Middle Name in Chinese

[TwoPeasInAPod 0]

Hi Everyone,

Newbie here, organizing the first draft of the I-129F bundle. I knoticed today, after having received my fiancee's FedEx packet, that there is some inconsistency in the way we're writing her name. In Chinese, okay, there's only one spelling, but in the "romanization" or "pinyin" of her name, it's either modeled like "Mary Anne" or "Maryanne".

The only place it is inconsistent, is just below her signature on the Intent to Marry letter. Should I ask her to change that and send another express packet, or is it not such a big deal?

Thanks,

Dan

[pushbrk 12,892]

Hi Everyone,

Newbie here, organizing the first draft of the I-129F bundle. I knoticed today, after having received my fiancee's FedEx packet, that there is some inconsistency in the way we're writing her name. In Chinese, okay, there's only one spelling, but in the "romanization" or "pinyin" of her name, it's either modeled like "Mary Anne" or "Maryanne".

The only place it is inconsistent, is just below her signature on the Intent to Marry letter. Should I ask her to change that and send another express packet, or is it not such a big deal?

Thanks,

Dan

If that's the only place it says Mary Anne, I would go ahead and remain consistent with Maryanne. If it's the only place it says Maryanne, then I'd redo everything to read Maryanne. Chines people either have a one or two syllable given name, never a middle name, even though in Chinese characters each syllable has its own character. You'll notice her passport shows her name as Maryanne. Right?

For example, my wife's given name is Weihua (two characters, one name) but her daugher is Wen, (one character, one name).

The problem with using Maryanne is it's three syllables. I doubt your fiancee's given name has three syllables.

Edited May 19, 2008 by pushbrk

[TwoPeasInAPod 0]

You're totally right. Her name is Xiao Hong. On the G-325A, she spelled it Xiaohong and on all of my paperwork, it's spelled the same. But one document, her original "Letter of Intent to Marry", has a line where she signed, and underneath is typed: "Xiao Hong Chen".

We should be good with that minor discrepancy, right?

Thanks,

Dan

[pushbrk 12,892]

You're totally right. Her name is Xiao Hong. On the G-325A, she spelled it Xiaohong and on all of my paperwork, it's spelled the same. But one document, her original "Letter of Intent to Marry", has a line where she signed, and underneath is typed: "Xiao Hong Chen".

We should be good with that minor discrepancy, right?

Thanks,

Dan

I think so. They'll take the name from the official forms, not the letter of intent. GUZ sometimes screws up the names anyway, so check everything you see from them and correct it needed too.