Timeline for Confusions regarding filling some portion of DS 160 for my F1 visa
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| Mar 14 at 15:04 | comment | added | DavidRecallsMonica | Then you're ahead of me: I'm a US citizen and have never had to complete the DS-160 form. OTOH, I'm a lawyer. Reducing the risk that the OP's application will be refused seems a worthy aim. | |
| Mar 13 at 22:16 | comment | added | mintay | The words "professional" and "alias" are coming from the question itself, not from the law firm. It seems like in this question they are looking for more or less official names (including stage names and alike) but not necessarily social media nicknames, since later in the DS 160 form there is a question specifically about social media accounts. IANAL, of course, but at least that's the way I have always understood and answered this question. | |
| Mar 13 at 20:54 | comment | added | DavidRecallsMonica | ...This secondary source writing about how to answer this question, says "Have you ever used other names (i.e. maiden, religious, professional, alias, etc.)? If not, select ‘No’. If you used any other names in the past, select ‘Yes’ and list them here. If there are different variations of your name in different documents, you can enter those variations here." The use of the word "alias" and "different documents" indicates that the author of this advice — a law firm — agrees. | |
| Mar 13 at 20:52 | comment | added | DavidRecallsMonica | Not quite that. The DS-160 asks about "names," leaving up to the applicant to decide if State means "legal names" or what people call you. Because the penalty for guessing wrong is so high, it behooves the applicant to construe the question to cover all names by which the applicant has been known... | |
| Mar 13 at 20:29 | comment | added | mintay | "You have described using the name “HJDJASD Mahmud” online. This is another name, and you used it to identify yourself." Do you mean that for the purposes of DS160, social media nicknames are treated in the same way as actual names? | |
| Mar 13 at 19:06 | history | edited | DavidRecallsMonica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 13 at 19:01 | history | answered | DavidRecallsMonica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |