Help on Filling Egyptian Name on K1 Form

[tvhamed 0]

Hello, I am an American citizen who is currentlyengaged to an Egyptian citizen. We are filling out the paperwork for aK-1 Fiance Visa and have a question regarding the required name of the fiance. Egyptian legal names can have up to four names, but the Americanpaperwork only allows for First, Middle, and Last names. His name on his passport is Nasr Mahmoud Hamed Abdelhady. How shall we write these names correctly on the form? It is very difficult to type "Mahmoud Hamed" as amiddle name on these forms. This problem reoccurs for writing his father's name on the forms as well. His Egyptian last name is different from my fiance's last name because itis my fiance's grandfather's name (which I am told is the custom there). Should we end his father's name with "Hamed" so that it appears similar to my fiance's name or should we attempt to include his full name? If we attempt to write his full name, how shall we do this using the First,Middle, and Last name spaces? We would appreciate any advice or suggestions that you might be able to provide.

[Nagishkaw 510]

What we did was order the forms through USCIS and they sent them to me through the US postal service at no charge. It was easy to write all 4 names ( which must match with what is written in his passport, BTW ) when we wrote them very small.

[doodlebugg 10]

My husband's name has four names and a family name. We used his first and second name as the first and middle and then left out the others and put in the family name as the last name. That is what his passport shows as well. They will know his other names since they do a name search but for simplicity we decided to do this so that when he gets his license he'll only have three names.

[Aymsgirl 0]

I put my fiancee's name as it appears on his passport and national id and I also can not quite remember but there was a section on one of the forms that asked for other names this is where we put any other names he may be referenced to. His father and mother's names appeared as they did on his birth certificate. Not sure if this is right but we haven't gotten anything back regarding this being incorrect.

[Ahmed N Cheryl 0]

Well my SO only has 4 and we were lucky his 2nd and third are same so we dropped one. But if you do not fill in typing and use pen you can usually fit all in if you write small. Good Luck!!

Interview in One Day....February 11th.....which is tomorrow 1130pm our central time!!!! I am so excited and nervous.

TimeLine:

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Became couple after few months of friendship in January 2007

First trip to Egypt June 21 2007 He is so wonderful!!!!

Engaged June 21 2007

Filed I-129F July 21st 2007

USCIS receives packet July 25th 2007

receive NOA1 August 14th 2007

Waiting

Waiting

Waiting

Leaving for Egypt again to see my love 10-20-2007

Back from Egypt 11-10-2007

I-129F Approved December 2nd 2007

NOA2 received in Mail December 7th 2007

Waiting working on our Packet 3 stuff

NVC Received Papers 12-06-2007

NVC Mailed Papers To Embassy 12-07-2007

Got Hard copy from NVC today 12-13-2007

Embassy received Papers 12-17-07

Packet 3 mailed by Embassy 12-17-2007

waiting

waiting

waiting

Packet 3 received 12-22-2007

Checked Fed Ex site again my package to Ahmed is on delivery truck on way to his home!!!!!!

Ahmed received the packet 3 I sent 12-22-2007

Birth Certificate, Police History and Military Certificate completed 12-23-2007

Medical Exam 12-24-2007

Today we got results of Medical exam and all translations back from translator

Packet 3 mailed to Embassy via DHL 12-26-2007

Embassy receives Packet 3 12-27-2007

waiting Packet 4

Called NVC Interview is Feb 11th 2008 at 0730 Packet 4 mailed by embassy today 1-22-2008

02/09/08 Just 1 day left before Interview......so nervous (Feb 11th at 0730 Egypt time is 1130 pm on Feb 10 here.)

AHMEDCHERYL

[tvhamed 0]

What we did was order the forms through USCIS and they sent them to me through the US postal service at no charge. It was easy to write all 4 names ( which must match with what is written in his passport, BTW ) when we wrote them very small.

Thank you for explaining this. We downloaded the forms from USCIS' website. It's really nice that they sent you the forms no charge. We wish you the best of luck.

[tvhamed 0]

My husband's name has four names and a family name. We used his first and second name as the first and middle and then left out the others and put in the family name as the last name. That is what his passport shows as well. They will know his other names since they do a name search but for simplicity we decided to do this so that when he gets his license he'll only have three names.

Thanks for the fast reply. I am worried that if we only put three names that this will cause them some concern and the file will be flagged. When he comes to the US I think he will eventually have to go to three names too. It is much more convenient.

[tvhamed 0]

I put my fiancee's name as it appears on his passport and national id and I also can not quite remember but there was a section on one of the forms that asked for other names this is where we put any other names he may be referenced to. His father and mother's names appeared as they did on his birth certificate. Not sure if this is right but we haven't gotten anything back regarding this being incorrect.

Thanks for the response. I really like your idea to look at his birth certificate for the proper names of his mother and father. We will definitely do that. Good luck with your application.

Well my SO only has 4 and we were lucky his 2nd and third are same so we dropped one. But if you do not fill in typing and use pen you can usually fit all in if you write small. Good Luck!!

Interview in One Day....February 11th.....which is tomorrow 1130pm our central time!!!! I am so excited and nervous.

TimeLine:

===============================================

Became couple after few months of friendship in January 2007

First trip to Egypt June 21 2007 He is so wonderful!!!!

Engaged June 21 2007

Filed I-129F July 21st 2007

USCIS receives packet July 25th 2007

receive NOA1 August 14th 2007

Waiting

Waiting

Waiting

Leaving for Egypt again to see my love 10-20-2007

Back from Egypt 11-10-2007

I-129F Approved December 2nd 2007

NOA2 received in Mail December 7th 2007

Waiting working on our Packet 3 stuff

NVC Received Papers 12-06-2007

NVC Mailed Papers To Embassy 12-07-2007

Got Hard copy from NVC today 12-13-2007

Embassy received Papers 12-17-07

Packet 3 mailed by Embassy 12-17-2007

waiting

waiting

waiting

Packet 3 received 12-22-2007

Checked Fed Ex site again my package to Ahmed is on delivery truck on way to his home!!!!!!

Ahmed received the packet 3 I sent 12-22-2007

Birth Certificate, Police History and Military Certificate completed 12-23-2007

Medical Exam 12-24-2007

Today we got results of Medical exam and all translations back from translator

Packet 3 mailed to Embassy via DHL 12-26-2007

Embassy receives Packet 3 12-27-2007

waiting Packet 4

Called NVC Interview is Feb 11th 2008 at 0730 Packet 4 mailed by embassy today 1-22-2008

02/09/08 Just 1 day left before Interview......so nervous (Feb 11th at 0730 Egypt time is 1130 pm on Feb 10 here.)

AHMEDCHERYL

Thanks for the detailed response. I am worried if we type the rest of the application and only hand write his name that it might look strange. We have known each other for five years so I guess it is about time to do this paperwork. Thank you for the timeline it is helpful to know what to expect after we submit the paperwork. Good luck with everything.

[Aymerlu 3]

What we did was order the forms through USCIS and they sent them to me through the US postal service at no charge. It was easy to write all 4 names ( which must match with what is written in his passport, BTW ) when we wrote them very small.