USCIS won't recognize Name Change (State of MN)

[SirLancelot 1]

jlcro, any updates on your plilght?

Well so far thanks everyone for your suggestions.

J. Ro. Thank you for sharing your case. I understand that even with the name change your case went throught the AOS part without any problem?

The problem is that my case is stuck there, and the officer wont recognize the marriage certificate as a "valid" document for name change. In which case I was told, either I'll have to get a court order (which is really hard right now) or cancel my application and file everything again with my old name.

I've talked since with a couple of immigration officers from USCIS, they recognized they've dealt with cases like this before, and certainly a marriage certificate is a valid document and I should not be having to deal with this problem. Lately I was told again the only thing I could do is get the Officer to recognize how the law in Minnesota works.

On my last call to the officer she asked Why did I change my name? Because she believed that a man shouldn't change his name under any circumstances. I felt tempted to tell her to try and fill a government form with two last names.

I also went to the court district to find out if i could get a court order, and they said that i could apply for one but since my name has already been legally changed the Judge may not grant me a court order.

Well the next steps on this adventure are: Going to another InfoPass appointment and try to get some sort of letter or communication from them acknowledging that my name change is totally legal and valid for immigration purposes, and fax that to the officer.

And contacting a MN congressman/woman and let them know about my case.

On the last call from our officer we got her to give us her direct phone number. I've been tempted to call her and ask to speak to her supervisor, but I don't know if that would be appropriate.

What do you think of that guys?