Paris 221(g) Tracker: Wait Times

What Paris has asked for

Every document request recorded on a Paris 221(g) so far, grouped by type and most frequent first. Document types only — never anyone’s actual documents.

• DS-5535 questionnaire — 2 requests
• New medical exam — 2 requests
• Passport — 2 requests

2 of 41 tracked Paris cases were asked to submit by email.

Paris and the immigrant visa pause

At least one applicant who is not a plaintiff has received a case-specific instruction here. Last reported movement 2026-10-27.

Re-interviews have begun and one was refused: a pause-country national living in France, F11 family case first interviewed in June and told everything looked fine, was phoned for a re-interview the week of 5 October, questioned mainly on his own salary, savings (under 5,000 euros) and assets rather than on sponsors earning five times the requirement, and emailed a refusal worksheet with only public charge ticked and no explanation. K-1s cancelled for 1 and 2 September had CEAC touches on 30 September and no dates as of 5 October; applicants elsewhere say Paris has started rescheduling, but two K-1s cancelled for 29-30 September still had no date on 11 October. On 14 October the 30 September K-1 still has no date, and a group of K-1s with interviews around 1 September report none either. On 16 October applicants note that only public-charge refusals of pause-country nationals have been reported at the post since the pause lifted, some after telephone interviews of under ten minutes; no approval reported. Relayed 19 October that the post has rescheduled some cancelled K-1 interviews, while one K-1 applicant still has no new date. An employment-based case documentarily qualified on 12 June has no interview letter as of 22 October; the scheduling tool still shows June 2026 for employment-based cases here. A K-1 set for 29 September has no new date on 22 October; another K-1 from early September was moved to the end of November. 27 October: a direct-filing CR1 first interview ended in a 221(g) asking for an I-134 from the petitioner with assets, a summary of the cost and coverage of the employer health plan available to the spouse, and the employer's contact details, although an I-864 and a joint sponsor's I-864 were already filed; documents sent 29 October. 4 November: a K-1 for a third-country national living in Portugal, cancelled 25 August and rebooked for 29 September, was refused under the public-charge ground despite about 80,000 USD of income against a 50,000 requirement; no instructions on sending more evidence and the case email bounces.

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