signatures mess !!!

[amnonbabs 0]

Hey you guys, I was told to sign my Naturalization certificate by writing my full name, right?. then at the passport agency the clerk told me to sign the passport application exactly like I signed my Naturalization Certificate, my question is, now that I signed the application with my full name, what does this mean? how do I sign my passport???? how do I sign documents from now on?.I don't want to use my full name as my signature, it is too long!!! This is so confusing! Any advice?

[NickD 202]

Hey you guys, I was told to sign my Naturalization certificate by writing my full name, right?. then at the passport agency the clerk told me to sign the passport application exactly like I signed my Naturalization Certificate, my question is, now that I signed the application with my full name, what does this mean? how do I sign my passport???? how do I sign documents from now on?.I don't want to use my full name as my signature, it is too long!!! This is so confusing! Any advice?

Wife had that same problem, just do it like your told, was only on her certificate and passport that required her full signature, even made her practice it. She spend years developing a very artistic signature, she is back using that again. Write small, just these two times, then you are free.

[Lappa 0]

Nick,

I have a doubt. If I have changes on my name during the interview, which name I have to write on the papers when the interviewer ask me to sign, the old name or new name which have changes on it.

[amnonbabs 0]

Nick,

I have a doubt. If I have changes on my name during the interview, which name I have to write on the papers when the interviewer ask me to sign, the old name or new name which have changes on it.

I know you asked Nick but from my own experience during the interview you don't have your new name yet, remember they need to get a court order to change it, so when you sign the papers at the interview they tell you to sign like you usually do it.

[Lappa 0]

I got it. Thank you so much.

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Nick,

I have a doubt. If I have changes on my name during the interview, which name I have to write on the papers when the interviewer ask me to sign, the old name or new name which have changes on it.

I know you asked Nick but from my own experience during the interview you don't have your new name yet, remember they need to get a court order to change it, so when you sign the papers at the interview they tell you to sign like you usually do it.

[NickD 202]

I got it. Thank you so much.

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Nick,

I have a doubt. If I have changes on my name during the interview, which name I have to write on the papers when the interviewer ask me to sign, the old name or new name which have changes on it.

I know you asked Nick but from my own experience during the interview you don't have your new name yet, remember they need to get a court order to change it, so when you sign the papers at the interview they tell you to sign like you usually do it.

Not sure if I understood the question, but if the name on your certificate or passport is Anna Nicole Smith, you sign it Anna Nicole Smith, not Asmith, or Anna Smith, or Ann Smith, just the way you see it printed. Hopefully your certificate will have your correct latest name on it. Hope this helps.

[mattr 0]

My signature has always been some kind of gibberish. I have never ever signed a legible name in my life. I cannot change my signature so that it reads my name, i wouldn't be able to sign the same way without lots of new practice.

When I signed the photos that went on my certificate I used the signature I always used. When they told me to sign the certificate of citizenship I asked what signature I should use, if I should write my name or use my normal signature, the officer told me to use the exact same signature there was on the photographs, which is what I did. This is the same signature I will use for my passport. What is legible for some might not be for others, I can see my name in my signature even though it looks like #######!

I think what they want is consistency, all signatures in all documents should be the same.

Mattr.

[Lappa 0]

I was asking which name (singh) to write when the IO ask me to sighn. I am going to change my middle name to first name. Its only a small correction but still its a name change so I was wonder when, where, which signature I have to put.

I hope you understand the Q now.

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Not sure if I understood the question, but if the name on your certificate or passport is Anna Nicole Smith, you sign it Anna Nicole Smith, not Asmith, or Anna Smith, or Ann Smith, just the way you see it printed. Hopefully your certificate will have your correct latest name on it. Hope this helps.

[amnonbabs 0]

Ok, so today I went to pick up my passport and I asked the clerk how should I sign my passport since my application for a passport was signed with my full name, just like my naturalization certificate ( i was told to do so) . She said it doesn't matter which signature I choose but she didn't seem so sure and I am not so sure .....

Do officers at POE make sure signatures match? do they have a copy of my signature in their computers and if it doesn't match my passport's is there going to be a problem???... I am so confused !!!! how do I sign my passport!!!???

They really should fix the whole "write your full name in the citizenship certificate" thing, I don't understand what they want, if what they want is consistency then they should let you do the gibberish you use for a signature during the whole process, I have consistently used my signature over and over throughout my life and now I am in this mess!, Help!.

[mattr 0]

Ok, so today I went to pick up my passport and I asked the clerk how should I sign my passport since my application for a passport was signed with my full name, just like my naturalization certificate ( i was told to do so) . She said it doesn't matter which signature I choose but she didn't seem so sure and I am not so sure .....

Do officers at POE make sure signatures match? do they have a copy of my signature in their computers and if it doesn't match my passport's is there going to be a problem???... I am so confused !!!! how do I sign my passport!!!???

They really should fix the whole "write your full name in the citizenship certificate" thing, I don't understand what they want, if what they want is consistency then they should let you do the gibberish you use for a signature during the whole process, I have consistently used my signature over and over throughout my life and now I am in this mess!, Help!.

LOL yes I agree this "full name" signature is crazy. But don't fret it. Sign your passport the way you want to sign it. Imagine american citizens that were born in the US, they didn't sign when they were born, so their first passport will be signed the way they want. Americans are used to legible signatures where your name can be read, so that's why they're asking for this. Use a signature on your passport that you will use all the time, so that when you sign a document or a check and the signature is compared with your passport then they match.

You will never have to get your naturalization certificate out ever again. Ever. Unless there is a major crisis. They don't compare certificate signatures with passport signatures at the border. You are an American citizen now, and if you ever have to prove your citizenship then it's not the signature that is going to make a difference.

Mattr.