I-130 and Accent Marks

[karen123 0]

Hello,

Does anyone know the rules for filing out names on the I-130 (or other related forms, G325A, etc) if letters appear in a name with accent marks not existing on standard English keyboards?

My husband is a Turkish Citizen and his name contains letters such as "İ" and "Ş"

Should I write them exactly as they appear on his Turkish passport, or "Americanize" them as a standard "I" and "S"

I tried calling the Customer Support 800-375-5283 number, but the menue gives no option to speak to a live person?

Any Advice?

thanks,

Karen

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Use english. Saves trouble down the line. (that is what we did with Umit's name)

(also - there are places to write out the name(if not english) on most forms.

[ErikaAndHamit 73]

I remember reading that we are to use only Roman lettering...no foreign letters at all as they say their computer will not recognize it and yes, they do have a space to write it on the same page down below in most cases...even if they don't, just use our S, I, C, O, U etc, in place of the Turkish ones.

[karen123 0]

The "Roman Letter" part confuses me, because I thought that question just meant to write the name if it is in characters such as Arabic or Chinese or Russian, but "S" is still a "Roman Letter" it just has an accent mark. I am just afraid if it does not match his ID it will cause problems, as in Turkish "S" and "Ş" are two different letters creating two different names. Has anyone filed the form WITH accent marks and had or not had problems?. thanks!

[Deb+Steve 13]

'Americanise' his name as there is place on the I-130 to write his name in his 'native' alphabet.

[karen123 0]

I finally got a customer Service Rep from USCIS on the phone to double check about this, and they told me they cannot tell me how to write the name on the form or how to fill it out, as that is giving advice, and they are not allowed to do that. I can understand the legality of that, but pleeeeeese. It seems like a straightforward question to me.

When I talked to the embassy in Ankara they said to write it exactly as it appears on his Turkish Passport, so that is my only hesitation in "Americanizing" it.