Issues with online appointment application

[nonimm_req]

Hi,

I took online appointments for my parents today. Following are the issues I am facing while filling up details in online forms (Mumbai region):

Form DS 156:

Question 37- "Are Any of The Following Persons in The U.S., or Do They Have U.S. Legal Permanent Residence or U.S. Citizenship?
Mark YES or NO and indicate that person's status in the U.S. (i.e., U.S. legal permanent resident, U.S. citizen, visiting, studying, working, etc.)"

PROBLEM: I need to enter "US Legal Permanent Resident" in "Status" field, but the space is just enough for the word "LEGAL PERMANEN" (Not enough space available for even the text "Legal Permanent Resident"). Is just "LEGAL PERMANEN" OK? Have anyone faced this issue before?

Question 40- "Application Prepared By: --> Address:"
PROBLEM: I entered my address, but the entered complete address is not getting diplayed when I see the generated PDF. Last few words of the address are truncated.


Question 20- "Name and Address of Present Employer or School":
PROBLEM: The online page asks to select whether you are employed or a student, and if you choose "No", the system enters "NA" in "Name and Address of Emoployer/School" and disables these fields for editing. But the generated PDF doesn't print "NA" in these fields, it keeps them
blank. All fields on DS 156 MUST be filled. So I wonder what should I do in this case, since I do not get a chance to edit these fields (they get auto-populated online with "NA" since I selected "No" to "Are you employed or a student?"), but are kept blank in the generated PDF!

Question 16- Business, Mobile phone numbers
PROBLEM: I cannot write "NA" for busines, mobile, fax etc. as the system mandates these to be "numbers". Can I keep these BLANK? (Just want to confirm since the requirement is that I must respond to all questions, or enter "NA" if not applicable)


Form DS 157:

Question 8 - "Full Name and Address of Contact Person or Organization in the United States (Include Telephone Number)"
PROBLEM: I entered the telephone number of the US contact in online form in given area for entering tel. no., but the generated PDF doesn't show the tel. no. in field number 8! What should I do? Is it ok if I enter the tel. no. in the address field itself below the address in online form (instead of entering it in "Tel. No." field in online form?


Question 17- "Course of Study" column in "educational details" section:
PROBLEM: I want to enter "Bachelor of Arts", but the available space cannot take these many characters, and so I entered "Bachelor Art" (so that at least the degree name is mentioned). I am not sure why so much less space is provided in online. What should I do?

Has anyone come across these issues before? Any idea what should I do in each of the above problems (apart from calling the VFS help line)?

This forum has been very informative and I hope these problems will help those who are going to fill the forms online.

Appreciate your time and help!!!

Regards.

[immihelp]

Form DS-156

37. Put 'Greencard'.

40. Try to truncate. Instead of 'Road' write 'Rd' etc.

20. That's OK. The instructions that say that all fields must be completed is meant for handwritten forms where the applicant does not miss any information. But in computer generated form, if something is needed, it will ask. If something is not needed, after checking, it's ok that it leaves blank.

16. It's OK. Read answer 20.


DS-157:
8. I am not sure what the problem over there is. Try putting in different formats such as (nnn) nnn-nnnn or nnn-nnn-nnnn or nnnnnnnnnn to see which one works.
Otherwise, enter in the address field.

17. You could write something like 'Bach. of Arts'.

[nonimm_req]

Business and other telephone nos. in DS 156

Thanks a lot for the response!

Related to question 16 again: In DS 156, I have entered home tel. no., but I do not have business, mobile tel. no.s and I cannot enter "NA" in those fields as system expects digits in there.

I called VFS help line, and they asked me to put all 0s for tel. no. that I don't have. Can anyone who recently submitted DS 156 and appeared for interview without a problem asnwer this? Should I keep it blank as advised on this forum or enter all zeros as advised by VFS help line?

Thanks for the help.