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Indy&Benji   0

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Dear All,

I would like to ask for your opinion based on your experiences regarding change the last name.

I want to add my husband's family name to mine. I still have about a year and a half before I have to file for Removing Condition. But if I file for Green Card Replacement now (I-90) I have to pay $350 then after that when I want to file I-751 we have to pay $465.. that is money for sure. So I was thinking if it is possible to change the last name when I file for the removing condition instead of now while i am still in conditional status.

Please help. Thank you in advance.

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If you want to avoid unnecessary cost and confusion, don't change your name. If you feel the need to change your name, do it when becoming a USC, as it's FREE at that time.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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Dear All,

I would like to ask for your opinion based on your experiences regarding change the last name.

I want to add my husband's family name to mine. I still have about a year and a half before I have to file for Removing Condition. But if I file for Green Card Replacement now (I-90) I have to pay $350 then after that when I want to file I-751 we have to pay $465.. that is money for sure. So I was thinking if it is possible to change the last name when I file for the removing condition instead of now while i am still in conditional status.

Please help. Thank you in advance.

I had the same problem. The lawyer that we hired when we applied for CR1 visa, hyphenated my last name to my husband which I do not prefer and so it ended up my passport and GC has different last name. We wanted to change the name but like what you said, it's just a waste of fees. So, we waited 'till it's time for the ROC. We just filled up the form with the right name we wanted and that's it. No hassle. LOL :P So, what I would suggest is that you do the same. Have a good one. :D

~ Ledy

 

Nov. 28, 07 - Arrived in US with my asawa

Dec. 8. 07 - Received my SSC through mail

Jan. 19, 08 - Received welcome notice from USCIS 3x

Jan. 25, 08 - Got my GC

Sept. 4, 08 - Jody, our baby arrived

 

~Removal of condition Time line~

Aug. 5, 09 - Reminder letter from USCIS regarding my immigration status received

Sept. 8, 2009 - Sent I-751

Sept. 11, 2009 - Mail delivered to VT

Sept. 18, 2009 - NOA1 & extension letter DATED 09/14/09

Sept. 25, 2009 - Biometrics appointment letter received

Oct. 14, 2009 - Early biometrics

Oct. 15, 2009 - Touched

Oct. 23, 2009 - Scheduled biometrics

Dec. 31, 2009 - Approval letter received dated 12/24/09

Jan. 08, 2010 - Card production ordered

Jan. 19, 2010 - GC received

 

~Naturalization Timeline~

April 30, 2018 - Filed N400 online

May 1, 2018 - NOA

May 21, 2018 - Biometrics Appointment

Feb. 5, 2019 - Interview and Oath Ceremony Combined

 

~Tatay's I-130 Journey~

March 8, 2019 - Filed I-130 for Tatay

March 15, 2019 - check cashed

 

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Indy&Benji Explorer

Indy&Benji   0

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Dear All,

I would like to ask for your opinion based on your experiences regarding change the last name.

I want to add my husband's family name to mine. I still have about a year and a half before I have to file for Removing Condition. But if I file for Green Card Replacement now (I-90) I have to pay $350 then after that when I want to file I-751 we have to pay $465.. that is money for sure. So I was thinking if it is possible to change the last name when I file for the removing condition instead of now while i am still in conditional status.

Please help. Thank you in advance.

I had the same problem. The lawyer that we hired when we applied for CR1 visa, hyphenated my last name to my husband which I do not prefer and so it ended up my passport and GC has different last name. We wanted to change the name but like what you said, it's just a waste of fees. So, we waited 'till it's time for the ROC. We just filled up the form with the right name we wanted and that's it. No hassle. LOL :P So, what I would suggest is that you do the same. Have a good one. :D

I see :) well that is a relief to hear that... thank you very much for the response. I really appreciate it ;)

 
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