DS-156 Question..

[frenzyheart 2]

Okay, so I was glancing through the example forms to get a feel, and I got to number 29 on the DS-156, where it asks if/when you've been to the US. If he were from a country not connected to the US, I would understand better, but seeing as Canada is right there... I'm slightly confused as to what he should put... and I am curious as to what everyone else put, because I know we can't be the only people in the same situation in that my fiance has visited the US so many times that I don't think he remembers them all. (I know I sure don't, and my memory is much better than his, lol)

So I guess what I'm really wondering is this: Do they mean visits where he's spent a significant amount of time (like 2 weeks+), or should we be trying to remember every single weekend visit????

[Krikit 1,164]

We called and asked about this question. (This was back in the day where you actually got someone who worked there and not an outsourcing firm reading from a script.) They told us that the intent of this question was to determine whether there had ever been any overstays and that they understand that Canadians have special circumstances. So, anyway, they said to list it as:

"Numerous times, but none lasting longer than X < insert the # of weeks or months your longest trip was>."

So that's what we did (as well as quite a number of other Canadians) and things were fine.

[frenzyheart 2]

Thanks a ton, Krikit!