SirJon

Hi VJ friends,

I filled in DS-230 and there is a part that is confusing me a lot.

Question 30 says:

30. List below all places you have lived for at least six months since reaching the age of 16, including places in your country of nationality. Begin with your present residence.

City or Town /// Province /// Country /// From/To or "Present"

I did not put any address under the City or Town, because the question says PLACES.

Also, If I have lived at diffetent addresses, but at the same place (city or town) do I have to list them separately?

For example:

Town of P. /// PL Province /// BG Country/// 01-2009-present

Town of VH. /// MA Province /// USA Country/// 10-2004-07-2005

Town of S. /// SF Province /// BG Country/// 10-2004-07-2005

Town of S. /// SF Province /// BG Country/// 10-2003-06-2004 THEN WENT TO USA FOR 4 MTHS

Town of S. /// SF Province /// BG Country/// 09-2000-06-2003 THEN WENT TO USA FOR 5 MTHS

Town of S. /// SF Province /// BG Country/// 09-1998-10-2009 DIFFERENT ADDRESS, SAME TOWN

Town of P. /// PL Province /// BG Country/// 11-1995-09-1998 SINCE REACHING AGE OF 16.

DOES IT HAVE TO LOOK LIKE THIS OR???

DO I NEED TO WRITE EVERY SINGLE ADDRESS???

OR DO I NEED TO WRITE ONLY THE TOWN, AND THE WHOLE TIME I'VE LIVED IN THIS TOWN, NO MATTER THE ADDRESS???

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR OPINION AND ANSWERS, MUCH LOVE TO ALL

All I put was the town, province, country and timeframe I lived there. I did not have different addresses listed, and it was accepted no problem.

I believe it is 180 days once you receive the visa

I did speak to someone when I was having my Consular interview who told me they were RFE'd for their photos in the beginning as they were the incorrect size.

Could have been an isolated incident, but I guess they will probably be picky about this.

You should be able to find a photographer that will be able to do the 2"x2" in Australia.

Good luck with your application!

Hi everyone ... nice to see the sun shining in england for a change lol just a quick question?? the ACRO police check? i've had the normal police checks you have to have with jobs infact i still have one that is valid til october 2009 but i've been advised to get ACRO as thats the reconised certificate for visa's but what's the difference between the two? i've never been arrested or in any trouble so no worries there but does it dig deeper like parking/speeding tickets or something???

Ah, the sun! It wakes everything so much brighter and happier!

Not sure about the employer certificate for police checks, but the ACPO one has your photo and passport number on it. I also think it is the approved certificate that they want for a visa....

I shouldn't think that parking or speeding tickets would show on it, but I am sure that someone else will confirm it.

I'm going to start working turning water into wine. Should be a cinch as I can turn wine into water.

If it is the year of the Bible, does that mean a year of fun filled Bible related activities??

Time to get out those plans for the Ark.....

Who's up for being turned into a pillar of salt?

Ronald Reagan designated 1983 as one, with Congress’ blessing.

He could have told me!

Depends which cereal. Cornflakes crunchy, Weetabix soggy (do you have weetabix in the US?) eeeek panic!

I believe they do, and it is called Weetbix.

I wonder if they have Notmadewithwheatbutwithoatsinstead-abix?

Can I get Almond Oats & More in the US?

I reclaim the American colonies back in the name of the Empire.

Is she your wife or girlfriend? You have two posts with two different things.

I am from Pakistan, my fiancée is from U.S she is also my first cousin.

She didn't apply for the k1 visa though, She is 7 months pregnant.

For her baby delivery I wants to be with her in U.S, I wants to apply for U.S visit visa, please advice me is will it work or not ?

probably not, besides most airlines stop allowing a pregnant women from flying at about 7 mos.

Agree. Airlines have a big problem with someone that pregnant.

You'll be fine! Mine was less intense than employer medicals I have had in the past.

Just goes to show that you have a healthy constitution.

Here's my two penn'orth

do americans specially non-asian.non south asians more precisely i would say show bias towards muslims?

I won't be living in the US until next week, so I can't give a US perspective to your question, but as a Brit I can certainly give you my opinion. The people I know in the US do not look at Muslims and think "terrorist", or insult or abouse them in many way. As in every country of the world there are a minority who will act that way and view all who they believe could be or are Muslim as a threat.

especially after 9/11.

is it hard to live in america and listen to irritating remarks against muslims?? or one has to get used to it?

I would not like to listen to offensive remarks against Muslims, or any creed or culture for that matter. The entire Muslim community is not to blame for recent events. Again, it is the minority and not the majority.

i am from pakistan

and these days it seems america and western and american media is busy spoiling the image of pakistan and presenting situation in a way it looks more grim and uncertain.although its not true.

media is not presenting the true pictture

i can say with confidence because i belong to pakistan.

its just a propoganda against paksitan

I can't say that I have noticed that Western media is spoiling the image of Pakistan. I've watched the news of recent events, and where I get the majority of my news from (BBC) seems to be fair and balanced.

The internet is somewhat different. There are a lot of folks out there who invade forums and chatrooms with the intention of provoking reactions, toying with emotion and generally engaging in a power trip from the comfort of their own home.

Oh yes, I hope my Canadian cousins don't mind an interloper.

Yes, but that kind of person is considered a troll where they invade an online community to provoke. That is wrong and I dislike that people do that. But, we are all a part of this community and participate frequently so I don't think anyone in the Canadian form trolls. (although those one-thread wonders do my head in some times)

We don't mind you at all, btw! If you would like to be an honourary Canadian, we can arrange it. Many of us on here are English and/or Scottish as well!

An honourary Canadian? Why thank you!

Yes...true. But I'd be pushing their buttons in real life, too. I was a debater in highschool and it was a lot of fun.

Myself too. But, on the internet, you can do it with no fear that they might punch you or go complain to your supervisor. Like SirJon said, if you dont' like someones reaction, you can just ignore them, or at the very worst, you can make another account.

I never understood why someone would want to push someone's buttons - in general. Isn't that verbal bullying?

I'm not saying I have NEVER done this in my whole life, I probably have, but I don't make a general practice of doing it, or think that it's a nice or acceptable way to behave.

See, I think this is where it gets taken out of context though. I don't consider anything I do to be any form of bullying. There is internet bullying out there, but I'm not writing to you or any one for that matter and telling them they are ugly and need to go kill themselves.

When I say pushing people's buttons, maybe I don't mean it in the same sense you are thinking. I don't sit here all day and think how I'm going to get one over on people. I don't spend my day thinking about how I can use words as a weapon to hurt people I don't know. I mean that I will sarcastically virtually poke people once and awhile, some times its funny, some times its not, but I usually try and do it in an intelligent and nice manner.

My husband tries to push me all the time, I think it's funny. He knows he is driving me nuts and then we both end up laughin!

I guess in a relationship it is not done with malice. It IS part of the normal "banter" that comes with being a couple. I guess we learn it as kids when we want to get things going our way.

The internet is somewhat different. There are a lot of folks out there who invade forums and chatrooms with the intention of provoking reactions, toying with emotion and generally engaging in a power trip from the comfort of their own home.

Oh yes, I hope my Canadian cousins don't mind an interloper.

Yes...true. But I'd be pushing their buttons in real life, too. I was a debater in highschool and it was a lot of fun.

Myself too. But, on the internet, you can do it with no fear that they might punch you or go complain to your supervisor. Like SirJon said, if you dont' like someones reaction, you can just ignore them, or at the very worst, you can make another account.

I never understood why someone would want to push someone's buttons - in general. Isn't that verbal bullying?

I'm not saying I have NEVER done this in my whole life, I probably have, but I don't make a general practice of doing it, or think that it's a nice or acceptable way to behave.

YES!

My husband sometimes says he likes to push my buttons because he thinks it's "cute" when I get mad. How can you find it cute to see someone upset??

I don't get it.

I must say Sprailenes I am guilty of doing that with my SO.

Now you have me thinking.

The anonymity of the internet allows people to be different if they want to. Those who would normally never say boo to a goose when around people suddenly have the ability to be vitriolic without any real comeback. If they don't like what comes back to them, all they have to do is click the mouse and it goes away. It's hard for that to happen in real life.

I can think of many examples of real life and internet life personas being poles apart.

Give it time. It took me around a month before I got it.

Good luck!

It's similar to something that I was told by a bomb aimer about his time during World War 2. He never thought about the buildings in his sights as places with people in them. All they were to him were targets that needed to be destroyed to win the war. He said he had visited one of the places after the war and met people whose lives he had affected. That was when it became real to him.

The internet allows you to be harsh as you do not see the effects.

Has anyone here had the interview in London to get K1 visa to U.S.A? and if so is it a table lamp in the face and plyers tugging at finger nails kinda interview or easy peasy?

You've been well briefed!

Have a look at the embassy reviews. They will tell you what evil to expect....

Why does the bank never make that sort of error on my account?

Is your husband being unreasonable? Short answer is yes.

It's a hard one to give good advice on, but from what you say he really needs some relationship counselling. He seems to be carrying a lot of baggage from previous relationships that does not have a place in your marriage. I know that the suggestion of that to him would probably make him freak, but it is important for him to have someone tell him that a wife is not his personal property - it's not the 19th Century.

I'm so sorry that you have found yourself in this position, and hope that somehow you can get it all worked out.

You only need to post once.

Is a GC so important to you that you put up with how you are being treated?

Is returning home an option? At least you will have your self respect.