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I have been to US on F-1 visa from Aug 2007-Oct 2010 (approx 2 yrs for my Masters and the 1 yr on OPT). I'm back in India since Oct 2010. During my Masters I was a paid intern for 10 months and a teaching assistant for 5 months and during my OPT, I was employed for 2 months in one organization and 1 month in another.
Now, I am going to start my PhD this fall and am in the process of applying for my F-1 visa and had a few queries about the questions in DS-160 form which are as follows:
1. Since I filled in my taxes in US, should I have a US taxpayer ID?
2. I visited India in 2008 Dec for a month. What should I answer to the question of previous US visits? Should I divide my length of stay into before and after my india visit or combine it into one US visit of 3 yrs? Does it really matter how I put it?
3. I do not remember if I had been ten-printed or not. Is it all right if I just write no to the question of being ten-printed?
4. Whose contact information should I give? school official's or friend/family in US?
5. When the form asks for work experience, should I write down all of the above (mentioned in 1st para here) since I paid taxes in all of them? The reason I am asking this is I read somewhere that a person's F-1 visa was refused because he had worked in his OPT in his previous stint as a F-1 student.
6. It is asking me for contact information of two persons in my country of residence who can verify my intent to study in US (not family or friends).
Should I provide information of only professional contacts?
Thanks in advance for your help..
I have been to US on F-1 visa from Aug 2007-Oct 2010 (approx 2 yrs for my Masters and the 1 yr on OPT). I'm back in India since Oct 2010. During my Masters I was a paid intern for 10 months and a teaching assistant for 5 months and during my OPT, I was employed for 2 months in one organization and 1 month in another.
Now, I am going to start my PhD this fall and am in the process of applying for my F-1 visa and had a few queries about the questions in DS-160 form which are as follows:
1. Since I filled in my taxes in US, should I have a US taxpayer ID?
2. I visited India in 2008 Dec for a month. What should I answer to the question of previous US visits? Should I divide my length of stay into before and after my india visit or combine it into one US visit of 3 yrs? Does it really matter how I put it?
3. I do not remember if I had been ten-printed or not. Is it all right if I just write no to the question of being ten-printed?
4. Whose contact information should I give? school official's or friend/family in US?
5. When the form asks for work experience, should I write down all of the above (mentioned in 1st para here) since I paid taxes in all of them? The reason I am asking this is I read somewhere that a person's F-1 visa was refused because he had worked in his OPT in his previous stint as a F-1 student.
6. It is asking me for contact information of two persons in my country of residence who can verify my intent to study in US (not family or friends).
Should I provide information of only professional contacts?
Thanks in advance for your help..
