Name change with naturalization

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Alla has said she would like to chnage to my name with her naturalization which we will file soon. Can we do this? Just list her "married name" and her previous name and name on the green card along with our marriage certificate?

we could then use the citizenship document to change her name with the DMV, SS, etc.

Has anyone done this?

Edited October 14, 2011 by Gary and Alla

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

NM, I read the instructions

[Oksana & Max 94]

NM, I read the instructions

I was really surprised to see a question from you.

But just in case yest you can do that

[Anh map 2,098]

NM, I read the instructions

Imagine that!!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Imagine that!!

I was really surprised to see a question from you.

But just in case yest you can do that

I was never injected with info on immigration. I got here at VJ!

When I asked Alla to marry me I did not even know there was such a thing as a K-1.

Thanks!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

But now, something I did not find in the instructions...citizenship of the children

we have one age 16 and one age 20, permanent residents and two sons that are US citizens. I take it we list them all

What about the two LPRs? We list them of course, but do I pay the biometrics fee for them? Will they automatically become citizens when Alla does? Is Alla the only "applicant" and the boys just get bestowed?

Edited October 14, 2011 by Gary and Alla

[Oksana & Max 94]

But now, something I did not find in the instructions...citizenship of the children

we have one age 16 and one age 20, permanent residents and two sons that are US citizens. I take it we list them all

What about the two LPRs? We list them of course, but do I pay the biometrics fee for them? Will they automatically become citizens when Alla does? Is Alla the only "applicant" and the boys just get bestowed?

My mother got her USC thru naturalization, and after she got hers we filed N-600 for my sister she was 16 at the time. So check the requirements for N-600 this may answer your question. I am not sure if we did it correctly, but it worked for us.

Edited October 15, 2011 by Oksana & Max

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

My mother got her USC thru naturalization, and after she got hers we filed N-600 for my sister she was 16 at the time. So check the requirements for N-600 this may answer your question. I am not sure if we did it correctly, but it worked for us.

OK! Thanks! VJ rocks!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

My mother got her USC thru naturalization, and after she got hers we filed N-600 for my sister she was 16 at the time. So check the requirements for N-600 this may answer your question. I am not sure if we did it correctly, but it worked for us.

We have a winner! That's it.

Alla gets her citizenship and then we file an N-600 for Pasha. Sergey is over 21 so he will have to file his own N-400 it appears.

The only question now is, can he still get citizenship after 3 years or does he have to wait for 5 years?

[Oksana & Max 94]

We have a winner! That's it.

Alla gets her citizenship and then we file an N-600 for Pasha. Sergey is over 21 so he will have to file his own N-400 it appears.

The only question now is, can he still get citizenship after 3 years or does he have to wait for 5 years?

I hate to brake the bad news but 3 years only apply if the person is married to the USC. In this case I believe he entered under K-2 visa, and will be turning 21. So he will need to wait 5 years since obtaining greencard.

While it is not really clear but go ahead and read it here.

http://www.uscis.gov/USCIS/Office%20of%20Citizenship/Citizenship%20Resource%20Center%20Site/Publications/PDFs/G-1151.pdf

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I hate to brake the bad news but 3 years only apply if the person is married to the USC. In this case I believe he entered under K-2 visa, and will be turning 21. So he will need to wait 5 years since obtaining greencard.

While it is not really clear but go ahead and read it here.

http://www.uscis.gov/USCIS/Office%20of%20Citizenship/Citizenship%20Resource%20Center%20Site/Publications/PDFs/G-1151.pdf

From what I read 3 years applies to the spouse and any children under 18 at the time the spouse is naturalized. Otherwise they have to "qualify on their own" which would mean five years I believe.

I think you are right. Not that it is bad news, he is still a permanent resident and can get it when he has five years as a resident. Not a big deal.

[Girl from Celebes 588]

I was really surprised to see a question from you.

But just in case yest you can do that

Yeah..I am more shocked ...

[Girl from Celebes 588]

I was never injected with info on immigration. I got here at VJ!

When I asked Alla to marry me I did not even know there was such a thing as a K-1.

Thanks!

You must have been given a gift to learn faster...(wonder if I'm using correct grammar though)

[NickD 203]

With kids that are LPR's under 18, they automatically become US citizens, but without proof. To get that proof from the USCIS, its another 600 bucks with the N-600 and typically another six month wait. Plus another trip to your field office. Some just elect to send piles of proof to the DOS and get a US passport instead. All that proof has to be original documentation, and unless you go to a DOS service center with an airline ticket within two weeks of a traveling date, they send it through the mails that can get lost.

Then there are only 12 such DOS service centers throughout the entire USA, for us, a 700 mile round trip, and of all places, in downtown Chicago with one big fat no- parking sign.

Kids under 16 require permission from their biological parent to get a US passport or solid original documentation you have full custody. Another stack of papers to send. Some may even want DNA proof the kid is yours, more expense.

If a kid is a second over that magical age of 18, our case, has to wait the full five years, another $680.00, and in our case, another 1,350 miles of driving at four bucks a gallon for gas. None of this is tax deductible, already argued with the IRS about that. But too bad I don't own a 47 million dollar Gulfstream luxurious jet to entertain with, that is 100% tax deductible. They tell me congress makes the rules, but for that matter, the USCIS also tells congress makes the rules. Only problem I have with that is finding a congressman that has even heard about the USCIS.

Yes, its all in the instructions, will get a migraine headache from reading and trying to comprehend those, but they have migraine medicine for that. Unfortunately, its over the counter, so that isn't tax deductible either.

[NickD 203]

Ha, noticed you holding a scoped rifle, assume you are at a shooting range. Took my wife to one shortly after we were married, a second amendment right, no firearms were permitted in her home country and something entirely new to her.

Anyway, her shoulder got all black and blue, actually she was pretty good at it, did hit the side of a barn so to speak. But she said never again.

With a new kid around the house, pulled all the firing pins, hid them,and locked up the ammo.