Updated forms DS-160 and DS-156E, the U.S. company’s tax returns, payroll and financial statements since the last visa, the current lease and ownership register, evidence of the wife’s management role, and both passports.
The renewal file is the business’s recent history
A renewal application repeats the original structure but replaces projections with results. The wife, as principal, completes a new DS-160 and the DS-156E treaty-investor form and pays the application fee. The enterprise evidence should cover the period since the last issuance: federal and state tax returns of the U.S.
company, quarterly payroll filings and W-2 forms showing the employees hired, year-end financial statements, bank statements, the current lease for the barn and kitchen, insurance certificates, the event calendar or booking system summary, and licences and permits in force. Ownership is shown by the company’s stock ledger and formation documents, unchanged, and her management role by contracts, hiring records and the organizational chart. The husband, as E-2 spouse, needs the marriage certificate and his own DS-160; children need birth certificates.
Where the couple have extended status inside the United States on Form I-129 rather than travelling, the approval notices should be included so that the consulate sees an unbroken record of lawful status and continuing operation. Organize the renewal record in the order an officer can test it: identity and nationality, ownership, capital trail, current operations, employment, and the investor's management. Reconcile bank deposits to invoices and tax returns; unexplained transfers or personal payments make the business record harder to assess.
The lease, insurance and permits settle whether the venue remains active, while payroll and sales records test whether it is more than a family-support project. Hypothetical example: an adaptive-clothing workshop renewed its lease but paid several suppliers from the owner's personal account without descriptions. The owner should obtain invoices, match payments to the accounting ledger and explain the transfers before filing, rather than assuming a bank statement alone proves the business activity.