how to change wifes name after she arrives?

[vj. 0]

Hey guys...

In order to reduce possible confusion during the CR1 process, my wife and I did not change her name.

She has visa in hand.

After she gets here and they issue a SS card and we get her settled.....How do we go about changing her name?

I imagine we would need to inform DHS, SSA, and go to her embassy here in the USA to get her a new passport.

Is there anything else need to be done?

Thanks for all the past help.

Thanks in advance for any help on this issue.

[mlybrand 0]

Hey guys...

In order to reduce possible confusion during the CR1 process, my wife and I did not change her name.

She has visa in hand.

After she gets here and they issue a SS card and we get her settled.....How do we go about changing her name?

I imagine we would need to inform DHS, SSA, and go to her embassy here in the USA to get her a new passport.

Is there anything else need to be done?

Thanks for all the past help.

Thanks in advance for any help on this issue.

Not answering your question, but congrats on the visa!!!

Mark

[vj. 0]

Hey guys...

In order to reduce possible confusion during the CR1 process, my wife and I did not change her name.

She has visa in hand.

After she gets here and they issue a SS card and we get her settled.....How do we go about changing her name?

I imagine we would need to inform DHS, SSA, and go to her embassy here in the USA to get her a new passport.

Is there anything else need to be done?

Thanks for all the past help.

Thanks in advance for any help on this issue.

Not answering your question, but congrats on the visa!!!

Mark

Thanks !!

:dance:

[himher 634]

You, my friend, unfortunately, have introduced and not avoided a lot of confusion by not changing the name before the visa was issued AND/OR by not filing the I130 in the married name with the copy of the updated passport.

Hmmmm......To get a name change (Indonesia) it has to be first done in the passport. Your wife does not need a new passport. What she needs to do is go to the Kantor Imigrasi office, pay 200,000 (rupes) and have her passport updated with her new name. They will put "True Name of Bearer" and add your last name as her last name then give it an official stamp. She will only need the marriage documents. We did this but BEFORE the visa was issued, which means the visa, green card, SS card, EAD, drivers license, etc are all in the updated name on the passport which is the married name.

I only know how to get the passport changed and that the documents reflect the name on the passport. I think you will have to research the name change after the fact for the green card and social security card and subsequent documents, all of which build from the visa and green card. Good luck.

Hey guys...

In order to reduce possible confusion during the CR1 process, my wife and I did not change her name.

She has visa in hand.

After she gets here and they issue a SS card and we get her settled.....How do we go about changing her name?

I imagine we would need to inform DHS, SSA, and go to her embassy here in the USA to get her a new passport.

Is there anything else need to be done?

Thanks for all the past help.

Thanks in advance for any help on this issue.

[vj. 0]

You, my friend, unfortunately, have introduced and not avoided a lot of confusion by not changing the name before the visa was issued AND/OR by not filing the I130 in the married name with the copy of the updated passport.

Hmmmm......To get a name change (Indonesia) it has to be first done in the passport. Your wife does not need a new passport. What she needs to do is go to the Kantor Imigrasi office, pay 200,000 (rupes) and have her passport updated with her new name. They will put "True Name of Bearer" and add your last name as her last name then give it an official stamp. She will only need the marriage documents. We did this but BEFORE the visa was issued, which means the visa, green card, SS card, EAD, drivers license, etc are all in the updated name on the passport which is the married name.

I only know how to get the passport changed and that the documents reflect the name on the passport. I think you will have to research the name change after the fact for the green card and social security card and subsequent documents, all of which build from the visa and green card. Good luck.

Hey guys...

In order to reduce possible confusion during the CR1 process, my wife and I did not change her name.

She has visa in hand.

After she gets here and they issue a SS card and we get her settled.....How do we go about changing her name?

I imagine we would need to inform DHS, SSA, and go to her embassy here in the USA to get her a new passport.

Is there anything else need to be done?

Thanks for all the past help.

Thanks in advance for any help on this issue.

thx for response

figures it will create problems

we will have to fix that later as we have her visa...getting her here is most important

[tinyrosie 0]

You can also change your wife's name at Indonesian Embassy/Consulate in the US. If you live far from the embassy/consulate office, you can do it by mail. It's free of charge. If you do it by mail all you need is to provide the embassy/consulate with a return envelope addressed to yourself (postal fee fully paid, of course). Information about the forms and list of documents required for the process is available at the embassy/consulate website. We live in Dallas, TX and the nearest Indonesian consulate is in Houston. We had chance to go to Houston few weeks ago so we underwent the process in person. Took less than 30 minutes.

If you want to avoid dealing with bureaucrats in Indonesia (which I do), changing your wife's name in the US is probably the best. Besides, if her visa will be under her maiden name, then changing her name on her passport prior to departure to the US might cause a little complication at POE (just my guess though...).

Hope this helps.

D

You, my friend, unfortunately, have introduced and not avoided a lot of confusion by not changing the name before the visa was issued AND/OR by not filing the I130 in the married name with the copy of the updated passport.

Hmmmm......To get a name change (Indonesia) it has to be first done in the passport. Your wife does not need a new passport. What she needs to do is go to the Kantor Imigrasi office, pay 200,000 (rupes) and have her passport updated with her new name. They will put "True Name of Bearer" and add your last name as her last name then give it an official stamp. She will only need the marriage documents. We did this but BEFORE the visa was issued, which means the visa, green card, SS card, EAD, drivers license, etc are all in the updated name on the passport which is the married name.

I only know how to get the passport changed and that the documents reflect the name on the passport. I think you will have to research the name change after the fact for the green card and social security card and subsequent documents, all of which build from the visa and green card. Good luck.

Hey guys...

In order to reduce possible confusion during the CR1 process, my wife and I did not change her name.

She has visa in hand.

After she gets here and they issue a SS card and we get her settled.....How do we go about changing her name?

I imagine we would need to inform DHS, SSA, and go to her embassy here in the USA to get her a new passport.

Is there anything else need to be done?

Thanks for all the past help.

Thanks in advance for any help on this issue.

thx for response

figures it will create problems

we will have to fix that later as we have her visa...getting her here is most important

[vj. 0]

You can also change your wife's name at Indonesian Embassy/Consulate in the US. If you live far from the embassy/consulate office, you can do it by mail. It's free of charge. If you do it by mail all you need is to provide the embassy/consulate with a return envelope addressed to yourself (postal fee fully paid, of course). Information about the forms and list of documents required for the process is available at the embassy/consulate website. We live in Dallas, TX and the nearest Indonesian consulate is in Houston. We had chance to go to Houston few weeks ago so we underwent the process in person. Took less than 30 minutes.

If you want to avoid dealing with bureaucrats in Indonesia (which I do), changing your wife's name in the US is probably the best. Besides, if her visa will be under her maiden name, then changing her name on her passport prior to departure to the US might cause a little complication at POE (just my guess though...).

Hope this helps.

D

You, my friend, unfortunately, have introduced and not avoided a lot of confusion by not changing the name before the visa was issued AND/OR by not filing the I130 in the married name with the copy of the updated passport.

Hmmmm......To get a name change (Indonesia) it has to be first done in the passport. Your wife does not need a new passport. What she needs to do is go to the Kantor Imigrasi office, pay 200,000 (rupes) and have her passport updated with her new name. They will put "True Name of Bearer" and add your last name as her last name then give it an official stamp. She will only need the marriage documents. We did this but BEFORE the visa was issued, which means the visa, green card, SS card, EAD, drivers license, etc are all in the updated name on the passport which is the married name.

I only know how to get the passport changed and that the documents reflect the name on the passport. I think you will have to research the name change after the fact for the green card and social security card and subsequent documents, all of which build from the visa and green card. Good luck.

Hey guys...

In order to reduce possible confusion during the CR1 process, my wife and I did not change her name.

She has visa in hand.

After she gets here and they issue a SS card and we get her settled.....How do we go about changing her name?

I imagine we would need to inform DHS, SSA, and go to her embassy here in the USA to get her a new passport.

Is there anything else need to be done?

Thanks for all the past help.

Thanks in advance for any help on this issue.

thx for response

figures it will create problems

we will have to fix that later as we have her visa...getting her here is most important

Thanks so much!

I am glad to hear this can be done at the Indonesian embassy here in USA.

Hopefully will be easier than the local office there.

They always found something to charge for...

[elkfarmer 4]

Just to let you know, most of us had to have the name changed later after arriving in USA. I tried to have my wifes passport changed in Colombia before we put in for the I-130 and after we were married a while. That required a new Colombian ID card and was told that could take up to a year. Some were able to do it , but very few. There are no set rules in Colombia. Just depends on who you talk to and what day. We will contact a consulate here in the states.

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John 1759:

Most likely we will have to do the same thing after getting the visa..I would appricate if u share your experience after you guys change her name..