Michael A Mor Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 I am trying to complete a DS form -160 as online with the US Department of State, but in the Security and Background section, Part 3 there are 14 questions which I have answered all "NO", but when I save the form and move to review there are only 12 questions showing with a no answer. What is the problem< Security and Background: Part 3 NOTE: Provide the following security and background information. Provide complete and accurate information to all questions that require an explanation. A visa may not be issued to persons who are within specific categories defined by law as inadmissible to the United States (except when a waiver is obtained in advance). Are any of the following applicable to you? While a YES answer does not automatically signify ineligibility for a visa, if you answer YES you may be required to personally appear before a consular officer. Do you seek to engage in espionage, sabotage, export control violations, or any other illegal activity while in the United States? Yes No Explain Do you seek to engage in terrorist activities while in the United States or have you ever engaged in terrorist activities? Yes No Explain Have you ever or do you intend to provide financial assistance or other support to terrorists or terrorist organizations? Yes No Explain Are you a member or representative of a terrorist organization? Yes No Explain Are you the spouse, son, or daughter of an individual who has engaged in terrorist activity, including providing financial assistance or other support to terrorists or terrorist organizations, in the last five years? Yes No Explain Have you ever ordered, incited, committed, assisted, or otherwise participated in genocide? Yes No Explain Have you ever committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in torture? Yes No Explain Have you committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in extrajudicial killings, political killings, or other acts of violence? Yes No Explain Have you ever engaged in the recruitment or the use of child soldiers? Yes No Explain Have you, while serving as a government official, been responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom? Yes No Explain Have you ever been directly involved in the establishment or enforcement of population controls forcing a woman to undergo an abortion against her free choice or a man or a woman to undergo sterilization against his or her free will? Yes No Explain Have you ever been directly involved in the coercive transplantation of human organs or bodily tissue? No Security and Background Information DO NOT BRING THIS TO YOUR INTERVIEW DO NOT BRING THIS TO YOUR INTERVIEW Edit Part 1 Do you have a communicable disease of public health significance? (Communicable diseases of public significance include chancroid, gonorrhea, granuloma inguinale, infectious leprosy, lymphogranuloma venereum, infectious stage syphilis, active tuberculosis, and other diseases as determined by the Department of Health and Human Services.) NO Do you have a mental or physical disorder that poses or is likely to pose a threat to the safety or welfare of yourself or others? NO Are you or have you ever been a drug abuser or addict? NO Edit Part 2 Have you ever been arrested or convicted for any offense or crime, even though subject of a pardon, amnesty, or other similar action? NO Have you ever violated, or engaged in a conspiracy to violate, any law relating to controlled substances? NO Are you coming to the United States to engage in prostitution or unlawful commercialized vice or have you been engaged in prostitution or procuring prostitutes within the past 10 years? NO Have you ever been involved in, or do you seek to engage in, money laundering? NO Have you ever committed or conspired to commit a human trafficking offense in the United States or outside the United States? NO Are you the spouse, son, or daughter of an individual who has committed or conspired to commit a human trafficking offense in the United States or outside the United States and have you within the last five years, knowingly benefited from the trafficking activities? NO Have you knowingly aided, abetted, assisted or colluded with an individual who has committed or conspired to commit a severe human trafficking offense in the United States or outside the United States? NO Edit Part 3 Do you seek to engage in espionage, sabotage, export control violations, or any other illegal activity while in the United States? NO Do you seek to engage in terrorist activities while in the United States or have you ever engaged in terrorist activities? NO Have you ever or do you intend to provide financial assistance or other support to terrorists or terrorist organizations? NO Are you a member or representative of a terrorist organization? NO Are you the spouse, son, or daughter of an individual who has engaged in terrorist activity, including providing financial assistance or other support to terrorists or terrorist organizations, in the last five years? NO Have you ever ordered, incited, committed, assisted, or otherwise participated in genocide? NO Have you ever committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in torture? NO Have you committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in extrajudicial killings, political killings, or other acts of violence? NO Have you ever engaged in the recruitment or the use of the child soldiers? NO Have you, while serving as a government official, been responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom? NO Are you a member of or affiliated with the Communist or other totalitarian party? NO Have you ever disclosed or trafficked in confidential U.S. business information obtained in connection with U.S. participation in the Chemical Weapons Convention? NO Edit Part 4 Have you ever sought to obtain or assist others to obtain a visa, entry into the United States, or any other United States immigration benefit by fraud or willful misrepresentation or other unlawful means? NO Have you ever been removed or deported from any country? NO Edit Part 5 Have you ever withheld custody of a U.S. citizen child outside the United States from a person granted legal custody by a U.S. court? NO Have you voted in the United States in violation of any law or regulation? NO Have you ever renounced United States citizenship for the purpose of avoiding taxation? NO Quote Link to comment
MurthyIndia_Lawyer Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 Hi! We recently reported (https://www.murthyindia.com/consular-electronic-application-center-ceac-experiencing-technical-difficulties/) that the Consular Electronic Application Center is facing some technical difficulties. The problem you are reporting could be because of this. If the problem is not resolved in a day or two, one may save the data file and create a new form DS160 using the saved data file. This may solve the problem or just create a new form DS160. Should you need help, please feel free to reach out to us on info@murthyindia.com Quote Link to comment
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