Dakar: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Dakar, Senegal 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 Dakar: some non-plaintiffs. Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Dakar 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: 0.
- Contacting the post: Case-specific emails in refusal order; questionnaire attached.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Dakar
A non-plaintiff parent case (Guinean national) interviewed two days into the pause was emailed on 1 October a re-interview for 19 October, with a questionnaire and a request for a police certificate from a prior country of residence; the post said it is calling applicants in the order they were refused. A Guinean diversity visa applicant, not a plaintiff, went to Issued on 30 September. Diversity visa second interviews on 25 and 28 September ended in 221(g)s.
This is the row shown for Dakar on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
What the daily digest has said about Dakar
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.
Dakar pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Dakar calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Dakar 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 Dakar since the pause was vacated?
A non-plaintiff parent case (Guinean national) interviewed two days into the pause was emailed on 1 October a re-interview for 19 October, with a questionnaire and a request for a police certificate from a prior country of residence; the post said it is calling applicants in the order they were refused. A Guinean diversity visa applicant, not a plaintiff, went to Issued on 30 September. Diversity visa second interviews on 25 and 28 September ended in 221(g)s.
How do I contact Dakar about a pause case?
What applicants at Dakar report: Case-specific emails in refusal order; questionnaire attached. 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 Dakar
- 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
- Dakar 221(g) tracker — 7 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 Dakar. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them.