G-325A: Applicant's employment last five years

[Caroline + Angelo 20]

Hello there :-) my fiance and I are just collecting documents and filling out forms for the I-129F petition which we want to send out in January. I have a question regarding the above mentioned question on the G-325A for me, the beneficiary: I am a college student at the moment, since October 2008, and I was in high school until May 2007. Does that count as an occupation and do I have to list the college institution as my current "employer" at the top and also my high school? In between the last 5 years I only had 3 smaller jobs on the side, one was an internship which turned into a job from October 2007-January 2008 (internship) and January 2008-September 2008 (job) and then ever since I started college I only worked another job for two months from October 2009-November 2009. And this year, I had a one-time job which was only for 3 days in May 2010, but does that even count as an employer? And since 2004 I have worked as an assistant at my dad's office, which is also recorded officially on my tax card, not just me helping out my dad for fun ;-) even for the 3 day job this May I turned in my tax card and it was recorded properly. So now I have no clue as to how to fill out this question properly? What to state and how to order everything? Also, when they say "Full Name and Address of Employer", what do I have to do if Name and Address don't fit into the given space of one line?

I just want to get everything right from the start and not get an RFE. Thanks in advance :-)

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hello there :-) my fiance and I are just collecting documents and filling out forms for the I-129F petition which we want to send out in January. I have a question regarding the above mentioned question on the G-325A for me, the beneficiary: I am a college student at the moment, since October 2008, and I was in high school until May 2007. Does that count as an occupation and do I have to list the college institution as my current "employer" at the top and also my high school? In between the last 5 years I only had 3 smaller jobs on the side, one was an internship which turned into a job from October 2007-January 2008 (internship) and January 2008-September 2008 (job) and then ever since I started college I only worked another job for two months from October 2009-November 2009. And this year, I had a one-time job which was only for 3 days in May 2010, but does that even count as an employer? And since 2004 I have worked as an assistant at my dad's office, which is also recorded officially on my tax card, not just me helping out my dad for fun ;-) even for the 3 day job this May I turned in my tax card and it was recorded properly. So now I have no clue as to how to fill out this question properly? What to state and how to order everything? Also, when they say "Full Name and Address of Employer", what do I have to do if Name and Address don't fit into the given space of one line?

I just want to get everything right from the start and not get an RFE. Thanks in advance :-)

Student is not an occupation for the G-325a. You were "unemployeed". Unless you were also employed at your college, they were not an employer. Do not list them.

yes, the job for 3 days counts. If it was only for three days, then so state. May 3 to May 6, 2010. Record your father as an employer also.

From what you write, it would be like this...

(month)2004 to Present...worked in my Dad's office

May 3, to May 6 (also had another job, list it)

City and state is sufficient for "address" no need for street address.

That's it.

[Caroline + Angelo 20]

Do I fill in "unemployed" at the occupation and put "N/A" or "None" in the Full Name and Address of Employer box? Would it be possible to write unemployed and (student) in brackets? Because unemployed sounds like I've been doing nothing but I was simply a full-time student's, and am still right at this moment.

Plus, the job in May for a traffic census was on 3 separate days...I checked again and the days were May 4, May 6, and May 19. Can I just put May 2010 to May 2010 or is it crucial that I only list those 3 days (since the G325A only asks for month and year)? If so, how do I do that?

And do I need to put the ZIP code for the city in the address?

Thank you in advance,

Caroline

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Don't overthink this. It's not that complicated.

If you got paid for doing work, then you were employed. Your employment began the first day you worked on that job, and ended the last day you worked on that job. It doesn't matter if you didn't work every single day in between. Think about it rationally. If you had a job for a year, but you got weekends off, do you think they'd expect you to list ONLY the weekdays, as if your job ended every Friday and began again every Monday?

Any time you didn't have a paying job, you were unemployed. You don't have to worry about the word "unemployed" looking bad on the form. First, neither USCIS nor the consulate really cares, especially if you're young. Second, they're not asking you to make it look good. They're only asking for the truth. Don't write anything in parenthesis. It's not relevant. How you record periods of unemployment on the form is not critical. You could write "none" or "n/a" for employer, "unemployed" for occupation, and give the dates. Or, you could write "unemployed" for employer, and just give the dates. Don't worry - they'll figure it out.

You don't need the ZIP code or postal code or whatever. Just the city and state is usually enough.

[Caroline + Angelo 20]

Don't overthink this. It's not that complicated.

If you got paid for doing work, then you were employed. Your employment began the first day you worked on that job, and ended the last day you worked on that job. It doesn't matter if you didn't work every single day in between. Think about it rationally. If you had a job for a year, but you got weekends off, do you think they'd expect you to list ONLY the weekdays, as if your job ended every Friday and began again every Monday?

Any time you didn't have a paying job, you were unemployed. You don't have to worry about the word "unemployed" looking bad on the form. First, neither USCIS nor the consulate really cares, especially if you're young. Second, they're not asking you to make it look good. They're only asking for the truth. Don't write anything in parenthesis. It's not relevant. How you record periods of unemployment on the form is not critical. You could write "none" or "n/a" for employer, "unemployed" for occupation, and give the dates. Or, you could write "unemployed" for employer, and just give the dates. Don't worry - they'll figure it out.

You don't need the ZIP code or postal code or whatever. Just the city and state is usually enough.

Thank you I always overthink everything, and just wanna avoid an RFE by all costs since USCIS is already taking long enough as it is for the petitions and I don't want to slow things down even further by a simply form mistake I could've prevented! Thanks!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Thank you I always overthink everything, and just wanna avoid an RFE by all costs since USCIS is already taking long enough as it is for the petitions and I don't want to slow things down even further by a simply form mistake I could've prevented! Thanks!

Relax just a bit. Read carefully and interpret literally. Employment is employment, education is education. If they want to know about education, they ask. Really, there are no trick questions.

[Caroline + Angelo 20]

Relax just a bit. Read carefully and interpret literally. Employment is employment, education is education. If they want to know about education, they ask. Really, there are no trick questions.

I'll try! Thank you for your replies!

[Caroline + Angelo 20]

Student is not an occupation for the G-325a. You were "unemployeed". Unless you were also employed at your college, they were not an employer. Do not list them.

yes, the job for 3 days counts. If it was only for three days, then so state. May 3 to May 6, 2010. Record your father as an employer also.

From what you write, it would be like this...

(month)2004 to Present...worked in my Dad's office

May 3, to May 6 (also had another job, list it)

City and state is sufficient for "address" no need for street address.

That's it.

Just wondering...could I put N/A for employer and then write STUDENT in the "Occupation (Specifiy)" instead of unemployed? Not listing an employer, but simply specifying the occupation during that time without employment...

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[VanessaTony 3,567]

Just wondering...could I put N/A for employer and then write STUDENT in the "Occupation (Specifiy)" instead of unemployed? Not listing an employer, but simply specifying the occupation during that time without employment...

No because you're not EMPLOYED as a student. You were unemployed. Don't make this about wanting to look good, USCIS doesn't care that you were unemployed they just need it as identifiers

[Caroline + Angelo 20]

No because you're not EMPLOYED as a student. You were unemployed. Don't make this about wanting to look good, USCIS doesn't care that you were unemployed they just need it as identifiers

I was just curious cause I was looking through old threads and saw a post saying to put "unemployed" or "student" but I wasn't sure...but I'll stick with unemployed then.

Since all of my employment information doesn't fit into the given space on the G-325A, do I just write "see supplemental sheet" right away in the first column and then list the complete information on that additional sheet (signed and dated of course) or do I start the employment information on the actual G-325A, then write "see supplemental sheet" in the last column and provide the additional information on there?

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I was just curious cause I was looking through old threads and saw a post saying to put "unemployed" or "student" but I wasn't sure...but I'll stick with unemployed then.

Since all of my employment information doesn't fit into the given space on the G-325A, do I just write "see supplemental sheet" right away in the first column and then list the complete information on that additional sheet (signed and dated of course) or do I start the employment information on the actual G-325A, then write "see supplemental sheet" in the last column and provide the additional information on there?

Here's a thread where I posted my example for residences http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/236661-g-325a-questions/page__view__findpost__p__3626180 , I did the same for employment except made the number of columns and column headers match for each section. I put the ENTIRE list on the supplemental sheet (as in started from the start) so they wouldn't think there were any gaps. and on the G-325A itself I put "------See Attachment-----" in the last line. I had no issues doing it this way.

Edited November 23, 2010 by Vanessa&Tony

[Caroline + Angelo 20]

Here's a thread where I posted my example for residences http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/236661-g-325a-questions/page__view__findpost__p__3626180 , I did the same for employment except made the number of columns and column headers match for each section. I put the ENTIRE list on the supplemental sheet (as in started from the start) so they wouldn't think there were any gaps. and on the G-325A itself I put "------See Attachment-----" in the last line. I had no issues doing it this way.

Ok, thank you! I will do that! So, when they say no gaps in time, even when I was employed only from May 1 to May 31, and unemployed from June 1, I have to put it like this:

Unemployed Jun 2010 - Present

Employed May 2010 - June 2010

Unemployed Apr 2010 - May 2010

and so on...

Right?

Edited November 24, 2010 by rebelliousheart