Background/ Declaration questions

[ZiggyLloyd]

Hi all,

Just in the process of completing the Schedule A - Background/ Declaration form, and have a couple of quick questions about it...

1) Question 5 - it says to put your mother family name at birth, but when you read the guide, it says to just put your mothers surname/ family name, which now is different to what her maiden name was. Shall I put her maiden name, or current surname/ family name (i.e. same as my fathers)?

2) I will have to leave a couple of boxes blank on this form as they do not apply to me, i.e. I've never had a government position or been in the army. The form itself says to write 'none' if these don't apply to you, while the instruction guide says to write NA or not applicable. So do you think I should write NA or None? Also, do I need to write this for every column, or just the ones that don't apply to me?

Really appreciate the help guys, I know this is a bit pedantic but I just want to get it all right the first time around!!

Cheers,

Chris

 

[littlemckay]

Do whatever it says on form, immigration officer has form, not guide. When it says maiden name, put maiden name. Your mother's maiden name is her family name anyway.

And just write "none" and you need only do it on one of the top boxes, not every column. And don't worry too much. None is the same as N/A. They're not going to reject an application on something so trivial, only on big things you've missed out or if you've made declerations that aren't true. None VS N/A is trivial.

Good luck

 

[CEC2013]

Agree with littlemckay! These are trivial things and I highly doubt they would care whether its none or n/a...as long as you are are being honest. With regards to the first one...it should be your mother's maiden name.

Family name at birth: maiden (last) name
Family name: current last name

Best of luck...

 

[ZiggyLloyd]

Cheers guys, really appreciate the help. Almost ready to send off now!!