Surname's - passport/greencard

[JimT 0]

Has anyone had problems re-entering the U.S. when:

- different last name on new foreign passport (with biometrics) and green card

[allynella 0]

A friend of mine says she comes and goes with passport in maiden name, marriage certificate to show name change, and green card. She was once advised to have name change done in passport.

Edited February 8, 2006 by allynella

[ceriserose 1]

I carry ID with both my maiden and married name. I also bring a copy of my marriage certificate. Haven't had a problem yet. (Of course, that's dealing with US stuff here in the US...no AP or green card to test it at customs. I doubt it'll be a problem then though.)

[JimT 0]

Sounds right...

I called the BCIS...they said to make sure the name's on all documents are consistent.

Yet, when I asked an officer at our local Homeland Security office, his opinion was that it really doesn't matter (as long as a person keeps a marriage certificate with their passport, etc)

So, beyond these abstract's I was looking for any personal experience to suggest otherwise.

[ktun 0]

I would say it probably varies from place to place. I applied for AOS in my married name, my passport and UK Driver's Licence are still in my maiden name. Here most places seem to accept a passport with Marriage Licence as sufficient for change of name. Interestingly though, our bank doesnt. So our joint account is under his name and my maiden name. They wouldnt accept the marriage licence as proof that I was now Mrs. C. They wanted a photo ID in new name.

I'm going back to England for a couple of weeks in April (assuming that I get AP by then). The AP will be in married name, so I will change my passport before going. For ease more than anything else.

Just a small word of warning. A friend of mine who has been here for over 10 yrs and has a GC. She recently got divorced. She changed her passport back to her Maiden name, but the GC was still in her married name. After a visit to family in England she flew back into Houston and they gave her a really hard time at POE because of the discrepency. Sent her to a seperate room for additional interviewing etc. They did let her back in though once she pulled out her bank statements and business cards showing that she has run her own business here in the US for over 10 years.

So I guess it really does depend where you are and possibly the immigration officers mood at the time.

Hope everything works out for you.

Kate

[Kez/JWolf 6]

If you can get your passport to show the same name as all your other stuff.... AP, Greencard... then it is better... Remember that your flight ticket MUST match your passport..

If you cant get your passport changed then carry your Marriage Certificate with you...

Kezzie

[Raimondo 0]

Any idea as to which surname the green card will come with??

The U.S. marriage license signed with married surname.

Filed all documents with USCIS and NVC with the married name (included maiden name when asked for previous names used)

BUT my wife's Italian passport has her maiden name (Italian law will not allow for the surname to be changed).

The NVC uses her maiden name because her passport has the maiden name and the visa must match the passport.

Will the green card come with her married or maiden name?

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Has anyone ever been aboard a UFO?

Sure, but will he post here on this forum?

The thing is, you leave the US with your passport, which needs to match the name on your flight ticket. You don't show the Green Card for that. When arriving in Germany, you again show your passport but not your Green Card.

When leaving Germany, you for the third time show your passport, and again it matches the name on the flight ticket. Only when arriving in the US, you show your Green Card, at which time the CBP officer gives a hoot about the name on your flight ticket.

So that's a total non-issue people have successfully dealt with since the Wright Brothers invented air travel.

[TBoneTX 46,016]

And this thread is over FIVE years old. Not a bad one to resurrect from zombie status, though.