Amman: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Amman, Jordan is calling back applicants refused under the 75-country immigrant visa pause, who has been called, and what applicants there report. Crowdsourced and anonymised. As of 13 Oct 2026.
Key facts, as of 13 Oct 2026
- Who is being called back at Amman: some non-plaintiffs. Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Amman who is not a named plaintiff has reported a case-specific instruction: a new medical, a second interview or a document request. The last movement reported was on 12 Oct 2026.
- Last reported movement: 12 Oct 2026.
- Pause-refused cases in the tracker: 0. Cancelled appointments logged: 0.
- Contacting the post: Re-interviews in small daily numbers; few issuances; vendor says officers are training.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Amman
Relayed on 12 October from a local intermediary: the embassy is open and interviewing immigrant cases in small numbers each day, taking cancelled first interviews before refusals. Applicants in the thread say nearly everyone contacted gets a re-interview only, with three or four visas actually issued and the rest in administrative processing for about two weeks; an email to the scheduling vendor around 7 October was told officers are training for public charge. A non-plaintiff spouse case first interviewed in February had a five-minute second interview in late September: passport kept, no 221(g), CEAC moved from Refused to Ready. First interviews cancelled for 5 and 25 March were still without dates on 12 October.
This is the row shown for Amman on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
What the daily digest has said about Amman
Every day this post appeared in the digest, newest first. The one-line summary is the digest’s own; follow the link for the full account.
| Date | Outcome | What happened | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | Called back | Interviewing small numbers daily, cancelled cases first; few visas issued, relayed | Read |
| 10 Oct 2026 | Cancelled | 5 and 25 March first interviews still without dates on 10 Oct | Read |
| 1 Oct 2026 | No decision | Five-minute second interview, passport kept, no slip, CEAC Ready | Read |
| 14 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read | |
| 13 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read |
Amman pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Amman calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Amman who is not a named plaintiff has reported a case-specific instruction: a new medical, a second interview or a document request. The last movement reported was on 12 Oct 2026.
What has happened at Amman since the pause was vacated?
Relayed on 12 October from a local intermediary: the embassy is open and interviewing immigrant cases in small numbers each day, taking cancelled first interviews before refusals. Applicants in the thread say nearly everyone contacted gets a re-interview only, with three or four visas actually issued and the rest in administrative processing for about two weeks; an email to the scheduling vendor around 7 October was told officers are training for public charge. A non-plaintiff spouse case first interviewed in February had a five-minute second interview in late September: passport kept, no 221(g), CEAC moved from Refused to Ready. First interviews cancelled for 5 and 25 March were still without dates on 12 October.
How do I contact Amman about a pause case?
What applicants at Amman report: Re-interviews in small daily numbers; few issuances; vendor says officers are training. Across posts, emails usually return nothing or a copy of the cable, and a congressional inquiry has so far returned one line. A moving CEAC last-updated date after you write means someone opened the file; it is not a decision and has not preceded one in any case we hold.
If you are waiting on Amman
- Expect a new medical to be the first request if yours is older than six months; ask your panel clinic whether it already has instructions before you book.
- Every approval since the cable went through a second interview about money: taxes, savings, debts, insurance, employment plans and benefits history. The list is in the re-interview guide.
- A changed CEAC date after you email the post means the file was opened, not decided.
- If your report would change this page, add your case. Rows are built from reports; a post with none cannot be shown as moving.
Related
- Amman 221(g) tracker — 18 tracked cases of every kind, wait times and what the post asks for
- Immigrant visa pause: status by embassy — all 62 posts side by side
- Public-charge re-interview: questions asked and what to bring
Other posts where the picture is the same: some non-plaintiffs
- Bangkok, Thailand — last movement 13 Oct
- Warsaw, Poland — last movement 12 Oct
- Guangzhou, China — last movement 11 Oct
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — last movement 11 Oct
- Tokyo, Japan — last movement 10 Oct
- Johannesburg, South Africa — last movement 9 Oct
VisaMoves is a free, anonymous community data project. Not legal advice, and not affiliated with the U.S. Department of State or the post in Amman. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them.