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.
30posts tracked
7calling non-plaintiffs
5plaintiffs only
14nothing reported
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 | What has happened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | Some non-plaintiffs | 21 Sept | 5 | 14 (3 rebooked) | A January spouse case (petitioner a serving US service member, not a plaintiff) given a medical on 23 September and a second interview on 9 October. A Bangladeshi applicant, not a plaintiff, told on 18 September to complete a medical for early October. Separately all post-medical document checks are cancelled for everyone and medicals are held by the post until an interview. Contacting the post: Automated pointer to the visa navigator; a named case got a dated reply. |
| Amman Jordan | Some non-plaintiffs | 17 Sept | 0 | — | Diversity visa applicants asked for a renewed medical with no second interview; interview letters going out for diversity cases; the post says September is out for others and it is reviewing diversity cases first. An applicant re-interviewed was told new procedures were coming the following week. Contacting the post: Generic reply (a copy of the cable) to enquiries over the 12-13 September weekend. |
| Tunis Tunisia | Some non-plaintiffs | 17 Sept | 0 | — | A diversity visa applicant, not described as a plaintiff, scheduled for a second interview in the week of 21 September with a request to show means of support. |
| Paris France | Some non-plaintiffs | 16 Sept | 1 | 3 | A cancelled 25 August family-preference interview was given a new date for the week of 21 September, not expedited. Two K-1 dates, 1 and 29 September, have no replacement. A pause-refused spouse case was refused on public-charge grounds on 15 September after a short phone call. |
| Pristina Kosovo | Some non-plaintiffs | 16 Sept | 1 | — | A non-plaintiff spouse-of-resident case interviewed in January was told to redo the medical, by the panel clinic rather than the post, after the applicant phoned the clinic. No email and no CEAC change. |
| Auckland New Zealand | Some non-plaintiffs | 14 Sept | 1 | — | A third-country applicant interviewed in February was emailed on 14 September to submit a new medical. First case-specific instruction after the cable. |
| Kingston Jamaica | Some non-plaintiffs | 12 Sept | 1 | 1 | A pause-refused case was issued on 11 September after a second interview. Applicants with expired medicals report the panel hospital cannot redo an exam without the post's approval and the post is not answering. A K-1 approved on 13 August is still not issued. Contacting the post: Not answering, per applicants. |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | Plaintiffs only | 17 Sept | 4 | 2 (1 rebooked) | Seven named plaintiffs re-interviewed on 17 September (public-charge questions, property proof asked); one passport kept and the case moved to Ready, six handed a new 221(g). A relayed claim of family cases being moved to passport submission without re-interview is disputed by applicants at the post. The panel clinic told a February applicant that older cases have not been started. Contacting the post: Email answered once, to a plaintiff, on 15 September. |
| Lima Peru | Plaintiffs only | 17 Sept | 0 | 2 | Named plaintiffs in the diversity visa suit called for re-interviews from 17 September. Non-plaintiffs report nothing. |
| Almaty Kazakhstan | Plaintiffs only | 16 Sept | 0 | — | Plaintiffs being scheduled for re-interviews, per relayed reports. |
| Ankara Turkey | Plaintiffs only | 16 Sept | 1 | — | Only plaintiffs have received emails, and they are being interviewed. Non-plaintiffs report nothing. |
| Islamabad Pakistan | Plaintiffs only | 16 Sept | 11 | 1 | CEAC last-updated dates moved on 11 and 14 September without emails. One named plaintiff has a re-interview dated 30 September. No non-plaintiff has reported contact; a July interviewee's congressional inquiry was answered with one line. Contacting the post: No replies to email reported. |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | Movement, unclear who | 21 Sept | 0 | 1 | Call centre said on 21 September that rescheduling emails have begun going out, in original-date order. The applicant who was told this had not received one. Contacting the post: Call centre answers; says dates are being sent. |
| Warsaw Poland | Movement, unclear who | 17 Sept | 2 | 3 (2 rebooked) | A Russian national interviewed in May was emailed a 21 September additional interview in a message written for diversity visa applicants; the post told a caller it is not rescheduling immigrant interviews. A cancelled 24 August interview was rescheduled to 2 September, approved, passport back 7 September. Reports that the post has resumed are contradicted by other applicants there. Contacting the post: Live agent reachable; generic answers. |
| Tbilisi Georgia | Movement, unclear who | 16 Sept | 1 | 1 | One applicant interviewed in February reportedly called in and asked for a sponsor, a job offer and financial documents (secondhand). A 2 September interview was cancelled two days before with no news since. |
| Rio de Janeiro Brazil | Movement, unclear who | 15 Sept | 0 | — | One re-interview reported at a post in Brazil on 15 September: about eighty minutes, public-charge checklist, approved; the post was not named. By phone the post says the pause is over and to wait. An applicant reports a second re-interview in the community tracker. Contacting the post: Phone: pause is over, wait. |
| Mumbai India | No callbacks reported | 15 Sept | 3 | 7 | Not a pause post; affected by the worldwide suspension. Applicants turned away at the door on 31 August, 3 September and 15 September with no email. A non-pause spouse case interviewed 21 August was issued on 9 September after three days of Ready/Refused flapping. Contacting the post: Told to create a scheduling-site account. |
| Tokyo Japan | No callbacks reported | 15 Sept | 1 | 3 (1 rebooked) | A diversity visa interview cancelled on 10 September was reissued for the 17th and cancelled again the next day. A Brazilian spouse case interviewed 21 July has had no reply to a status inquiry or a senator's inquiry. K-1 interviews from 3 September remain unscheduled. Contacting the post: Generic replies only. |
| Bogota Colombia | No callbacks reported | 12 Sept | 2 | 1 | Told by email that the pause is over; no case-specific instruction. A K-1 interviewed 20 August has had no contact and the status site returns nothing. Contacting the post: Generic email reply. |
| Frankfurt Germany | No callbacks reported | 8 Sept | 2 | 2 (1 rebooked) | A cancelled 31 August interview was rescheduled to 8 September. A non-pause spouse case approved on 31 July still has no passport 52 days later. A diversity visa interview cancelled on 28 August has no date. CEAC last-updated moves whenever the post reads an email. Contacting the post: Email read (CEAC moves), not answered. |
| Accra Ghana | No callbacks reported | — | 3 | — | No contact reported. Last-updated dates stopped on 3 September; a February interviewee and a July case report nothing since. Ghanaian applicants describe the post as not answering email. Contacting the post: Unanswered. |
| 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. Contacting the post: Standard note. |
| Bangkok Thailand | No callbacks reported | — | 3 | — | Applicants interviewed in January and March report no email reply and no CEAC change since April. One applicant estimates the post's backlog near 1,500 cases from its pre-pause issuance rate. No one reported contact as of 14 September. Contacting the post: Unanswered. |
| Cairo Egypt | No callbacks reported | — | 2 | 1 | Support line said no new appointments during September, possibly from the start of October. An early-October appointment was pulled with the September reschedule email. No callbacks reported. Contacting the post: Support line answers; no dates. |
| Casablanca Morocco | No callbacks reported | — | 0 | 4 | Not a pause post. K-1 dates from 1, 8 and 15 September rescheduled with nothing offered; callers told to submit another written request. Contacting the post: Phone answers; asks for another email. |
| Guatemala City Guatemala | No callbacks reported | — | 1 | 1 | A diversity visa family with current medical and documents told to wait, by email, phone and in person. Contacting the post: Answers, but only "wait". |
| Johannesburg South Africa | No callbacks reported | — | 0 | — | One reply received, reading in full "thank you for your email". CEAC updates stopped on 11 September. Contacting the post: A one-line acknowledgement. |
| Kathmandu Nepal | No callbacks reported | — | 3 | 1 | Zero movement reported since 21 August: no case updates, no passport or medical requests. Emails return an automated pointer to the visa navigator. Applicants believe capacity is on the 30 September diversity deadline. Contacting the post: Automated reply only. |
| Manila Philippines | No callbacks reported | — | 0 | 5 | Not a pause post. Cancelled dates from 27 August onward have no replacement; applicants report October appointments disappearing and the post saying interviews will not resume before October. Contacting the post: Phone: no resumption before October. |
| Tashkent Uzbekistan | No callbacks reported | — | 1 | — | A diversity visa applicant interviewed in January has had no email; a phone call directed them to the online form, which drew no reply. Contacting the post: Phone answers; refers to the online form. |
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.
VisaMoves is a free, anonymous community data project. Not legal advice, and not affiliated with the U.S. Department of State. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them; we have not read the documents ourselves.