DS-160

[DS-160 (Department of State) Data Input for Caruso Law]

Documents Required for a DS-160 Application

You should have the following documents available while you complete the data required for the DS-160:

  • Passport
  • Travel itinerary, if you have already made travel arrangements.
  • Dates of your last five visits or trips to the United States, if you have previously travelled to the United States. You may also be asked for your international travel history for the past five years.
  • Resume or Curriculum Vitae – You may be required to provide information about your current and previous education and work history.
  • Other Information – Some applicants, depending on the intended purpose of travel, will be asked to provide additional information when completing the data for the DS-160.
  • Petition-based Temporary Workers (H-1B, H-2, H-3, CW1, L, O, P, R, E2C): You should have a copy of your I-129 available when completing the data for the DS-160.
  • Other Temporary Workers: You will be asked for information about your employer, including the employer’s address, while completing the data for the DS-160.

You will be asked to upload two passport size digital photos as part of this form. Only do so when you can finalize the form and click , otherwise if will not upload.

There is also no need to re-upload any document previously provided to Caruso Law.

DATA INPUT begins below

SECURITY QUESTION SETUP

Select Security Answer 1 from the list and place the answer in the next field – Security Answer 1.
Select Security Answer 2 from the list and place the answer in the next field – Security Answer 2.
Select Security Answer 3 from the list and place the answer in the next field – Security Answer 3.
Select Security Answer 4 from the list and place the answer in the next field – Security Answer 4.

Personal Information 1

NOTE: Data in this section MUST match the information contained in your PASSPORT.
Full Name
Haver you ever used other names (i.e., maiden, religious, professional, alias, etc.)?
If yes, please type the name below.
Other Name 01
Leave blank if not applicable.
Other Name 02
Leave blank if not applicable.
Sex
If “Other” is selected, please explain below.
Leave blank if not applicable.
Leave empty if it does not apply.

Personal Information 2

Do you hold or have you held any nationality other than the one indicated above on nationality?
If yes, select the country from the list below
Leave blank if the answer is no to other nationality.
Do you hold a Passport for the other country/region of origin (nationality) indicated above?
If yes, select the country from the list below
Leave blank if you do not have another nationality.
Are you a permanent resident of a country/region of origin (nationality) indicated above?
If yes, select the country from the list below
Leave blank if the answer is no to permanent resident status.
Leave blank if this DOES NOT APPLY.
Leave blank if this DOES NOT APPLY.
Leave blank if this DOES NOT APPLY.

TRAVEL INFORMATION

Provide the following information concerning your travel plans.
Purpose of Trip to the U.S.
Please select a VISA CLASS.
Have you made specific travel plans?
Leave blank if the answer to is NO to specific travel plans.
Leave blank if the answer to is NO to specific travel plans.
Leave blank if the answer to is NO to specific travel plans.
Address Where You Will Stay in the U.S.
Person/Entity Paying for Your Trip
Name of the Person Paying for Trip
Complete if you selected “OTHER PERSON” in the question above.
Complete ONLY if you selected “OTHER PERSON” regarding the questions “Person/Entity Paying for Your Trip.”
Complete ONLY if you selected “OTHER PERSON” regarding the questions “Person/Entity Paying for Your Trip.”
Complete ONLY if you selected “OTHER PERSON” regarding the questions “Person/Entity Paying for Your Trip.”
Is the address of the Party paying for your trip the same as your Home or Mailing Address?
Complete ONLY if you selected “OTHER PERSON” regarding the questions “Person/Entity Paying for Your Trip.”
Address of the "OTHER PERSON" paying for your Trip
Complete ONLY if you selected “OTHER PERSON” regarding the questions “Person/Entity Paying for Your Trip.”
Depending upon the selection to this questions, we may require additional answers to follow-up questions that will be communicated via email.

Travel Companion Information

Provide the following travel companion information.
Are there other persons travelling with you?
You should answer Yes to this question if you are traveling with family, as part of an organized tour, or as part of a performing group or athletic team. You do not need to list individuals who are traveling with you for the purposes of employment with the same employer.
Are you travelling as part of a group or organization?

PREVIOUS U.S. TRAVEL INFORMATION

NOTE: Provide the following previous U.S. travel information. Provide complete and accurate information to all questions that require an explanation.
Provide information on your last five U.S. visits:

(use best estimate if you are unsure of exact dates)

Have you ever been in the U.S.?
Do you or did you ever hold a U.S. Driver's License?
Have you ever been issued a U.S. Visa?
leave blank if you do not know.
YEAR
Has your U.S. Visa ever been cancelled or revoked?
Have you ever been refused a U.S. Visa, or been refused admission to the United States, or withdrawn your application for admission at the port of entry?
Has anyone ever filed an immigrant petition on your behalf with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services?
example – brother-in-law applied many years ago and the application was withdrawn/cancelled.

ADDRESS AND PHONE INFORMATION

Home Address
Mailing Address
Have you used any other phone numbers in the last five years?
if you answered yes to having an other phone number in the last five years, enter it here.
Have you used any other email addresses in the last five years?
if you answered yes to having an other email address in the last five years, enter it here.

PASSPORT INFORMATION

Where was the Passport/Travel Document Issued?

DD-MM-YYYY
Have you ever lost a passport or had one stolen?

U.S. POINT OF CONTACT INFORMATION

Contact Person

Complete ONLY if you selected “OTHER PERSON” regarding the questions “Person/Entity Paying for Your Trip.”
Address

Family Information: Relatives

Father's Full Name and Date of Birth
Is your father still living?
Mother's Full Name and Date of Birth
Is your mother still living?
Do you have any immediate relatives, not including parents, in the United States?

Present Work/Education/Training Information

Address of Employer/School
if employed, otherwise leave blank

Previous Work/Education/Training Information

Were you previously employed?
Address of Employer
Supervisor's Name
DD-MM-YYYY
DD-MM-YYYY

Post Secondary Education

Have you attended any educational institutions at a secondary level or above?
Address of Institution
DD-MM-YYYY
DD-MM-YYYY

Additional Work / Education / Training Information

Do you belong to a clan or tribe?
please list all language that you speak.
Have you traveled to any countries/regions within the last five years?
Have you resided in any country/region for six months or longer since you attained 16 years of age?
if applicable
Have you belonged to, contributed to, or worked for any professional, social, or charitable organization?
if applicable
Do you have any specialized skills or training, such as firearms, explosives, nuclear, biological, or chemical experience?
Have you ever served in the military?
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?
if applicable

Security and Background Information

The following security and background information will ask questions that may require an explanation.
Do you have a communicable disease of public health significance? Communicable diseases of public significance include: chancroid, gonorrhea, granuloma inguinale, infectious leprosy, lymphogranuloma venereum, infectious stage syphilis, active tuberculosis, and others diseases as determined by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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?
Are you or have you ever been a drug abuser or addict?
Have you ever been arrested or convicted for any offense or crime, even though you are subject to a pardon, amnesty, or other similar action?
Have you ever violated, or engaged in a conspiracy to violate, any law relating to controlled substances?
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?
Have you ever been involved in, or do you seek to engage in, money laundering?
Have you ever committed or conspired to commit a human trafficking offense in the United States or outside the United States?
Have you ever knowingly aided, abetted, assisted, or colluded with an individual who has committed or conspired to commit a severe human trafficking offense in the United States or outside the United States?
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?
Are you the spouse, son, or daughter of an individual who has been identified by the President of the United States as person who plays a significant role in a severe form of trafficking in persons, and have you, within the last five years, knowingly benefited from the trafficking activities?
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?
Do you seek to engage in espionage, sabotage, export control violations, or any other illegal activity while in the United States?
Do you seek to engage in terrorist activities while in the United States, or have you ever engaged in terrorist activities?
Have you ever, or do you intend, to provide financial assistance or other support to terrorists or terrorist organizations?
Are you a member or representative of a terrorist organization?
Have you ever ordered, incited, committed, assisted, or otherwise participated in genocide?
Have you committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in extrajudicial killings, political killings, or other acts of violence?
Have you ever engaged in the recruitment or the use of child soldiers?
Have you, while serving as a government official, been responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom?
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 will?
Have you ever been directly involved in the coercive transplantation of human organs or bodily tissue?
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, willful misrepresentation, or other unlawful means?
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?
Have you voted in the United States in violation of any law or regulation?
Have you ever renounced United States citizenship for the purpose of avoiding taxation?
Are you a former exchange visitor (J) who has not yet fulfilled the two-year foreign residence requirement?
Have you attended a public elementary school on student (F) status or a public secondary school after November 30, 1996 without reimbursing theschool?

Temporary Work Visa Information

Name of Company Employer in the U.S.
if applicable – leave blank if it does not apply
Address of U.S. Employer
Headquarters
Main #
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US Visa and Green Card Photograph Specifications

• The photo must be in color. Black and white photographs are not accepted.
• The photo must have been taken within the past six months of you submitting the application. It should reflect your current appearance.
The photo must be taken in front of a white or off-white background.
• Snapshots, magazine photos, low-resolution vending machine or mobile phone photos, or full-length photos are unacceptable.
• Photos copied or digitally scanned from another official document such as a driver’s license or photos are unacceptable.
• Uniforms, clothing that looks like a uniform, and camouflage attire should not be worn in photos except in the case of religious clothing that is worn daily. You should wear normal clothing that you wear on a daily basis in the photo.
• While getting your photograph taken, you must not wear a hat or head covering that obscures you hair or hairline, unless worn daily for a religious purpose, such as Sikh male’s turban.
• Your full face must be visible; the head covering must not cast any shadows on your face.
• Photos must not be taken with headphones, wireless hands-free devices, or similar items.
• However, a hearing device or similar articles may be worn in the photo if you normally wear them. The photo must be taken with a full-face view directly facing camera.
• The photo must be a clear shot of your entire face horizontally centered.
• Profile shots or photos not in focus are unacceptable.
• Your expression should be neutral with both eyes open. Photos with unusual expressions and squinting are unacceptable.
• Eyeglasses are not allowed in photos.

Photographs must not be digitally enhanced or altered in any way as it could change your appearance. However, you can use the red-eye reduction option in the camera while taking the picture.
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• Permanent Residency Card (front and back)
• Permanent Residency Certificate (front and back)
• Driver’s License
• Global Entry Card
• other relevant ID documents
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