DS160 - I do freelance contract

[breadlover408 24]

Hello hello all!!

So I'm filling out the DS 160 and I'm currently I guess "self-employed" - doing freelance BUT, I've been on a contract since I got laid off (a way of companies to hire without giving you a full-time position), and I am doing contract based freelance work for 2 companies.

So I reach the employment page on DS 160 and not sure if this should be listed as "other"? Or I can still pick eg "Communications" as my field and then make a note that I work on contract based jobs atm...

[arken 4,197]

Contract based freelance work would fall under self employed category i believe. Don't you have self employment option?

[breadlover408 24]

11 hours ago, arken said:

Contract based freelance work would fall under self employed category i believe. Don't you have self employment option?

On the dropdown list, they only show the employment sectors, eg communications, computer science, engineering, etc.

Would like to clarify more about my job - I'm given a 3 months contract and this gets renewed every 3 months. I've been doing it since Oct 2020.

Then there's an option to choose "others" - but I'm guessing that is for occupation, rather than type of job? or is "self-employed" categorised under "other"?

However, if I choose "communications" (I work in that industry), there is a box at the bottom to explain more about my job.

I attached a screenshot of the page. 

Edited May 31, 2021 by breadlover408

[arken 4,197]

16 minutes ago, breadlover408 said:

On the dropdown list, they only show the employment sectors, eg communications, computer science, engineering, etc.

Would like to clarify more about my job - I'm given a 3 months contract and this gets renewed every 3 months. I've been doing it since Oct 2020.

Then there's an option to choose "others" - but I'm guessing that is for occupation, rather than type of job? or is "self-employed" categorised under "other"?

However, if I choose "communications" (I work in that industry), there is a box at the bottom to explain more about my job.

I attached a screenshot of the page. 

I think you can out communication if that's the field you are working on and can put self employed in the Employer field.

 

i'd say take it lightly and use the applicable options. No need to go deep into it. You will be expected to leave that job to immigrate to the US so it won't be an important factor anyway for DS160