Manila 221(g) Tracker
Live administrative-processing picture at Manila, from 52 community-reported cases — medians, backlog aging and the latest movement, updated as reports arrive.
Interview volume & pending backlog
Tracked Manila interviews per month, and how many are still pending today.
Days-to-approval distribution
Resolved Manila cases only.
What Manila has asked for
Every document request recorded on a Manila 221(g) so far, grouped by type and most frequent first. Document types only — never anyone’s actual documents.
- New medical exam — 3 requests
- Passport — 3 requests
- employment contract — 2 requests
- O-1 petition — 2 requests
- Tax returns / transcripts — 2 requests
- Transcripts / degree — 2 requests
14 other requests reported once
- Bank statements / financial evidence
- Birth certificate
- DS-160 confirmation
- I-797 approval notice
- I-864 affidavit of support
- joint sponsor
- joint sponsor (financial)
- joint sponsor affidavit (income below 125 percent of the guideline)
- joint sponsor documents
- joint sponsor's proof of citizenship
- proof of employment from decades ago
- re-upload of civil documents already marked submitted in CEAC
- stronger joint sponsor
- W-2
2 of 52 tracked Manila cases were asked to submit by email. Slip colours seen here: green, yellow, white, pink.
Manila and the immigrant visa pause
Movement has been reported here, but who is being called is disputed or unknown. Last reported movement 2026-10-08.
No reschedules: K-1s cancelled for 27 August and 1 September, a CR-1 for 25 August, an IR-5 and a 21 September interview all report nothing on 8 October, with nobody at the post seen getting interviews this month; the medical for a cancelled 1 September K-1 expires 14 January. Relayed: EB-3 re-interviews in early October. An O-1 given a 221(g) on 27 August is still Refused six weeks on.
Full picture for this post, with its pause cases, cancellations and every digest mention: Manila immigrant visa pause status. Every post side by side: status by embassy.
Related
Posts with a similar wait
- Mumbai 221(g) tracker — median 1d, 199 cases
- Kingston 221(g) tracker — median 1d, 16 cases
- Singapore 221(g) tracker — median 1d, 14 cases
- Kuala Lumpur 221(g) tracker — median 1d, 11 cases
Recent Manila case reports
Newest first, fully anonymized.
| Reported | Visa | Status | Interview | Approved | Days | Slip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | O1 | pending | 2026-08-27 | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-08 | CR1 | pending | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-08 | K1 | pending | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-07 | EB3 | unknown | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-07 | O1 | pending | 2026-08-27 | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-07 | K1 | pending | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-05 | K1 | pending | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-05 | B1/B2 | refused 214(b) | 2026-10-02 | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-04 | other | pending | 2026-06-23 | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-04 | IV (immigrant) | pending | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-04 | IV (immigrant) | pending | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-04 | IV (immigrant) | pending | — | — | — | — |
Manila 221(g) — quick answers
How long does 221(g) administrative processing take at Manila in 2026?
Among 15 resolved community-reported cases at Manila, the median is 1 day from interview to approval, with 75% clearing within 15 days. 12 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 Manila ask for?
Recorded requests at Manila: New medical exam (3 cases); Passport (3 cases); employment contract (2 cases); O-1 petition (2 cases); Tax returns / transcripts (2 cases); Transcripts / degree (2 cases). 2 of 52 tracked cases here were asked to submit by email — the subject-line format matters, see the playbook.
Is my Manila 221(g) wait normal?
Use the My Case comparator: enter your interview date and it shows what share of Manila cases had cleared by your day count, and how many are still pending at least as long.
Waiting on a Manila 221(g)?
See where your case sits against every tracked Manila timeline, and grab the submission email template.