Bangkok: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Bangkok, Thailand 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 Bangkok: some non-plaintiffs. Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Bangkok 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 13 Oct 2026.
- Last reported movement: 13 Oct 2026.
- Pause-refused cases in the tracker: 0. Cancelled appointments logged: 0.
- Contacting the post: Second interviews on Tuesdays; refusal letters with document lists; generic replies to email.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Bangkok
First-hand second-interview outcome: an IR1 first interviewed 27 January was re-interviewed in mid-October and handed a refusal letter citing 212(a)(4) with a request for a US lease or proof of housing and a job offer letter. The couple has lived abroad together for five years, the petitioner works remotely for a US company at under 25k a year, a joint sponsor earns many times the guideline but was not discussed, and an invitation letter from a sibling was called insufficient; commenters read it as domicile. Relayed earlier: re-interviews began Tuesday 6 October, a handful each week, one moved from 13 to 27 October. 27 October first interviews were cancelled on 1 October; a late-August K-1 has no date.
This is the row shown for Bangkok on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
What the daily digest has said about Bangkok
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 | Refused | IR1 second interview: 212(a)(4) letter asking for a US lease and a job offer; domicile | Read |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Called back | Re-interviews reportedly began 6 Oct, Tuesdays only, about four a week | Read |
| 3 Oct 2026 | Called back | Three 27 January cases scheduled for 6 and 13 October, relayed | Read |
| 2 Oct 2026 | Cancelled | 27 October IR and EB interviews pushed to no date, relayed | Read |
| 14 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read |
Bangkok pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Bangkok calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Bangkok 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 13 Oct 2026.
What has happened at Bangkok since the pause was vacated?
First-hand second-interview outcome: an IR1 first interviewed 27 January was re-interviewed in mid-October and handed a refusal letter citing 212(a)(4) with a request for a US lease or proof of housing and a job offer letter. The couple has lived abroad together for five years, the petitioner works remotely for a US company at under 25k a year, a joint sponsor earns many times the guideline but was not discussed, and an invitation letter from a sibling was called insufficient; commenters read it as domicile. Relayed earlier: re-interviews began Tuesday 6 October, a handful each week, one moved from 13 to 27 October. 27 October first interviews were cancelled on 1 October; a late-August K-1 has no date.
How do I contact Bangkok about a pause case?
What applicants at Bangkok report: Second interviews on Tuesdays; refusal letters with document lists; generic replies to email. 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 Bangkok
- 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
- Bangkok 221(g) tracker — 13 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
- Amman, Jordan — last movement 12 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 Bangkok. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them.