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Wants to change my maiden to married name I- 751

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clowy   2

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hello Everyone pls help me with this one.

I just have some question hope you can enlighten me with this one.

I just recently change my last name to my passport maiden name to my married name, I just renew my passport last week because it will expire this March 2012. Now the agent fr the consulate told me if I want to travel just bring along with me my marriage certificate all the time for me it's not  a problem ,,

my question is can I also just change my name to the I 751 form that I already sent them ? I sent the form i751 last August 2011 using my maiden name , then they requested  us to send them more evidence ,the Request for more evidence / or "the RFE form", I was just thinking if I can resent the form i751 and fill it up again and change my maiden name to my married name then just attach a letter explaining that I would like to change my last name.I'm also done with my biometrics and it's on my Maiden name I don't know if I should just wait to receive my new green card and use my maiden for the mean time I just don't want to Have a problem with my paperwork and with the immigration I want all my  id's to match, like my  passport and my greencard ,

I don't know just wondering what's the best thing to do.... Should I just wait for my greencard and apply for citizenship after few months and there just change my last name or change it bow since we are going to send them back the RFE ... The USCIS advised me to did this. resend and write a letter.

Please help me

Thank you so much!!!!

Have a wonderful weekend:)

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Dave&Roza   748

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You can try to change it now, but the chances of it happening are slim IMHO. You had a chance to change it when you submitted the form. I would see what happens and if you can change it good, if not wait until the naturalization to do the change. You have a unique problem when traveling in that you passport is in your marreid name and the GC most likely will be in our maiden name. Not a problem, but you might have a harder time explaining why the new passport is in your married name and you new GC is still in your maiden name. Just remember that when traveling the tickets must match your passport and you might want to carry your marriage certificate with you to help with the explaination or the different last names. That is why I am glad my wife is keeping her last name at least up to naturalization. Once a USC it is much eaier to deal with the whole last name issue.

Good luck,

Dave

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clowy   2

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Hrllo Dave thanks for your help, yeah it's kinda weird because its easier for mento change my last name in y passport as long as you show them your marr. Cert. Your good. Yeah it's such a pain to change last name when women got married:)

Theres no harm in trying I will just try and explain thoroughly fr them to change it:)

thanks and have a wonderful day!!!!

Godspeed!!!

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easyriders2011   14

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Why didn't you file your CIR-1 documents using your married name initially?

We did, and I have now had my wife go renew her passport even though it would have still been valid though 2013. Its a little bit of a headache, because you need the CFO GCC certificate in order to get your passport in your married name, but now when she goes to the interview and obtains her visa it will be in her new machine readable passport.

Our time line:

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11-2-09 Met for the first time

11-3-09 Went to dinner to celebrate my birthday

11-18-09 Officially became bf/gf.

11-22-09 Went back to the States

1-1-10 Talked to her father on the phone queried about my intentions. Told him I intended to marry her.

10-8-10 2nd Trip back to Philippines

10-10-10 Proposed to her ... She said YES!

10-16-10 Meet her parents and family in the province for the first time

10-25-10 Returned to States

11-2010 Started her annulment process

1-4-11 Free to marry within the country

2-8-11 3rd trip to Philippines

2-10-11 Annulment process complete (can file for US visas now)

4-27-11 Got Married

5-30-11 Finally received marriage contract from priest

6-4-11 Discovered we needed to get an electronic endorsement of our marriage contract submitted

6-22-11 Finally got updated CENOMAR to show annulment of previous marriage

7-29-11 Finally had to say good bye and leave the Philippines after 6 months

8-18-11 Submitted CR-1 pkg to visa service agency

9-9-11 After a thorough review and obtaining additional docs, finally mailed our pkg to USCIS.

9-12-11 NOA1 received

3-14-12 USCIS approved our I-130

3-17-12 NOA2 received

NVC:

3-19-12 Package acknowledged by NVC.

4-3-12 NVC enters our package into their system and generates our case#

4-4-12 AOS pmt made

Manila Embassy

4-9-12 Petition US Embassy Manila to expedite since I will be in country

5-23-12 Interview at US Embassy - approved

5-31-12 Visa in Hand

6-6-12 Len Arrives!!!!! in the US via Chicago to Houston

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easyriders2011   14

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Hrllo Dave thanks for your help, yeah it's kinda weird because its easier for mento change my last name in y passport as long as you show them your marr. Cert. Your good. Yeah it's such a pain to change last name when women got married:)

Theres no harm in trying I will just try and explain thoroughly fr them to change it:)

thanks and have a wonderful day!!!!

Godspeed!!!

You also must have your CFO document (GCC certificate) in order to get the new passport in your married name. This is one of the DFA's hard and fast rules.

Our time line:

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11-2-09 Met for the first time

11-3-09 Went to dinner to celebrate my birthday

11-18-09 Officially became bf/gf.

11-22-09 Went back to the States

1-1-10 Talked to her father on the phone queried about my intentions. Told him I intended to marry her.

10-8-10 2nd Trip back to Philippines

10-10-10 Proposed to her ... She said YES!

10-16-10 Meet her parents and family in the province for the first time

10-25-10 Returned to States

11-2010 Started her annulment process

1-4-11 Free to marry within the country

2-8-11 3rd trip to Philippines

2-10-11 Annulment process complete (can file for US visas now)

4-27-11 Got Married

5-30-11 Finally received marriage contract from priest

6-4-11 Discovered we needed to get an electronic endorsement of our marriage contract submitted

6-22-11 Finally got updated CENOMAR to show annulment of previous marriage

7-29-11 Finally had to say good bye and leave the Philippines after 6 months

8-18-11 Submitted CR-1 pkg to visa service agency

9-9-11 After a thorough review and obtaining additional docs, finally mailed our pkg to USCIS.

9-12-11 NOA1 received

3-14-12 USCIS approved our I-130

3-17-12 NOA2 received

NVC:

3-19-12 Package acknowledged by NVC.

4-3-12 NVC enters our package into their system and generates our case#

4-4-12 AOS pmt made

Manila Embassy

4-9-12 Petition US Embassy Manila to expedite since I will be in country

5-23-12 Interview at US Embassy - approved

5-31-12 Visa in Hand

6-6-12 Len Arrives!!!!! in the US via Chicago to Houston

easyriders2011 Explorer

easyriders2011   14

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Hrllo Dave thanks for your help, yeah it's kinda weird because its easier for mento change my last name in y passport as long as you show them your marr. Cert. Your good. Yeah it's such a pain to change last name when women got married:)

Theres no harm in trying I will just try and explain thoroughly fr them to change it:)

thanks and have a wonderful day!!!!

Godspeed!!!

You also must have your CFO document (GCC certificate) in order to get the new passport in your married name. This is one of the DFA's hard and fast rules.

Our time line:

-----------

11-2-09 Met for the first time

11-3-09 Went to dinner to celebrate my birthday

11-18-09 Officially became bf/gf.

11-22-09 Went back to the States

1-1-10 Talked to her father on the phone queried about my intentions. Told him I intended to marry her.

10-8-10 2nd Trip back to Philippines

10-10-10 Proposed to her ... She said YES!

10-16-10 Meet her parents and family in the province for the first time

10-25-10 Returned to States

11-2010 Started her annulment process

1-4-11 Free to marry within the country

2-8-11 3rd trip to Philippines

2-10-11 Annulment process complete (can file for US visas now)

4-27-11 Got Married

5-30-11 Finally received marriage contract from priest

6-4-11 Discovered we needed to get an electronic endorsement of our marriage contract submitted

6-22-11 Finally got updated CENOMAR to show annulment of previous marriage

7-29-11 Finally had to say good bye and leave the Philippines after 6 months

8-18-11 Submitted CR-1 pkg to visa service agency

9-9-11 After a thorough review and obtaining additional docs, finally mailed our pkg to USCIS.

9-12-11 NOA1 received

3-14-12 USCIS approved our I-130

3-17-12 NOA2 received

NVC:

3-19-12 Package acknowledged by NVC.

4-3-12 NVC enters our package into their system and generates our case#

4-4-12 AOS pmt made

Manila Embassy

4-9-12 Petition US Embassy Manila to expedite since I will be in country

5-23-12 Interview at US Embassy - approved

5-31-12 Visa in Hand

6-6-12 Len Arrives!!!!! in the US via Chicago to Houston

clowy Contributor

clowy   2

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Easyrider-hello thanks for the advice.

I didn't have to show CFO/GCC when I renewed my passport.I guess it depends on who you are talking to.I went to the Philipppine consulate here in Guam. The guy just asked me for my marriage cert., he is also looking for my Birth Cert. I said I was told that Only Marriage Contract/cert. Is enough.Because if you are hettig a marr.cert. ofcourse they "already" asked for our birth cert . I tol the guy it doesn't make sense to ask for my birth cert. "again". He realized it too so no other documents aside fr my "Marriage Certificate".

The answer for your 1st respond for why we didn't change my name when we are filing out documents or paperwork the very beginning? It's because as usual all of my Identification is under my maiden name my passport and all. We just want to match all out paperwork .

 
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