US Immigration from United Arab Emirates

Hello Every one, i went to start filling my DS 260 today and i have a question regarding the section in personal section "Have you ever used other names (i.e., maiden, religious, professional, alias, etc.)?"

does this section indicates different spelling of the name as well ?

as it says on the website "Other names used includes your maiden name, religious name, professional name, or any other names by which you are known or have been known in the past." so i just wanted to be sure so it wouldn't has an issue in the future

in 1996 i was issued my 1st passport ever, it was hand written passport and as you can guess everyone in the government who is filling the names in English can write it as he thinks or spells it,

for example, the name "Mohammad" written inside all the new passports was written in my first passport "Mohamed" ONLY at my 1st passport and it also applied to my family name [different only at my 1st passport]

so if i have ever used a different name, shall i choose YES or NO ?

P.S : around 2016 i guess i went to our Embassy and they gave me an official statement that that the information such as name of that passport belongs to the same guy on the new passport

shall i obtain a new letter for this purpose just to be sure or not needed as well ?

Hello everyone, check it today and i was selected "YAAAAY"

i had to check it twice to make sure it is true

now question 1 , i remember one time i went to the US embassy in Abu Dhabi website and in there you can go and click to fill the DS260

now the link sends me to another webiste saying error page not found.

So i want to know do i go to "https://ceac.state.gov/IV/Login.aspx" and insert my case number there and start filling ?

and it is advised to fill it with no delay ? like ASAP ?

Question 2 :

My passport Ends in Sept. 2021, the interview could be held at anytime including for example June 2021 or any other date, now if i have less than 6 months available in the passport would that case an issue ? like renew it then update the DS260 and then submit the passport ?

or as long as there is period the passport would be good ?

Thank you

Hi all,

Anyone on this forum applying from Dubai (or anywhere in the UAE)? We are just starting our journey and would love to connect with those in similar situations.

Thanks,

Emme

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