Kuwait City: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Kuwait City, Kuwait 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 Nov 2026.
Key facts, as of 13 Nov 2026
- Who is being called back at Kuwait City: no callbacks reported. Not as of the latest reports. Applicants at Kuwait City report no email, no instruction and no status change since the 10 September cable. Absence of reports is not proof of absence, but at posts with many applicants writing in, it is close.
- Last reported movement: none reported.
- Latest report: 24 October: an EB-3 nurse documentarily qualified November 2023 still has no interview; forum users report no new employment-based interview letters anywhere since the suspension.
- Pause-refused cases in the tracker: 0. Cancelled appointments logged: 0.
- DQ and waiting for an interview? Add your DQ date (anonymous). Once five people at Kuwait City have, this page shows how many are waiting and for how long.
- Contacting the post: Not reported.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Kuwait City
An EB-3 skilled worker case reports no news as of 19 October; no re-interview or callback has been reported from this post. Non-immigrant note: a Venezuelan H-1B applicant given a 221(g) here in December 2025 was issued after about two months of administrative processing. Non-immigrant: an F-1 renewal interviewed 14 September is in its sixth week of administrative processing with the passport held, after a social media check was announced at the window (23 October). 24 October: an EB-3 nurse documentarily qualified November 2023 still has no interview; forum users report no new employment-based interview letters anywhere since the suspension.
This is the row shown for Kuwait City on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
What the daily digest has said about Kuwait City
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2026 | No decision | EB-3 nurse qualified Nov 2023, no letter; no new EB interviews seen anywhere | Read |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Covered | H-1B 221(g) from Dec 2025 issued after two months; Dec 2026 appointment as a TCN | Read |
| 19 Oct 2026 | No decision | New row: an EB-3 skilled case reports no news; no callback reported from this post | Read |
Kuwait City pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Kuwait City calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Not as of the latest reports. Applicants at Kuwait City report no email, no instruction and no status change since the 10 September cable. Absence of reports is not proof of absence, but at posts with many applicants writing in, it is close.
What has happened at Kuwait City since the pause was vacated?
An EB-3 skilled worker case reports no news as of 19 October; no re-interview or callback has been reported from this post. Non-immigrant note: a Venezuelan H-1B applicant given a 221(g) here in December 2025 was issued after about two months of administrative processing. Non-immigrant: an F-1 renewal interviewed 14 September is in its sixth week of administrative processing with the passport held, after a social media check was announced at the window (23 October). 24 October: an EB-3 nurse documentarily qualified November 2023 still has no interview; forum users report no new employment-based interview letters anywhere since the suspension.
How do I contact Kuwait City about a pause case?
What applicants at Kuwait City report: Not reported. 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 Kuwait City
- 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
- Kuwait City 221(g) tracker — 4 tracked cases of every kind, wait times and what the post asks for
- Immigrant visa pause: status by embassy — all 74 posts side by side
- Public-charge re-interview: questions asked and what to bring
Other posts where the picture is the same: no callbacks reported
- Madrid, Spain — last movement 20 Oct
- Mumbai, India — last movement 7 Oct
- Tirana, Albania — last movement 2 Oct
- Yaounde, Cameroon — last movement 2 Oct
- Algiers, Algeria — last movement 15 Mar
- Baghdad, Iraq
Posts where non-plaintiffs are being called
- London, United Kingdom — last movement 12 Nov
- Yerevan, Armenia — last movement 11 Nov
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — last movement 10 Nov
- Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — last movement 9 Nov
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