Declaring Dependents on Visa Application

Help - I think I've fowled up my husbands visa application. Before I have to throw myself on the mercy of an Immigration Officer and risk it now being declined for falsifying evidence (or whatever it's classed as) thought I'd see if any of you helpful people had any experience/knowledge with anything similar.

My husband has two children ages 14 and 12 from a previous relationship. They are staying in DR with their mom and family. When I filled out the application I said "NO" to any dependents for him because we wasn't applying for them a visa and they would never be coming to live with us.

I've since read an article which asked the question "What would happen if the Mother passed away and the children needed to go live with the Father" - What indeed??? This absolutely never entered either of our heads. We just automatically believed we'd all live forever and that visitation will be twice a year for long vacations.

So my question is...do you have to declare dependents on a visa application although they do not wish to apply for a visa??

I suspect strongly now that they do need to be included and if so what in Gods name am I going to do/say?? This whole visa process is so intrusive and stressful that if we have to go through it all again, well, I don't think I can do it.

I guess I have until Monday morning to come up with something plausible...Thanks for any assistance you can give.

puryear270 said:

Calm down.

I'm assuming you are a US citizen and not a Legal Permanent Resident. It makes a difference with regard to dependents.

Simply write a letter explaining that you misunderstood the question because the children were not living with your husband at the time that you filled out the form. Be sure to include Receipt Number of your application and your husband's A-number.

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Pureyear...No I'm a UK citizen and at the moment I am back in the UK for work purposes and we were hoping my husband would be joining me in a month or so. We paid an Immigration specialist for help to push the application through fast and without errors. When he asked "Does your husband have any dependents or family that might want to join you later?" I just answered "No" which at the time was the honest answer. When the application was sent in last week (I got a copy) it clearly stated that he did not have any dependents and this is not true. I've be freaking out about it ever since but at that point it was a bit too late to point it out to my lawyer.