DS-156 and DS-230 Questions

[gomelby 1]

Hi all,

DS-156 and DS-230 Questions

My fiancee is filling out DS-156 form, and I have several questions. I did my best with the search, but didnt find answer I was looking for.

On DS-156 question 36 Has Anyone Ever Filed an Immigrant Visa Petition on Your Behalf? Naturally my answer was "No" because no one filed a petition for her before, she has been in the States 3 times on J1 visa. Then she has read somewhere that we should answer "Yes", because I filed for her. Also K-1 is non imigrant visa.

On DS-230 Question 35 " List dates of all previous visits to or residence in the United States. "

She told me today that on her G-325 form that I sent with the petition in October, one of the dates she entered "to" field 10/2008, but stamp in her passport is 9/18/2008, I believe that's OK since the form only asks for month and year, so she rounded off to the closest month. Is that the proper way to do this? She never overstayed her visa. I'm worried now, and don't want something like that to cause any issues.

[agnesb 47]

Hi all,

DS-156 and DS-230 Questions

My fiancee is filling out DS-156 form, and I have several questions. I did my best with the search, but didnt find answer I was looking for.

On DS-156 question 36 Has Anyone Ever Filed an Immigrant Visa Petition on Your Behalf? Naturally my answer was "No" because no one filed a petition for her before, she has been in the States 3 times on J1 visa. Then she has read somewhere that we should answer "Yes", because I filed for her. Also K-1 is non imigrant visa.

On DS-230 Question 35 " List dates of all previous visits to or residence in the United States. "

She told me today that on her G-325 form that I sent with the petition in October, one of the dates she entered "to" field 10/2008, but stamp in her passport is 9/18/2008, I believe that's OK since the form only asks for month and year, so she rounded off to the closest month. Is that the proper way to do this? She never overstayed her visa. I'm worried now, and don't want something like that to cause any issues.

The answer on DS-156 would be NO , your current petition doesn't count.

I don't think there will be a problem with a date on G-325 being slighly different, a lot of us don't remember exact dates of moving to different addresses or changing jobs etc.

[gomelby 1]

Thank you!