Will my husbands fathers military service make him ineligible

[eirinlinn 105]

Long story short when my husband was a baby/little kid the Balkan war was raging. Men were made to serve compulsorily and were in armies separated by religion/ethnic background. 
my husband is a Bosnian Serb. My husbands father was not on any rank and was just a military cook and committed no war crimes but was affiliated with a branch of military that was. 

We are filling out the i-485 and we have gotten to the questionnaire at the bottom. 
 

now I’m stressing out. Something that happened when my husband was a literal infant is now being brought up and now I’m afraid of him being punished for his fathers military service (that he had no choice in). 

 

 

what to do? 
 

 

Edited December 31, 2020 by eirinlinn

[Dashinka 24,704]

Well, you would have to be honest, and provide the explanation as the note suggests.  If your husbands father was never tried or convicted of war crimes, I would think this could be explained.  You may want to ask the question or have this moved to the regional forum that covers Bosnia Herzegovina as others may have had similar experiences.

 

Good Luck!

[Marieke H 2,521]

The things described under 51a (hijacking, kidnapping, etc) generally are not things the military is involved in; this question is more about terrorism. 

 

If this specific branch was involved in the activities described, you would have to answer yes and provide an explanation. Make clear that it is about your husband's father, that he never committed these crimes himself, and that the events happened when your husband was an infant.

 

I agree with @Dashinka; you may find more information and experiences in the regional forum.

[Anita Reynoso 5]

I wouldn't worry about it coz your housband already passed consular processing and if they didnt question in that at that time then I m pretty sure they wont do it now.

I m born Croatian( interview in Germany coz I was resident) and at my interview co was interested on impact war made on me, he never question what my father was doing back then...but still if they asked he need give honest answer

[TBoneTX 45,826]

Thread is moved from the main "AOS from K Visas" forum to the Europe/Eurasia regional forum, to replace less detailed duplicate thread that was there.

[eirinlinn 105]

Wanted to update: We put an explanation in the additional information noting that it was his father that was in the military, the years he served, the rank he was, etc. We are hoping it doesn't cause any issues!