NOA2 and Last Name Change

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Well, I finally received approval and my NOA2! 5.5 months after my NOA1. Whew, how nerve-racking but what a great feeling to be done with that part!

Question: on our marriage cert in Russia, we left her previous married name intact, because it would have complicated things a lot for her and she would have had to give up her passport for some period of time to change the name on it, possibly impacting her ability to bring her passport to the interview. So we just planned to change her name when she gets here, before she gets her drivers license, credit card, etc. But I read somewhere that it is possible to say during the interview that you would like to have the same last name as your husband, and that the interviewer can issue a visa with the name? Sounded funny to me because the passport would have her previous name still.

In short, anyone with experience changing an immigrant spouse's last name once they are here in the US (For US purposes, not her Russian passport, which we'll do too), I'd love to hear what process you went through.

Thanks!