DS-260: Previously employed yes, but more than 10 years ago

[tsac 0]

My wife has been a homemaker for the past 12 years. Recently (a couple months ago) she did start helping at her mother's shop.

In the "current work" section I've done the following:

Primary Occupation - Homemaker

Other occupations? - Shop Clerk

 

In the "previous work" section it asks ""Were you previously employed?"

If you choose "yes" it says "Provide the following information on all of your employers from the last ten years, starting with the most recent employer."

 

What's the correct way to answer?

 

The application is so weird, because in the "current other" occupation they don't ask for details on your supervisors.

Edited May 27, 2023 by tsac

[Mike E 11,739]

25 minutes ago, tsac said:

What's the correct way to answer?

List just the position in her mother’s shop. No need to mention home maker role.

[tsac 0]

22 minutes ago, Mike E said:

List just the position in her mother’s shop. No need to mention home maker role.

This is literally like once a week, not always a full day. I wouldn't even mention it except that technically she is doing it.

 

More important I think is the previous employment part.

[Mike E 11,739]

2 minutes ago, tsac said:

More important I think is the previous employment part.

There is no previous employment in the past 10 years. This is not complex.

[tsac 0]

Just now, Mike E said:

There is no previous employment in the past 10 years. This is not complex.

That's what I would expect. I'm just double checking because there is an apparent contradiction in the form itself.

 

Yes, she has worked in the past. However, if you click "yes" a section of the form opens that you must fill in in order to continue. That section is about "in the past 10 years."

[Mike E 11,739]

If the form insists on having something there then enter “unemployed”