VisaOfficer:


As long as you disclose all of this information when you apply for the immigrant visa, and during the IV interview, the situation you describe should not pose a permanent barrier to your immigration to the United States.

Dear VO, hope your day is going well and you are looking forward to the long weekend. Please where will/can one disclose the scenario described above (referring to error in DOB) on DS-260 (under which section of the form)?. Kindly advise. Thank you

VisaOfficer:


Yes, it's always a good idea to record all the names used on the DS-260.

All official docs including police cert bear surname 1st name & 1 middle name. Two middle names were only used once in previous 5th passport. there's never been any name change. Passport office didn't include 2nd middle name when getting prev 4th passport. they said name was too long. since then been using just 1 middle name. birth cert has surname first name & 3 middle names. Still need to write this in other name used? I'm still confused. pls help. tnx

dear VO, please if someone used their surname, 1st name & 2 middle names in their old travel doc, but now only using their surname, 1st name & 1 middle name in their new travel doc. When completing the ds-260 form and the question says have you ever used other names in the past. do they need to tick yes and enter all the names used in the old travel doc, even though their names hasn't changed, only that they dropped 1 of the 2 middle names used in their old travel doc. All names used (in old & new docs) are on the birth cert. Will be grateful for ur reply. tnx

Hello VO, I hope you are doing well. Thanks for your time and taking it upon yourself to help people out on this forum with your advice. I would also like to benefit from your advice.
I applied for a NI visa over 10yrs ago (although unsuccessful), but my passport that I submitted with my NIV application at the time has an error in my date of birth (the year specifically). I notified the Nigeria immigration service (passport office) of the error in date of birth and the passport was cancelled and they re-issued a new one. But the re-issue was after I had initially applied for a visa with the passport that has an error.
Again after few years, I re-applied for a NI visa, but this time the application was submitted with the re-issued passport that now has my correct biodata. In the interview, the consular officer asked if I have ever had a passport with a different date of birth, and I answered yes. He then asked me where is the passport now, and I replied that Ive returned it to the passport office because of the error in my DOB and they re-issued a new one with the correct biodata. Then he moved on to another question.
Now my concern is: my partner filed an IV petition for me which has just been approved by the USCIS and I know I'll need to attend an interview for this at a point. I'm very worried if this error of a thing in my old passport won't affect the outcome of that interview. If there's a high chance it would, then I'd rather not continue further processing on the approved IV petition. However, your opinion and advice will be truly appreciated sir/ma. Thanks