Change of last name after the interview

[Mimino 2]

Hey, guys!

A lot of people seem to have trouble pronouncing my last name. It is supposed to end in -ski, but in my passport it is -schi (which people here can not say correctly). I was thinking about changing it to match the pronunciation. How do I go about it? We also happened to have our interview on the 5th of October, just fiy.

Thank you, all!

[Nik+Heather 121]

I think you should wait to do it. Or, don't legally change your name, just socially change it. Seems like little things tend to get blown up into big things in this process.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hey, guys!

A lot of people seem to have trouble pronouncing my last name. It is supposed to end in -ski, but in my passport it is -schi (which people here can not say correctly). I was thinking about changing it to match the pronunciation. How do I go about it? We also happened to have our interview on the 5th of October, just fiy.

Thank you, all!

Depending on your state this can be a big deal. You can change your name legally and easily to any form of your name or your husbands name. You want to change the name to something different entirely. Many immigrants did this 100 years ago for the same reason or because they couldn't write and the immigration officers would suggest replacement names. Worked pretty weel in the era of poor documentation. Now, no.

The "social change" mentioned above works pretty well for anything but formal and legal documents. Just tell people you "go by". I had a teacher in school with a long Russian name and everyone in the world called him "Mr. P"