mother's name on ds-230

[yoke 2]

hi everyone... i got a slight problem with my wife's birth cert...on the birth certs her mother name is spelled Geetaben , on her passport it's spelled Gitaben, when i did her g325a I put Geetaben as her mother name as well..so now should i have her change the passport with the right name or change the birth and get the name to say Gitaben...(changing birth certs would be the easiest thing to do in india).. please advise

[cantwait2long 0]

hi everyone... i got a slight problem with my wife's birth cert...on the birth certs her mother name is spelled Geetaben , on her passport it's spelled Gitaben, when i did her g325a I put Geetaben as her mother name as well..so now should i have her change the passport with the right name or change the birth and get the name to say Gitaben...(changing birth certs would be the easiest thing to do in india).. please advise

Piyush,

You used the right name that is Geetaben. The US consulate will look at your wife's birth certificate not her mother's passport. You can get her mother's name changed on the PASSPORT in one day. If you can get her mothers name changed quickly then go that route.

[cmnb 0]

hi everyone... i got a slight problem with my wife's birth cert...on the birth certs her mother name is spelled Geetaben , on her passport it's spelled Gitaben, when i did her g325a I put Geetaben as her mother name as well..so now should i have her change the passport with the right name or change the birth and get the name to say Gitaben...(changing birth certs would be the easiest thing to do in india).. please advise

hi there,

i had the same situation where my wife's fathers name was misspelt on her passport...my wife went to the passport office and got it fixed in a few hours at the passport office...please have this consistent with the birth certificate...u dont want to keep any doubts in your mind..

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hi everyone... i got a slight problem with my wife's birth cert...on the birth certs her mother name is spelled Geetaben , on her passport it's spelled Gitaben, when i did her g325a I put Geetaben as her mother name as well..so now should i have her change the passport with the right name or change the birth and get the name to say Gitaben...(changing birth certs would be the easiest thing to do in india).. please advise

hi there,

i had the same situation where my wife's fathers name was misspelt on her passport...my wife went to the passport office and got it fixed in a few hours at the passport office...please have this consistent with the birth certificate...u dont want to keep any doubts in your mind..

to add to this further, although u r right that it would be easier in india to get the name change done on the birth certificate but you have already sent the same name on the G-325a...so the only better option for you is getting it fixed on the passport...like i said earlier getting it done on the passport is not a huge deal either..its easy and not atall painful...but you have to go to the actual passport office (which could be a pain as they usually have an office in the capital city of the state which could mean a few hours of travel)..but they just add the change on one of the pages on her passport, sign it and provide a legal stamp so its considered valid.

[yoke 2]

ok so i just talked to NVC about the name problem and the lady told me they dont look at parents name they only look at the "immigrant" name...just her name has to match on the passport, birth cert and other legal docs.

here's more details on the problem

her mother's name is spelled Geetaben on our marriage cert (under parents)

then on my wife passport it self on the last page (bio page) its spelled Gitaben as mother's name

on my wife's birth cert it's spelled Geeta

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hope it makes sense....cuz Geeta/Gita driving me nuts...

[cmnb 0]

ok so i just talked to NVC about the name problem and the lady told me they dont look at parents name they only look at the "immigrant" name...just her name has to match on the passport, birth cert and other legal docs.

here's more details on the problem

her mother's name is spelled Geetaben on our marriage cert (under parents)

then on my wife passport it self on the last page (bio page) its spelled Gitaben as mother's name

on my wife's birth cert it's spelled Geeta

.....

hope it makes sense....cuz Geeta/Gita driving me nuts...

if you have it correctly spelt in two places, i doubt u r gonna have a problem...

but if u want to get it corrected, the passport office can fix that problem for u in no time..my wife got all of these (her father's name and mother's name) things fixed in just a few minutes...

if i would have been in your shoes, i would get it fixed for the "you never know" moment.

Good luck with whatever decision u make!!