Acouple of questions about Form DS-260

[Lewiskelly 0]

   

Hi All,

   I'm in the process of emigrating from the UK to the US to join my wife and I have some questions on From DS-260 that I can't seem to find answers to and I would really appreciate any advice.

1. What is the Beneficiary ID number? From everything I've seen online, the NVC should have issued one but I can't see it on any of the documents or websites they sent/link to us. All I have is the Case number and Invoice Number. Have they started combining the Beneficiary ID and one of the other numbers and just not updated the general information?

2. regarding the question "Are you a former exchange visitor (J) who has not yet fulfilled the two-year foreign residence requirement?" I was and exchange student with a J-1 VISA but I was only there for 9 months with no plans of completing the 2 year residence requirement, Should I answer "Yes" and write the explanation or should I answer "No" as the 2 year option was never on the cards?

3. During my stay as an exchange student I got a Social Security Number and Card issued to me. Should give this number as asked for in the form, or is it better to say no and have a new one generated?

As mentioned any help and advice will be greatly appreciated

 

 

[Wuozopo 4,285]

12 minutes ago, Lewiskelly said:

During my stay as an exchange student I got a Social Security Number and Card issued to me. Should give this number as asked for in the form, or is it better to say no and have a new one generated?

SSN is a lifetime number. Don't get a new one.

[Wuozopo 4,285]

34 minutes ago, Lewiskelly said:

regarding the question "Are you a former exchange visitor (J) who has not yet fulfilled the two-year foreign residence requirement?" I was and exchange student with a J-1

What were the terms of you J-1 visa? Some are subject to a two-year home-country physical presence requirement. It requires you to return  home for at least two years after your exchange visitor program. Did you spend 2 years back in the U.K.

[Ryan H 3,790]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[Lewiskelly 0]

 

14 hours ago, Wuozopo said:

What were the terms of you J-1 visa? Some are subject to a two-year home-country physical presence requirement. It requires you to return  home for at least two years after your exchange visitor program. Did you spend 2 years back in the U.K.

I don't really remember as most of the documentation has disappeared over the several moves I've had since then and the passport the VISA was fixed to has been destroyed. I know I made the time limits on the VISA the same as the term time for the Uni I was studying at (in hindsight as mistake, I could have done some travelling) and came back to the UK in May 2008. I did go back to the US as a tourist, using a ESTA, in September 2009 and then back and forth every 18 months or so to visit my wife’s family as she moved to the UK as dual citizen of Italy. Hopefully this makes some sense.

 

15 hours ago, Wuozopo said:

SSN is a lifetime number. Don't get a new one.

Thank you for the advice, I wasn't sure if I was going to be opening a can of worms by using my old one.

[Wuozopo 4,285]

2 hours ago, Lewiskelly said:

......and came back to the UK in May 2008.

If it was that long ago, then you have resided back in the UK a good ten years since the J1. Even if it did have the 2 year home residency requirement, you have exceeded that "back home" requirement. 

 "Are you a former exchange visitor (J) who has not yet fulfilled the two-year foreign residence requirement?  NO