G-325a form a couple of questions

[Allamericankiwi 14]

Hi everyone, Im new to this site. Im a kiwi living in Oz and my gf is a US citizen living in the US. We met 3 1/2 years ago and want to get married now. My question is about the places of residence on the G-325a form. In sept 2006 i went to the US on the visa waiver programme which gave me 3 months there. I went back to nz for 2 weeks then flew to the US for another 3 months. I did this 4 times then applied for a study Visa in the US (what a job getting that!!) but I had to come back to australia to sort out family matters in december 07 which is where i am still. So I lived with my gf for over a year and stayed with friends and family in NZ for the few weeks between visits. I got told off by US immigration for doing this. Anyway what do I put on my G 325a form for place of residence for end of 2006 and 2007 year. Do i put Concord california which is where i stayed with my gf most of the time and would this create suspicion. Or do I put the in between addresses which i cant remember now anyway. Any advice would be appreciated

next question is minor. On the bottom of the form it says print your name in the box. The example form on this site says put your name in the box. Theve changed it, so do they want me to personally print my name or can I just type it in. Im crossing t's and dotting i's at this point cz I dont want any holdups. Thanks for any advice you can give.

[mrs. wife! 3]

The time you were on the waiver program don't put as a place you lived. You were a tourist, so just skip it.

When you were an student, then put the dates and address.

Everything can be typed. Just signatures that has to be out of the pen. Good luck!

[canadian_wife 1,822]

The last thing you want to do is give the impression you were living in the US, especially if you got 'told off' by immigration for doing such. Since you entered on a tourist visa you were not actually 'living' in the US, you were visiting.

However, you mentioned a student visa, did you actually enter the US on a student visa? If you did then you could list the dates you were in the US on a student visa as living there.

Good luck

[alex and astrid 38]

I too was in the US under the Visa Waiver Program, then left, then came back in under a student visa. On my G325A, I did not list my boyfriends apartment as my residence for the time I visited on the VWP. My residence was listed as my parents house in Australia. Once I came back on the F-1 visa, I listed my residence as my boyfriend and I's apartment, as I was living there, going to school there etc. Generally, if you are just visiting a country, you don't put it down as a residence, because it's only temporary. If you go somewhere with a work or school visa, you are living there, so write it down.