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Immigration Forum / USA Marriage Base / August 2006Can I change my last name?
Hi, All. I just got approved my 2 yrs conditional GC. I got my welcom letter and still waiting for the actual GC in my mail. Anyway, long story to short, My attorney filed all my documents with my maiden name. So, I was hoping that I can change to my husband's last name when we were at interview. But the officer told me that he doesn'e do it. We have to go to SSC office and chage my last name and then Driver's license place. So I'm going to do in next week. However, I wanted to know if anyone know whether I would be able to file my I751 with my new last name or I should file with my maiden name which was used for AOS. Thanks -- It is my understanding that only US citizens can change their name in the US. Non-citizens would have to change their name in their home country. Get a passport issued with the name you want, then USCIS goes with the name in your passport (you can file form I-90 to update your green card), then any other US agency goes with the name you use with USCIS. When you become a US citizen, you can change your name then (without having to deal with authorities of your home country) > Hi, All. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > -- > It is my understanding that only US citizens can change their name in > the US. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> >>-- Others may know better, but I would think you can file with your "new" name. At our interview we asked the officer if we could change my wife's name and he said, "No problem". He made the change on a form in our file. However, the card arrived with the wrong name on it. After much trouble my wife did finally receive her card with the "correct" name on it. I don't know why your officer said no and ours said yes. With the trouble we had maybe ours should have said no and I would have paid for the I-90 to make the correction. If you have the time or interest read posts from Steffi. It took her almost a year to get a correct card! We just had our AOS interview yesterday and same as you we filed with my maiden name on it. After the Interviewer told me that We were approved I asked her if she could put my married name on the conditional GC and she said absolutely... she even put my AKA single name on file so that she said I can still use my passport since it will not be expired in two years. I wonder why your interviewer didnt do that with you. Anyway, I hope You can change your last name and will have no problem with it. |
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