Question about form DS-3035, item 13 and 17

[anandban]

Hi,

 

I was an F1 student. I changed my status from F1 to J1 while I was in US. After that I went to India, got the J1 visa stamp on my passport and came back to US. I am trying to apply for J1 waiver and have the following questions about the form DS-3035:

 

1) Item 13 - Is there any period of time in the U.S. that is not covered by your form DS-2019/formerly IAP-66?

 

Should I answer yes and explain that I was an F1 student?

 

2)  Item 17 - Date and place of first entry into the U.S. on your original exchange visitor (J-1) visa. Entry information should refer to the first time the J-1 visa was used to enter the US. If EV changed to J-1 visa status while already in the US, enter the date of status change, control number and issuing post of the first J-1 visa.

 

Since I changed from F1 to J1 while I was in US, should I leave the "Port of entry" box blank and fill in the rest of the information?

 

Any help would be much appriciated.

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[jairichi]

1. Yes.

2. That is correct.

[anandban]

Hello,

 

I tried filling the DS-3035, but got an error message. The "port of entry" is a require field, I cannot leave it blank. Furthermore, there was no box to enter the "visa control number". Can anybody help?