Question about a middle name

[anek241 0]

Hello everyone. I might have an odd question but I need legal advice on the use of the legal name. The problem is that I'm from a country (Russia) where everyone by default has a middle name which is a patronimic name(name of the father). However, when we travel abroad we use our international passport that only states our first name and the last name.

When I came to the US and applied for the social security number somebody advised me to enter my partronimic name as my middle name. Which stupidly I did. So, now my social security (and driver's license that was given to me based on the social security card and my marriage certificate that was given based on the driver's licence) have my first, middle and last name. But my passport only has my first and last name, so as pretty much any other document.

Now that I'm filling out papers for the GC, I don't know what combination I should use. First I thought I would only use the name and the last name because it's in my passport, I-94, I-20 etc. But the problem is that I have the middle name in my marriage certificate. I'm not sure if anyone has had a similar situation before but if you could give me advice that would be great.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Use your name the way you like it best.

The fact that you have a middle name in same documents and no middle name in others means nothing. You still have the same first and last name in all of your documents, so it's really not a big issue to begin with. Then, in 3 years, when you become a US citizen (Russia allows dual citizenship--the US tolerates it), you can choose any name you like without having to pay for a name change.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Yep, there is also places to put "other names used" so they can figure it out.

Also, no legal advice here Just a bunch of opinions (hopefully somewhat informed )

[anek241 0]

Thank you for your suggestions! It helps!