DS-160. Family application?

[AlexNY 9]

Hello everyone

I'm helping a family of 3 to fill out applications. I'm doing it myself on my computer. Apparently they live in another country. I couldn't get all information from them needed for the applications because I didn't know what questions I'll be asked. Therefore, I decided to create 3 applications at the same time for all of them and would add information every time I receive it. After several days and numerous logins I finished everything and finally we were ready to submit all of them. Well we submitted the first one that belonged to the father. However, the next page after confirmation offered 4 different buttons. One of them was "create a family application" and another button was "create a new application". It stunned me. Do I really have to "create a family application" when I do it for a family? Can it be just 3 different applications? What's the difference? I clicked "family application" and I was given an option to start just a new one but when I tried to fill out the first page for the second I was logged out. Now I don't understand how to proceed correctly.

Thank you

[Chancy 6,243]

8 minutes ago, AlexNY said:

Do I really have to "create a family application" when I do it for a family?

 

Not required.  Each application will be considered on its own merits anyway.

 

[Boiler 45,907]

A B is as simple as it gets why are they not doing it themselves?

[AlexNY 9]

5 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

Not required.  Each application will be considered on its own merits anyway.

 

So what's the purpose of that "create a family application" button?

[AlexNY 9]

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

A B is as simple as it gets why are they not doing it themselves?

I agree but it's complicated to explain.

[JeanneAdil 6,606]

31 minutes ago, AlexNY said:

So what's the purpose of that "create a family application" button?

the form is also used for other visas like K1 and K2 for fiancee and child(ren) so then the family button would be marked 

u are doing 3 different ds 160 for tourist visas 

[SalishSea 18,072]

50 minutes ago, AlexNY said:

Apparently they live in another country.

Huh?

 

You are filling out tourist visa applications for people you don't even know?  Sounds sketch.

[AlexNY 9]

35 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

the form is also used for other visas like K1 and K2 for fiancee and child(ren) so then the family button would be marked 

u are doing 3 different ds 160 for tourist visas 

I see. I guess in my case with 3 different ds-160 for tourist visas for a family that button doesn't make any difference, does it?

[JeanneAdil 6,606]

5 minutes ago, AlexNY said:

I see. I guess in my case with 3 different ds-160 for tourist visas for a family that button doesn't make any difference, does it?

they should use different forms 

the 130 for a spouse visa is same one for AOS here in states and really confuses people 

[AlexNY 9]

37 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Huh?

 

You are filling out tourist visa applications for people you don't even know?  Sounds sketch.

Holy cow how did you come up with such conclusion? I know this family for years because they have relatives in the US who are some kind of my relatives too. Don't jump into conclusions please.

[Boiler 45,907]

3 minutes ago, AlexNY said:

Holy cow how did you come up with such conclusion? I know this family for years because they have relatives in the US who are some kind of my relatives too. Don't jump into conclusions please.

Remember all anybody here knows is what you have posted

 

[AlexNY 9]

19 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Remember all anybody here knows is what you have posted

 

I'm not sure what you mean. I don't remember saying I didn't know this family.

[Boiler 45,907]

You said apparently they live in another country 

[AlexNY 9]

10 minutes ago, Boiler said:

You said apparently they live in another country 

Oh I got it. I used it in the meaning of "obviously" which is grammatically correct too, isn't it?

[jan22 3,056]

14 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

the form is also used for other visas like K1 and K2 for fiancee and child(ren) so then the family button would be marked 

u are doing 3 different ds 160 for tourist visas 

The "family application" is a time saver that, if selected, will automatically fill some information in the next application (for example: surname, destination).  You still need a separate DS-160 for each person.  You can fill them out individually or create the 2nd and 3rd ones as "family applications" and not have to type as much -- much easier if some of your information is long and hard to type.  You can still change/correct the information on the forms created as family applications if you need to -- if one family member has a different surname or a different destination.  See the "Family/Group Application" section on the DS-160 FAQ page: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/forms/ds-160-online-nonimmigrant-visa-application/ds-160-faqs.html.