Previous addresses

[mora 1]

Hi,

I'm trying to fill in the Diversity - DS-260 form online but I'm having trouble with the previous addresses part..

I know, that I should only fill in the addresses that I have registered in since I was 16 years old, but still I'm not sure how to fill in the times that I was travelling and moving around.

For example, I did a working holiday in Australia back in 2005. There I never officially registered into any address, I just travelled around and worked in different places (for a maximum of 2 months in one place). So, should I just write down my official address during that time (the one back home in Finland) , even though I was physically in Australia? If I start writing down all the addresses that I stayed in in Australia, there will be over 15 addresses or so.. and also there will be over 50 addresses since I was 16 if I start filling in all these

places that I have stayed in during these years.

This is really baffling me and I would really appreciate any help!! I've tried asking the embassies for help but nobody is giving me an answer. .I really don't want to give wrong information in the application. accidentally

Thank you in advance!!!

Best regards,

M

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

Hi,

I'm trying to fill in the Diversity - DS-260 form online but I'm having trouble with the previous addresses part..

I know, that I should only fill in the addresses that I have registered in since I was 16 years old, but still I'm not sure how to fill in the times that I was travelling and moving around.

For example, I did a working holiday in Australia back in 2005. There I never officially registered into any address, I just travelled around and worked in different places (for a maximum of 2 months in one place). So, should I just write down my official address during that time (the one back home in Finland) , even though I was physically in Australia? If I start writing down all the addresses that I stayed in in Australia, there will be over 15 addresses or so.. and also there will be over 50 addresses since I was 16 if I start filling in all these

places that I have stayed in during these years.

This is really baffling me and I would really appreciate any help!! I've tried asking the embassies for help but nobody is giving me an answer. .I really don't want to give wrong information in the application. accidentally

Thank you in advance!!!

Best regards,

M

I'm not sure how flexible the DS260 is. I had a gap year to account for which I was able to list as "traveling through [named countries]" for that year on the DS230, but I'm not sure if you are able to fill it in that way on the new form?

[zuroma999 12]

I had to put in close to 30 addresses on my DS-260, not even counting where I put my parents' address 8 separate times for whenever I stayed with them between apartments when I was younger.

Any place you stayed during a vacation you could skip. But for your working holiday in Australia, if you remember every address, there is no harm putting them all. You can also try putting one entry for each city that you stayed in AU and put "cannot remember" or "various" for the street address and then explain in person at the interview.

But again, if you remember all the addresses, apart from taking some time, its best to put them all in.

[mora 1]

I had to put in close to 30 addresses on my DS-260, not even counting where I put my parents' address 8 separate times for whenever I stayed with them between apartments when I was younger.

Any place you stayed during a vacation you could skip. But for your working holiday in Australia, if you remember every address, there is no harm putting them all. You can also try putting one entry for each city that you stayed in AU and put "cannot remember" or "various" for the street address and then explain in person at the interview.

But again, if you remember all the addresses, apart from taking some time, its best to put them all in.

HI!!

Thank you for the help!

I'll then put all the Australian addresses that I stayed in and explain more in the interview.. But, now, I'm just wondering, as I was in Australia for just under a year (3 days less than a year), in the form they only let you fill in the month and not the exact dates. So, it means that I was then in Australia for a year according to the form, which, if I've understood right, means that I need to get a criminal record from Australia? Or do you think that I can explain in the interview that I wasn't there a full year and so I don't need to get one?

Thank you again!! I really appreciate it!!

Best regards,

M

[mora 1]

I had to put in close to 30 addresses on my DS-260, not even counting where I put my parents' address 8 separate times for whenever I stayed with them between apartments when I was younger.

Any place you stayed during a vacation you could skip. But for your working holiday in Australia, if you remember every address, there is no harm putting them all. You can also try putting one entry for each city that you stayed in AU and put "cannot remember" or "various" for the street address and then explain in person at the interview.

But again, if you remember all the addresses, apart from taking some time, its best to put them all in.

HI!!

Thank you for the help!

I'll then put all the Australian addresses that I stayed in and explain more in the interview.. But, now, I'm just wondering, as I was in Australia for just under a year (3 days less than a year), in the form they only let you fill in the month and not the exact dates. So, it means that I was then in Australia for a year according to the form, which, if I've understood right, means that I need to get a criminal record from Australia? Or do you think that I can explain in the interview that I wasn't there a full year and so I don't need to get one?

Thank you again!! I really appreciate it!!

Best regards,

M

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

Y'know.... If I were you, for 3 days short of a year, I'd get the PCC, rather than trying to use the technicality.

[mora 1]

Y'know.... If I were you, for 3 days short of a year, I'd get the PCC, rather than trying to use the technicality.

Yes, I think your right.. I'll do that then too Thanks for the help!

[guestgulkan 9]

Yes, I think your right.. I'll do that then too Thanks for the help!

I got one recently. I did it completely online and it was in my mailbox 4 days later.

You'll need a camera (even a mobile phone camera is ok) and a printer. They make you print a form and then you sign it and upload a photo of it.