FOIA or reapply straightaway with possible mismatch of information

[Springleaf 37]

Hello 

 

I am filling DS-160 for my parents. Their previous B1-B2 application was filled by family friend who is no more. I don't know what is the date he filled in for my father's employment.

My parents don't have access to the previous application though they were granted the visa.

 

My father has a family business and he has been working from young age, so i am not sure what the exact year was filled in the application.

 

Should i file an FOIA to get previous information or just fill the year when he graduated from college. ( he is over 60 years old).

 

Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks

[SusieQQQ 11,585]

You don't need to know what was on the previous application. You need to put factual information down on this one regardless what may or may not have been on the old one.

[Springleaf 37]

Just now, SusieQQQ said:

You don't need to know what was on the previous application. You need to put factual information down on this one regardless what may or may not have been on the old one.

I get that but like i said , it is not cut and dry. 

 

I wanted to get input from people who have applied tourist visa in case of paperwork ambivalence for older people and if they faced any issues due to this. 

 

I don't want to falsify information, just want to cover all bases.

 

 

 

[ElDiablo 95]

44 minutes ago, Springleaf said:

I get that but like i said , it is not cut and dry. 

 

I wanted to get input from people who have applied tourist visa in case of paperwork ambivalence for older people and if they faced any issues due to this. 

 

I don't want to falsify information, just want to cover all bases.

 

 

 

That's a very odd way of looking at it. It's really simple - ask him the questions and fill in with the answers he gives. Really simple.

[Springleaf 37]

18 minutes ago, ElDiablo said:

That's a very odd way of looking at it. It's really simple - ask him the questions and fill in with the answers he gives. Really simple.

I completely get what you are saying. My father does not remember the exact year.

 

For education and all also he had to look his degree for his exact year of graduation.

 

But how do you establish the exact year of working in family business if you have been working from late teens?

 

I guess i will go with after the year he graduated.  

 

I just don't want his visa to be denied due to the years being different by a year or two.

 

[SusieQQQ 11,585]

1 hour ago, Springleaf said:

I get that but like i said , it is not cut and dry. 

 

I wanted to get input from people who have applied tourist visa in case of paperwork ambivalence for older people and if they faced any issues due to this. 

 

I don't want to falsify information, just want to cover all bases.

 

 

 

On the contrary, it is cut and dried. You answer (on your father’s behalf, who signs and takes responsibility for the answers, just like he did when the other relative did it) with the truth. Why would you even think that doubling down on possibly incorrect information is the way to go? Knowingly providing false information on a visa application form is misrepresentation and can get you banned - that’s cut and dried, too.  If your father gets denied, it won’t be because a work date was a year or two out from decades ago.

[Springleaf 37]

Just now, SusieQQQ said:

On the contrary, it is cut and dried. You answer (on your father’s behalf, who signs and takes responsibility for the answers, just like he did when the other relative did it) with the truth. Why would you even think that doubling down on possibly incorrect information is the way to go? Knowingly providing false information on a visa application form is misrepresentation and can get you banned - that’s cut and dried, too.  If your father gets denied, it won’t be because a work date was a year or two out from decades ago.

Your last line is exactly what i was trying to ask about.

We will give our best estimate. that is all we can do at this stage.

 

 

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

10 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

  If your father gets denied, it won’t be because a work date was a year or two out from decades ago.

Yep

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

10 hours ago, Springleaf said:

I completely get what you are saying. My father does not remember the exact year.

 

For education and all also he had to look his degree for his exact year of graduation.

 

But how do you establish the exact year of working in family business if you have been working from late teens?

 

I guess i will go with after the year he graduated.  

 

I just don't want his visa to be denied due to the years being different by a year or two.

Applying after having a visa for 10 years is unlikely to lead to a visa denial for the above reason if they didn't abuse/misuse the previous visa. 

 

Country matters too. What embassy are they applying at?