LPR got married, didnt take husband name, needs to apply N400

[vjjv 0]

Good morning,

Does anyone know what to do in this situation?

LPR with green card/last name Smith.

LPR got married, but didnt change her last name to Miller yet, but would like to.

LPR want to do N400.

Should LPR get a new GC with the new last name Miller and then do the N400?

or

Should LPR do the N400 with new last name Miller and show her Marriage certificate

at the N400 interview?

or

Should she do a name change with the N400?

Whats the right thing to do?

I know when u change your address you have to change that with USCIS but what about the name?

Any help is appreciated.

Have a great day you all

[vjjv 0]

anybody knows?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

She can file N400, and make the name change with that form. No need to do it beforehand.

[vjjv 0]

thanks for the answer but...

name change with the N400 form?

her name is changed due to marriage already......

anyone elses input is highly appreciated.

Thanks

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

thanks for the answer but...

name change with the N400 form?

her name is changed due to marriage already......

anyone elses input is highly appreciated.

Thanks

The legal name of a resident alien is not changed until it is changed by DHS, as you probably found out trying to get a Social Security card in your new name. You are given an opportunity to change your name legally and have that reflected on the Naturalization Certificate when filing the N-400.

Edited June 11, 2011 by Some Old Guy

[vjjv 0]

sorry but ssa only needs the MC in order to change the name and so does DMV.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

She just writes her married name on the N400 forms remembering to write her maiden name in the "all other names" boxes (if any). It is the same as if she wanted to do it at AOS time or ROC time. She'll get her stuff processed in her married name because her marriage certificate is a name change document (there is no time limit to use this to change her name).

[VanessaTony 3,567]

The legal name of a resident alien is not changed until it is changed by DHS, as you probably found out trying to get a Social Security card in your new name. You are given an opportunity to change your name legally and have that reflected on the Naturalization Certificate when filing the N-400.

Mmmm no. My name was changed when I got married.. nothing to do with DHS. BUT if the married person wants to work their work authorisation (EAD/GC etc) needs to match their SSN name.

sorry but ssa only needs the MC in order to change the name and so does DMV.

When did you change these to the married name? Does your wife work? How did she go trying to get I-9 verification with conflicting ID?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Didn't work that way at our local office. They wouldn't change the name on the Social Security card until after it was verified by the DHS. Once she received the EAD, then, and only then would they change the Social Security card to match her married name. After she received the green card, then they finally gave her an unrestricted card.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

I think you're asking which is the easiest way, correct?

Naturalization has a field on the form that offers to do a name change at that time.....this is probably the easiest way to change your name. Once Naturalization is completed....you will have a citizenship certificate in hand with the new last name. Then you should be able to get a US passport in your new name and change your name anywhere else that's needed.

Hope that helps....I cannot remember specifically, but to change your name on your GC first would just be additional fees so why not do it when it's included in naturalization.

Cheers

Good morning,

Does anyone know what to do in this situation?

LPR with green card/last name Smith.

LPR got married, but didnt change her last name to Miller yet, but would like to.

LPR want to do N400.

Should LPR get a new GC with the new last name Miller and then do the N400?

or

Should LPR do the N400 with new last name Miller and show her Marriage certificate

at the N400 interview?

or

Should she do a name change with the N400?

Whats the right thing to do?

I know when u change your address you have to change that with USCIS but what about the name?

Any help is appreciated.

Have a great day you all

[vjjv 0]

Mmmm no. My name was changed when I got married.. nothing to do with DHS. BUT if the married person wants to work their work authorisation (EAD/GC etc) needs to match their SSN name.

When did you change these to the married name? Does your wife work? How did she go trying to get I-9 verification with conflicting ID?

LPR did not change to married name YET. Got married in 09 but did not change anything yet. Was at the SSAgency and all they wanted was the MC and DMV wanted only the MC as well.

Currently working with the current name. Thought to wait for the name change when doing the N400 just was/am not sure how to do it.

Thanks for all the input, it helps me to get a little closer...

[VanessaTony 3,567]

LPR did not change to married name YET. Got married in 09 but did not change anything yet. Was at the SSAgency and all they wanted was the MC and DMV wanted only the MC as well.

Currently working with the current name. Thought to wait for the name change when doing the N400 just was/am not sure how to do it.

Thanks for all the input, it helps me to get a little closer...

Yep then all she needs to do is write her married name on the forms. There is no "legal name change" needed because that's what her marriage certificate is for. Like I said it would be just like with AOS/ROC.

She shouldn't change any of her other documents though until she has the naturalisation stuff all in order. That's what people who do AOS do and it's never been a problem.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Liste, VJJ,

listen closely.

Part of the naturalization process is the option to be reborn as an American with any name you want, within reason. So no matter what you did or not did when getting married or afterward, none of this matters. What matters is that you can choose under what name you will be known as after becoming a US citizen. You will fill in that name on the N-400 form and that name will be on your Certificate of Naturalization and that will be the name on your passport also. No need to go gagga over this; write down the name you want and that's the end of it.

[vjjv 0]

Yep then all she needs to do is write her married name on the forms. There is no "legal name change" needed because that's what her marriage certificate is for. Like I said it would be just like with AOS/ROC.

She shouldn't change any of her other documents though until she has the naturalisation stuff all in order. That's what people who do AOS do and it's never been a problem.

Thank you very much. I agree with you.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Liste, VJJ,

listen closely.

Part of the naturalization process is the option to be reborn as an American with any name you want, within reason. So no matter what you did or not did when getting married or afterward, none of this matters. What matters is that you can choose under what name you will be known as after becoming a US citizen. You will fill in that name on the N-400 form and that name will be on your Certificate of Naturalization and that will be the name on your passport also. No need to go gagga over this; write down the name you want and that's the end of it.

There is no need for this. This is the point the OP is asking for clarification on. She's already done a legal name change by getting married... she just never changed her name on the AOS/ROC stuff and her husband (the OP) is asking if it's just as easy as writing her married name on the forms where it asks for "current name" or whether he has to actually do the name change section of the N400.

The answer to that question is she doesn't need a legal change and just writes her married name in the "current name" section because her marriage gave her the rights to change her name. There is no need to complete the "legal name change" section of the N-400 because all she's changing is her surname to her married name which her marriage cert gives her the rights to.