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I am sending the following documents :

Cover letter explaining finances -- self employed online tutor, paid hourly, have used the platform since 2015.

Form I-134 Declaration of Financial Support

2025 Form 1099 stating income of $24,971

2025 Tax Return

(sister, co-sponsor)

Form I-134 Declaration of Financial Support

Letter of Employment Verification on company letterhead from her boss --- stating income of $52,975.

2023 - 2025 Tax Returns

3 recent paystubs

Her/My daughter's passport

Is there anything else i need to include?

Hello everyone,

My fiancee just had her k1 visa interview at the Tokyo embassy, and she originally thought that the interview went well. She said that she thought that the consular officer didn't request any additional documents and that he said that the results of the interview would be posted on the CEAC website in about 1 week. However, when she got home, she realized that she received a piece of paper that said the visa was denied under Section 221(g) for Administrative processing. The paper didn't request any additional documentation, just that we should not contact them until 180 days after the interview. Naturally, this has gotten us kind of anxious.

I've read that administrative processing under section 221(g) can be used as a placeholder for routine background checks/security, and that it may be normal to receive this status while they review our documents, but I wanted to confirm that others have experienced something similar.

My fiancee also insists that we contact the embassy for clarification, but I'm thinking it may be unwise to contact them before the week is up. Would contacting them be a mistake?

Thanks everyone.

Hello all,

Just want to post about our current experience so far in regard to my wife's ongoing N-400 on the basis of INA 319(b). Long story short, I'm the USC spouse who is a DOD contractor overseas in Germany, so we are able to file under 319(b). Going through the Fairfax/DC Field Office inevitably. I waited for our contract year to renew to be compliant with the 1-year assignment validity requirement under 319(b). Filled the application with all my employment documentation and letters showing my wife joining on assignment, as well as a letter signed by HR of the company verifying the company's mission and my assignment.

April 8th 2026: N-400 filed. (my company was slow to send out our contract renewal letters, so I received my literal 365-day extension paperwork at about 10pm, was a rush to get our application submitted LOL).

May 1st 2026: We scheduled you for a biometrics appointment. (Assuming this would've been a reuse before the new change, considering we were just in the US in October for a USCIS biometrics appointment for my wife's travel permit. Thing to note here was the request said to perform the biometrics on base and mail them to the NBC, with ATTN: MILITARY NATURALIZATIONS which felt good that our case was submitted and processing correctly. We did biometrics with the on base security office and they were printed to the FBI cards they wanted. Funny here, they receive the fingerprints digitally, but the on-base offices don't have the codes to communicate and send directly to USCIS, so they just print the electronic fingerprints onto cards...)

May 4th 2026: Another update, this time an RFE. Took about 24-48 hours to populate he document, and voila, another request for biometrics. This time it was on the RFE letterhead, from the USCIS director, with different return addresses for the biometrics. The NBC address had ATTN: N-400 ADJUDICATIONS on this document. We mailed them there because it was the newest document.

May 18th 2026: Response to USCIS' Request for Evidence was Received. This notification only populated because I replied to the RFE on the USCIS account with a drafted letter stating the biometrics we mailed said delivered by USPS with the tracking number, etc. We did USPS Priority Express envelope through the post office on base (there was an address on the RFE for express delivery). We shipped it on the 6th of May; it arrived in Chicago the next day and then was lost in the USPS customs hellhole for another week. It finally arrived on May 15th to the USCIS PO Box (ironically, to the PO box with zip code for regular deliveries, not sure what happened to our express delivery method...)

Now it is May 19th and I'm still waiting to see any silent updates or anything, who knows how long it will take. We're hoping for the best and hoping that we can complete the interview and oath in the same trip, but it seems not as expectable lately.

Will continue to update this as things happen.

Do i need to make new i-864 before interview if its 8 month old at the time of interview?.

Hi again folks. The answer to this may be obvious but I can't work it out and Montreal takes weeks to respond to emails.

Ok, so in the interview letter, they said everyone has to register with their free courier service:

1. Register with our Free Courier Service
You must register all applicants, including children, to arrange for the delivery of your passport
and visa packet. There is no charge for this service. Follow these steps:
1. Visit https://ais.usvisa-info.com/.
2. Select Permanently Immigrate to the US as your trip purpose.
3. Enter the required information for each applicant (including children)
4. Choose a Canada Post courier location for document pickup.

So I go to that website, click on immigrant visa, click on Canada location. Now, if I log into my already existing account, I can't do anything, there's no options. If I'm logged out of the account, it gives me these options:

Please select the condition that applies to you:

I have received a Consular interview appointment date from the National Visa Center (NVC) or the Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) and I have been instructed to register my appointment on this site.

I have received a letter/email from the consular section with instructions to register or schedule a K (Fianc (e)/Spouse/Child) visa appointment.

I have received a letter/email from the consular section with instructions to schedule an immigrant visa appointment.

I have received a letter/email to register or schedule a Diversity Lottery visa appointment.

None of the above

But none of these scenarios apply, since I received the appointment directly from the consulate and it's for IR2 (child) visa, not K. I don't need to schedule an appointment, I need to register for courier service. If I choose "none" then I can't go any further. If I choose one of the other options, it wants me to register again then tells me my email has already been used. Am I overthinking this? Do I need to create a new email address (which seems silly)?