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mitaka1984 said:
Excuse me for posting my message for a second time, but it seems no one will answer my question, but I will give a last chance about that. Thank you in advance :)

Hello everyone, I have a question regarding my ds-260 form, so I am confused what should I fill up about "
Provide the following information on your last U.S. visa". I used to enter US in 2009 with a J-1 visa as an Au Pair and after my 2 years period was over I changed within the US my visa to F-1(student visa). In my passport I have had only the J-1 visa, but my last status was as a student. Thank you in advance for your help.
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You didn’t get a response (at least from me) because you haven’t listed the precise question you’re required to answer. Write out the questions following the “Provide the following information on your last U.S. visa" as listed on the form in order to get the right guidance - nobody has the time to start going through the DS260 form to figure out what the exact question(s) you’re trying to answer is(are).
 
Thank you for your respons. Probably I cant ask a concrete question about that matter, but I will try again. I have entered US once and after my almost 3 years period in the US I left and I have never come back there. My only visa stamped in my passport was J-1 visa issued back in 2009. I had an option to extend this visa for a second year and I did it, then I decided to study there and I applied in community college where I was accepted in 2011. From 2011 to 2012 I had a student visa(I had not left US to go through an embassy to have visa stamped in my passport). As much as I understand this question I have to add only the visas I have used to have stamped in my passport. Am I right or not?
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mitaka1984 said:
Thank you for your respons. Probably I cant ask a concrete question about that matter, but I will try again. I have entered US once and after my almost 3 years period in the US I left and I have never come back there. My only visa stamped in my passport was J-1 visa issued back in 2009. I had an option to extend this visa for a second year and I did it, then I decided to study there and I applied in community college where I was accepted in 2011. From 2011 to 2012 I had a student visa(I had not left US to go through an embassy to have visa stamped in my passport). As much as I understand this question I have to add only the visas I have used to have stamped in my passport. Am I right or not?
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You had a F1 student status in 2001 - 2002, not a student visa since you never got the visa stamp from an embassy. So yes, you entered the US with a J1 visa, that’s the correct answer to that question.

By the way, asking the question like this is much more specific than the way you previously asked which is why you never got any response like I already wrote above.
 
Sm1smom said:
You had a F1 student status in 2001 - 2002, not a student visa since you never got the visa stamp from an embassy. So yes, you entered the US with a J1 visa, that’s the correct answer to that question.

By the way, asking the question like this is much more specific than the way you previously asked which is why you never got any response like I already wrote above.
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Thank you again!
 
mitaka1984 said:
Excuse me for posting my message for a second time, but it seems no one will answer my question, but I will give a last chance about that. Thank you in advance :)

Hello everyone, I have a question regarding my ds-260 form, so I am confused what should I fill up about "
Provide the following information on your last U.S. visa". I used to enter US in 2009 with a J-1 visa as an Au Pair and after my 2 years period was over I changed within the US my visa to F-1(student visa). In my passport I have had only the J-1 visa, but my last status was as a student. Thank you in advance for your help.
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Britsimon said:
Well, doesn't that mean she had an F1 visa (whether stamped in her passport or not)?
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Not to my understanding - as far as I understand, there is a difference between a visa (a foil with a number, they ask the visa number in the question) and a status. The last visa you actually entered on is afaik what they want.
 
Is there an option he or she can pick to show change of status considering the I-20 can act as a visa. I concur with Simon. Can he or she use the I-20 as a "visa" proof.
 
Jean90 said:
Is there an option he or she can pick to show change of status considering the I-20 can act as a visa. I concur with Simon. Can he or she use the I-20 as a "visa" proof.
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I-20 cannot act as a visa. F1 is a visa type. You need I-20 to get it, but you cannot be admitted to US with just I-20.
I-797 approval notice is a proof of changing status. However, non of the I-xxx forms are relevant here. We need to keep in mind that ds-260 is meant primarily for people doing consular processing. That's why some of the questions feel "weird" for people that have been in US for a while... and I agree with @SusieQQQ and @Sm1smom . That's also what I did when I filed my DS-260: entered J2 even though I successfully changed my status to H1b at that time.
 
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Jean90 said:
Is there an option he or she can pick to show change of status considering the I-20 can act as a visa. I concur with Simon. Can he or she use the I-20 as a "visa" proof.
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I-20 cannot act as “visa” proof - you can’t use an I-20 for admission at the POE, you wouldn’t be admitted without an actual visa issued by the embassy on your passport.
 
Hi All,

First of all let me thank you all for this genuinly helpful forum. I wish I knew about it much earlier - never knew about the case numbers and queue for interviews based on it (well that's because I was selected this year for the first time after like 5-6 trys).

Anyway, my CN is EU35XXX and I've filled my DS-260 early May. And now I know that I shall not expect to be asked for docs until sometime in spring probably (thank you Simon!).
And so my question is: in my country we have our national passports for internal use only and we have "international passports" to travel abroad. It is allowed to have two international passports at the same time, which is very handy if you travel a lot, so you can leave one passport with some embassy for visa and travel with another one.When I submitted my DS-260 I'd provided the info on my 1st passport, which has only one blank page left suitable for visa. Now I've obtained second passport which is totally blank of course and I would like to have my US visa in there (in case that happens hopefully). Do you think I can submit both passports and ask to put visa in new blank one? Or shall I re-open my DS-260 and make changes to passport info? I have plenty of time for that I guess and in this case shall I write to KCCDV@state.gov to ask to re-open my DS-260 for changes?
And the additional question: for example in case I change my current place of work before the documents submission, shall I again ask to re-open my DS-260 to put such changes?

Many thanks in advance.
 
Xarthisius said:
I-20 cannot act as a visa. F1 is a visa type. You need I-20 to get it, but you cannot be admitted to US with just I-20.
I-797 approval notice is a proof of changing status. However, non of the I-xxx forms are relevant here. We need to keep in mind that ds-260 is meant primarily for people doing consular processing. That's why some of the questions feel "weird" for people that have been in US for a while... and I agree with @SusieQQQ and @Sm1smom . That's also what I did when I filed my DS-260: entered J2 even though I successfully changed my status to H1b at that time.
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Good to know. Most students who don't renew their F1 visas and are still in school normally provide the I-20 as proof of legal status. In this case, I guess the CO will just have to ask the PA why they over stayed their J1 visa and then that's when they'd explain the change of status. I wish there'd be a provision for he or she to explain change of status on DS260 form just to cover all bases.
 
Jean90 said:
Good to know. Most students who don't renew their F1 visas and are still in school normally provide the I-20 as proof of legal status. In this case, I guess the CO will just have to ask the PA why they over stayed their J1 visa and then that's when they'd explain the change of status. I wish there'd be a provision for he or she to explain change of status on DS260 form just to cover all bases.
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It’s not an overstay if you change status. USCIS obviously has records of all changes/extensions of status ...
 
arandomrussianguy said:
Hi All,

First of all let me thank you all for this genuinly helpful forum. I wish I knew about it much earlier - never knew about the case numbers and queue for interviews based on it (well that's because I was selected this year for the first time after like 5-6 trys).

Anyway, my CN is EU35XXX and I've filled my DS-260 early May. And now I know that I shall not expect to be asked for docs until sometime in spring probably (thank you Simon!).
And so my question is: in my country we have our national passports for internal use only and we have "international passports" to travel abroad. It is allowed to have two international passports at the same time, which is very handy if you travel a lot, so you can leave one passport with some embassy for visa and travel with another one.When I submitted my DS-260 I'd provided the info on my 1st passport, which has only one blank page left suitable for visa. Now I've obtained second passport which is totally blank of course and I would like to have my US visa in there (in case that happens hopefully). Do you think I can submit both passports and ask to put visa in new blank one? Or shall I re-open my DS-260 and make changes to passport info? I have plenty of time for that I guess and in this case shall I write to KCCDV@state.gov to ask to re-open my DS-260 for changes?
And the additional question: for example in case I change my current place of work before the documents submission, shall I again ask to re-open my DS-260 to put such changes?

Many thanks in advance.
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Update with new passport details.
Unless you work in an industry that might have security implications it’s not usually necessary to update for changing jobs.
 
SusieQQQ said:
It’s not an overstay if you change status. USCIS obviously has records of all changes/extensions of status ...
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I mean in regards to the period stayed in the US per what he or she puts down on the DS260 form. Not to trick the PA but perhaps to give him or her a chance explain the period of stay after J1. Yes they may have the information with them. That's why I said, I wish there would be a way they'd include change of status on the form in such a case where there is no visa.
 
Jean90 said:
I mean in regards to the period stayed in the US per what he or she puts down on the DS260 form. Not to trick the PA but perhaps to give him or her a chance explain the period of stay after J1. Yes they may have the information with them. That's why I said, I wish there would be a way they'd include change of status on the form in such a case where there is no visa.
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When you're doing AOS it's form i-485 that matters. There are fields for both 1) visa you used when last admitted and 2) your current status.
 
arandomrussianguy said:
Hi All,

First of all let me thank you all for this genuinly helpful forum. I wish I knew about it much earlier - never knew about the case numbers and queue for interviews based on it (well that's because I was selected this year for the first time after like 5-6 trys).

Anyway, my CN is EU35XXX and I've filled my DS-260 early May. And now I know that I shall not expect to be asked for docs until sometime in spring probably (thank you Simon!).
And so my question is: in my country we have our national passports for internal use only and we have "international passports" to travel abroad. It is allowed to have two international passports at the same time, which is very handy if you travel a lot, so you can leave one passport with some embassy for visa and travel with another one.When I submitted my DS-260 I'd provided the info on my 1st passport, which has only one blank page left suitable for visa. Now I've obtained second passport which is totally blank of course and I would like to have my US visa in there (in case that happens hopefully). Do you think I can submit both passports and ask to put visa in new blank one? Or shall I re-open my DS-260 and make changes to passport info? I have plenty of time for that I guess and in this case shall I write to KCCDV@state.gov to ask to re-open my DS-260 for changes?
And the additional question: for example in case I change my current place of work before the documents submission, shall I again ask to re-open my DS-260 to put such changes?

Many thanks in advance.
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You can either unlock and change the passport listed or simply take both passports to the interview. I would recommend unlocking - but STILL take both passports to the interview. If this is normal in your country - they will be used to that.
 
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