Madrid 221(g) Tracker
Live administrative-processing picture at Madrid, from 15 community-reported cases — medians, backlog aging and the latest movement, updated as reports arrive.
Interview volume & pending backlog
Tracked Madrid interviews per month, and how many are still pending today.
Days-to-approval distribution
Resolved Madrid cases only.
What Madrid has asked for
Every document request recorded on a Madrid 221(g) so far, grouped by type and most frequent first. Document types only — never anyone’s actual documents.
- DS-5535 questionnaire — 2 requests
3 other requests reported once
- Birth certificate
- Photographs
- W-2
3 of 15 tracked Madrid cases were asked to submit by email. Slip colours seen here: yellow, white.
Madrid and the immigrant visa pause
No callbacks of any kind have been reported at this post since the cable. Last reported movement 2026-10-02.
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. On 14 October the July case still reads Ready, while other applicants at the post report October updates in the portal.
Full picture for this post, with its pause cases, cancellations and every digest mention: Madrid immigrant visa pause status. Every post side by side: status by embassy.
Recent Madrid case reports
Newest first, fully anonymized.
| Reported | Visa | Status | Interview | Approved | Days | Slip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | IR1/CR1 | pending | 2026-02-03 | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-29 | IV (immigrant) | pending | 2026-07 | — | — | — |
| 2026-08-31 | IR1/CR1 | pending | 2026-09-29 | — | — | — |
| 2026-08-23 | other | pending | 2026-02-03 | — | — | — |
| 2026-08-11 | B1/B2 | refused 214(b) | 2026-08-11 | — | — | — |
| 2026-07-31 | F1 | pending | 2026-07-02 | — | — | yellow |
| 2026-07-27 | — | pending | 2026-07-02 | — | — | yellow |
| 2026-04-16 | B1/B2 | pending | 2026-04-10 | — | — | — |
| 2026-04-16 | B1/B2 | pending | 2026-04 | — | — | — |
| 2026-04-14 | B1/B2 | pending | 2026-04-10 | — | — | — |
| 2026-01-14 | other | pending | 2026-01-13 | — | — | white |
| 2026-01-02 | H1B | pending | 2025-12-15 | 2025-12-15 | 0 | — |
Madrid 221(g) — quick answers
How long does 221(g) administrative processing take at Madrid in 2026?
Among 0 resolved community-reported cases at Madrid, the median is 0 days from interview to approval, with 75% clearing within 0 days. 13 tracked cases have been pending 60+ days — outcomes are fast for most and slow for a stuck minority.
What do most 221(g) slips at Madrid ask for?
Recorded requests at Madrid: DS-5535 questionnaire (2 cases); Birth certificate; Photographs; W-2. 3 of 15 tracked cases here were asked to submit by email — the subject-line format matters, see the playbook.
Is my Madrid 221(g) wait normal?
Use the My Case comparator: enter your interview date and it shows what share of Madrid cases had cleared by your day count, and how many are still pending at least as long.
Waiting on a Madrid 221(g)?
See where your case sits against every tracked Madrid timeline, and grab the submission email template.