Cairo: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Cairo, Egypt 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 Cairo: some non-plaintiffs. Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Cairo 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 1 Oct 2026.
- Last reported movement: 1 Oct 2026.
- Pause-refused cases in the tracker: 0. Cancelled appointments logged: 1.
- Contacting the post: Case-specific re-interview emails to the January cohort; other emails read, not answered.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Cairo
Re-interview emails are going to family cases first interviewed in January, including non-plaintiffs who never wrote to the post; one preparer reports eighteen. A spouse case re-interviewed the week of 28 September has no outcome yet, and the petitioner's read is that the post is scheduling but not issuing much. A plaintiff interviewed in January was refused on public-charge grounds on the 28th and says everyone that day was. A parent case from 16 April has no email.
This is the row shown for Cairo on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
What the daily digest has said about Cairo
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 Cairo
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-23 | K1 | not yet | — |
Every post: cancelled appointment tracker.
Cairo pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Cairo calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Cairo 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 1 Oct 2026.
What has happened at Cairo since the pause was vacated?
Re-interview emails are going to family cases first interviewed in January, including non-plaintiffs who never wrote to the post; one preparer reports eighteen. A spouse case re-interviewed the week of 28 September has no outcome yet, and the petitioner's read is that the post is scheduling but not issuing much. A plaintiff interviewed in January was refused on public-charge grounds on the 28th and says everyone that day was. A parent case from 16 April has no email. The tracker holds 0 pause-refused cases and 1 cancelled appointment at Cairo.
How do I contact Cairo about a pause case?
What applicants at Cairo report: Case-specific re-interview emails to the January cohort; other emails read, not answered. 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 Cairo
- 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
- Cairo 221(g) tracker — 28 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
- 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
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 Cairo. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them.