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I know that's the intention of the question but it's not what it actually says. The question doesn't say anything about being an adult or making choices, it says "have you EVER" I think I'm going to have to ask a lawyer because I don't want to answer no and then have USCIS think that I'm trying to mislead them. I knew where the money was coming from and I've never hidden what my mum used to do for a living, so it wouldn't be hard for them to find out if they looked in to me.

Woudln't that be lying to USCIS? I thought lying was the thing should absolutely never do.

I recently got my K1 visa and I'm planning to enter the US and get married early next year then apply for AOS. I've been looking over the AOS paperwork and I'm worried because I have to answer yes to one of the questions in Form I-485, part 8 General Eligibility and Inadmissibility Grounds. Specifically "37. Have you EVER received proceeds or money from prostitution?" My mum was a sex worker when I was a child, so all the food, clothes, shelter, money, she provided me with were from the proceeds of prostitution. My mum died when I wasn 17, so I never received any money from this as an adult. I have no criminal record and I've never comitted a crime. Prostitution and receiving proceeds of prostitution are not illegal in the UK. There are prostitution related crimes (Solicitation and Controlling Prostitution for Gain), but I've never comitted these crimes. My mum was arrested for solicitation, but never charged. This never came up in the K-1 process. The DS-160 asks if you've engaged in prostitution or trafficked people for prostitution but not if you've received proceeds of prostitution. Does answering yes in part 8 mean the application will definitely be rejected? Will I need to provide any evidence or additional paperwork? Or should I just write an explanation in part 14? Will I need to file I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility?