Issues while filing DS-160 (Uzbekistan)

[edina 1]

Hey fellows,

Preamble: According to the procedures of Ministry of Internal Affairs in Uzbekistan, its citizens who reached age of 16 receive their very first passports, then at ages 25 and 45 they must renew it. To those who never lived in Uzbekistan these government regulations may sound weird, because majority of countries do so every 10 years - and I am with you. So, my 63-year old mother's passport has no expiration date in it, it is simply stated as "unlimited". On the DS-160 there is no such option given. They need the exact date. Whoever is familiar with this situation, please advise!

Another issue - "Place of birth". On the photo page of her passport it appears as "Russia" (she was born in Russia), and on the Russian-Uzbek page as "Ульяновская область" (which is the name of region in Russian), but no city. Again, the form won't let me leave the "City" line blank. Any recommendations on this?

And the last - my father-in-law is willing to pay for my mother's round-trip airfare and my husband and I are paying for the rest of her expenses here in the USA. Who shall I include as a person paying for her trip?

I have emailed the US embassy in Tashkent, Uzb, but have not heard from them yet, and I do not know how much longer it will take them to respond. If you know the relevant info or had the same troubles in past, please share.

Your time and valuable advice is highly appreciated. Thanks much!

[edina 1]

I guess nobody had similar situation to mine. Ok, I got the response from the US embassy in Uzbekistan and here is what they saying:

1. Please add 30 years to the date of passport issuance and enter the date you receive in the passport expiration field.

2. You may write “Russia” for “Place of birth”.

3. List your husband’s family name as a person paying for the trip.

I just thought somebody might need it

Hey fellows,

Preamble: According to the procedures of Ministry of Internal Affairs in Uzbekistan, its citizens who reached age of 16 receive their very first passports, then at ages 25 and 45 they must renew it. To those who never lived in Uzbekistan these government regulations may sound weird, because majority of countries do so every 10 years - and I am with you. So, my 63-year old mother's passport has no expiration date in it, it is simply stated as "unlimited". On the DS-160 there is no such option given. They need the exact date. Whoever is familiar with this situation, please advise!

Another issue - "Place of birth". On the photo page of her passport it appears as "Russia" (she was born in Russia), and on the Russian-Uzbek page as "Ульяновская область" (which is the name of region in Russian), but no city. Again, the form won't let me leave the "City" line blank. Any recommendations on this?

And the last - my father-in-law is willing to pay for my mother's round-trip airfare and my husband and I are paying for the rest of her expenses here in the USA. Who shall I include as a person paying for her trip?

I have emailed the US embassy in Tashkent, Uzb, but have not heard from them yet, and I do not know how much longer it will take them to respond. If you know the relevant info or had the same troubles in past, please share.

Your time and valuable advice is highly appreciated. Thanks much!