Privacy

What we never collect

• No accounts, names, emails or phone numbers — the site has no signup.
• No passport numbers, DS-160 numbers, or case/receipt numbers. Our forms and group messages automatically reject anything that looks like one.
• No usernames or employer names in the case dataset — every record is anonymized before it is stored.

What we do collect

• Case timelines you submit — consulate, visa type, dates, status, slip color and an optional note. Stored anonymously and shown only in aggregate or as anonymous rows.
• Group messages and check-ins — public by design, posted under a handle you choose. Don’t use your real name.
• Our own visit statistics (no cookies) — for each page view we record the page, how long it was actively read, how far it was scrolled, the site that linked to it (without its query string), campaign tags in the link, screen size class, browser and operating system family, and your country (from the country code our network provider, Cloudflare, attaches to each request, or else your device’s time zone). Visits are grouped with a code computed from a random value that changes every day, your IP address and your browser type; the IP address itself is never stored, and because the daily value is discarded, a visit today cannot be linked to one tomorrow. Nothing is stored in your browser for this, and records are deleted after 400 days.
• No third-party analytics. We do not use Google Analytics, session recording or any outside analytics service. The visit statistics above are the only ones we keep, on our own servers, and are never sold or shared.
• Standard server logs (IP address, browser type) — used for rate-limiting and abuse prevention, e.g. limiting how many messages one connection can post.
• Push subscriptions — if you enable room notifications, your browser’s push endpoint is stored so we can deliver them. Turning notifications off removes the room from that subscription.

Where community data comes from

The dataset combines timelines submitted directly on this site with anonymized case timelines compiled from publicly shared case reports. Identifying details are removed before anything enters the dataset, and source links are never displayed.

Cookies & local storage

Your browser’s local storage remembers small preferences on your own device — your chosen handle, your check-in stage, and which rooms you enabled notifications for.

Advertising. Blog articles may carry ads served by Google AdSense. Google and its partners use cookies to show ads based on your visits to this and other sites; those cookies are set by Google, not by us, and we never pass them any case data or anything you type here. You can opt out of personalised advertising at Google Ads Settings or at aboutads.info. No ads appear in the lounges or on the submission form.

Sponsors

Some pages may carry a sponsor card or a sponsored guide from a US immigration law firm or related service. Every sponsored placement is labelled “Sponsored”, and sponsors pay a flat fee for it. Sponsors never receive your personal details, anything you submit or type on this site, or information about your individual visits. If you click a sponsor’s link you go to their own website, where their privacy policy applies.

We share only aggregate, anonymous statistics with sponsors and prospective sponsors, such as monthly visits, the share of visits by country, and how many times a sponsored placement was viewed or clicked. Sponsors have no say over the case data, rankings, embassy status pages or the daily email, and a sponsorship is not a recommendation of that firm.

Questions or removal requests

Want a message or submitted timeline removed? Email support@visamoves.com and tell us roughly where it appears — we don’t need proof of identity, because we never held your identity in the first place. This page will be updated if our practices change.