Rio de Janeiro: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 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 Rio de Janeiro: some non-plaintiffs. Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Rio de Janeiro 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 11 Oct 2026.
- Last reported movement: 11 Oct 2026.
- Pause-refused cases in the tracker: 0. Cancelled appointments logged: 2.
- Contacting the post: Short-notice emails; chronological order with humanitarian exceptions via a senator.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Rio de Janeiro
A family case went to Issued on CEAC with an email asking for the passports around 11 October (second interview not stated). Chronological re-interviews are reaching January and February first interviews, so later cohorts expect expired medicals. One jump in the queue: a non-plaintiff IR1 first interviewed 9 April, whose second child is due 24 November, got a 28 October second interview on 8 October, a day after the post told a senator's office that rescheduling is chronological. A June case is waiting. Earlier: the 29 September second interview issued in two days; about thirty January employment-based families emailed for after 20 October.
This is the row shown for Rio de Janeiro on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
What the daily digest has said about Rio de Janeiro
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 | Issued | Family case Issued on CEAC, passports requested by email around 11 Oct | Read |
| 10 Oct 2026 | Called back | 9 Apr IR1 given a 28 Oct second interview after a senator's office wrote | Read |
| 3 Oct 2026 | Issued | August spouse case: second interview 29 Sept, Issued 1 Oct, passport back 2 Oct | Read |
| 2 Oct 2026 | Called back | Thirty EB families from January emailed re-interviews for after 20 October | Read |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Issued | June case issued two days after its re-interview | Read |
Cancelled appointments at Rio de Janeiro
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | other | not yet | — | |
| 2026-10-06 | other | not yet | — |
Every post: cancelled appointment tracker.
Rio de Janeiro pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Rio de Janeiro calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Rio de Janeiro 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 11 Oct 2026.
What has happened at Rio de Janeiro since the pause was vacated?
A family case went to Issued on CEAC with an email asking for the passports around 11 October (second interview not stated). Chronological re-interviews are reaching January and February first interviews, so later cohorts expect expired medicals. One jump in the queue: a non-plaintiff IR1 first interviewed 9 April, whose second child is due 24 November, got a 28 October second interview on 8 October, a day after the post told a senator's office that rescheduling is chronological. A June case is waiting. Earlier: the 29 September second interview issued in two days; about thirty January employment-based families emailed for after 20 October. The tracker holds 0 pause-refused cases and 2 cancelled appointments at Rio de Janeiro.
How do I contact Rio de Janeiro about a pause case?
What applicants at Rio de Janeiro report: Short-notice emails; chronological order with humanitarian exceptions via a senator. 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 Rio de Janeiro
- 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
- Rio de Janeiro 221(g) tracker — 21 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
- Tokyo, Japan — last movement 10 Oct
- Johannesburg, South Africa — last movement 9 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 Rio de Janeiro. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them.