DS-230 Listing Previous USA visits.. advice needed..

[mattandtoni 0]

Hi all

Firstly, long time lurker. The posts and guides on here got us nicely through to Packet 3 stage Thanks for all the invaluable info.

I'm hoping to send my packet 3 info back today but I have a question which I hope you can all hape with.

Question 25 List dates of all previous visits to the United States. Give type of visa if known.

I've checked through my passport and over the past 4 years I've visited 28 times, going by the stamps. Firstly i'm slightly worried that there could be the odd missing stamp, and also that they ask you to report visits by month dates only. This isn't very representative for me, as most trips were between 3 - 14 days max.

How have others dealt with this? Have you added every trip, in the format they require, or put an explanatory note of some kind?

Thanks in advance.

Matt

[Toshtishtash 1]

I just listed all the dates that were in my passport. If I only stayed for 2 weeks say in April, I put the arrival date as April and the departure date as April too. In the type of visa, I just put VWP.

I think I had about 15 altogether and the ones I couldn't fit on the form, I listed on a separate sheet of paper.

I think I had a couple of stamps missing as they were in my old passport, but I didn't worry about those.

[Otto 83]

Hi all

Firstly, long time lurker. The posts and guides on here got us nicely through to Packet 3 stage Thanks for all the invaluable info.

I'm hoping to send my packet 3 info back today but I have a question which I hope you can all hape with.

Question 25 List dates of all previous visits to the United States. Give type of visa if known.

I've checked through my passport and over the past 4 years I've visited 28 times, going by the stamps. Firstly i'm slightly worried that there could be the odd missing stamp, and also that they ask you to report visits by month dates only. This isn't very representative for me, as most trips were between 3 - 14 days max.

How have others dealt with this? Have you added every trip, in the format they require, or put an explanatory note of some kind?

Thanks in advance.

Matt

We listed every visit - using the form, then listing the rest on a separate sheet (with the heading "DS-230 Question 25, Previous Visits Continued"). You of course want to be as accurate as possible, but if you miss one, am sure it would not be a huge issue. All they want are the general details; Month/Year Arrive, Month/Year Depart, Location (we listed cities only), Type of Visa and A# (write None if you never got one). Even if you had multiple trips in the same month, list them on separate lines. It's perfectly understandable that after 28 times the details can get a bit foggy but just do the best you can - that's what we did.

[mattandtoni 0]

Thanks both. I'll just go ahead and put all the ones I can down. Suddenly realised when I looked at this list why i'm so broke! Roll on the summer, when our combined travel costs will be slashed

[Eli the Barrowboy 16]

I just put them ALL on a separate piece of paper and marked the form - Please See Attached Sheet, which I dated and signed for extra caution.

I did the same with all foreign countries visited and schools attended.

We sent ours back today too!!!

R

[coatsy 0]

Thanks both. I'll just go ahead and put all the ones I can down. Suddenly realised when I looked at this list why i'm so broke! Roll on the summer, when our combined travel costs will be slashed

I put on the actual DS-230 at Q25 'see attached sheet' to avoid any confusion

then listed them all on an additional sheet

including a note at the bottom for a possible trip I couldn't find documentary evidence off.. but I was sure I took lol

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

Yes, I second the signing and dating of an additional sheet.