DS-260 questions

[Vizslafan16 2]

I am an American citizen and have filed an I-130 for my Canadian wife which is being processed at the Nebraska Service Center. She will eventually be going to the Montreal consulate for an interview. I am trying to prepare and have as much information as possible completed to avoid delay so I have been looking at the DS-260. A little background is my wife's family won an immigration lottery about 25 years ago when she was 10 and went through this whole process. They ended up just abandoning their US residence and moving back to Canada after about 6 months.

Here are my questions:

*Previous US travel.....her parents live in a border town and frequently travel over the bridge to the States for shopping etc. Should I record these small visits as counting towards the 5 we have to detail out?

*Has she had any of her visas cancelled or revoked? Since she simply abandoned her residency several years ago is that deemed as being cancelled? I assume not but just want to verify.

*How important is it for the correct dates for places where she lived?

*Is there a way to register for an account before my file is approved at USCIS and sent to NVC so I get notified right away when NVC received the file and passes on to Montreal? Or do i just have to call every few days to see if they processed my file so I can began the DS-261,AOS, and DS-260 part of the process?

Any help would be appreciated!

[NikLR 13,232]

Keep in mind the file doesn't go to montreal until after all the stuff is sent to the NVC. So yes you just call the NVC until you can complete the forms and make the payments.

Dates are pretty important but if it's long ago doing an approximate guesstimate is fine. I had 18 addresses to write down so I spent quite a bit of time before NOA2 figuring out addresses and dates.

The day trips count towards the last 5. Anytime she has crossed the border.

I wouldn't say it was cancelled or revoked either, but I'm unsure as well.

She needs to spend some time getting all her info.