Blank spaces or N/A ?

[Newlife2025 0]

I would like to hear from people that have applied for adjustment of status or other application form did you use n/a all way through or left things blank and did you get approved?

[MalloryCat 562]

imo it's better to put N/A wherever theres a blank box.

I would rather it be filled with something than the USCIS officer thinking I missed the question and then i get an RFE for it.

[Crazy Cat 43,342]

56 minutes ago, Newlife2025 said:

I would like to hear from people that have applied for adjustment of status or other application form did you use n/a all way through or left things blank and did you get approved?

Official USCIS instructions say to enter "N/A".  Do not give USCIS the impression that you accidentally forgot to answer a question. 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-485instr.pdf

 

Answer all questions fully and accurately. If a question does not apply to you (for example, if you have never been married and the question asks, “Provide the name of your current spouse”), type or print “N/A,” unless otherwise directed. If your answer to a question which requires a numeric response is zero or none (for example, “How many children do you have” or “How many times have you departed the United States”), type or print “None,” unless otherwise directed.

[smilingstone 283]

Conversely, I left boxes blank as I hated the idea of putting N/A for things like a previous name or spouse and it being taken as me stating my previous name or spouse was "N/A" and didn't want an RFE asking me to evidence as much. 

Perhaps stupidly, I didn't refer to the USCIS instructions, but followed some YouTube videos which left boxes blank.

 

I guess I'll be interested to find out if this comes back to bite me. 

[top_secret 2,622]

We left them blank and had no problems.  However, under the previous itineration of the current administration there were a handful of cases that were rejected or even outright denied for not putting N/A is blank spaces.  It may have only been certain agents or applicants they didn't like for other reasons, but since it has happened before, it's probably a good idea to put N/A where filing paper forms these days.

[TBoneTX 46,825]

24 minutes ago, top_secret said:

under the previous itineration of the current administration there were a handful of cases that were rejected or even outright denied for not putting N/A is blank spaces

I dimly remember that it predated the referenced administration, I think by quite a few years.