Getting my DS -230 part 1 ready and question 10 asks for the address where we are going to live (If known)..

We are both in the UK at the moment so the plan is to rent a 'long stay america' room for a month and then rent an apartment for 3 months and then buy...

The fact that this question says 'if known' implies that it isn't too necessary to have somewhere fixed up..

is it ok to put 'To be arranged'

presumably it would come up at interview time by which time we will have something booked

I would recommend that you contact the NVC to get clarification on this. I think they may frown upon you putting To be arranged, since they want to have an address they can mail the green card, plus they always want an updated address for the resident alien. Is there a family member's address that you can use in the interim until you get settled?

Why would question 10 say 'address if known ' if it was compulsory at this stage ?

Question 11 asks for the address where the green card will be sent and I have given the address of a friend in atlanta......

If anybody else calls me an alien I am going to go for my phaser and it won't be on stun

George Bush - now there is an alien

Only trying to help...good luck to you!

Perhaps you may want to use a reliable address in the US, you don't want them loosing a green-card.

I would use an address like a sibling, parent or relative of the US Citizen.

Then after arriving in USA, and have an address then file AR-11, and I-865 to update the address with USCIS.

I am a social realist and sometimes one's relatives or in-laws can be quite capable of losing the green card on purpose.

Don't you know about mother-in-laws ? - they don't make those jokes for nothing you know...

'You can chose your friends but you can't chose your relatives'

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For that reason I have chosen my best friend's address in Georgia- he has been there 12 years

I think people are confusing question 10 with question 11

question 11 talks about the address to send the green card and that is done and I am happy with it...

question 10 says 'address where you are going to stay if known' - a very strong implication that it does not have to be known at the time of DS-230 part 1 although I would guess it has to be known at the time of ds-230 part 2 - ie the interview....

I know you guys want to help - that is your motive - but too many people on VJ make a guess at an answer without reading the form in question or having any understanding of the issue..


That means that you are not helping people at all - just the opposite by guessing and giving misinformation

It could seriously harm some people's applications

question 11 clearly deals with the address to send the green card to - and I was not asking about that

- yet both of you said that was the reason for question 10 (which is the one I am asking about), which demonstrates that you had not even looked at the form before giving your answers...

I don't want to discourage you from helping, but the advice should not be a guess...

so thanks for trying to help but ....

And that would be why I suggested you contact the NVC for clarification. It clearly states it on their website to contact them if you had any questions or need help filling out an application: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3194.html.