Kathmandu: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Kathmandu, Nepal 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 Kathmandu: some non-plaintiffs. Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Kathmandu 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 9 Oct 2026.
- Last reported movement: 9 Oct 2026.
- Pause-refused cases in the tracker: 0. Cancelled appointments logged: 1.
- Contacting the post: Phone call then email with a document list; bulk CEAC touch; emails unanswered.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Kathmandu
First first-hand non-plaintiff callback: a parent case (IR5) first interviewed 27 January, which had supplied extra documents in July, was phoned on 9 October and then emailed a re-interview with a long list: resume, education certificates, bank balance and assets, a health insurance plan and a job offer. A bulk CEAC touch moved many cases to a 6 October last-updated date; relayed EB-3 phone calls on 7 October. A 28 January spouse case still reads 5 February. Emails to the post otherwise go unanswered.
This is the row shown for Kathmandu on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
What the daily digest has said about Kathmandu
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct 2026 | Called back | 27 Jan non-plaintiff IR5 phoned 9 Oct, then emailed a six-item document list | Read |
| 6 Oct 2026 | No decision | Zero re-interviews, emails unanswered, CEAC touched 6 Oct | Read |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Called back | Non-plaintiffs phoned to submit passports, second-hand | Read |
| 26 Sept 2026 | Issued | Eight of sixteen re-interviewed plaintiffs issued | Read |
| 14 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read | |
| 13 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read |
Cancelled appointments at Kathmandu
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 | other | not yet | — |
Every post: cancelled appointment tracker.
Kathmandu pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Kathmandu calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Kathmandu 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 9 Oct 2026.
What has happened at Kathmandu since the pause was vacated?
First first-hand non-plaintiff callback: a parent case (IR5) first interviewed 27 January, which had supplied extra documents in July, was phoned on 9 October and then emailed a re-interview with a long list: resume, education certificates, bank balance and assets, a health insurance plan and a job offer. A bulk CEAC touch moved many cases to a 6 October last-updated date; relayed EB-3 phone calls on 7 October. A 28 January spouse case still reads 5 February. Emails to the post otherwise go unanswered. The tracker holds 0 pause-refused cases and 1 cancelled appointment at Kathmandu.
How do I contact Kathmandu about a pause case?
What applicants at Kathmandu report: Phone call then email with a document list; bulk CEAC touch; emails 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 Kathmandu
- 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
- Kathmandu 221(g) tracker — 33 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 Kathmandu. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them.