Married name used by NVC

[ShokoySirena 0]

Everything is going well with our visa process until now. I received the letter from NVC today stating that they would be sending our application to Tokyo Embassy within one week. The name printed on this letter is the beneficiary's MARRIED name instead of her PRINCIPAL name. NVC states that her married name is the one they used because it was the name that was on her valid passport submitted with the application. "Passports override all other documentation," the supervisor from NVC said. Is this true?

When we submitted the I-129, we provided a copy of her valid passport which at the time was under her married name . Also included were her Divorce decree and birth certificate confirming her principal name. We did not amend her passport at the time of I-129F submission, thinking that we could do this at a later date. Name on the I-129F is beneficiary's PRINCIPAL name. Name on the NOA1 is beneficiary's PRINCIPAL name. Name on the NOA2 is beneficiary's PRINCIPAL name. Name on the NVC notification letter... beneficiary's MARRIED name.

What frustrates me the most is that each time I've called NVC, prior to my awareness of their using my fiance's married name, the representative would ask me to verify the beneficiary's name and date of birth, and each time I would tell them her principal name which they CONFIRMED AS CORRECT! Today, I verbally confronted a supervisor about my experience with being lied to, all she had to say was, "Your case is no longer with us so there's nothing we can do, and we can't correct any mistakes if we are unaware of it." I told her that if I had known that my fiance's married name was what they had on their prompt while my case was still with them, the problem would have been rectified before it left NVC. Now I have to correct this problem with Tokyo Embassy, which has a $20 fee for each call, and a 2-3 day wait for a reply.

So now Im expecting the initial packet from Tokyo Embassy to be under the beneficiary's married name. Is this a problem or is this a simple matter at this stage of the process? Has anyone dealt with a similar situation?

[YuAndDan 153]

More than likely this will be corrected by the Embassy when they issue a visa, just keep using principal name on the DS forms that the Embassy will be sending out and needing for interview.

Moving this to Embassy/Consulate forum.

[Ling Ling 22]

More than likely this will be corrected by the Embassy when they issue a visa, just keep using principal name on the DS forms that the Embassy will be sending out and needing for interview.

Moving this to Embassy/Consulate forum.

So...are you saying my wife could've changed her name at the Embassy, and that her Visa and GC would have her married name?

Sorry for hijacking this thread.

[YuAndDan 153]

More than likely this will be corrected by the Embassy when they issue a visa, just keep using principal name on the DS forms that the Embassy will be sending out and needing for interview.

Moving this to Embassy/Consulate forum.

So...are you saying my wife could've changed her name at the Embassy, and that her Visa and GC would have her married name?

Sorry for hijacking this thread.

More than likely if DS-Forms were filled out with married name, not sure if this gets back to USCIS as preferred name for green-card, but I suspect if it is this way in the immigrations packet then USCIS would issue GC in married name.

[ShokoySirena 0]

More than likely this will be corrected by the Embassy when they issue a visa, just keep using principal name on the DS forms that the Embassy will be sending out and needing for interview.

Moving this to Embassy/Consulate forum.

So...are you saying my wife could've changed her name at the Embassy, and that her Visa and GC would have her married name?

Sorry for hijacking this thread.

More than likely if DS-Forms were filled out with married name, not sure if this gets back to USCIS as preferred name for green-card, but I suspect if it is this way in the immigrations packet then USCIS would issue GC in married name.

It makes sense to fill out all the DS forms under her principal name and then present the embassy with the amended passport during the interview. But our case number assigned by NVC is under her married name. So when the Embassy receives our returned packet, names will be conflicting. Right?

Edited January 3, 2009 by ShokoySirena