Other names used - alternate spelling?

[Mats_li 0]

I'm starting to fill out my N-400 to apply for naturalization after having my green card for almost 20 years. I have one potential issue related to two different spellings of my last name - one character differs....

Long story, but in my home country the spelling used by my family was different from the official spelling. As a consequence, since moving to the US, I have my green card matching the official spelling (same as my foreign passport), while everything else (drivers license, social security, employment etc.) matching the alternate spelling. Again, the difference is one character in my last name (an "i" vs. "j"). I suppose I ought to get this fixed one day, but it's a huge task.

On my N-400 I plan to put the official spelling (on my green card) as my current legal name, and the alternate spelling under 'other names used'. The question in my mind is if this is likely to be causing an issue with the background check etc. when my application is processed?

tia

Matt

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I'm starting to fill out my N-400 to apply for naturalization after having my green card for almost 20 years. I have one potential issue related to two different spellings of my last name - one character differs....

Long story, but in my home country the spelling used by my family was different from the official spelling. As a consequence, since moving to the US, I have my green card matching the official spelling (same as my foreign passport), while everything else (drivers license, social security, employment etc.) matching the alternate spelling. Again, the difference is one character in my last name (an "i" vs. "j"). I suppose I ought to get this fixed one day, but it's a huge task.

On my N-400 I plan to put the official spelling (on my green card) as my current legal name, and the alternate spelling under 'other names used'. The question in my mind is if this is likely to be causing an issue with the background check etc. when my application is processed?

tia

Matt

USCIS is well aware of various spellings of names, it is fairly common particularly with people whose native alphabet is not the Roman alphabet.

Do as you plan, it will not be an issue.

[ingucis78 1]

i to added i wanted name change(more like needed to loose the last letter of my last name.in Latvia males and females have difrent endings on the last name.so my passport,GC,DL.have the *a* at the end.but my biometric letter had no *a* at the end.so i dont know if they fixed that or they forgot.