Dakar 221(g) Tracker
Live administrative-processing picture at Dakar, from 7 community-reported cases — medians, backlog aging and the latest movement, updated as reports arrive.
Interview volume & pending backlog
Tracked Dakar interviews per month, and how many are still pending today.
No Dakar median yet
Only 2 tracked Dakar cases have both an interview and an approval date — too few to publish a median for this post.
Across all 588 resolved cases we track, at every post, the median is 3 days from interview to approval. Treat that as background, not as a prediction for Dakar — per-post medians vary widely, which is the whole reason these pages exist.
What Dakar has asked for
Every document request recorded on a Dakar 221(g) so far, grouped by type and most frequent first. Document types only — never anyone’s actual documents.
- Police certificate
- public charge questionnaire
1 of 7 tracked Dakar cases were asked to submit by email.
Dakar and the immigrant visa pause
At least one applicant who is not a plaintiff has received a case-specific instruction here. Last reported movement 2026-10-01.
A non-plaintiff parent case (Guinean national) interviewed two days into the pause was emailed on 1 October a re-interview for 19 October, with a questionnaire and a request for a police certificate from a prior country of residence; the post said it is calling applicants in the order they were refused. A Guinean diversity visa applicant, not a plaintiff, went to Issued on 30 September. Diversity visa second interviews on 25 and 28 September ended in 221(g)s.
Full picture for this post, with its pause cases, cancellations and every digest mention: Dakar immigrant visa pause status. Every post side by side: status by embassy.
Recent Dakar case reports
Newest first, fully anonymized.
| Reported | Visa | Status | Interview | Approved | Days | Slip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | IR5 | pending | 2026-01-16 | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-30 | DV | issued | — | 2026-09-30 | — | — |
| 2026-09-28 | DV | pending | 2026-09-28 | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-26 | — | pending | 2026-01 | — | — | — |
| 2026-07-22 | K1 | pending | 2026-05-07 | — | — | — |
| 2026-07-13 | other | approved | — | 2026-08 | — | — |
| 2026-06-11 | other | pending | 2026-06-11 | — | — | — |
Dakar 221(g) — quick answers
How long does 221(g) administrative processing take at Dakar in 2026?
Not enough resolved cases at Dakar yet for a reliable median. 5 tracked cases are currently pending.
What do most 221(g) slips at Dakar ask for?
Recorded requests at Dakar: Police certificate; public charge questionnaire. 1 of 7 tracked cases here were asked to submit by email — the subject-line format matters, see the playbook.
Is my Dakar 221(g) wait normal?
Use the My Case comparator: enter your interview date and it shows what share of Dakar cases had cleared by your day count, and how many are still pending at least as long.
Waiting on a Dakar 221(g)?
See where your case sits against every tracked Dakar timeline, and grab the submission email template.