DS-230

[fdespoux 0]

Good afternoon,

We have a concern in regards to filling out the form DS-230, my wife is from Peru and for some reason when a woman gets married in Peru she does not take the husband's last name. When she went to change her status in her DNI, DNI is the Peruvian identification, they only added my last name to her full name. So now her name is like: Angela Teresa Smith Johnson James.

Now we are aware that when she gets her Peruvian Passport for the first time they are going to put the name that appears on her DNI. We are also informed that when she is issued her CR1 Visa, US Embassy is going to issue the Green Card with the name that appears on her Peruvian Passport. Our concern is how do we correct this, we do not want her Green Card with three last names, I mean it sounds ridiculous, I don't know if there is any other country that does this nonsense. Does she have a choice of correcting her name or will she be asked how she wants her name to appear on her Green Card. If someone can give us any advice on how to solve this issue, do we fill out maybe the DS-230 form with my last name as her Family Name, but then when we send her Peruvian Passport copy it will show up differently. Please help

Thank you,

[Susita 175]

Good afternoon,

We have a concern in regards to filling out the form DS-230, my wife is from Peru and for some reason when a woman gets married in Peru she does not take the husband's last name. When she went to change her status in her DNI, DNI is the Peruvian identification, they only added my last name to her full name. So now her name is like: Angela Teresa Smith Johnson James.

Now we are aware that when she gets her Peruvian Passport for the first time they are going to put the name that appears on her DNI. We are also informed that when she is issued her CR1 Visa, US Embassy is going to issue the Green Card with the name that appears on her Peruvian Passport. Our concern is how do we correct this, we do not want her Green Card with three last names, I mean it sounds ridiculous, I don't know if there is any other country that does this nonsense. Does she have a choice of correcting her name or will she be asked how she wants her name to appear on her Green Card. If someone can give us any advice on how to solve this issue, do we fill out maybe the DS-230 form with my last name as her Family Name, but then when we send her Peruvian Passport copy it will show up differently. Please help

Thank you,

My husband dropped his 2nd last name when he came to the states. It was on his visa though & his passport. We did the name change paperwork when we got married but I think you can do it at any time. We went to the local town hall to do this. Then, when we filed his AOS paperwork, we just omitted the 2nd last name so his greencard just says his first, middle & last name.

We also did the social security card application just with his first last name. It shouldn't be a problem once you get here, she can take care of it.

Good luck!

[estrellademiel 7]

Good afternoon,

We have a concern in regards to filling out the form DS-230, my wife is from Peru and for some reason when a woman gets married in Peru she does not take the husband's last name. When she went to change her status in her DNI, DNI is the Peruvian identification, they only added my last name to her full name. So now her name is like: Angela Teresa Smith Johnson James.

Now we are aware that when she gets her Peruvian Passport for the first time they are going to put the name that appears on her DNI. We are also informed that when she is issued her CR1 Visa, US Embassy is going to issue the Green Card with the name that appears on her Peruvian Passport. Our concern is how do we correct this, we do not want her Green Card with three last names, I mean it sounds ridiculous, I don't know if there is any other country that does this nonsense. Does she have a choice of correcting her name or will she be asked how she wants her name to appear on her Green Card. If someone can give us any advice on how to solve this issue, do we fill out maybe the DS-230 form with my last name as her Family Name, but then when we send her Peruvian Passport copy it will show up differently. Please help

Thank you,

Hi I am from Dominican Republic and here is the same situation ..I almost changed when they told me that I will have 3 last name I turn and run out of that office ARE YOU KIDDING??..so is not only in Peru ..

[fdespoux 0]

My husband dropped his 2nd last name when he came to the states. It was on his visa though & his passport. We did the name change paperwork when we got married but I think you can do it at any time. We went to the local town hall to do this. Then, when we filed his AOS paperwork, we just omitted the 2nd last name so his greencard just says his first, middle & last name.

We also did the social security card application just with his first last name. It shouldn't be a problem once you get here, she can take care of it.

Good luck!

Thank you so much for clearing that up, we now feel better that there are ways of correcting that problem of having three last names. And like estrellademiel said, my wife thinks its crazy too, that she has now three last names. lol

[Susita 175]

Thank you so much for clearing that up, we now feel better that there are ways of correcting that problem of having three last names. And like estrellademiel said, my wife thinks its crazy too, that she has now three last names. lol

That's okay... my husband and I are planning on moving to Peru in the next few years if at all possible. I took his last name here in the states as we normally do, and in Peru I don't know what I'm going to do So we're in for a whole new slew of problems.