Frankfurt: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Frankfurt, Germany 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 Frankfurt: some non-plaintiffs. Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Frankfurt 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 8 Oct 2026.
- Last reported movement: 8 Oct 2026.
- Pause-refused cases in the tracker: 0. Cancelled appointments logged: 4, 1 with a new date.
- Contacting the post: Generic second-interview emails a week out; issuance within two days; no rescheduling.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Frankfurt
Pause-country cases are being issued: a CR1 first interviewed 2 July and refused on nationality had a second interview on 6 October (insurance plan named and the petitioner's card shown, education, bank accounts with a statement ready, the car loan's size and term, no property) and the visa was issued on 8 October, package arriving 12 October. Second-interview emails went out 8-9 October to an August 221(g) CR1 (insurance estimate, household returns, cash-assistance and debts question) and to a 17 February Thai spouse living elsewhere in Europe; reschedule requests refused. Earlier: a 6 October first interview for a service member's spouse with manager review; K-1s turned away 1 October. Separately, two K-1s interviewed 13 and 18 August have passports kept and CEAC stuck (one Ready, one Refused) through repeated touches with no decision as of 11 October.
This is the row shown for Frankfurt on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
What the daily digest has said about Frankfurt
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2026 | No decision | K-1s from 13 and 18 Aug: passports kept, CEAC stuck, no decision | Read |
| 11 Oct 2026 | Issued | Pause-country CR1: first interview 2 Jul, second 6 Oct, visa issued 8 Oct | Read |
| 10 Oct 2026 | Called back | August 221(g) cases and a 17 Feb Thai spouse emailed second interviews 8-9 Oct | Read |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Called back | A FIRST interview on 6 Oct for a service member's spouse filing directly; manager review | Read |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Cancelled | 1 October K-1 applicants turned away with no email | Read |
| 29 Sept 2026 | No decision | First reply in three months: reviewed in refusal order | Read |
| 21 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read | |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read | |
| 4 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read | |
| 3 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read |
Cancelled appointments at Frankfurt
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | other | not yet | — | no notice at all |
| 2026-09-17 | other | not yet | — | |
| 2026-08-31 | IR1/CR1 | 2026-09-08 | 8d | |
| 2026-08-28 | DV | not yet | — |
Every post: cancelled appointment tracker.
Frankfurt pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Frankfurt calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Frankfurt 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 8 Oct 2026.
What has happened at Frankfurt since the pause was vacated?
Pause-country cases are being issued: a CR1 first interviewed 2 July and refused on nationality had a second interview on 6 October (insurance plan named and the petitioner's card shown, education, bank accounts with a statement ready, the car loan's size and term, no property) and the visa was issued on 8 October, package arriving 12 October. Second-interview emails went out 8-9 October to an August 221(g) CR1 (insurance estimate, household returns, cash-assistance and debts question) and to a 17 February Thai spouse living elsewhere in Europe; reschedule requests refused. Earlier: a 6 October first interview for a service member's spouse with manager review; K-1s turned away 1 October. Separately, two K-1s interviewed 13 and 18 August have passports kept and CEAC stuck (one Ready, one Refused) through repeated touches with no decision as of 11 October. The tracker holds 0 pause-refused cases and 4 cancelled appointments at Frankfurt, 1 of them rebooked.
How do I contact Frankfurt about a pause case?
What applicants at Frankfurt report: Generic second-interview emails a week out; issuance within two days; no rescheduling. 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 Frankfurt
- 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
- Frankfurt 221(g) tracker — 42 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 Frankfurt. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them.