G325a maiden name verses married name

[StateSide 0]

We are filling out the G325a form (and others) and my question is..

Which last name do we use?

K-1 Visa and we married within 90 days.

Her passport has her maiden name.

Her social security card has her maiden name. We went to the social security office after getting married with a copy of marrige license and they told us they could not make the change to her new last name because by the time the papers came back her visa would be expired. She is currently considered out of status which I understand is ok as long as she does not leave the country. We will have to go back to social security office after we get a green card.

I called USCIS and asked them this question and they said we could list her new last name on the application. ?????

We have a joint bank account with her new last name for reference documents.

The marrige license shows her maiden name as the one i am marrying but there is nothing that states she has taken a new last name.

Obviously i want her green card to be in her new name... and i also don't want paperwork getting kicked back to us from uscis.

Anyone with similar experience?

Thanks...

[raymaga 25]

If she wants to use her new married name for everything, then you will use her married name on all immigration paperwork from now on.

If she chooses to keep her maiden name, then that's the name she will use.

Your marriage certificate will show why her name changed if she chooses to use her new married name.

Edited February 16, 2010 by raymaga

[Calypso 464]

Use the name that's reflected on your marriage certificate.

We are filling out the G325a form (and others) and my question is..

Which last name do we use?

K-1 Visa and we married within 90 days.

Her passport has her maiden name.

Her social security card has her maiden name. We went to the social security office after getting married with a copy of marrige license and they told us they could not make the change to her new last name because by the time the papers came back her visa would be expired. She is currently considered out of status which I understand is ok as long as she does not leave the country. We will have to go back to social security office after we get a green card.

I called USCIS and asked them this question and they said we could list her new last name on the application. ?????

We have a joint bank account with her new last name for reference documents.

The marrige license shows her maiden name as the one i am marrying but there is nothing that states she has taken a new last name.

Obviously i want her green card to be in her new name... and i also don't want paperwork getting kicked back to us from uscis.

Anyone with similar experience?

Thanks...

[StateSide 0]

Do we put her social security number on the g325a if it is still in her maiden name, or should we leave it blank?

In the "This form is submitted in connection with an application for?" What do we put here?

Do we both submit a form g325a or only my K-1 wife?

Do we fill out a g325a for each of her children also?

If she wants to use her new married name for everything, then you will use her married name on all immigration paperwork from now on.

If she chooses to keep her maiden name, then that's the name she will use.

Your marriage certificate will show why her name changed if she chooses to use her new married name.

[besaangel 18]

Put social, then in option where it asks for other names used, put her maiden name... FILL OUT FORMS WITH MARRIED NAME