Misspelled fiancee name on I-129F!

[Jason & Masha 0]

Hello,

So here's my situation. When I filed my I-129F, my Russian fiancee did not have a passport. I filed her name as "Mariya". About 2 months later, she got her passport. The Russian government translated it to Maria. Along with the I-129F, I also submitted a copy of her Russian birth certificate and a translated copy, in which I also had her name as "Mariya".

So as of right now, the USCIS has approved our petition, we already received our I-797 NOA2. I called the USCIS and told them about my situation but the lady on the phone didn't seem like she knew that much and told me to send a letter to the Moscow embassy stating the mistake I made. I don't really trust her though. I think about this whole situation everyday and it really bothers me. I fear the worst.

Can anybody give me some advice? I would so very much appreciate it! Thank you!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hello,

So here's my situation. When I filed my I-129F, my Russian fiancee did not have a passport. I filed her name as "Mariya". About 2 months later, she got her passport. The Russian government translated it to Maria. Along with the I-129F, I also submitted a copy of her Russian birth certificate and a translated copy, in which I also had her name as "Mariya".

So as of right now, the USCIS has approved our petition, we already received our I-797 NOA2. I called the USCIS and told them about my situation but the lady on the phone didn't seem like she knew that much and told me to send a letter to the Moscow embassy stating the mistake I made. I don't really trust her though. I think about this whole situation everyday and it really bothers me. I fear the worst.

Can anybody give me some advice? I would so very much appreciate it! Thank you!

Not a problem. Continue to use the name as you spelled it but the visa will be issued in the name as in the passport. This is a very COMMON issue in the Russian and Ukrainian consulates and is just a matter of how someone transliterated her name, that is all. The consulates will aceept ANY transliteration of the name. In our case we had Alla and two sons and there were any number of transliterations on documents. I gave up! Alla does translations and runs into this problem also. This comes from two sources...1. a wide variance of how the name is spelled in Cyrillic and, 2. How someone else interprets the Cyrillic letter and assigns a Roman letter.

Not to worry

Edited September 4, 2012 by Gary and Alla

[Jason & Masha 0]

Not a problem. Continue to use the name as you spelled it but the visa will be issued in the name as in the passport. This is a very COMMON issue in the Russian and Ukrainian consulates and is just a matter of how someone transliterated her name, that is all. The consulates will aceept ANY transliteration of the name. In our case we had Alla and two sons and there were any number of transliterations on documents. I gave up! Alla does translations and runs into this problem also. This comes from two sources...1. a wide variance of how the name is spelled in Cyrillic and, 2. How someone else interprets the Cyrillic letter and assigns a Roman letter.

Not to worry

Oh thank you! That puts me a great relief!!

[del-2-5-2014 1,339]

I am in the same boat.

Based on my research, the critical thing is to make sure that the passport is correct. It will be taken care of at the Embassy.