Name in Permanent Residency Card

[gil-n-joy 1]

Instead of using my maiden name as my new middle name, the USCIS interviewer said I should retain the old middle name I used (which was my mother's last name).. Is this true for everybody who got their AOS/permanent residency approved? It's custom in the Philippines to drop your mother's name and replace ur middle name with ur father's last name then adopt ur hubby's.. But she said, in US it's not.. I really had no choice coz the USCIS interviewer is the official right? ANyway, I can change all my name to whatever I want when I get citizenship.. But that's not til 5 years! so weird!

The thing is the previous names I used for other documents before I got approved (like bank, WIC, insurance, etc.) was the middle name using my father's last name.. Should I change them all again? How about my signature?? Now I will have 3 signatures --- my old maiden name signature (mom & dad's last name used), the one where I use as mddle name my father's last name, and now the one using as middle name my mom's last name! so confusing! I hesitate everytime I am asked of my name now trying to recall which one I gave them the last time!

Edited October 24, 2009 by giL & joy

[Rocky_nBullwinkle 6]

Instead of using my maiden name as my new middle name, the USCIS interviewer said I should retain the old middle name I used (which was my mother's last name).. Is this true for everybody who got their AOS/permanent residency approved? It's custom in the Philippines to drop your mother's name and replace ur middle name with ur father's last name then adopt ur hubby's.. But she said, in US it's not.. I really had no choice coz the USCIS interviewer is the official right? ANyway, I can change all my name to whatever I want when I get citizenship.. But that's not til 5 years! so weird!

The thing is the previous names I used for other documents before I got approved (like bank, WIC, insurance, etc.) was the middle name using my father's last name.. Should I change them all again? How about my signature?? Now I will have 3 signatures --- my old maiden name signature (mom & dad's last name used), the one where I use as mddle name my father's last name, and now the one using as middle name my mom's last name! so confusing! I hesitate everytime I am asked of my name now trying to recall which one I gave them the last time!

I changed my first for some reasons. I remember in the AOS forms we filled out something like "The name you want to appear in your green card".

[rheanick 42]

The name that will appera in your greencard would be the one you put in your application. If you have your EAD now, whatever name you have there, it would be the name that would appear in your green card.

The USCIS interviewer said the same thing to me. I told the interviewer that i followed the philippines name rule in the application. He said that i would have the US name rule. When i received my green card, it followed the philippines name rule.

Just wait for your green card before you change anything.

[-B&T- 1]

I'm using my maiden surname as my middle name on my GC, DL, SSN, MC, SSN etc… and had no problem so far but a little worried when I read this Post in US Citizenship forum.

It appears that when we apply for Naturalization, we can't use our maiden surnames as middle names anymore? Oh boy, I can't wait for this immigration thing to get over with…

[rheanick 42]

I'm using my maiden surname as my middle name on my GC, DL, SSN, MC, SSN etc… and had no problem so far but a little worried when I read this Post in US Citizenship forum.

It appears that when we apply for Naturalization, we can't use our maiden surnames as middle names anymore? Oh boy, I can't wait for this immigration thing to get over with…

You are allowed to change your name one time for free after your citizenship. This is the advise i got from the CO when i asked him about changing names. If the USCIS followed the US rule on your application, you could use the one time name change allowed for a new citizen to change it back to the philippines rule.

[tallcoolone 102]

I'm using my maiden surname as my middle name on my GC, DL, SSN, MC, SSN etc… and had no problem so far but a little worried when I read this Post in US Citizenship forum.

It appears that when we apply for Naturalization, we can't use our maiden surnames as middle names anymore? Oh boy, I can't wait for this immigration thing to get over with…

You are allowed to change your name one time for free after your citizenship. This is the advise i got from the CO when i asked him about changing names. If the USCIS followed the US rule on your application, you could use the one time name change allowed for a new citizen to change it back to the philippines rule.

When I did my AOS, I changed my name to Bond, James Bond...........

[David-and-Mae 15]

This very same thing happened to me at SSA when I changed my name to married name. They didn't want to accept the Philippine way so heck, I just followed the US way and made sure that all my IDs even GC bear the same name. My only problem now is when I renew my passport. I heard that I can correct this problem when I fill out "one and the same" form when I go to Chicago to renew my passport.

[-B&T- 1]

I'm using my maiden surname as my middle name on my GC, DL, SSN, MC, SSN etc… and had no problem so far but a little worried when I read this Post in US Citizenship forum.

It appears that when we apply for Naturalization, we can't use our maiden surnames as middle names anymore? Oh boy, I can't wait for this immigration thing to get over with…

You are allowed to change your name one time for free after your citizenship. This is the advise i got from the CO when i asked him about changing names. If the USCIS followed the US rule on your application, you could use the one time name change allowed for a new citizen to change it back to the philippines rule.

Thanks Rhea

I thought I don't have to do anything anymore after Citizenship. WT...

Edited October 25, 2009 by * Bituin *

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

This very same thing happened to me at SSA when I changed my name to married name. They didn't want to accept the Philippine way so heck, I just followed the US way and made sure that all my IDs even GC bear the same name. My only problem now is when I renew my passport. I heard that I can correct this problem when I fill out "one and the same" form when I go to Chicago to renew my passport.

Flying back and forth from the Philippines may be the only time that will cause you problems. We got a "one and the same person" affidavit made at the SF embassy. Hopefully, if we run into a problem, that will make the various kurakot happy.

[David-and-Mae 15]

This very same thing happened to me at SSA when I changed my name to married name. They didn't want to accept the Philippine way so heck, I just followed the US way and made sure that all my IDs even GC bear the same name. My only problem now is when I renew my passport. I heard that I can correct this problem when I fill out "one and the same" form when I go to Chicago to renew my passport.

Flying back and forth from the Philippines may be the only time that will cause you problems. We got a "one and the same person" affidavit made at the SF embassy. Hopefully, if we run into a problem, that will make the various kurakot happy.

So is Marie's passport under her new name or the same from the old passport?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

This very same thing happened to me at SSA when I changed my name to married name. They didn't want to accept the Philippine way so heck, I just followed the US way and made sure that all my IDs even GC bear the same name. My only problem now is when I renew my passport. I heard that I can correct this problem when I fill out "one and the same" form when I go to Chicago to renew my passport.

Flying back and forth from the Philippines may be the only time that will cause you problems. We got a "one and the same person" affidavit made at the SF embassy. Hopefully, if we run into a problem, that will make the various kurakot happy.

So is Marie's passport under her new name or the same from the old passport?

We did it the Filipino way, her Father's name becomes her middle name. But, she did not like the abreviation, for Maria, to be her first name, so we changed it to Marie on her greencard. So, the greencard and the passport don't match, in the first names only.

[David-and-Mae 15]

This very same thing happened to me at SSA when I changed my name to married name. They didn't want to accept the Philippine way so heck, I just followed the US way and made sure that all my IDs even GC bear the same name. My only problem now is when I renew my passport. I heard that I can correct this problem when I fill out "one and the same" form when I go to Chicago to renew my passport.

Flying back and forth from the Philippines may be the only time that will cause you problems. We got a "one and the same person" affidavit made at the SF embassy. Hopefully, if we run into a problem, that will make the various kurakot happy.

So is Marie's passport under her new name or the same from the old passport?

We did it the Filipino way, her Father's name becomes her middle name. But, she did not like the abreviation, for Maria, to be her first name, so we changed it to Marie on her greencard. So, the greencard and the passport don't match, in the first names only.

I see...

So her name is like Ma. Cristina and turned it to Marie Cristina on her GC?

[Rocky_nBullwinkle 6]

This very same thing happened to me at SSA when I changed my name to married name. They didn't want to accept the Philippine way so heck, I just followed the US way and made sure that all my IDs even GC bear the same name. My only problem now is when I renew my passport. I heard that I can correct this problem when I fill out "one and the same" form when I go to Chicago to renew my passport.

Flying back and forth from the Philippines may be the only time that will cause you problems. We got a "one and the same person" affidavit made at the SF embassy. Hopefully, if we run into a problem, that will make the various kurakot happy.

So is Marie's passport under her new name or the same from the old passport?

We did it the Filipino way, her Father's name becomes her middle name. But, she did not like the abreviation, for Maria, to be her first name, so we changed it to Marie on her greencard. So, the greencard and the passport don't match, in the first names only.

I see...

So her name is like Ma. Cristina and turned it to Marie Cristina on her GC?

You got it right Mae. I got a "One and the same person" Affidavit from the Philippine Embassy in San Francisco in case I encounter some problems at the airport when I go back to Pinas January next year because my first names don't match in the passport and green card.

[Besame Mucho 1]

You got it right Mae. I got a "One and the same person" Affidavit from the Philippine Embassy in San Francisco in case I encounter some problems at the airport when I go back to Pinas January next year because my first names don't match in the passport and green card.

Rocky, all along I thought your real name was Maria Clara, after Ibarra's heartthrob in Noli Me Tangere!

[Rocky_nBullwinkle 6]

You got it right Mae. I got a "One and the same person" Affidavit from the Philippine Embassy in San Francisco in case I encounter some problems at the airport when I go back to Pinas January next year because my first names don't match in the passport and green card.

Rocky, all along I thought your real name was Maria Clara, after Ibarra's heartthrob in Noli Me Tangere!

Thank God my I am not Maria Clara's namesake.