DS-230 question

[bostonmom 0]

Should it be filled in Chinese, in particular #30(children's name and address), #32(past address since age 16), #33 (education institute). these info would be awkward to translate into english. Thanks...

[sachinky 465]

Has to be filled out in English except the part where it tells you to sign in your native language.

Edited May 16, 2010 by sachinky

[pushbrk 12,881]

Has to be filled out in English except the part where it tells you to sign in your native language.

There is no part that tells anybody to "sign" in their native language. A signature is a signature regardless of language or alphabet. There IS a place that calls for the name to be entered in the native alphabet but it is not a signature. I can't get the PDF to accept pasted Chinese Characters, so hand writing works or since NVC does electronic processing for GUZ, one can use the typewriter function in Adobe to paste the Chinese characters on a PDF scan of the signed DS230.

The DS230 asks for names of cities, provinces and dates the applicant lived since age 16, so transliteration is straight forward.

[Darnell 8,478]

bostonmom - in the blocks you asked about - tis English ! PIN YIN, here, is OK, as well, as the literal translation INTO English is what they're looking for.

[bostonmom 0]

thank you all. Very helpful