L&M&kids

We were in the same situation for our son: his passport had an expiry date too close.

We asked for a new passport in France and just brought it and a copy of the old one to the interview at the US embassy in Paris. It went smoothly, they didn't even look at the copy and just took the new passport.

It didn't slow down the process as we got his visa by mail (IR2) 4 days afer the interview.

We were in the same situation: both living abroad.

I just got my visa, through consular process in Paris.

We had to overcome 2 hurdles: income and domicile requirement.

Here is what worked for us:

Income:

- my wife income was above the requirements for our household size, but it would discontinue when moving to the US as this is foreign earned income: our guess was that the NVC would not count it

- we used the proof of assets with my and her banking and savings accounts

- we added a letter to explain our case, with a list of the assets used and 12 months of statements

Domicile:

- we added a letter to explain that my wife never cut ties with the US: we made regular visits to see the family, we provided a copy of her social security card (with her married name), a copy of her overseas voter history

- we explained that she planned to re-establish her domicile in the US as this was a family project (we asked visas for me and our children), we provided proof she was actively looking for a job in the US (copy of emails and interview date)

With these documents, the NVC didn't ask anything else and there was no question about it during the interview at the embassy in Paris.