I 130 "Date employment began"

[sharpie11 6]

I am filling out the I 130 for my spouse, and it has  a section asking for "Beneficiary's employment information" where I am supposed to put my wife's current employment information. My wife is currently unemployed and has been since March 2017, so I put UNEMPLOYED under name of employer as the form instructs.  This section  then asks  for "date employment began" - should I put the date she has been unemployed since (March 2017) in that field? 

[shumway1756 304]

That's exactly what we did with our petition. No problems.

[David & Diana R 1,005]

46 minutes ago, sharpie11 said:

I am filling out the I 130 for my spouse, and it has  a section asking for "Beneficiary's employment information" where I am supposed to put my wife's current employment information. My wife is currently unemployed and has been since March 2017, so I put UNEMPLOYED under name of employer as the form instructs.  This section  then asks  for "date employment began" - should I put the date she has been unemployed since (March 2017) in that field? 

Why would you put the date she became UNEMPLOYED in the box asking for the DATE EMPLOYMENT BEGAN?  NO.

[shumway1756 304]

15 minutes ago, shumway1756 said:

That's exactly what we did with our petition. No problems.

EDIT TO PREVIOUS POST:

 

My apologies. We did this on the I-130A, where the terminology is "Date From" and "Date To". On the I-130, it only asks for present employment status, and the terminology is "Date employment began". Ours was a bit different because my wife's period of unemployment was not current, but in the past (but recent enough it needed to be listed).

 

Thanks @David & Zoila for pointing that out.

[Crazy Cat 41,844]

The forms says to type "unemployed" in item 51a.  There is no need to include dates...

Edited August 3, 2018 by missileman

[David & Diana R 1,005]

13 minutes ago, shumway1756 said:

EDIT TO PREVIOUS POST:

 

My apologies. We did this on the I-130A, where the terminology is "Date From" and "Date To". On the I-130, it only asks for present employment status, and the terminology is "Date employment began". Ours was a bit different because my wife's period of unemployment was not current, but in the past (but recent enough it needed to be listed).

 

Thanks @David & Zoila for pointing that out.

You're welcome Shumway1756.  Aloha from Maui, david

[sharpie11 6]

On 8/4/2018 at 1:16 AM, David & Zoila said:

You're welcome Shumway1756.  Aloha from Maui, david

 

On 8/4/2018 at 1:02 AM, missileman said:

The forms says to type "unemployed" in item 51a.  There is no need to include dates...

 

On 8/4/2018 at 1:02 AM, shumway1756 said:

EDIT TO PREVIOUS POST:

 

My apologies. We did this on the I-130A, where the terminology is "Date From" and "Date To". On the I-130, it only asks for present employment status, and the terminology is "Date employment began". Ours was a bit different because my wife's period of unemployment was not current, but in the past (but recent enough it needed to be listed).

 

Thanks @David & Zoila for pointing that out.

Thank you @David & Zoila, missileman and shymway1756!! 

[sharpie11 6]

On 8/4/2018 at 1:02 AM, missileman said:

The forms says to type "unemployed" in item 51a.  There is no need to include dates...

Right.. I got confused because I was not sure if this instruction also covered item 52. Thanks !!!