Brazilian Passport in Maiden Name for CR-1

[palhaço 2]

Just trying to be prepared for everything. My Brazilian wife has a fairly new Brazilian passport she got just 3 months before we married, which obviously has her maiden name on it. We have applied for the CR-1 (I-130 petition) with her married name and she is in the process of updating her documents to show her married name. It takes a long time in Brazil to get a passport. Will a passport with a maiden name cause any material problems with the US Consulate when they go to issue her a visa??? I understand this may cause her visa and green card to also be issued with her maiden name, but will they simply deny issuing a visa because of this? Any experience with this at the US Consulate in Rio? Anyone? Thanks!

[Voided01 7]

Just trying to be prepared for everything. My Brazilian wife has a fairly new Brazilian passport she got just 3 months before we married, which obviously has her maiden name on it. We have applied for the CR-1 (I-130 petition) with her married name and she is in the process of updating her documents to show her married name. It takes a long time in Brazil to get a passport. Will a passport with a maiden name cause any material problems with the US Consulate when they go to issue her a visa??? I understand this may cause her visa and green card to also be issued with her maiden name, but will they simply deny issuing a visa because of this? Any experience with this at the US Consulate in Rio? Anyone? Thanks!

I think she should try and change it to be on the safe side because either way you have to wait a while till your at the interview stage so she has a couple of months to get it boa sorte

[El Cachalote 12]

Whatever name the visa is issued in should be on the passport. She should get the a new passport to reflect her married name if you filed the forms using the married name. If you wish to use the maiden name, you can do so at the NVC stage. However; I highly recommend obtaining passport in the married name if you filed papers with married name.

This will save time when she enters USA because all papers will show married name.

The name on the visa must match the name on the passport.

Sincerely,

Magnus

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Just trying to be prepared for everything. My Brazilian wife has a fairly new Brazilian passport she got just 3 months before we married, which obviously has her maiden name on it. We have applied for the CR-1 (I-130 petition) with her married name and she is in the process of updating her documents to show her married name. It takes a long time in Brazil to get a passport. Will a passport with a maiden name cause any material problems with the US Consulate when they go to issue her a visa??? I understand this may cause her visa and green card to also be issued with her maiden name, but will they simply deny issuing a visa because of this? Any experience with this at the US Consulate in Rio? Anyone? Thanks!

As everyone so far seems to have misread your qn I will answer it No. You will not be denied because of the mismatch on the forms versus the passport however as stated by others, the name on the passport will be the name on the visa and GC, that's the only effect it will have.

[Tricia599 2]

....the name on the passport will be the name on the visa and GC....

This was not our experience. My husband decided to add my last name to his (long story that has caused more aggravation and explanations than I care to count, but it's something he wanted to do). So our brazilian marriage certificate shows his name change and we changed most of his documents, but not his passport, since he still had 3 years left on it. We filled out all the forms with his new "married" name, but his passport still has his old "maiden" name (he hates it when I call it that). His passport visa and green card (both the conditional and the permanent) show his married name. His passport is up for renewal this year, so we'll finally get that changed now.

So unless something has changed, you shouldn't have a problem with the maiden name in the passport at the consulate or beyond (we had a 751 interview at the USCIS office in our town and no worries there either).

Good luck!