DS-157

[Gingerpants 8]

8). "Full Name and Address of Contact Person or Organization in the United States (Include Telephone Number)"

Do I put my name since I'm the petitioner even though I'm not currently living in the US? Or would I put one of my parents who is our sponsor and who has a US address?

9). "List all countries you have entered in the last ten years (give the year of each):"

How should this question be filled in for someone that was in the USA several times and lived there on a student visa for three years? Would I just list the year he entered?

[Gingerpants 8]

Also - He's been to England about 20 times in the last 10 years and they haven't once stamped his passport, we can only make rough estimates, is this going to be okay?

[hxxrmonkey 0]

1. This form is used to establish if he can reasonably be considered a potential threat to the country. You should answer everything as accurately as possible. The FBI uses the info to run background checks. If they find something on his record you didn't list you can bet it'll be a problem.

2. I did a bit of research on the US Contact, question 8. From what I can tell you should use your sponsor since you're not in the country. They will possibly run a background check on them as well. --But this is a bit awkward because most people who are living together outside of the country are already married and K-1s are usually living in separate countries. I wouldn't be surprised if someone commented on this but they'll always give you a chance to explain, either through RFE or interview in this case, so I wouldn't worry too much.

3. Yes list every visit and the year, or multiple years for the student visit. So USA 2007, USA 2008-2010, France 2008, etc etc.

Note: It's weird that they never stamped his passport, although technically for the purposes of this form that doesn't really matter. Did he always have another kind of visa during the visits? Were none of the visits VWP?

[Gingerpants 8]

1) Okay

2) Yeah that does make the most sense, and I may just add a brief explanation to this one to help ease over confusion.

3) Okay (at least that info should be easier to find than his EU travel dates )

Yeah I think his passport never got stamped for the other countries because England isn't really strict with Irish nationals flying from Ireland, his EU travels were through EuroStar (train)so I guess no customs there, and when he went to Canada he and his friend just drove through one of the borders and apparently they don't care about stamping either.

Thanks for your help!