Guayaquil: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Guayaquil, Ecuador 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 22 Oct 2026.
Key facts, as of 22 Oct 2026
- Who is being called back at Guayaquil: no callbacks reported. Not as of the latest reports. Applicants at Guayaquil report no email, no instruction and no status change since the 10 September cable. Absence of reports is not proof of absence, but at posts with many applicants writing in, it is close.
- Last reported movement: none reported.
- Pause-refused cases in the tracker: 0. Cancelled appointments logged: 3.
- Contacting the post: Emails and calls reported unanswered.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Guayaquil
Not a pause post; affected by the worldwide suspension. A 221(g) case still reads Refused with its last CEAC update on 30 September and the post does not answer emails or calls; a family case given a 221(g) for a household member's I-864A sent the papers around 18 to 20 August and saw a CEAC touch on 5 October with no second interview; an IR1 heard nothing by 7 October. A chat group of about thirty Ecuadorian applicants reports that none has been contacted (22 October). Interviews for 24 and 31 August were cancelled with as little as 20 hours of notice.
This is the row shown for Guayaquil on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
What the daily digest has said about Guayaquil
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | No decision | New row: 221(g)s unanswered since Sept; chat group of 30 Ecuadorians with no contact | Read |
Cancelled appointments at Guayaquil
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | H1B | not yet | — | |
| 2026-08-24 | IR5 | not yet | — | |
| 2026-08-03 | IR5 | not yet | — | no notice at all |
Every post: cancelled appointment tracker.
Guayaquil pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Guayaquil calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Not as of the latest reports. Applicants at Guayaquil report no email, no instruction and no status change since the 10 September cable. Absence of reports is not proof of absence, but at posts with many applicants writing in, it is close.
What has happened at Guayaquil since the pause was vacated?
Not a pause post; affected by the worldwide suspension. A 221(g) case still reads Refused with its last CEAC update on 30 September and the post does not answer emails or calls; a family case given a 221(g) for a household member's I-864A sent the papers around 18 to 20 August and saw a CEAC touch on 5 October with no second interview; an IR1 heard nothing by 7 October. A chat group of about thirty Ecuadorian applicants reports that none has been contacted (22 October). Interviews for 24 and 31 August were cancelled with as little as 20 hours of notice. The tracker holds 0 pause-refused cases and 3 cancelled appointments at Guayaquil.
How do I contact Guayaquil about a pause case?
What applicants at Guayaquil report: Emails and calls reported unanswered. 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 Guayaquil
- 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
- Guayaquil 221(g) tracker — 8 tracked cases of every kind, wait times and what the post asks for
- Immigrant visa pause: status by embassy — all 69 posts side by side
- Public-charge re-interview: questions asked and what to bring
Other posts where the picture is the same: no callbacks reported
- Madrid, Spain — last movement 20 Oct
- Ciudad Juarez, Mexico — last movement 8 Oct
- Mumbai, India — last movement 7 Oct
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — last movement 2 Oct
- Tirana, Albania — last movement 2 Oct
- Yaounde, Cameroon — last movement 2 Oct
Posts where non-plaintiffs are being called
- Dakar, Senegal — last movement 22 Oct
- Lima, Peru — last movement 20 Oct
- London, United Kingdom — last movement 20 Oct
- Tunis, Tunisia — last movement 20 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 Guayaquil. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them.