only | 25 Sept | 0 | — | Diversity visa plaintiffs are being re-interviewed: one given a second interview about 18 September was handed another 221(g) with the passport kept and had heard nothing a week later, while two others interviewed on 25 September were approved at the window, one told to collect by the following Monday. Full history |
| Islamabad Pakistan 221(g) tracker | Movement, unclear who | 5 Nov | 21 | 4 | 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. Full history |
| Accra Ghana 221(g) tracker | Movement, unclear who | 29 Oct | 4 | — | 23 October: described as not moving at all. Full history |
| Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 221(g) tracker | Movement, unclear who | 27 Oct | 4 | 1 | 27 October: first second-interview outcome reported here. Full history |
| Montreal Canada 221(g) tracker | Movement, unclear who | 24 Oct | 7 | 2 | 29 October: a CR1 approved at a June interview, passport kept and nothing requested, still has no visa; the post sent the passport back saying it will make contact when the training ends. Full history |
| Belgrade Serbia 221(g) tracker | Movement, unclear who | 23 Oct | 1 | — | 23 October: the post has reached end-of-February first interviews while the December 2025 case is still waiting; an October 2025 case did get a date. Full history |
| Ciudad Juarez Mexico 221(g) tracker | Movement, unclear who | 23 Oct | 3 | 35 | 6 November: the monthly scheduling tool for new immigrant visa interviews moved backwards, from December 2024 to April 2024. Full history |
| Cotonou Benin | Movement, unclear who | 14 Oct | 1 | — | Relayed 14 October by a spouse case transferred from Accra: Cotonou is scheduling re-interviews, but out of order, taking June first interviews and then jumping back to March. Full history |
| Nairobi Kenya 221(g) tracker | Movement, unclear who | 14 Oct | 2 | 5 | An IR-2 cancelled for 31 August has no update on 9 October, though another applicant says Nairobi has some reschedules. Full history |
| Addis Ababa Ethiopia 221(g) tracker | Movement, unclear who | 13 Oct | 3 | — | 24 October: a son's case interviewed in March and held under the pause has had no contact; three congressional replies said to wait. Full history |
| Manila Philippines 221(g) tracker | Movement, unclear who | 8 Oct | 1 | 32 (5 rebooked) | 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. Full history |
| Buenos Aires Argentina 221(g) tracker | Movement, unclear who | 5 Oct | 2 | 2 | A CR1 cancelled for 23 September (not a pause nationality, not DCF, not a plaintiff) still had nothing on 11 October beyond a CEAC touch on 5 October, status Ready. Full history |
| Bucharest Romania 221(g) tracker | Movement, unclear who | 29 Sept | 0 | — | A diversity visa interview cancelled for 26 August was rebooked by email for 29 September with a public-charge document list; at the window, after ninety minutes, the applicant was told a directive from Washington meant the interview could not take place. Full history |
| Madrid Spain 221(g) tracker | No callbacks reported | 20 Oct | 4 | 6 | 20 October: diversity visa interviews were held (the extended period runs to 23 October) and everyone in the room was a DV case; applicants say only DV and pause-country cases are moving at this post and that other categories wait. Full history |
| Mumbai India 221(g) tracker | No callbacks reported | 7 Oct | 6 | 78 (2 rebooked) | 29 October: an F4 case (priority date October 2006) cancelled from 25 August still has no new date; F4 applicants expect nothing before the new year. Full history |
| Tirana Albania 221(g) tracker | No callbacks reported | 2 Oct | 2 | — | On 2 October the post sent the same generic 'processing in order' email to several spouse applicants interviewed in February, some after four inquiries and congressional contact. Full history |
| Yaounde Cameroon 221(g) tracker | No callbacks reported | 2 Oct | 1 | — | Cameroonian pause cases report only the automated email everyone received; an August interview had a CEAC touch on 2 October and no contact. Full history |
| Algiers Algeria 221(g) tracker | No callbacks reported | 15 Mar | 1 | — | A CR1 interviewed 15 March 2026 received a 221(g) citing the 75-country pause with no documents requested and is still waiting for the embassy to make contact after the suspension was lifted. Full history |
| Baghdad Iraq | No callbacks reported | — | 1 | — | A February spouse case wrote to the post and received a standard note about resuming processing, with no instruction for the case. Full history |
| Guayaquil Ecuador 221(g) tracker | No callbacks reported | — | 0 | 5 | Not a pause post; affected by the worldwide suspension. Full history |
| Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 221(g) tracker | No callbacks reported | — | 1 | 8 | 24 October: a family EB-3 interview cancelled for 28 August has had no update; the 27 August first-preference case saw a CEAC touch on 19 October, no date. Full history |
| Jerusalem Israel | No callbacks reported | — | 1 | 1 | A spouse case interviewed before the pause was vacated asked for its status and got a generic reply that the post is not processing immigrant visas at this time. Full history |
| Kuwait City Kuwait 221(g) tracker | No callbacks reported | — | 0 | — | 24 October: an EB-3 nurse documentarily qualified November 2023 still has no interview; forum users report no new employment-based interview letters anywhere since the suspension. Full history |
| Lagos Nigeria 221(g) tracker | No callbacks reported | — | 0 | 1 | 23 October: applicants whose K-1 interviews were cancelled in August and September report no word on rescheduling while other posts have begun. Full history |
| Lome Togo | No callbacks reported | — | 1 | — | A Ghanaian spouse case refused 221(g) in March under the pause has had no reply since August; on 28 September an automatic reply said the post is no longer processing immigrant or diversity visas. Full history |
| Manama Bahrain 221(g) tracker | No callbacks reported | — | 1 | — | Not a pause country; serves third-country nationals who are. Full history |
| Montevideo Uruguay | No callbacks reported | — | 0 | — | Not a pause post; affected by the worldwide suspension. Full history |
| Naha Japan | No callbacks reported | — | 0 | 1 | Not a pause post. Full history |
| Phnom Penh Cambodia 221(g) tracker | No callbacks reported | — | 2 | 1 | 3 November: an IR-1 interviewed 11 August (only a tax transcript requested, sent the next day) got a 221(g) refusal on 21 August and is still Refused with no update; a congressional inquiry produced nothing. Full history |
| Riyadh Saudi Arabia 221(g) tracker | No callbacks reported | — | 1 | — | 27 October: an applicant relays news reports, unverified here, that non-emergency US government staff were told to leave Saudi Arabia; an IR1 with documents in since March has no date. Full history |
| San Salvador El Salvador 221(g) tracker | No callbacks reported | — | 2 | 9 | 5 November: an applicant waiting since early August had a congressional office ask for an expedite several times; the embassy only says it will send an appointment when one is available. Full history |
| Tegucigalpa Honduras 221(g) tracker | No callbacks reported | — | 1 | — | 6 November: an IR1 interviewed 30 July with an approved I-601A waiver, 99 days in administrative processing, saw its CEAC date change for the first time in nearly a month (still Refused). Full history |
This week on VisaMoves Weekly
The Saturday episode: who got called, what the second interview asked for, who is still waiting, and the rules that changed. Eight minutes.
Written version with every post named: the Saturday digest.
What the callbacks have looked like
- A new medical first. Most medicals from before March have expired. Posts at Auckland, Amman, Pristina, London and Dhaka asked for a new exam before anything else, and at two of them the panel clinic knew before the applicant did.
- Then a second interview about money. Every approval we hold since the cable went through one: taxes and W-2s, savings and assets on both sides, debts, health insurance, employment plans, English, and whether either party has used public benefits. The full list is in the re-interview guide.
- Refusal without the conversation. Two pause cases ended in refusals on public-charge grounds after a short phone call, with no request for a joint sponsor.
- Diversity visa first. Posts with diversity visa cases are working those before family cases because the visa year ends on 30 September. Government status reports count hundreds of diversity re-interviews a day and a refusal rate above eighty percent.
If your post says nothing
- A moving last-updated date on CEAC after you email the post means someone opened the file. It is not a decision and it has not preceded one in any case we hold.
- Emails to most posts on this list return either nothing or a copy of the cable. A congressional inquiry has so far returned one line. Neither has moved a case.
- If your medical is older than six months, expect a new one to be the first request. Some panel clinics will not redo an exam without the post's approval, so ask the clinic whether it has instructions before you book.
- If your post is not on this list, or your report would change a row, add your case to the tracker. Rows are built from reports; a post with no reports cannot be shown as moving.
Keep reading
- Public-charge re-interview: the questions asked and what to bring
- Cancelled appointment tracker: every affected post, original and replacement dates.
- DV-2026 interview cancelled: the 30 September deadline.
- Daily digest: what changed today, every day.
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