A couple simple DS-230 questions

[intx13 5]

Hi folks. I have a couple simple DS-230 questions.

1. Box 33 asks for all educational institutions attended. How far back should we go? Certainly college and uni will make the list, but what about primary and secondary schools?

2. Box 44 asks if the petitioner was assisted in filling out the form. What are the ramifications of saying "yes" and indicating that I, the intending immigrant's husband, assisted? We don't want it to appear that she isn't sincere in applying.

3. Is there any detailed form instructions for the DS-230? All I find when I search are website guides, but no official instruction sheets like many other forms have.

4. What genius at USCIS thought it would be clever to disable saving of data entered into the DS-230 PDF?!

Any input is appreciated!

[Inky 1,110]

There is an example form on VJ of it, I haven't seen any instructions because it looks pretty straight forward. http://www.visajourney.com/examples/Form-DS-230.pdf

They want schooling from college/ university.

I put my high school graduation on it and my college degrees.

[dizzy 0]

Hi folks. I have a couple simple DS-230 questions.

1. Box 33 asks for all educational institutions attended. How far back should we go? Certainly college and uni will make the list, but what about primary and secondary schools?

2. Box 44 asks if the petitioner was assisted in filling out the form. What are the ramifications of saying "yes" and indicating that I, the intending immigrant's husband, assisted? We don't want it to appear that she isn't sincere in applying.

3. Is there any detailed form instructions for the DS-230? All I find when I search are website guides, but no official instruction sheets like many other forms have.

4. What genius at USCIS thought it would be clever to disable saving of data entered into the DS-230 PDF?!

Any input is appreciated!

1. Yes, list from Class 1

2. Tell the truth.

3. I have not found one.

4. I printed and just wrote down all the information. Try Adobe Reader X version and see if that works.

[intx13 5]

Thanks for the input.

For number 2, obviously we'll tell the truth. It sounded like the "prepared on behalf of..." clause of legal documents, and might require evidence later on that the beneficiary approves of a delegation of authority. If that was the case we would simply have her fill out the form in her own hand and answer honestly "no".

[Inky 1,110]

I was the beneficiary, I filled out all the forms for our K-1 even the ones that my husband USC was supposed to fill out. He just signed and dated on the bottom, we marked no on the portion that said " was this prepared by anyone other than yourself " simply because he did not want to fill out paperwork, he does it all day at work already. Quite a few people on VJ have done this. I would just make sure that she understands the form and the questions on it, you can fill it out for her then have her sign and date it.

If your filling it out was because of a language barrier then I might sign that it was prepared by you. Just in case when they ask her about it if she doesn't understand it they would wonder how she filled it out.

[intx13 5]

Thanks Inky, that was pretty much what I was thinking. Language is no barrier in our case so I think that's what we'll do. I'll just make sure we go over the details and she's clear on everything before signing.