Question about form DS160

[papuabhi]

Hi

I was filling DS-160 for my father's visitor's visa (b2). I have confusion about a couple of questions ---

1. Nationality -- My father was born in Bangladesh and at the age of 7 he moved to India just after independence. He is an Indian citizen. Now in DS-160 the birth place should be specified as Bangladesh, but what should I write in the "Nationality" column? According to the form I should write the name of the country that is currently in use for the place where my father was born i.e. Bangladesh. That does not make any sense. In all of his documents he is mentioned as Indian. A few years ago when he applied for B2, he specified "India" as his nation. Now how does Bangaladesh become his nationality all of a sudden?

2. Job experience -- My father got retired 10 years ago. I chose "Retired" as the current occupation. The next question asked me to fill up previous employment details (Were you previously employed?) for last 5 years. I chose "No", so I didnt have to fill anything. Now during the review of the form it appears as following --

Primary Occupation Retried
Were you previously employed No

This is kind of misleading as it suggests that my father never worked before. Do you know if this is ok or not?

Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

[papuabhi]

Hello, anyone with a suggestion??? Administrator, do you have any answer in mind? I need it urgently.

[abhijitz]

papuabhi - am in the same boat as you were ... So, what did you key in

[b2_worrier]

Hi

I was filling DS-160 for my father's visitor's visa (b2). I have confusion about a couple of questions ---

1. Nationality -- My father was born in Bangladesh and at the age of 7 he moved to India just after independence. He is an Indian citizen. Now in DS-160 the birth place should be specified as Bangladesh, but what should I write in the "Nationality" column? According to the form I should write the name of the country that is currently in use for the place where my father was born i.e. Bangladesh. That does not make any sense. In all of his documents he is mentioned as Indian. A few years ago when he applied for B2, he specified "India" as his nation. Now how does Bangaladesh become his nationality all of a sudden?

2. Job experience -- My father got retired 10 years ago. I chose "Retired" as the current occupation. The next question asked me to fill up previous employment details (Were you previously employed?) for last 5 years. I chose "No", so I didnt have to fill anything. Now during the review of the form it appears as following --

Primary Occupation Retried
Were you previously employed No

This is kind of misleading as it suggests that my father never worked before. Do you know if this is ok or not?

Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

I am no expert. But for these two questions, here is my suggestion:

1. Does the form "force" you to put Bangladesh as nationality ? Or is it just the default suggestion ? If it is default suggestion, change it and put Indian.

2. In previous employment, go ahead and put in the past occupation (even if more than 5 years old). It will anyway ask for dates, and it will be clear from the dates that he retired more than 5 years ago.