Primary Occupation in DS-160?

[khasibhatla]

I would like to take some help in filling DS-160 for my mother-in-law's Visitor Visa. She receives a really good amount of monthly pension, which we would like to mention in her DS-160 form, instead of not mentioning it. If we select - "Home Maker" as her occupation, there's no place where we can specify that details.

However, if we select "Not Employed" as the occupation - I see there's an option to provide these additional details. Can I specify her occupation as "Not Employed"? Also, what's difference between "HomeMaker" and "Not Employed"? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!!

[immihelp]

She needs to put 'Home Maker' as the occupation.

[khasibhatla]

@immihelp - Thanks for the clarity. However I still have this question in my mind. I hope you don't mind answering.

How different is "Not Employed" from being a "Home Maker"?

I was thinking that I would be taking a chance, with this one in particular; because if this goes wrong - everything else doesn't matter. VO would reject the application out right. However, this is the only place; where I can think of mentioning that she receives a decently good pension for her life time.

When I talked to someone, she mentioned that - I could mention my mother-in-law's occupation as Not Employed, because MIL never worked nor MIL is working currently. She also mentioned that - I shouldn't be confused, because I can mention MIL's occupation as not employed and mention that MIL gets pension of her husband who used to work as _____. Is it right?

I tried to find any standard guidelines, which give us a clarity on how to fill DS-160. The VFS guidelines doesn't tell if we can use "Not Employed" / "HomeMaker" in my mother-in-law's case. Rather, there are not any guidelines out there, which give us a clear Apple-Apple kind of comparision & some document guidelines.

I know every case is different; but there should be some kind of explanation for each of those occupations mentioned in Primary Occupation options. They are listed at in full - https://www.immihelp.com/us-visa-ds-...g-information/

I am still confused, and this is not my usual me.

[aanataliya]

does not matter much on selecting anyone of these

@immihelp - Thanks for the clarity. However I still have this question in my mind. I hope you don't mind answering.

How different is "Not Employed" from being a "Home Maker"?

I was thinking that I would be taking a chance, with this one in particular; because if this goes wrong - everything else doesn't matter. VO would reject the application out right. However, this is the only place; where I can think of mentioning that she receives a decently good pension for her life time.

When I talked to someone, she mentioned that - I could mention my mother-in-law's occupation as Not Employed, because MIL never worked nor MIL is working currently. She also mentioned that - I shouldn't be confused, because I can mention MIL's occupation as not employed and mention that MIL gets pension of her husband who used to work as _____. Is it right?

I tried to find any standard guidelines, which give us a clarity on how to fill DS-160. The VFS guidelines doesn't tell if we can use "Not Employed" / "HomeMaker" in my mother-in-law's case. Rather, there are not any guidelines out there, which give us a clear Apple-Apple kind of comparision & some document guidelines.

I know every case is different; but there should be some kind of explanation for each of those occupations mentioned in Primary Occupation options. They are listed at in full - https://www.immihelp.com/us-visa-ds-...g-information/

I am still confused, and this is not my usual me.

It does not matter much.