Ds-260 question about my spouse's mother date of birth

[dilawar 0]

my spouse mother in her id card is 1953, only year but ds-260 requirement is to fill month / date / year (mm/dd/yyyy) accordingly.

can I fill 01/01/1970 or what should I've to do.

[NikLR 13,220]

why not ask your spouse when their mother's birthday is?

[dilawar 0]

all documents(birth certificate, Identity card) have only year, not date and month. 

Edited February 3, 2019 by dilawar

[NikLR 13,220]

Doesn't matter, does your spouse not know when their mother's birthday is?  ASK! 

 

The DS-260 is the visa application for the beneficiary.  Don't mess this up.  

[dilawar 0]

so I can fill any month and date. 

[NikLR 13,220]

3 minutes ago, dilawar said:

so I can fill any month and date. 

no you should fill it in correctly.  The beneficiary should put the day, month, and year their mother was born. 

[JFH 12,189]

21 minutes ago, dilawar said:

so I can fill any month and date. 

Definitely not and nowhere in this thread was that suggested to you. 

 

Ask your spouse when his/her mother was born. I know my mother's birthday. Even if they don't know, you need to ask your mother-in-law and find out somehow. 

Edited February 3, 2019 by JFH

[JFH 12,189]

Have you never sent a card or gift to your mother-in-law for her birthday? 

[Apple Bee 272]

1 hour ago, dilawar said:

my spouse mother in her id card is 1953, only year but ds-260 requirement is to fill month / date / year (mm/dd/yyyy) accordingly.

can I fill 01/01/1970 or what should I've to do.

 

39 minutes ago, NikLR said:

why not ask your spouse when their mother's birthday is?

 

21 minutes ago, NikLR said:

no you should fill it in correctly.  The beneficiary should put the day, month, and year their mother was born. 

 

8 minutes ago, JFH said:

Definitely iteky not and nowhere in this thread was that suggested to you. 

 

Ask your spouse when his/her mother was born. I know my mother's birthday. Even if they don't know, you need to ask your mother-in-law and find out somehow. 

In a lot of countries, they don't have or keep record of specific dates of birth depending on how long ago it was and other factors I'm not sure of. My mother in law's national card only states her DOB as 1971 also. There's no month or day and she isn't sure of it herself. I work for a state govt agency and we get a lot of people coming from other countries who use 1/1/19** as their DOB because they have no other way to determine their actual birth date and it is accepted by the state. 

 

I found an article talking about 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/why-immigrants-birthday-january-1st-refugees-immigration-migrant-visa-application-us-2017-3

Edited February 3, 2019 by Apple Bee

[JFH 12,189]

2 minutes ago, Apple Bee said:

 

 

 

In a lot of countries, they don't have or keep record of specific dates of birth depending on how long ago it was and other factors I'm not sure of. My mother in law's national card only states her DOB as 1971 also. There's no month or day and she isn't sure of it herself. I work for a state govt agency and we get a lot of people coming from other countries who use 1/1/19** as their DOB because they have no other way to determine their actual birth date and it is accepted by the state. 

Yes, but he didn't say he didn't know it. Just that it's not on her ID card. Big difference. If he didn't know it and she's now dead or she doesn't know it either, then that would be the way to go. But if he DOES know...

[Apple Bee 272]

1 minute ago, JFH said:

Yes, but he didn't say he didn't know it. Just that it's not on her ID card. Big difference. If he didn't know it and she's now dead or she doesn't know it either, then that would be the way to go. But if he DOES know...

Well OP did state it's not listed on her birth certificate either. I would think that they asked her before getting access to her birth certificate. She may not know her actual birthday. 

[NikLR 13,220]

9 minutes ago, Apple Bee said:

Well OP did state it's not listed on her birth certificate either. I would think that they asked her before getting access to her birth certificate. She may not know her actual birthday. 

That's why I told the OP to ASK before just writing down any old number

[Apple Bee 272]

1 minute ago, NikLR said:

That's why I told the OP to ASK before just writing down any old number

I understand that. When I said SHE might not know her birthday, I was referring to the mother in law possibly not knowing her own actual birthday. Wouldn't OP's first thought be to ask the mother what her bday is before writing down any old number and before coming to Visa Journey? I could be wrong.

[dilawar 0]

she doesn't know either and non of her documents have date and month. her official identity card also shows only her year.

in this case should I've to write 1/1/1953

 

[Just Paul 4,591]

Use the date on her passport.