HELP! DS 260 - "Is your spouse immigrating with you?" question

[Nimsay 1]

DS 260 form. Filling out the form for my dad. I am the petitioner and I filed for both my mom and dad.

 The question

"Is your spouse immigrating with you? y/n"

"Is your spouse immigrating at a alter date to join you y/n"

. I am undecided on what to put here. My relative here in US says YES because my mom is also immigrating although they have separate petitions and to put NO on the 2nd questions bec they will come here at the same time.

Someone here in VJ says NO on both bec they are separate cases.

i guess i have to go with the majority of those who are done with IR5 or have submitted ds260 with no problems. PLS help..... thanks a million

 

[TNJ17 1,329]

You can just use the last page to elaborate. Shouldn’t you just have one petition for both of your parents if they’re legally married?

[Nimsay 1]

10 minutes ago, TNJ17 said:

You can just use the last page to elaborate. Shouldn’t you just have one petition for both of your parents if they’re legally married?

it has to be a separate petition. i wish i only needed to file for 1 petition so i dont have to pay double

[NikLR 13,227]

The answer is yes to the first but no to the 2nd. You can generally eleborate that they have their own petition? 

Edited March 10, 2018 by NikLR

[kris&me 572]

yes, the spouse is immigrating with the orther

[Nimsay 1]

On 3/9/2018 at 2:57 PM, TNJ17 said:

You can just use the last page to elaborate. Shouldn’t you just have one petition for both of your parents if they’re legally married?

i didnt see the last page where I can elaborate. I know there one in I-854 but not in ds260?

[NikLR 13,227]

Should open a box when you answer yes.  If not dont worry about it.  

[James D 39]

Just ran into this question today. Been working on the DS-260 for nearly a week.... lawyers have checked it once already, but I reviewed their first review and found they placed United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a previous residence instead of USA. Crazy.  So still double and triple-checking I found they had answered "Yes" to this question about the spouse immigrating.  I didn't like that as I (USC) am not immigrating,  so I corrected it to "No". Then the following question popped up about spouse immigrating later to join you (beneficiary)? I have to answer "No" to that one too.  Honesty is the best policy.