Madrid: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Madrid, Spain 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 Madrid: no callbacks reported. Not as of the latest reports. Applicants at Madrid 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: 2.
- Contacting the post: Phone: all immigrant visas paused; CEAC touches only.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Madrid
A pause 221(g) from a 3 February interview had its third CEAC last-updated change on 2 October; emails to the post go unanswered and another applicant's September touch led nowhere. An immigrant visa interviewed in July went Refused, administrative processing, then Ready on 1 September and still reads Ready; by phone on 2 October the post said all immigrant visas are paused everywhere. September appointments were cancelled earlier with no dates.
This is the row shown for Madrid on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
What the daily digest has said about Madrid
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2026 | Covered | Read |
Cancelled appointments at Madrid
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | IR1/CR1 | not yet | — | |
| 2026-09-15 | other | not yet | — |
Every post: cancelled appointment tracker.
Madrid pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Madrid calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Not as of the latest reports. Applicants at Madrid 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 Madrid since the pause was vacated?
A pause 221(g) from a 3 February interview had its third CEAC last-updated change on 2 October; emails to the post go unanswered and another applicant's September touch led nowhere. An immigrant visa interviewed in July went Refused, administrative processing, then Ready on 1 September and still reads Ready; by phone on 2 October the post said all immigrant visas are paused everywhere. September appointments were cancelled earlier with no dates. The tracker holds 0 pause-refused cases and 2 cancelled appointments at Madrid.
How do I contact Madrid about a pause case?
What applicants at Madrid report: Phone: all immigrant visas paused; CEAC touches only. 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 Madrid
- 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
- Madrid 221(g) tracker — 15 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
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — 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 Madrid. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them.