DS 230 questions....advice please

12-22-2006, 05:18 PM

Hi,

Thanks in advance for any help and advice given.

My wife(USC) and myself(UKC) currently have an approved I- 130 visa in
progress. I am currently in the USA visiting my wife for 90days on the
VWP. We have just received the form DS 230 from NVC,and are currently
trying to fill it out. We have a couple of questions:

On question #20 it asks for : List all places you have lived for at
least six months. My problem is on at one address i lived at many years
ago i cannot remember the house number. What should i write?

On question # 25 it asks for:List dates of all previous visits/residence
in the USA. Problem is i have all the date stamps of previous entries,
but cannot remember accurately all the dates i`ve exited the USA. Also
as i`m in the US at present and intend to remain here for the next 90
days how can i give a date at which i exited on the frm? Any advice
please would be greatly appreciated.

Gazza64

12-22-2006, 05:22 PM

> Hi,
>
> Thanks in advance for any help and advice given.
>
> My wife(USC) and myself(UKC) currently have an approved I- 130 visa in
> progress. I am currently in the USA visiting my wife for 90days on the
> VWP. We have just received the form DS 230 from NVC,and are currently
> trying to fill it out. We have a couple of questions:
>
> On question #20 it asks for : List all places you have lived for at
> least six months. My problem is on at one address i lived at many
> years ago i cannot remember the house number. What should i write?
>
> On question # 25 it asks for:List dates of all previous
> visits/residence in the USA. Problem is i have all the date stamps of
> previous entries, but cannot remember accurately all the dates i`ve
> exited the USA. Also as i`m in the US at present and intend to remain
> here for the next 90 days how can i give a date at which i exited on
> the frm? Any advice please would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Gazza64

Just put as much of the address as you remember. Leave off the house
number if you don't remember it.

List the dates to the best of your knowledge. And since you haven't
left the USA yet on this trip, I would say you can't list this
particular trip. It says to list "previous" visits. This visit is a
current one.

Best Wishes,
Rene

12-22-2006, 05:27 PM

> Just put as much of the address as you remember. Leave off the house
> number if you don't remember it.
>
>
> List the dates to the best of your knowledge. And since you haven't
> left the USA yet on this trip, I would say you can't list this
> particular trip. It says to list "previous" visits. This visit is a
> current one.
>
> Best Wishes,
> Rene

Thanks Rene.

Should i/we mention my current trip to the USA on another piece of paper
attached to the DS230 form or not mention it at all? Just concerned
about not being honest with them.

Thanks

Gazza64

12-22-2006, 05:30 PM

> Thanks Rene.
>
> Should i/we mention my current trip to the USA on another piece of
> paper attached to the DS230 form or not mention it at all? Just
> concerned about not being honest with them.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gazza64

You are asked about previous trips. Don't confuse them by giving
information not asked for.

Ian

12-22-2006, 05:31 PM

> Thanks Rene.
>
> Should i/we mention my current trip to the USA on another piece of
> paper attached to the DS230 form or not mention it at all? Just
> concerned about not being honest with them.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gazza64

If there is space on the form (or go ahead and attach another sheet),
you can go ahead and indicate that you're currently in the USA for a 90-
day visit, I don't see any harm in that.

By the way, my husband didn't know some of the information on his forms,
such as the address of his high school, his parents' birthdates, etc.
We put the city and country for the school address, and just put
"approximately 1940" for the birthdates. It was all acceptable.

Rene

12-22-2006, 05:40 PM

> If there is space on the form (or go ahead and attach another sheet),
> you can go ahead and indicate that you're currently in the USA for a
> 90-day visit, I don't see any harm in that.
>
> By the way, my husband didn't know some of the information on his
> forms, such as the address of his high school, his parents'
> birthdates, etc. We put the city and country for the school address,
> and just put "approximately 1940" for the birthdates. It was all
> acceptable.

>
> Rene

Hi,

I think we`ll just put on another piece of paper to indicate i`m
currently in the US at the DS 230 form was submitted. Just think
honestly is the best policy with US immigration. And will go ahead and
put the best approx dates of my previous exits from the US.

Thanks Rene and ian - mstm