DS-230 Form Questions

[JDParis 0]

Hello everyone!

I have a few questions on the DS-230 form.

1) Question #22 - "Father's Current Address:" Why is the blank not big enough to fit the entire address? (It's like they are LOOKING for ways to send RFEs on stupid stuff. UGH!) So, should I put the steet, county, and post code? PS. His mother's address, directly below, is the same as his father's. Or should we attach another paper with that infomation?

2) Question #23 - Parent info, "If deceased, give year of date:" Should we put n/a if they are still living? The n/a gets to me when they preface the question with an "If."

3) Question #30 - "List below all the places you have lived for at least six months since reaching the age of 16..."

a) street numbers and names not needed? (ie. 1234 America Street) or do they really just want the city, country, etc.?

b) it only asks for places you've lived longer than 6 months, but I feel like I've read something about RFE's from "gaps" in timelines???

4) Question #39 - "Name and Address of Petitioner:" Is this the intending immigrant or the USC? I know at some point the immigrant becomes the petitioner, when before it was the USC and the immigrant was the benificiary.

Thanks so much for all responses!

-Jessica

[JDParis 0]

Okay, please disregard question 2) "If deceased, give year of death" - On the new version of the DS-230 form (http://www.state.gov...ation/81807.pdf) it will not let you enter anything unless it's in the MM-DD-YYYY format, so that answered that question! Thanks anyway!

[canadian_wife 1,822]

Current Address - I actually just listed the City, Province and Country. The EXACT address I do not think is needed

Deceased - put n/a if you like, we left it blank.

Places lived - I'd just put the city, province/state, and country. This is to indicate to them which locations will require police certificates since they are only required if a location was lived in for longer than 6 months. Answer this question literally

The petitioner is always the USC. The beneficiary is the one filling out the DS-230. The immigrant is not the petitioner...ever. The immigrant becomes the applicant when they apply for the visa at the interview, but the petitioner is always the USC

Good luck.

[JDParis 0]

Current Address - I actually just listed the City, Province and Country. The EXACT address I do not think is needed

Deceased - put n/a if you like, we left it blank.

Places lived - I'd just put the city, province/state, and country. This is to indicate to them which locations will require police certificates since they are only required if a location was lived in for longer than 6 months. Answer this question literally

The petitioner is always the USC. The beneficiary is the one filling out the DS-230. The immigrant is not the petitioner...ever. The immigrant becomes the applicant when they apply for the visa at the interview, but the petitioner is always the USC

Good luck.

Thank you so much! That is very helpful! Especially the petitioner part! Whew! Good thing I checked! Thanks!

[TheMatrix 6]

Hello everyone!

I have a few questions on the DS-230 form.

1) Question #22 - "Father's Current Address:" Why is the blank not big enough to fit the entire address? (It's like they are LOOKING for ways to send RFEs on stupid stuff. UGH!) So, should I put the steet, county, and post code? PS. His mother's address, directly below, is the same as his father's. Or should we attach another paper with that infomation?

2) Question #23 - Parent info, "If deceased, give year of date:" Should we put n/a if they are still living? The n/a gets to me when they preface the question with an "If."

3) Question #30 - "List below all the places you have lived for at least six months since reaching the age of 16..."

a) street numbers and names not needed? (ie. 1234 America Street) or do they really just want the city, country, etc.?

b) it only asks for places you've lived longer than 6 months, but I feel like I've read something about RFE's from "gaps" in timelines???

4) Question #39 - "Name and Address of Petitioner:" Is this the intending immigrant or the USC? I know at some point the immigrant becomes the petitioner, when before it was the USC and the immigrant was the benificiary.

Thanks so much for all responses!

-Jessica

It is a poorly designed form. There are other questions for which the space just isn't enough. I used a separate sheet for several questions.

[OBX 51]

Current Address - I actually just listed the City, Province and Country. The EXACT address I do not think is needed

Deceased - put n/a if you like, we left it blank.

Places lived - I'd just put the city, province/state, and country. This is to indicate to them which locations will require police certificates since they are only required if a location was lived in for longer than 6 months. Answer this question literally

The petitioner is always the USC. The beneficiary is the one filling out the DS-230. The immigrant is not the petitioner...ever. The immigrant becomes the applicant when they apply for the visa at the interview, but the petitioner is always the USC

Good luck.

We filled in our forms exactly as noted by canadian_wife, had no issues at all.

With "places lived" it is very important not to leave any gaps in the dates, all of the time must be accounted for but only those places greater than 6 months, I assume anything less is considered visiting not living. Good luck!