United States Online Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application (Form DS-260)

Have you ever used other names (i.e., maiden, religious, professional, alias, etc.)?

The live form supports listing more than one other-name pair via 'Add Another'; this schema models the field set for one entry. If only other surnames apply, the source instructs entering the same given name(s) as above.

If only other given names apply, the source instructs entering the same surname as above.

Data on this page must match the information as written in the applicant's passport or travel documents.

Includes any first name and any middle name listed in the applicant's passport or travel documentation. If the passport/travel documentation does not include a given name, the source instructs entering 'FNU'.

Leave blank (and mark 'Does Not Apply/Technology Not Available') if the applicant's native alphabet is Latin script or technology to enter it is unavailable.

Sex

Gates the Family Information: Spouse step, which is displayed only for applicants who indicate they are currently married or separated.

If day or month is unknown, enter as shown in the applicant's passport or travel document.

City of birth

May be marked 'Does Not Apply'.

The name of the country/region currently in use for the place where the applicant was born.

Country/region of origin (nationality)

The travel document should be a valid, unexpired passport or other valid, unexpired documentation sufficient to establish identity and nationality.

Document ID

Country/authority that issued document

Issuance date

Expiration date

Covers all nationalities currently or previously held, regardless of whether formally/legally relinquished.

The live form supports listing more than one other nationality via 'Add Another'; this schema models the field set for one entry.

Do you hold a passport from the country/region of origin (nationality) above?

Passport number (other nationality)

Present address — street address (line 1)

Present address — street address (line 2)

Present address — city

May be marked 'Does Not Apply'.

May be marked 'Does Not Apply'.

Gates whether the Mailing and Permanent Address step's US-specific or non-US-specific question set is displayed (whether 'United States of America' is listed here).

Format MMM-YYYY.

Previous addresses should only include those at which the applicant established a residence (e.g. campus housing for an academic term), not places of temporary presence (e.g. a vacation hotel).

The live form supports listing more than one previous address via 'Add Another'; this schema models the field set for one entry, in the same shape as the present address plus a date range.

Previous address — city

Previous address — country/region

Previous address — lived there from

Previous address — lived there to

The phone number at which the applicant is most likely to be reached; may be a land line or cellular/mobile number.

May be marked 'Does Not Apply'.

May be marked 'Does Not Apply'.

Have you used any other telephone numbers during the last five years?

The live form supports listing more than one additional phone number via 'Add Another'; this schema models one entry.

Used for correspondence purposes; the source instructs providing an address that is secure and to which the applicant has reasonable access.

Have you used any other email addresses during the last five years?

The live form supports listing more than one additional email address via 'Add Another'; this schema models one entry.

Selected from the source's own closed platform list (e.g. ASK.FM among others). The live form supports listing more than one platform/identifier pair via 'Add Another'; this schema models one entry. Select 'None' if no listed platform has been used in the last five years.

Paired with socialMediaProvider above; do not provide passwords.

Does not include private messaging on person-to-person messaging services, such as WhatsApp.

The live form supports listing more than one other platform/identifier pair via 'Add Another'; this schema models one entry.

Other social media identifier (username/handle)

This is the address to which correspondence regarding the application will be sent.

Mailing address — street address (line 1)

Mailing address — city

Mailing address — country/region

Where the applicant intends to live after arrival in the United States. May be marked 'Does Not Apply'.

Permanent address — U.S. street address (line 1)

Permanent address — U.S. street address (line 2)

Permanent address — city

Permanent address — state

Permanent address — ZIP code

May be marked 'Does Not Apply'.

Is this address where you want your Permanent Residence Card (Green Card) mailed?

Collected only when the permanent address above is not where the applicant wants the Green Card mailed.

Green Card mailing address — city

Concerning the applicant's biological parents; if adopted, provide the adoptive parents' information instead. May be marked 'Do Not Know'.

May be marked 'Do Not Know'.

May be marked 'Do Not Know'.

May be marked 'Do Not Know'.

Is your father still living?

Street address, city, state/province, postal code, and country/region; may be marked 'Do Not Know'. Modelled as one field carrying the full address, consistent with the schema's other opaque-address handling.

May be marked 'Do Not Know'.

May be marked 'Do Not Know'.

May be marked 'Do Not Know'.

May be marked 'Do Not Know'.

Is your mother still living?

Is your mother's address the same as your father's?

Street address, city, state/province, postal code, and country/region; may be marked 'Do Not Know'. Collected only when not the same as the father's address.

Current spouse — surnames

Current spouse — given names

Current spouse — date of birth

Current spouse — country/region of birth

same_as_mine indicates the spouse lives at the applicant's own present address.

Street address, city, state/province, postal code, and country/region. P.O. box numbers are not allowed. Collected only when spouseAddressType is other_specify_address.

Spouse's occupation

Collected only when spouseOccupation is other.

Date of marriage

City of marriage

Country/region of marriage

Is your spouse immigrating to the U.S. with you?

Include all previous spouses, including those deceased.

The live form supports listing more than one previous spouse via 'Add Another'; this schema models the field set for one entry.

Previous spouse — given names

Previous spouse — date of birth

Previous spouse — country/region of birth

Previous spouse — country/region of nationality

Previous marriage — date began

How was your marriage terminated?

How marriage was terminated — specify other

Previous marriage — date ended

Previous marriage — city terminated

Previous marriage — country/region terminated

The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) does not allow derivative status to family members of immediate relatives (IR1, CR1, IR2, CR2, IR5 classifications); the petitioner must file separate immediate relative petitions for the spouse, each child, and each parent.

Number of children

Includes all natural children, adopted children, and step children. The live form supports listing more than one child via 'Add Another'; this schema models the field set for one entry (Child 1).

Child — given names

Child — date of birth

May be marked 'Do Not Know'.

Does this child live with you?

Is this child immigrating to the U.S. with you?

Have you ever been in the U.S.?

Were you issued an Alien Registration Number by the Department of Homeland Security?

The live form supports up to five previous visits via 'Add Another'; this schema models the most recent visit only.

A duration value together with a unit selected from the source's own list (e.g. day(s), week(s), month(s), year(s)); modelled as one free-form field pairing the two.

Have you ever been issued a U.S. Visa?

Last U.S. visa — date issued

Selected from the source's own closed visa-classification list.

May be marked 'Do Not Know'.

Have any of your U.S. visas ever been lost or stolen?

Have any of your U.S. visas ever been cancelled or revoked?

Have you ever been refused a U.S. Visa, been refused admission to the United States, or withdrawn your application for admission at the port of entry?

Primary occupation

Present employer or school name

Street address, city, state/province, postal code, and country/region, modelled as one field.

Free-text explanation collected in place of an employer/school name and address when primaryOccupation is not_employed, homemaker, or retired.

Do you have other occupations?

In which occupation do you intend to work in the U.S.?

Were you previously employed?

All employers from the last ten years, starting with the most recent. The live form supports listing more than one employer via 'Add Another'; this schema models the field set for one entry (the most recent employer).

Previous employer — address

Previous employer — telephone number

Previous employer — job title

May be marked 'Do Not Know'.

May be marked 'Do Not Know'.

Previous employment — date from

Previous employment — date to

Applies to any high school, college, university, graduate school, doctoral program, or vocational program ever attended.

Number of educational institutions attended

The live form supports listing more than one institution via 'Add Another'; this schema models the field set for one entry.

Educational institution — address

For high school, indicate 'Academic' or 'Vocational'; for all other levels, indicate major or concentration.

Educational institution — degree or diploma

Educational institution — date of attendance from

Educational institution — date of attendance to

Have you traveled to any countries/regions within the last five years?

The live form supports listing more than one country/region via 'Add Another'; this schema models one entry.

Have you ever served in the military?

The live form supports listing more than one period of military service via 'Add Another'; this schema models one entry.

Military service — branch of service

Military service — rank/position

Military service — military specialty

Military service — date of service from

Military service — date of service to

Have you belonged to, contributed to, or worked for any professional, social, or charitable organization?

The live form supports listing more than one organization via 'Add Another'; this schema models one entry.

Do you have any specialized skills or training, such as firearms, explosives, nuclear, biological, or chemical experience?

Explain

Have you ever served in, been a member of, or been involved with a paramilitary unit, vigilante unit, rebel group, guerrilla group, or insurgent organization?

Explain

Can you speak and/or read languages other than your native language?

The live form supports listing more than one language via 'Add Another'; this schema models one entry.

The petitioner is generally the U.S. person or business who made a formal request that the applicant be considered for an immigrant visa or permanent legal residence — generally a U.S. citizen relative, U.S. permanent resident relative, or U.S. employer. In some cases the applicant may have filed a petition on their own behalf (self).

Petitioner relationship — specify other

Petitioner — surnames

Petitioner — given names

Street address, city, state/province, postal code, and country/region, modelled as one field.

Petitioner — telephone

May be marked 'Does Not Apply'.

May be used for correspondence purposes; may be marked 'Does Not Apply'.

Do you have a communicable disease of public health significance such as tuberculosis (TB)?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Do you have documentation to establish that you have received vaccinations in accordance with U.S. law?

Do you have a mental or physical disorder that poses or is likely to pose a threat to the safety or welfare of yourself or others?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Are you or have you ever been a drug abuser or addict?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever been arrested or convicted for any offense or crime, even though subject of a pardon, amnesty, or other similar action?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever violated, or engaged in a conspiracy to violate, any law relating to controlled substances?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Are you the spouse, son, or daughter of an individual who has violated any controlled substance trafficking law, and have knowingly benefited from the trafficking activities in the past five years?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Are you coming to the United States to engage in prostitution or unlawful commercialized vice or have you been engaged in prostitution or procuring prostitutes within the past 10 years?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever been involved in, or do you seek to engage in, money laundering?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever committed or conspired to commit a human trafficking offense in the United States or outside the United States?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever knowingly aided, abetted, assisted, or colluded with an individual who has been identified by the President of the United States as a person who plays a significant role in a severe form of trafficking in persons?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Are you the spouse, son, or daughter of an individual who has committed or conspired to commit a human trafficking offense in the United States or outside the United States and have you within the last five years, knowingly benefited from the trafficking activities?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Do you seek to engage in espionage, sabotage, export control violations, or any other illegal activity while in the United States?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Do you seek to engage in terrorist activities while in the United States or have you ever engaged in terrorist activities?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever or do you intend to provide financial assistance or other support to terrorists or terrorist organizations?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Are you a member or representative of a terrorist organization?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever ordered, incited, committed, assisted, or otherwise participated in genocide?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in torture?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in extrajudicial killings, political killings, or other acts of violence?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever engaged in the recruitment of or the use of child soldiers?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you, while serving as a government official, been responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Are you a member of or affiliated with the Communist or other totalitarian party?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever directly or indirectly assisted or supported any of the groups in Colombia known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), National Liberation Army (ELN), or United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever, through abuse of governmental or political position, converted for personal gain, confiscated or expropriated property in a foreign nation to which a United States national had claim of ownership?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Are you the spouse, minor child, or agent of an individual who has through abuse of governmental or political position converted for personal gain, confiscated or expropriated property in a foreign nation to which a United States national had claim of ownership?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever been directly involved in the establishment or enforcement of population controls forcing a woman to undergo an abortion against her free choice or a man or a woman to undergo sterilization against his or her free choice?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever disclosed or trafficked in confidential U.S. business information obtained in connection with U.S. participation in the Chemical Weapons Convention?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Are you the spouse, minor child, or agent of an individual who has disclosed or trafficked in confidential U.S. business information obtained in connection with U.S. participation in the Chemical Weapons Convention?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever sought to obtain or assist others to obtain a visa, entry into the United States, or any other United States immigration benefit by fraud or willful misrepresentation or other unlawful means?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever been removed or deported from any country?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever been the subject of a removal or deportation hearing?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you failed to attend a hearing on removability or inadmissibility within the last five years?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever been unlawfully present, overstayed the amount of time granted by an immigration official or otherwise violated the terms of a U.S. visa?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Are you subject to a civil penalty under INA 274C?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you been ordered removed from the U.S. during the last five years?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you been ordered removed from the U.S. for a second time within the last 20 years?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Displayed for applicants who answered yes to everBeenInUS on the Previous U.S. Travel step.

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Displayed for applicants who answered yes to everBeenInUS on the Previous U.S. Travel step.

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Displayed for applicants who answered yes to everBeenInUS on the Previous U.S. Travel step.

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Displayed for applicants who answered yes to everBeenInUS on the Previous U.S. Travel step.

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever withheld custody of a U.S. citizen child outside the United States from a person granted legal custody by a U.S. court?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever intentionally assisted another person in withholding custody of a U.S. citizen child outside the United States from a person granted legal custody by a U.S. court?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you voted in the United States in violation of any law or regulation?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever renounced United States citizenship for the purpose of avoiding taxation?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you attended a public elementary school or a public secondary school on student (F) status after November 30, 1996 without reimbursing the school?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Do you seek to enter the United States for the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor but have not yet been certified by the Secretary of Labor?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Are you a graduate of a foreign medical school seeking to perform medical services in the United States but have not yet passed the National Board of Medical Examiners examination or its equivalent?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Are you a health care worker seeking to perform such work in the United States but have not yet received certification from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools or from an equivalent approved independent credentialing organization?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Are you permanently ineligible for U.S. citizenship?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever departed the United States in order to evade military service during a time of war?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Are you coming to the U.S. to practice polygamy?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Are you a former exchange visitor (J) who has not yet fulfilled the two-year foreign residence requirement?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Has the Secretary of Homeland Security of the United States ever determined that you knowingly made a frivolous application for asylum?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Are you likely to become a public charge after you are admitted to the United States?

Required explanation when the preceding question is answered yes. A visa may not be issued to persons within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance); a yes answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa.

Have you ever applied for a Social Security number?

Were you issued a number?

May be marked 'Do Not Know'; if unknown, one is assigned during the immigrant visa process provided the applicant answers yes to consentToDisclosureForSSN.

A yes answer requires answering yes to consentToDisclosureForSSN for a card to be issued.

Answering no means the applicant will not receive a Social Security card. The applicant's response does not limit or restrict the government's ability to obtain a Social Security number or other information on this form for enforcement or other purposes authorized by law.

Did anyone assist you in filling out this application?

May be marked 'Does Not Apply' (e.g. for an organization without an individual preparer).

May be marked 'Does Not Apply'.

May be marked 'Does Not Apply'.

Street address, city, state/province, postal code, and country/region, modelled as one field.

Preparer — relationship to you

Assigned by the National Visa Center; required to access and complete the DS-260.

Entered as part of the electronic signature step, alongside the applicant's attestation under penalty of perjury (28 U.S.C. 1746) that all statements in the application are true and complete.