Hispanics with two last names--what do you use here?

[girlafraid7 0]

The officer at our POE made a comment about how it's a problem when people have too many last names. Whatever!

I wouldn't like it if I was told what I could and couldn't use for my last names.

I heard a co-worker complain about her names on her SS card....grrrr...you'd think that people would be used to the two last names - I don't see the big deal.

I don't either, but if people complain about having to have two last names on their own documents...do something about it. We applied for AOS with just the three names (first, middle, first last) and that's how his green card came, allowing him to change everything else to match that name, which he'd been battling for 4 years in this country. I mean, if you applied for the green card in that name, you're pretty much screwed though...unless you want to do an I-90.

We applied only with first and last name and the Embassy in Madrid told us we had to apply with his full name---both last names. So unfortunately now his green card and all other subsequent documentation has dual last names. I wish we had been able to do it your way

[athena_ny 1]

The officer at our POE made a comment about how it's a problem when people have too many last names. Whatever!

I wouldn't like it if I was told what I could and couldn't use for my last names.

I heard a co-worker complain about her names on her SS card....grrrr...you'd think that people would be used to the two last names - I don't see the big deal.

I don't either, but if people complain about having to have two last names on their own documents...do something about it. We applied for AOS with just the three names (first, middle, first last) and that's how his green card came, allowing him to change everything else to match that name, which he'd been battling for 4 years in this country. I mean, if you applied for the green card in that name, you're pretty much screwed though...unless you want to do an I-90.

We applied only with first and last name and the Embassy in Madrid told us we had to apply with his full name---both last names. So unfortunately now his green card and all other subsequent documentation has dual last names. I wish we had been able to do it your way

But my husband's visa has all four names, and since the green card application was entirely separate, he was able to drop one of the last names. Hrm.

Now I'm confused.

[Coco&Kitten 42]

Oh yes, sometimes you have to use the two last names (such as in credit cards, banks, etc...), if those do not match your passport you are screw up. It has happened to me plenty of times. And then again, when you use your both last names here in the US they "see" the second one as your first last name, another screw up... Pretty simple to understand :-) There is no simple solution to it.