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15-year history worksheet

Some posts follow an administrative processing 221(g) with a request for 15 years of personal history and a CV. If your field is technical or scientific, prepare this before the interview: reconstructing 15 years of trips from memory after a refusal is slow, and it is where inconsistencies with your DS-260 creep in.

Based on one reported request, from another post The items below follow a single form an applicant's spouse posted publicly in September 2026, from an interview outside London. We have not seen London issue it. Most of it matches Form DS-5535. See when administrative processing asks for your history for the full account, and which careers draw technology checks.

How to fill it in

Answer every item. Write "none" where nothing applies: a blank reads as an omission.
Check each section against your DS-260. Where the DS-260 was shorter, add to it rather than contradicting it. Tick the box when you have checked.
Describe your work accurately and plainly. Do not overstate or understate it: misrepresentation is far worse than a delay.
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Your details

Case number

Surname

Given names

Travel, last 15 years

One trip per line: dates – country – purposeInclude every trip, not only to the US. Use passport stamps, airline accounts and email confirmations to reconstruct dates.

Travel to the US specifically

Checked against the travel on my DS-260

Addresses, last 15 years

Current address first, then every previous one: from – to – full address

Checked against the addresses on my DS-260

Employment, last 15 years

From – to – employer – job title – one-line description of what you did and what it was forSay what the work was for: making a medicine, securing a bank's network, surveying land.

Checked against the employment on my DS-260

Education, last 15 years

From – to – institution – qualification and subject

Passports

Every prior passport: nationality – number – issued – expired

Checked against the passports on my DS-260

Family

Father's full name

Mother's full name, including surname at birth

Spouse, and any former spouses (or "single / never married")

Siblings' names

Physical description and military service

Weight (kg)

Height (cm)

Visible identifying marks: birthmarks, moles, piercings, tattoos, scars

Military service: branch – dates – rank – specialty (or "none")

CV and publications

Publications, theses and patents: title – date (or "none")

My CV is up to date, with dates, employers and a plain description of each role

Your email

Use the subject line exactly as the post gives it. The one below is the format reported; send to the address on your sheet or in the post's instructions, not a guessed one. Attach your CV. Send it once, then wait.

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