DS-230 form, all kinds of questions

[JaJo08 0]

Okay I searched on this form and it seems the form has changed a bit over the last year and thus the corresponding numbers aren't the same anymore. I know people get lots of RFE's on this one for simple mistakes so I'm going to ask away.....

#2, it say if married woman, give maiden name. My wife did not take my last name and thus I've read conflicting answers on this one. Do we put her last name as it is shown above since it's exactly the same or do we put "N/A"? I want to be careful here as I've seen people getting RFE'd for this one.

#12 For present occupation, it's just the title correct? Not the name and address of the organization too?

#31a. Since I would be crossing the border with her, we put me in this box as well right even though I'm the USC? I'm also the person listed in #14.

#35 so for this one my understanding is to list all the ones she can remember, but beyond that putting something to the effect of "various trips since 19XX, but never stayed longer than 3 weeks or overstayed any visa"

She has been here countless times on family vacations since she was young and of course to visit me several times in the last year and she also many friends here in the states she's visited over the past 7 years.

#36, 37, and 38 are just repeats of 1,2 and 3? So same question for #37 as for #2 above.

#43a and #43b. I assume we want the SSA to assign and issue a card so we would answer yes to both of these?

Which address do they mail the card too, is it the same address I put for the green card address? The reason I ask is I put my friends name and address for the green card as we are going to move shortly after her arrival here to a bigger place as my place is tiny!

And as for the bottom of Part II, she doesn't sign this section until the actual interview. Since we are doing electronic processing, we only need the one copy of the package right?

thanks so much, I hope this isn't too much to answer!

[Jamaican JNR 2]

Okay I searched on this form and it seems the form has changed a bit over the last year and thus the corresponding numbers aren't the same anymore. I know people get lots of RFE's on this one for simple mistakes so I'm going to ask away.....

#2, it say if married woman, give maiden name. My wife did not take my last name and thus I've read conflicting answers on this one. Do we put her last name as it is shown above since it's exactly the same or do we put "N/A"? I want to be careful here as I've seen people getting RFE'd for this one.

#12 For present occupation, it's just the title correct? Not the name and address of the organization too?

#31a. Since I would be crossing the border with her, we put me in this box as well right even though I'm the USC? I'm also the person listed in #14.

#35 so for this one my understanding is to list all the ones she can remember, but beyond that putting something to the effect of "various trips since 19XX, but never stayed longer than 3 weeks or overstayed any visa"

She has been here countless times on family vacations since she was young and of course to visit me several times in the last year and she also many friends here in the states she's visited over the past 7 years.

#36, 37, and 38 are just repeats of 1,2 and 3? So same question for #37 as for #2 above.

#43a and #43b. I assume we want the SSA to assign and issue a card so we would answer yes to both of these?

Which address do they mail the card too, is it the same address I put for the green card address? The reason I ask is I put my friends name and address for the green card as we are going to move shortly after her arrival here to a bigger place as my place is tiny!

And as for the bottom of Part II, she doesn't sign this section until the actual interview. Since we are doing electronic processing, we only need the one copy of the package right?

thanks so much, I hope this isn't too much to answer!

Just read and answer the questions honestly. If it asks for maiden name, then give maiden name (name before marriage or her birth name); The SSA does not know where to send the card to, so if you want it then supply an address. Put the number of times visited, starting with last first and try and go backwards. On my DS230, I put only what could hold on the form.

[trailmix 77]

#2, it say if married woman, give maiden name. My wife did not take my last name and thus I've read conflicting answers on this one. Do we put her last name as it is shown above since it's exactly the same or do we put "N/A"? I want to be careful here as I've seen people getting RFE'd for this one.

Put her maiden name in both.

#12 For present occupation, it's just the title correct? Not the name and address of the organization too?

Yes, the title.

#31a. Since I would be crossing the border with her, we put me in this box as well right even though I'm the USC? I'm also the person listed in #14.

I assume you mean as in - you are going to pick her up? No - this would apply if you both lived outside the U.S.

#35 so for this one my understanding is to list all the ones she can remember, but beyond that putting something to the effect of "various trips since 19XX, but never stayed longer than 3 weeks or overstayed any visa"

You can leave out the 'overstayed any visa part' - but yes, the other two are correct.

She has been here countless times on family vacations since she was young and of course to visit me several times in the last year and she also many friends here in the states she's visited over the past 7 years.

#36, 37, and 38 are just repeats of 1,2 and 3? So same question for #37 as for #2 above.

Yes

#43a and #43b. I assume we want the SSA to assign and issue a card so we would answer yes to both of these?

Which address do they mail the card too, is it the same address I put for the green card address? The reason I ask is I put my friends name and address for the green card as we are going to move shortly after her arrival here to a bigger place as my place is tiny!

Yes, they will mail it to the U.S. address given. Sometimes checking this off works and they issue and mail it - sometimes it doesn't. If you want to be sure just say no and apply yourself after a couple of weeks.

And as for the bottom of Part II, she doesn't sign this section until the actual interview. Since we are doing electronic processing, we only need the one copy of the package right?

Yes, signature at interview for part 2. I'm not sure what you mean by your other question - you only ever need 1 copy.

It was a lot to answer

But you are right - the sample form is out of date and it's for a person with no children and no spouse, not very helpful.