changing name

[icee 0]

hi folks,

we got married and we have almost all of the necessary documents for AOS so far! We still have a question:

my wife has her passport with her maiden name on it, but since we got married, we were wondering whose last name we need to put in our AOS papers. should we put her maiden name for now and after her status is adjusted, go back to her country and for her to change her name there (into her husband's last name), or should we put the husband's last name as her name in all our AOS papers? and why?

thank you for taking time and reading and if any suggestions, we'd greatly appreciate it!

[Krys & Nova 2]

hi folks,

we got married and we have almost all of the necessary documents for AOS so far! We still have a question:

my wife has her passport with her maiden name on it, but since we got married, we were wondering whose last name we need to put in our AOS papers. should we put her maiden name for now and after her status is adjusted, go back to her country and for her to change her name there (into her husband's last name), or should we put the husband's last name as her name in all our AOS papers? and why?

thank you for taking time and reading and if any suggestions, we'd greatly appreciate it!

Hey,

I would put the name that appears on the marriage certificate.

Why, because the marriage certificate is submitted. If your wife took on your last name and all the paper work is filled out under her maiden name, they could reject your whole package on the permise that the mariage certificate is a legal name change document in the US.

Once the AOS process is complete, you can do the name change on the passport in her country.

[icee 0]

Hey,

I would put the name that appears on the marriage certificate.

Why, because the marriage certificate is submitted. If your wife took on your last name and all the paper work is filled out under her maiden name, they could reject your whole package on the permise that the mariage certificate is a legal name change document in the US.

Once the AOS process is complete, you can do the name change on the passport in her country.

hey Krys and Nova,

well, the marriage certificate has both our last names stating that this person is marrying this person (under her last name), but no indication of if a wife took a husband's name. so then what name would we use for a non-usc wife in this case?

thanks a lot!!!

[ValerieA 350]

I put my married name on my AOS, on the advice of other threads here in VJ and my lawyer. This way, my green card comes in my married name and I don't have to pay to change the name on it later. When my Cdn passport expires, I will get a new one under my married name.

The marriage certificate provides the 'bridge' between her maiden and married name.

Edited June 20, 2010 by ValerieA

[icee 0]

I put my married name on my AOS, on the advice of other threads here in VJ and my lawyer. This way, my green card comes in my married name and I don't have to pay to change the name on it later. When my Cdn passport expires, I will get a new one under my married name.

The marriage certificate provides the 'bridge' between her maiden and married name.

hi

"The marriage certificate provides the 'bridge' between her maiden and married name." - yeah, I guess that makes sense so, even though it does have combination of the wife's first name and husband's last name in the marriage certificate, we can still use the husband's name for the wife as her new last name...

thanks a lot guys! that's great!! you rock!!

[pixie77 2]

We filled the forms with the married last name not the maiden. The marriage certificate will speak for that. Also, that's why you're doing the AOS because you got married to a USC. If they get confused like Krys & Nova said your application might be rejected because it will confuse them.

[icee 0]

We filled the forms with the married last name not the maiden. The marriage certificate will speak for that. Also, that's why you're doing the AOS because you got married to a USC. If they get confused like Krys & Nova said your application might be rejected because it will confuse them.

thanx all!