I-751 - empty fields

[kavanna 0]

Hi all!

 

I'm reading very conflicting information about leaving any fields blank in the I-751 form. We used a lawyer for all previous forms and this is the first one we are doing by ourselves so I am definitely overthinking this... I left any fields empty (did not write N/A since Adobe doesn't let you do that) that had if applicable in parentheses. We don't have children, didn't use a preparer or interpreter this time, our marriage has not ended, etc. Can I leave those fields blank or should I use a black ink pen to write N/A in those fields? If using N/A, can I just write N/A in the very first field (e.g. the part about children, would I put N/A in the Last Name field?)?

 

I looked at the example filled out file here on VisaJourney and that one has fields left blank instead of filling them with N/A. I also find it weird that the instructions from USCIS say to write in N/A, but then their very own PDF file doesn't allow you to write N/A in most of the fields in the PDF file... oh the joys! I'm sure I'm overthinking this, but we are finally ready to send this out today and I just want to make sure it doesn't come back to us as rejected or something because of something this silly.

[Crazy Cat 39,264]

I printed the form, them, with a pen, wrote "N/A" across sections which didn't apply.  No rejection, no RFEs.

[kavanna 0]

@Crazy Cat thank you! Did you just write N/A to the first field of the section and then left the rest empty?

[Crazy Cat 39,264]

1 hour ago, kavanna said:

@Crazy Cat thank you! Did you just write N/A to the first field of the section and then left the rest empty?

I drew a diagonal line across the section and wrote "N/A" on the line

[Rocio0010 5,565]

I typed the form, printed it, then filled out all N/A in black ink. No RFEs. I am now a citizen.

[kavanna 0]

2 hours ago, Rocio0010 said:

I typed the form, printed it, then filled out all N/A in black ink. No RFEs. I am now a citizen.

thank you! Did you put N/A on all fields or just the first field of a section that didn't apply to you, e.g. the interpreter section? What about the signature fields for interpreter and preparer? I saw that someone had theirs rejected because they wrote N/A. 

 

Sorry for all the questions, I am so beyond nervous to send this out for some reason!

[Rocio0010 5,565]

Just now, kavanna said:

thank you! Did you put N/A on all fields or just the first field of a section that didn't apply to you, e.g. the interpreter section? What about the signature fields for interpreter and preparer? I saw that someone had theirs rejected because they wrote N/A. 

 

Sorry for all the questions, I am so beyond nervous to send this out for some reason!

I put N/A on all fields.

[ghostinthemachine 70]

We only filled out what was needed for our AOS and had no issues - no RFEs, no delays, nothing. Did the same with the I-751 and I don't expect there to be any issues with it either.

[OldUser 4,817]

1 hour ago, ghostinthemachine said:

We only filled out what was needed for our AOS and had no issues - no RFEs, no delays, nothing. Did the same with the I-751 and I don't expect there to be any issues with it either.

There's two schools of thought. Each method has advantages and disadvantages.

[Joyoussinger 1,410]

14 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

I printed the form, them, with a pen, wrote "N/A" across sections which didn't apply.  No rejection, no RFEs.

Same!