Form G325a help

[jacy 0]

Hi,

I am a US citizen, and i am filing for my wife. She is in India currently. At the USCIS website on the form G325a it says that "exp 5/31/09" . Does this means that the form already expired. Can i still use this form?

Also the city field in the form is not long enough for the name of the Indian city. I tried my best to squeeze the city name in it, but i am not able to. Can i add an additional paper with the city name written on it.

Is it okay for me to file for my wife using her maiden name and once she arrives in the US, i can get her name changed.

Please help, sorry if i posted in the wrong forum.

Thanks.

[Ben&Keren 0]

Hi,

I am a US citizen, and i am filing for my wife. She is in India currently. At the USCIS website on the form G325a it says that "exp 5/31/09" . Does this means that the form already expired. Can i still use this form?

Yep, that's the one. Note that it hasn't been updated since 07/2006. And even versions prior to that date are accepted per their website.

Also the city field in the form is not long enough for the name of the Indian city. I tried my best to squeeze the city name in it, but i am not able to. Can i add an additional paper with the city name written on it.

Leave it blank for now, and just hand write it in after you print it out.

You can certainly add an additional page, just make sure to properly title it and have your wife sign it. Probably best to have 4 copies.

Is it okay for me to file for my wife using her maiden name and once she arrives in the US, i can get her name changed.

For the I-130, use what ever name is on your marriage certificate (probably maiden.) Then at the NVC level and beyond, use the married name.

Hope that helps. These responses are just information that I have read here on VJ and/or what I did on my petition.

[txladykat 1]

We filed DCF so don't know if it would be different, but our embassy required that all paperwork be submitted so the name matches the name on the passport. That seems to be easier anyway, so there is no confusion upon entering the US with having a name on the visa that differs from the passport. She can always change it when she arrives to the US. Although, then that requires more name changing when she gets here. If its easy to change to her married name now, I would do that, then all her US documents will be submitted automaticaly in her married name and she won't need to go through the steps of changing her name with the USCIC and SSA

[mrsemcee 1]

Hey guys while we are on the topic, I hand wrote every form... Is that going to be ok?

There were of course four copies of this form but I hand wrote all the answers four times over.

[imaisha 1]

We filed DCF so don't know if it would be different, but our embassy required that all paperwork be submitted so the name matches the name on the passport. That seems to be easier anyway, so there is no confusion upon entering the US with having a name on the visa that differs from the passport. She can always change it when she arrives to the US. Although, then that requires more name changing when she gets here. If its easy to change to her married name now, I would do that, then all her US documents will be submitted automaticaly in her married name and she won't need to go through the steps of changing her name with the USCIC and SSA

If she knows she wants to change her name then it should be done before getting to the U.S, otherwise they'll have to pay for a whole new green card.

With CR/IR-1, the beneficiary does not show a passport until the NVC stage, so the name does not need to be changed in it until that point. The I-130 can be submitted with the married name if she's going to assume it now, but definitely at least make sure to use the married name by time you get to NVC.

Edited July 7, 2009 by imaisha