Sydney: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Sydney, Australia 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 Sydney: some non-plaintiffs. Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Sydney 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 8 Oct 2026.
- Last reported movement: 8 Oct 2026.
- Pause-refused cases in the tracker: 0. Cancelled appointments logged: 4.
- Contacting the post: Second interviews for pause-country cases only; cancellations without dates.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Sydney
Pause-country second interviews continue (relayed: a few more in the week of 5 October, one a military-spouse CR1), and the 6 October case reads Issued. Everyone else waits: a direct-consular-filing IR1 cancelled for 2 September, a 26 August interview and a 15 September first interview have no dates as of 8 October.
This is the row shown for Sydney on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
What the daily digest has said about Sydney
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 | Approved | B1/B2 from 1 Oct: passport kept, not back after nine days | Read |
| 8 Oct 2026 | Cancelled | 15 Sept first interview cancelled for training; still no date on 8 Oct | Read |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Approved | 6 Oct second interview reads Issued on CEAC by 7 Oct; passport still with the post | Read |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Called back | Second interviews 6 Oct: insurance and savings only, passports kept, one uploads finances | Read |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Called back | Two non-plaintiff spouse cases called for 6 October | Read |
Cancelled appointments at Sydney
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | DV | not yet | — | |
| 2026-09-15 | IR1/CR1 | not yet | — | |
| 2026-09-02 | IR1/CR1 | not yet | — | |
| 2026-08-26 | IR1/CR1 | not yet | — |
Every post: cancelled appointment tracker.
Sydney pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Sydney calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Sydney 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 8 Oct 2026.
What has happened at Sydney since the pause was vacated?
Pause-country second interviews continue (relayed: a few more in the week of 5 October, one a military-spouse CR1), and the 6 October case reads Issued. Everyone else waits: a direct-consular-filing IR1 cancelled for 2 September, a 26 August interview and a 15 September first interview have no dates as of 8 October. The tracker holds 0 pause-refused cases and 4 cancelled appointments at Sydney.
How do I contact Sydney about a pause case?
What applicants at Sydney report: Second interviews for pause-country cases only; cancellations without dates. 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 Sydney
- 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
- Sydney 221(g) tracker — 29 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 Sydney. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them.