Packet 3 Questions

[Phil_NUFC 0]

Hi guys,

Most of the answers to these questions relate to UK beneficiaries, but even if you're not from the UK please see if you can help me out. Thanks in advance.... read on!

Our Fiance Visa has been progressing nicely. It's been approved from Nebraska, approved from the NVC and is now currently being processed at the US Embassy in London. But I'm unsure about some info I need to fill in the forms I was sent (I think this these are all forms in "packet 3").

The forms sent to me were the DS-230, DS-156, DS-156K, DS-157 and for some reason an I-134 Affidavit of Support. Any idea why I was sent an I-134? My fiancee's father-in-law will be her co-sponser. He earns around $44,000, plus has his own house with morgage and some small savings. I'm sure that will be enough, right? At the moment only her mom and step-dad live in the house, so with my fiancee and myself that makes 4.

I thought it would be best to download the forms and fill them in and print them off as opposed to filling them out in pen (which gets messy and is easy to make mistakes). I was unsure about how to use "Not Applicable" N/A for an answer to a question. Now it's easy to put N/A when there is only one text box for the question, but take question 14 of the DS-230 for example, this has a box for Spouces maiden name, first name, middle name, date of birth, address and so on. So should I keep putting N/A in all these boxes or just once in the very first box and leave the others blank? I've also downloaded the forms from VJ, the example ones, and was going to use those, but I have also noticed when typing in some of the boxes they are quite small and I can't type all I need to. Maybe I should leave that blank and write it in in pen after printing?

On the DS-230, question 23 wants to know all educational institutions attended, does this mean just universities? Or do I need to put where i did my GCSE's and A-Levels (anyone from the UK will know what I mean by this)? I'm not sure how to put this as there is space for only "course of study and another box for "degree or diploma", now I know you get a diploma from graduating high school in the US, but what should I put for me?

For some questions I will need to use a seperate sheet of paper, is it ok to state this in the answer box then just staple it to the back of the form and maybe have a summary sheet at the very start of the forms to show what forms and addition sheets I have sent?

The DS-156 question 2 wants to know the place of issuance of my passport, now I have no clue apart from it was in England, so should I just put Leicester as the City (thats where I live) and Leicestershire (thats my county, UK people will know what I mean) as the Province? Anyone from the UK please help with that question. Question 14 wants my National Identification Number, which I don't think I have, I think they are I.D cards and I dont have one. Anyone got one? lol... Question 22 wants the date I will be moving to the US, I think I should just put May 2007 as I'm not sure on the date exactly but it will be about then. I've put "To be determined" in the address box of where I will be staying once I move, as my fiancee and I are unsure about where we will be living when I move. Now question 29 wants to if I've visited the US before, but only has space for one visit, do I just put my most recent (11 days at the start of October 2006) or write "Please refer to seperate sheet" and write on a seperate sheet all my visits to the US (5 so far)?

Question 14 on the DS-157 form is a bit confusing. Now I've not made any travel plans yet as I don't know when I will receive my visa, so what should I put?

Wow, that took me a while to type, fingers ache now! LOL

Regards,

Phil

[payxibka 10,047]

Hi guys,

Our Fiance Visa has been progressing nicely. It's been approved from Nebraska, approved from the NVC and is now currently being processed at the US Embassy in London.

My fiancee's father-in-law will be her co-sponser.

I don't mean to be a smart@ss but...

Nebraska approved you petition? hmmmmmm....How is that possible

Your fiancee has a FIL? hmmmmmmmm... How is that possible

[Yodrak 7]

Phil_NUFC,

You were sent an I-134 in the event that you need a sponsor to fulfill the public charge requirement. It appears that you will, and that sponsor will be your fiancee's ... stepfather? (Your father will be her father-in-law)

Try to break the 'N/A habit' - there is always a more meaningful answer so as to avoid the follow-up question, 'Why is this question not applicable to you?' In your example 'no spouse' or 'not yet married' would work well.

'To be determined' is a good answer when a future event or state of affairs is uncertain or unknown.

Yodrak

..... Any idea why I was sent an I-134? My fiancee's father-in-law will be her co-sponser. He earns around $44,000, plus has his own house with morgage and some small savings. I'm sure that will be enough, right? At the moment only her mom and step-dad live in the house, so with my fiancee and myself that makes 4.

...... I was unsure about how to use "Not Applicable" N/A for an answer to a question. Now it's easy to put N/A when there is only one text box for the question, but take question 14 of the DS-230 for example, this has a box for Spouces maiden name, first name, middle name, date of birth, address and so on. So should I keep putting N/A in all these boxes or just once in the very first box and leave the others blank? .....

.....

....... Question 22 wants the date I will be moving to the US, .... I'm not sure on the date exactly but ..... I've put "To be determined" in the address box of where I will be staying once I move, as my fiancee and I are unsure about where we will be living when I move. Now question 29 wants to if I've visited the US before, but only has space for one visit, do I just put my most recent (11 days at the start of October 2006) or write "Please refer to seperate sheet" and write on a seperate sheet all my visits to the US (5 so far)?

Question 14 on the DS-157 form is a bit confusing. Now I've not made any travel plans yet as I don't know when I will receive my visa, so what should I put?

....

Regards,

Phil

[Phil_NUFC 0]

Hi guys,

Our Fiance Visa has been progressing nicely. It's been approved from Nebraska, approved from the NVC and is now currently being processed at the US Embassy in London.

My fiancee's father-in-law will be her co-sponser.

I don't mean to be a smart@ss but...

Nebraska approved you petition? hmmmmmm....How is that possible

Your fiancee has a FIL? hmmmmmmmm... How is that possible

Can't remember where it said it was approved from, but we sent it to Nebraska and it's been approved. So believe it!

Sorry for the Father-in-law bit, I ment to put Step-father, confused myself!

Any help with answering my questions would be of great help fwaguy.

Phil

[jamrok 0]

Hi guys,

Our Fiance Visa has been progressing nicely. It's been approved from Nebraska, approved from the NVC and is now currently being processed at the US Embassy in London.

My fiancee's father-in-law will be her co-sponser.

I don't mean to be a smart@ss but...

Nebraska approved you petition? hmmmmmm....How is that possible

Your fiancee has a FIL? hmmmmmmmm... How is that possible

Can't remember where it said it was approved from, but we sent it to Nebraska and it's been approved. So believe it!

Sorry for the Father-in-law bit, I ment to put Step-father, confused myself!

Any help with answering my questions would be of great help fwaguy.

Phil

Quite familiar with "O" and "A" levels......originally from Jamaica.

[mmb 0]

Hi guys,

Most of the answers to these questions relate to UK beneficiaries, but even if you're not from the UK please see if you can help me out. Thanks in advance.... read on!

Our Fiance Visa has been progressing nicely. It's been approved from Nebraska, approved from the NVC and is now currently being processed at the US Embassy in London. But I'm unsure about some info I need to fill in the forms I was sent (I think this these are all forms in "packet 3").

The forms sent to me were the DS-230, DS-156, DS-156K, DS-157 and for some reason an I-134 Affidavit of Support. Any idea why I was sent an I-134? My fiancee's father-in-law will be her co-sponser. He earns around $44,000, plus has his own house with morgage and some small savings. I'm sure that will be enough, right? At the moment only her mom and step-dad live in the house, so with my fiancee and myself that makes 4.

I thought it would be best to download the forms and fill them in and print them off as opposed to filling them out in pen (which gets messy and is easy to make mistakes). I was unsure about how to use "Not Applicable" N/A for an answer to a question. Now it's easy to put N/A when there is only one text box for the question, but take question 14 of the DS-230 for example, this has a box for Spouces maiden name, first name, middle name, date of birth, address and so on. So should I keep putting N/A in all these boxes or just once in the very first box and leave the others blank? I've also downloaded the forms from VJ, the example ones, and was going to use those, but I have also noticed when typing in some of the boxes they are quite small and I can't type all I need to. Maybe I should leave that blank and write it in in pen after printing?

On the DS-230, question 23 wants to know all educational institutions attended, does this mean just universities? Or do I need to put where i did my GCSE's and A-Levels (anyone from the UK will know what I mean by this)? I'm not sure how to put this as there is space for only "course of study and another box for "degree or diploma", now I know you get a diploma from graduating high school in the US, but what should I put for me?

For some questions I will need to use a seperate sheet of paper, is it ok to state this in the answer box then just staple it to the back of the form and maybe have a summary sheet at the very start of the forms to show what forms and addition sheets I have sent?

The DS-156 question 2 wants to know the place of issuance of my passport, now I have no clue apart from it was in England, so should I just put Leicester as the City (thats where I live) and Leicestershire (thats my county, UK people will know what I mean) as the Province? Anyone from the UK please help with that question. Question 14 wants my National Identification Number, which I don't think I have, I think they are I.D cards and I dont have one. Anyone got one? lol... Question 22 wants the date I will be moving to the US, I think I should just put May 2007 as I'm not sure on the date exactly but it will be about then. I've put "To be determined" in the address box of where I will be staying once I move, as my fiancee and I are unsure about where we will be living when I move. Now question 29 wants to if I've visited the US before, but only has space for one visit, do I just put my most recent (11 days at the start of October 2006) or write "Please refer to seperate sheet" and write on a seperate sheet all my visits to the US (5 so far)?

Question 14 on the DS-157 form is a bit confusing. Now I've not made any travel plans yet as I don't know when I will receive my visa, so what should I put?

Wow, that took me a while to type, fingers ache now! LOL

Regards,

Phil

I've been looking over some of these forms while waiting for packet 3.

For the educational institutions and for the trips to the USA I was planning to attatch a supplementary sheet as like you I have more than a few trips to the US.

I wonder if the National Identification Number could be National Insurance number?

I would caution against not giving an address in the US as I have seen people turned back at POE for not being able to give the address they will stay at there.Passports are issued by the national passport agency, I know they used to have 4 offices, perhaps a phone call to them to ask which office issued yours.

[no name 1]

Hi guys,

Most of the answers to these questions relate to UK beneficiaries, but even if you're not from the UK please see if you can help me out. Thanks in advance.... read on!

Our Fiance Visa has been progressing nicely. It's been approved from Nebraska, approved from the NVC and is now currently being processed at the US Embassy in London. But I'm unsure about some info I need to fill in the forms I was sent (I think this these are all forms in "packet 3").

The forms sent to me were the DS-230, DS-156, DS-156K, DS-157 and for some reason an I-134 Affidavit of Support. Any idea why I was sent an I-134? My fiancee's father-in-law will be her co-sponser. He earns around $44,000, plus has his own house with morgage and some small savings. I'm sure that will be enough, right? At the moment only her mom and step-dad live in the house, so with my fiancee and myself that makes 4.

I thought it would be best to download the forms and fill them in and print them off as opposed to filling them out in pen (which gets messy and is easy to make mistakes). I was unsure about how to use "Not Applicable" N/A for an answer to a question. Now it's easy to put N/A when there is only one text box for the question, but take question 14 of the DS-230 for example, this has a box for Spouces maiden name, first name, middle name, date of birth, address and so on. So should I keep putting N/A in all these boxes or just once in the very first box and leave the others blank? I've also downloaded the forms from VJ, the example ones, and was going to use those, but I have also noticed when typing in some of the boxes they are quite small and I can't type all I need to. Maybe I should leave that blank and write it in in pen after printing?

On the DS-230, question 23 wants to know all educational institutions attended, does this mean just universities? Or do I need to put where i did my GCSE's and A-Levels (anyone from the UK will know what I mean by this)? I'm not sure how to put this as there is space for only "course of study and another box for "degree or diploma", now I know you get a diploma from graduating high school in the US, but what should I put for me?

For some questions I will need to use a seperate sheet of paper, is it ok to state this in the answer box then just staple it to the back of the form and maybe have a summary sheet at the very start of the forms to show what forms and addition sheets I have sent?

The DS-156 question 2 wants to know the place of issuance of my passport, now I have no clue apart from it was in England, so should I just put Leicester as the City (thats where I live) and Leicestershire (thats my county, UK people will know what I mean) as the Province? Anyone from the UK please help with that question. Question 14 wants my National Identification Number, which I don't think I have, I think they are I.D cards and I dont have one. Anyone got one? lol... Question 22 wants the date I will be moving to the US, I think I should just put May 2007 as I'm not sure on the date exactly but it will be about then. I've put "To be determined" in the address box of where I will be staying once I move, as my fiancee and I are unsure about where we will be living when I move. Now question 29 wants to if I've visited the US before, but only has space for one visit, do I just put my most recent (11 days at the start of October 2006) or write "Please refer to seperate sheet" and write on a seperate sheet all my visits to the US (5 so far)?

Question 14 on the DS-157 form is a bit confusing. Now I've not made any travel plans yet as I don't know when I will receive my visa, so what should I put?

Wow, that took me a while to type, fingers ache now! LOL

Regards,

Phil

Example forms are here:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;page=examples

[Yodrak 7]

mmb,

No, it is not. Just as the American Social Security Number is not a USA National ID number (although, in the absence of a National ID, it is often treated as if it were one).

Agreed, by the time one gets to a POE they should know where they are going to go after getting through the gate, but when submitting the visa application documents a few months in advance of entry it's quite possible for the specific destination address to be not yet settled on.

Yodrak

..... I wonder if the National Identification Number could be National Insurance number?

I would caution against not giving an address in the US as I have seen people turned back at POE for not being able to give the address they will stay at there......

Edited November 1, 2006 by Yodrak