Ankara: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Ankara, Turkey 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 Ankara: plaintiffs only. Only named plaintiffs so far. Every callback reported at Ankara has gone to a plaintiff in one of the four suits; the government told the court that posts may not resume immigrant visa processing until public-charge training is complete, with named plaintiffs as the exception. The last movement reported was on 30 Sept 2026.
- Last reported movement: 30 Sept 2026.
- Pause-refused cases in the tracker: 0. Cancelled appointments logged: 2.
- Contacting the post: No replies to non-plaintiffs reported; DV re-interviews only.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Ankara
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. Observers say only diversity visa applicants are being re-interviewed. A K-1 interviewed 19 September flipped from Approved to Refused on 30 September. Only plaintiffs have received immigrant visa emails.
This is the row shown for Ankara on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
What the daily digest has said about Ankara
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.
Cancelled appointments at Ankara
Immigrant visa interviews called off since the worldwide suspension began on 24 August, and whether a new date has arrived. Dates marked approximate in the report are shown as reported.
| Original date | Visa | New date | Gap | Found out via |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | K1 | not yet | — | |
| 2026-09-18 | other | not yet | — |
Every post: cancelled appointment tracker.
Ankara pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Ankara calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Only named plaintiffs so far. Every callback reported at Ankara has gone to a plaintiff in one of the four suits; the government told the court that posts may not resume immigrant visa processing until public-charge training is complete, with named plaintiffs as the exception. The last movement reported was on 30 Sept 2026.
What has happened at Ankara since the pause was vacated?
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. Observers say only diversity visa applicants are being re-interviewed. A K-1 interviewed 19 September flipped from Approved to Refused on 30 September. Only plaintiffs have received immigrant visa emails. The tracker holds 0 pause-refused cases and 2 cancelled appointments at Ankara.
How do I contact Ankara about a pause case?
What applicants at Ankara report: No replies to non-plaintiffs reported; DV re-interviews only. 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 Ankara
- 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
- Ankara 221(g) tracker — 30 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: plaintiffs only
- Tashkent, Uzbekistan — last movement 6 Oct
- Yerevan, Armenia — last movement 6 Oct
- Brussels, Belgium — last movement 25 Sept
- Almaty, Kazakhstan — last movement 16 Sept
Posts where non-plaintiffs are being called
- Bangkok, Thailand — last movement 13 Oct
- Amman, Jordan — last movement 12 Oct
- Warsaw, Poland — last movement 12 Oct
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — last movement 11 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 Ankara. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them.