What name to put on I485 and other AOS docs

[Novio 0]

Hi just wondering if you come on a K1 visa you enter with your birth name but will be married. So if married and then filing should you put your birth name (because all the documents you had when you entered have this name) or should you put your new married name?

[Cassie 8]

You put on those forms the name by which you wish to be known by. I wanted to be known by my married name, so I filled it out as such. There is a place on the form that says something to the effect of "previously known by" --this is where you would write down your maiden or birth name.

[Not Available 0]

If you want your new name to be your married name, then do all your documents in your married name, you send your marriage certificate so that will show your new name is valid.

[PrinceandPrincess 0]

You can put your new name if you wish. I fill out all the forms with my married name and then we sent a certified copy of our marriage certificate in our AOS & EAD package.

[Indo_mommy 0]

I used my married name and put my maiden name in column of "Give your name exactly as it appears on your Arrival/Departure Record (Form I-94). Also included a certified copy of our marriage certificate.

Good luck!