Montreal Consulate - Update DS-260 before Interview Needed, or not?

[SMK 89 71]

My parent's have their IR-5 interviews coming up in a week. Montreal takes months to book interviews so their DS-260's were completed in October and November of 2024. They traveled to the U.S. to visit us for Christmas. Which means, that trip is not listed on the DS-260 we submitted last year since it didn't happen yet. Also, I have new W-2's but not a new tax return transcript (since April 15 is tax return day, and April 9 is their interview, so that new tax return isn't due yet and the most current tax year I assume is still 2023 since 2024 isn't due until April 15).

 

Do we need to try to upload these additional documents? Can we even do that since the DS-260 is locked? Or do they simply have to let the consulate know that since the DS-260 was submitted, and how long between that and the given interview date, they have travelled to the U.S. again once, and this is their daughter's news W-2/pay stubs? 

 

Would appreciate the advice so they don't have a smooth sailing interview and we are prepared/proactive on all the things that could randomly come up... thanks!

[mam521 2,378]

The additional travel history can be shared at the interview.  

 

Bring the new W2 and if you have proof of filing, that too, in addition to the previous year's transcripts, as uploaded previously. 

 

The fact that the tax deadline isn't until April 15th is here nor there when trying to provide verifiable proof of income for sponsorship.  When all tax documents show up, the return should be filed ASAP.  

 

Good luck!