Question RE: WIFE'S LAST NAME awaiting IR1 upgrade from I-130

[dcjsjd 0]

Hope somebody here could enlighten me out on this. When I was still a permanent resident, I got married and immediately petitioned my wife (I-130) and wrote in the application form her maiden name instead of her married name. My understanding that time when I was filling up the I-130 application form was I had to follow what is written in our marriage certificate so that USCIS could match the name of my wife in the application form from the marriage certificate.

Now my concern is, whenever I will upgrade my wife's case from I-130 to IR1 soon, will it be a cause for concern if what appears in her record was her maiden name instead of her married name? She'll be issued a lawful permanent visa entry with a maiden name printed on it but her passport and related documents such as police clearance etc. show her married name already and perhaps immigration officials may question why those don't match.

Is there someone here who had the same experience? What transpired in your case? What are the things to do? Or it's not a concern at all since I had the marriage certificate to prove anyway? Thanks.

[canadian_wife 1,822]

When we submitted our I-130 I signed my married name. Somewhere down the road all our documentation was switched to my maiden name, even though I continued to submit documentation in my married name. It all went fine and there is no concerns (even my interview letter was in my maiden name and my passport in my married name). I think you are ok!

Good luck

[dcjsjd 0]

Thank you! You made our day. Hope you are right. As we prepare to upgrade my spousal petition after I take oath, I have a feeling of uncertainty as to whether we shall write her Married name in forms DS-3032 (Choice of Agent) and DS-230 (Application for Immigrant Visa and alien registration) or write her Maiden name as what was printed in USCIS record in her I-797 (USCIS Notice of Action 2). Like what I previously said, this is the dilemma too, that if I follow what was printed in I-797 and write her Maiden name on prerequisite forms such as DS3032 and DS230, her documents such as passport, police certificates etc are all written with her Married name, so that by the time of her interview, she may be questioned why the DS3032, DS230, passport etc don't match with one another unless the officers are bright enough to understand the obvious instead of looking for loopholes.

When we submitted our I-130 I signed my married name. Somewhere down the road all our documentation was switched to my maiden name, even though I continued to submit documentation in my married name. It all went fine and there is no concerns (even my interview letter was in my maiden name and my passport in my married name). I think you are ok!

Good luck