Question about other given names on the DS-260

[Emma1984 1]

Hey everyone, my husband uses a shortened version of his first name on his social media accounts, his birth name is "Yehonatan" and on social media he's "Yonatan", he also goes by both names interchangeably in social circles (people usually refer to him either way, similar to someone who goes by John and Jonathan) but he always goes by Yehonatan on official documentation.

Should he add it as an alias under the "Other Names Used" section?

 

Is it ok to add it just to be on the safe side even though it's not an official name?

 

I know that this thread is similar, but I think the person doesn't also go by that name, so it may be different in our case. 

 

Bonus question: one of his social media accounts is deactivated, but he listed it as he did use it in the last 5 years, would it be weird that the account name leads to nothing since it's deactivated? Is there a way to say that it's deactivated?

 

Thank you all! 
 

[OldUser 5,053]

There's no downside to listing that shorter version of name on the forms.

 

No need to indicate whether account is active or inactive. He was asked for details, and he provided them.

[Emma1984 1]

3 hours ago, OldUser said:

There's no downside to listing that shorter version of name on the forms.

 

No need to indicate whether account is active or inactive. He was asked for details, and he provided them.

Thank you!

[pushbrk 12,212]

3 hours ago, Emma1984 said:

Thank you!

No harm in typing "Nickname XXXyyy..." but not really necessary either.  His social media accounts will be asked about on the actual visa application at the NVC stage.  Since I'm called by my middle name, I entered "Goes by Middle LAST" on my form.  I thought it was a good idea then.  Certainly no harm in it.

[Emma1984 1]

8 hours ago, pushbrk said:

No harm in typing "Nickname XXXyyy..." but not really necessary either.  His social media accounts will be asked about on the actual visa application at the NVC stage.  Since I'm called by my middle name, I entered "Goes by Middle LAST" on my form.  I thought it was a good idea then.  Certainly no harm in it.

 

Sorry I think I didn't mention it was the DS-260 (which I thought was part of the NVC stage? correct me if I'm mistaken), he listed all of his social media (which use the shorter version of his name), and added said nickname to the "Other Names Used" section like so:

Would this be the correct way of doing so? does he need to add an explanation somehow?

Thank you!

[pushbrk 12,212]

1 hour ago, Emma1984 said:

 

Sorry I think I didn't mention it was the DS-260 (which I thought was part of the NVC stage? correct me if I'm mistaken), he listed all of his social media (which use the shorter version of his name), and added said nickname to the "Other Names Used" section like so:

Would this be the correct way of doing so? does he need to add an explanation somehow?

Thank you!

Looks good.

 

[Emma1984 1]

47 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

Looks good.

 

Thank you kindly!