DS260 no employment history required

[Deejee 5]

Hi everyone, 

 

I filled DS260 today but not yet submitted. It doesn’t seem to ask for any employment history. Anyone saw the same please? I want to make sure I have not missed anything.

 

Thank you all

[Lil bear 4,189]

3 minutes ago, Deejee said:

Hi everyone, 

 

I filled DS260 today but not yet submitted. It doesn’t seem to ask for any employment history. Anyone saw the same please? I want to make sure I have not missed anything.

 

Thank you all

Yes we had that. No employment history. It is based on answers to earlier questions .. though i cant tell you which ones !! 

[Deejee 5]

Oh I see. It just asked for my current employment. Thank you though. This is already helpful 😃

[ekster 8]

The same thing happened to me when I filled it out a week ago - no employment history, only my current employer. They have already approved it, so apparently it was all good.

[Chancy 6,241]

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[pushbrk 12,876]

22 hours ago, Deejee said:

Oh I see. It just asked for my current employment. Thank you though. This is already helpful 😃

If the start date of your current employment was long enough ago, the form would not ask for more.  Just answer what it asks.

 

[pushbrk 12,876]

5 hours ago, ekster said:

The same thing happened to me when I filled it out a week ago - no employment history, only my current employer. They have already approved it, so apparently it was all good.

I think you mean by "they" NVC.  DS 260 is a "visa application".  NVC may have found it "acceptable" but only Consular Officers at interview can "approve" a "visa application".

[ekster 8]

57 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

I think you mean by "they" NVC.  DS 260 is a "visa application".  NVC may have found it "acceptable" but only Consular Officers at interview can "approve" a "visa application".

You're absolutely right, I'm using the wrong terms in my post. Thanks for the correction, indeed NVC accepted my application/found it acceptable and I didn't have to disclose my employment history in that application.

[pushbrk 12,876]

10 minutes ago, ekster said:

You're absolutely right, I'm using the wrong terms in my post. Thanks for the correction, indeed NVC accepted my application/found it acceptable and I didn't have to disclose my employment history in that application.

But you DID enter at least CURRENT employment information.  To determine whether your circumstances represent any "change" would depend on how long you've been at your current job.  If work at the same place 20 years (for example) and you enter your current employment information, you also provided 20 years of employment history.  Please clarify for the benefit of the discussion.

 

[ekster 8]

14 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

But you DID enter at least CURRENT employment information.  To determine whether your circumstances represent any "change" would depend on how long you've been at your current job.  If work at the same place 20 years (for example) and you enter your current employment information, you also provided 20 years of employment history.  Please clarify for the benefit of the discussion.

 

Sure. I was only asked for information on my current employer, not all my employers in the past X (however many) years. I even went back and double checked before submitting, because I'd read about needing further employment history, but there was no question or fields to fill out for any employer but my current one. 

[pushbrk 12,876]

23 minutes ago, ekster said:

Sure. I was only asked for information on my current employer, not all my employers in the past X (however many) years. I even went back and double checked before submitting, because I'd read about needing further employment history, but there was no question or fields to fill out for any employer but my current one. 

But....How long have  you been with your current employer???

 

[ekster 8]

5 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

But....How long have  you been with your current employer???

 

I understand why you're asking. I'm not comfortable putting any further details/actual content of my application online.

[Deejee 5]

@pushbrk

The form doesn’t ask me for the date of current employment (less than 10 years) but asks if I have other occupations and my answer is no. If this helps? 

Edited December 15, 2023 by Deejee

[pushbrk 12,876]

6 minutes ago, ekster said:

I understand why you're asking. I'm not comfortable putting any further details/actual content of my application online.

That's your choice but it would make your comments more meaningful.  I'm just trying to understand if there has been some actual "change".  For now, there is simply not enough information to draw any conclusion.

 

[Family 3,988]

2 hours ago, Deejee said:

@pushbrk

The form doesn’t ask me for the date of current employment (less than 10 years) but asks if I have other occupations and my answer is no. If this helps? 

Your clear response does make it clear that there have been some recent changes to the DS-260  and they no longer require 10 years of employment history. ..a good step , as most questions are redundant repetitions of info on record via I-130’

 

Looks like the I-130 has also eliminated the 10 years past employment history and only asks for beneficiary “ current employment “ , although it ask for a start date. 

 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-130.pdf

Beneficiary's Employment Information
Provide the beneficiary's current employment information (if applicable), even if they are employed outside of the United