Paris: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Paris, France 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 Oct 2026.
Key facts, as of 13 Oct 2026
- Who is being called back at Paris: some non-plaintiffs. Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Paris who is not a named plaintiff has reported a case-specific instruction: a new medical, a second interview or a document request. The last movement reported was on 7 Oct 2026.
- Last reported movement: 7 Oct 2026.
- Pause-refused cases in the tracker: 0. Cancelled appointments logged: 7, 1 with a new date.
- Contacting the post: Re-interviews arranged by detailed phone call; one public charge refusal; reschedules reported second-hand.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Paris
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.
This is the row shown for Paris on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
What the daily digest has said about Paris
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2026 | No decision | Two K-1s cancelled for 29-30 Sept still without dates on 11 Oct | Read |
| 10 Oct 2026 | Refused | F11 re-interview ends in a public charge refusal; questions on the applicant's own savings | Read |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Cancelled | 1-2 Sept K-1s touched 30 Sept, no dates; DV interview cancelled 4 Sept unrescheduled | Read |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Cancelled | K-1 turned away after the call centre confirmed the date | Read |
| 21 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read | |
| 20 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read | |
| 18 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read | |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read |
Cancelled appointments at Paris
Immigrant visa interviews called off since the worldwide suspension began on 24 August, and whether a new date has arrived. Dates marked approximate in the report are shown as reported.
| Original date | Visa | New date | Gap | Found out via |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | other | not yet | — | told at the post |
| 2026-09-30 | K1 | not yet | — | |
| 2026-09-29 | other | not yet | — | |
| 2026-09-04 | other | not yet | — | |
| 2026-09-02 | other | not yet | — | |
| 2026-09-01 | other | not yet | — | |
| 2026-08-25 | other | 2026-09-22 | 28d |
Every post: cancelled appointment tracker.
Paris pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Paris calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Paris who is not a named plaintiff has reported a case-specific instruction: a new medical, a second interview or a document request. The last movement reported was on 7 Oct 2026.
What has happened at Paris since the pause was vacated?
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. The tracker holds 0 pause-refused cases and 7 cancelled appointments at Paris, 1 of them rebooked.
How do I contact Paris about a pause case?
What applicants at Paris report: Re-interviews arranged by detailed phone call; one public charge refusal; reschedules reported second-hand. 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 Paris
- 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
- Paris 221(g) tracker — 27 tracked cases of every kind, wait times and what the post asks for
- Immigrant visa pause: status by embassy — all 62 posts side by side
- Public-charge re-interview: questions asked and what to bring
Other posts where the picture is the same: some non-plaintiffs
- Bangkok, Thailand — last movement 13 Oct
- Amman, Jordan — last movement 12 Oct
- Warsaw, Poland — last movement 12 Oct
- Guangzhou, China — last movement 11 Oct
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — last movement 11 Oct
- Tokyo, Japan — last movement 10 Oct
VisaMoves is a free, anonymous community data project. Not legal advice, and not affiliated with the U.S. Department of State or the post in Paris. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them.