Hi all,

Got a couple of queries about the I-130 form. Any help would be great!
When answering questions about employment/housing etc. do I just write 'present' if I'm still in that job/house?
Also my wife's parents are deceased. What do I write in the space for city/country of residence?

Thanks very much in advance - I'm sure these have been asked a million times.

1) Yes

2) If the form includes space for a date of death, just put NA in the address boxes. If not, I would put deceased in the first one and NA in the rest.

Never use the N/A unless the question is truly non-applicable. Parental questions are applicable.

Mother, Janet nee Smith Jones, deceased 1/1/00
Father, William Henry Jones, deceased 1/2/01

Note these are not trick questions. Answer them as they are asked. Don't read more into them or look for hidden meanings.

The questions are straightforward.

These ones aren't if the parent is deceased....

Yes it is applicable. It is a questioned about the parents and thus the answer to the question is "deceased". How do you construe that it is not applicable?

The USCIS needs to know this for their records. A long shot but someone whose parent(s) is deceased might one day try to claim another person to be that parent for an immigration benefit. Just as my husband's biological form from years ago asked about children. One was deceased. We needed to put down his name and date of birth. It is applicable.

As I said in my original answer, if there is indeed a question asking for Date of Death (I haven't looked at the form) then that is the appropriate place to put that information and 'deceased' is not required for the address box (IMO)

If however there is no place to put a DOD, then I agree 'deceased' is the appropriate answer. I think we're both arguing the same point to be honest.

I was not arguing with you. I was saying not to use "N/A" for a question that might actually need a yes or no answer. N/A has been known to have an application returned.

I put deceased in (15) the city/town/village of residence and left the next bit (16) blank.

When you eventually get to do the DS-260 they ask for more information about deceased parents.