Kuala Lumpur: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 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 Kuala Lumpur: no callbacks reported. Not as of the latest reports. Applicants at Kuala Lumpur report no email, no instruction and no status change since the 10 September cable. The last movement reported was on 2 Oct 2026.
- Last reported movement: 2 Oct 2026.
- Pause-refused cases in the tracker: 0. Cancelled appointments logged: 0.
- Contacting the post: Generic email; CEAC touches; no re-interviews.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Kuala Lumpur
A paused-country national's case had CEAC touches three times in September and on 1 October, then on 2 October received the same generic 'processing in order' email that Tirana and other posts sent that day. A Bangladeshi-passport spouse case interviewed in June has had no re-interview as of 6 October, and none is reported at this post. Malaysian passport holders are not subject to the pause.
This is the row shown for Kuala Lumpur on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
Kuala Lumpur pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Not as of the latest reports. Applicants at Kuala Lumpur report no email, no instruction and no status change since the 10 September cable. The last movement reported was on 2 Oct 2026.
What has happened at Kuala Lumpur since the pause was vacated?
A paused-country national's case had CEAC touches three times in September and on 1 October, then on 2 October received the same generic 'processing in order' email that Tirana and other posts sent that day. A Bangladeshi-passport spouse case interviewed in June has had no re-interview as of 6 October, and none is reported at this post. Malaysian passport holders are not subject to the pause.
How do I contact Kuala Lumpur about a pause case?
What applicants at Kuala Lumpur report: Generic email; CEAC touches; no re-interviews. 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 Kuala Lumpur
- 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
- Kuala Lumpur 221(g) tracker — 11 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: no callbacks reported
- Ciudad Juarez, Mexico — last movement 8 Oct
- Mumbai, India — last movement 7 Oct
- Madrid, Spain — last movement 2 Oct
- Tirana, Albania — last movement 2 Oct
- Yaounde, Cameroon — last movement 2 Oct
- Montreal, Canada — last movement 29 Sept
Posts where non-plaintiffs are being called
- Bangkok, Thailand — last movement 13 Oct
- Amman, Jordan — last movement 12 Oct
- Warsaw, Poland — last movement 12 Oct
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — last movement 11 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 Kuala Lumpur. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them.