Change beneficiarys last name on passport..

[hotzone 1]

Hi All,

My wife did not update her passport to take my last name. All I-130 and NVC applications have her maiden last name. I'm wondering if she can update the passport now with my last name before she goes to interview at consulate. Will that cause any problems?

Thanks,

[jkelly07 120]

hi, no leave it alone, don't change any thing now.when you file the ds-230 you put your new married name on the forms it says family name and married new name from then all will be your married name ,,on your green card, and your new social securty card, don't change your passport name when you traval you use your marriage certificate and green card as prove.. good luck on all.

[LotofPatience 65]

Hi All,

My wife did not update her passport to take my last name. All I-130 and NVC applications have her maiden last name. I'm wondering if she can update the passport now with my last name before she goes to interview at consulate. Will that cause any problems?

Thanks,

If I were you, I will not do it. But it is just me!

However, you can do it. Update her passport with married name, fill-out a new DS-230 to submit to the Consulate at the interview time because nowhere in the application her married name is mentioned. And you have already completed the NVC process.

Whatever it is, the visa will be issued in her name as in the passport.

Changing her name after reaching the U.S seems to be expensive.

It is your personal choice.

Loto

[hotzone 1]

Thanks Loto. I think I'll leave it as is because then they might question about new PCC to be made on married name.

Do you know what is the process to change name in USA other than waiting till you become citizen? Can it be done after she lands here and receives her GC on her maiden name?

Thanks,

Gagan

[LotofPatience 65]

Thanks Loto. I think I'll leave it as is because then they might question about new PCC to be made on married name.

Do you know what is the process to change name in USA other than waiting till you become citizen? Can it be done after she lands here and receives her GC on her maiden name?

Thanks,

Gagan

I haven't done much research on this topic - Changing name in the passport and green card after arriving the U.S.

But I think both have to be under same name in order to avoid complications during international travel time.

I would defer the opinions of others about both documents' name change after the POE.

Loto

[LotofPatience 65]

Here is the link, hotzone.

GC name change - http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=b3f7ab0a43b5d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

Passport name change - Talk to Indian Embassy/Consulate near your area.

Loto

[hotzone 1]

Thanks Much Loto...

[Amy and Nick 37]

Hmmm this has kind of confused me. Im sending out the I-130 packet and putting everything in my married name. However, all official documents are in my maiden name (passport, birth certificate etc)

Is this the right thing to do? Im still in the US at the moment and was planning on changing everything over to my married name when I go back to the UK next week.

Now I think about it im sending copies of my passport, so will i not be able to change it?

thanks!

[LotofPatience 65]

Hmmm this has kind of confused me. Im sending out the I-130 packet and putting everything in my married name. However, all official documents are in my maiden name (passport, birth certificate etc)

Is this the right thing to do? Im still in the US at the moment and was planning on changing everything over to my married name when I go back to the UK next week.

Now I think about it im sending copies of my passport, so will i not be able to change it?

thanks!

You are fine, no problems

Since you have completed your name in the form with your married name, just write your maiden name under "Other names used".

Loto

[Amy and Nick 37]

So can I change my passport over when I go back to England? or do I need to keep hold of the one I have sent them copies of?

thanks Loto!

[LotofPatience 65]

So can I change my passport over when I go back to England? or do I need to keep hold of the one I have sent them copies of?

thanks Loto!

Amy,

You can change the passport when you go back to U.K.

Your visa will be issued as in the name of the passport.

Loto

[xelance 31]

very good question that I have always wondered about...and I have another to add to this haha. I filed the I-130 under my wife's maiden name, is it alright to put the DS-230 and I-864 info under her married name even after I filed the i-130 with her maiden name? ALSO, if it turns out that the name change process is not completed by the time she has her interview (Colombia seems to take forever for almost everything!), will this be a problem??? Will her green card include her maiden name then because it has not been legally changed? Thanks!

[LotofPatience 65]

very good question that I have always wondered about...and I have another to add to this haha. I filed the I-130 under my wife's maiden name, is it alright to put the DS-230 and I-864 info under her married name even after I filed the i-130 with her maiden name? ALSO, if it turns out that the name change process is not completed by the time she has her interview (Colombia seems to take forever for almost everything!), will this be a problem??? Will her green card include her maiden name then because it has not been legally changed? Thanks!

Visa will be issued in her passport name at the interview time.

Loto

[xelance 31]

Visa will be issued in her passport name at the interview time.

Loto

thanks...ok =[ Well, I guess I should file DS 230 under her maiden name and IF we get her passport changed by then, file with the updated DS230? Or...just go ahead and file the DS230 under her married name and whatever happens happens? Decisions, decisions lol.

[LotofPatience 65]

thanks...ok =[ Well, I guess I should file DS 230 under her maiden name and IF we get her passport changed by then, file with the updated DS230? Or...just go ahead and file the DS230 under her married name and whatever happens happens? Decisions, decisions lol.

File DS-230 with her maiden name to NVC if you think passport update can take longer time.

Also, prepare another DS-230 with married name and submit it to the Consulate, only if the passport name change is completed before the interview.

Simple

Loto