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Bit of a long one - apologies! But I m hoping someone can help.

I was born in Spain in 2001, with a birth certificate with my original name on it, we will call this Name 1.

Shortly after I was born, my British dad and Czech mother split.

In 2003, my mother generated me a Czech birth certificate so I could get naturalisation, however had somehow changed my name without my dad s knowledge. (also removed my father from said Czech birth certificate, so on there he is unknown.) So in 2003, and in Czech only, I was known by Name 2.

In 2005, my mother changed my name again (in Czech only), to Name 3.

And in 2010, my mother changed my name AGAIN, this is Name 4 and it is my current name. Name 4 is on all of my Czech documentation, as well as on my British documentation as I have recently been naturalised through my British father.

Question is - how on earth do I explain this do USCIS? I do not have any documentation with Name 2 or Name 3, because I had them when I was so young and obviously all my documentation has been updated with my current name.

Has anyone had a similar experience? I m obviously freaking out as there doesn t seem to be any information on this online.

Thank you

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I have had 2 name changes in my life time. Name 1 was obviously at birth - name 2 was changed very briefly when I was 8 years old, and name 3 is my current name, which was changed when I was 9 years old. I do not possess any legal documentation with name 2, but remember using the name at school. Would I have to declare all 3 of these names, or only name 1 which is on my original birth certificate, and name 3 which is on all of my current documentation? I do not have access to any change of name documents - so if I have to declare all 3, would a notarised statutory declaration suffice? Thank you in advance for any response.

My (now) wife and step-daughter arrived in the US and we've since been married but haven't filed any forms.

Both my wife and step-daughter want to change their names but I'm confused when and how to do this.

From what I'm now reading I think I messed up in that I should've requested SS cards as soon as they arrived and if what I've read is correct my wife should've signed the name she wants on the marriage certificate??? Which confuses me since I thought it was a legal document and she had to use her current legal name????

I haven't filed the i-485 or i-765 or requested SS cards and I'm so confused as to what I should do first to get names changed and get the next steps going.

I just don't want to screw anything up,

Thanks for help.