DS-260 Addresses Gap while travelling/moving

[Teb&Steb 3]

Hi all

I am currently in the process of completing my DS-260 and having a few issues with the addresses section. I have been fortunate to live and work in a few different countries and have taken large backpacking trips up to 4 months at a time when in the process of leaving one country and moving to the new one. i.e. leaving Australia and travelling for 4 months in Europe before settling in the UK and finding a permanent address. I have 5 of these gaps since the age of 16.  When filling out the I-130a, I was able to add a note explaining any gaps, but obviously the DS-260 requires something to be entered. I know that these forms should mirror each other.

My question is, do I:

a) Fill out the gap in the street address as "TRAVELLING ABROAD -  MOVING FROM AUSTRALIA TO UK - NO FIXED ADDRESS" and put the country as my home country and the dates.
b) Fill in my Australian address for the gap which is where all mail would be sent when I was travelling/moving overseas prior to settling somewhere else. 

Hopefully this isn't too confusing to answer!

Thank you

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1 hour ago, Teb&Steb said:

Hi all

I am currently in the process of completing my DS-260 and having a few issues with the addresses section. I have been fortunate to live and work in a few different countries and have taken large backpacking trips up to 4 months at a time when in the process of leaving one country and moving to the new one. i.e. leaving Australia and travelling for 4 months in Europe before settling in the UK and finding a permanent address. I have 5 of these gaps since the age of 16.  When filling out the I-130a, I was able to add a note explaining any gaps, but obviously the DS-260 requires something to be entered. I know that these forms should mirror each other.

My question is, do I:

a) Fill out the gap in the street address as "TRAVELLING ABROAD -  MOVING FROM AUSTRALIA TO UK - NO FIXED ADDRESS" and put the country as my home country and the dates.
b) Fill in my Australian address for the gap which is where all mail would be sent when I was travelling/moving overseas prior to settling somewhere else. 

Hopefully this isn't too confusing to answer!

Thank you

I had the same issue as you as I also had to list 5 different countries on the form, but of course I had gaps due to taking vacations/moving. Go with option B. That’s what I did, and all worked well. 

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Either option a or b will work fine.  If you can make option A work, I would use that.  Might not though, leaving option b.