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Hello,

Hope someone can help us with this.

We are planning a trip back to Da Nang last week in September 2012. Our return date will be about a month later in October 2012.

My wife is a LPR with a two year green card that expires on 12/28/2012. The green card has her married name (Mai T. Dalton) on it.

My wife has a Vietnamese passport thaa expires May 4, 2020 with her maiden name (Phùng Thị Mai) on it.

Has anyone here recently traveled back to Viet Nam as an LPR with a Vietnamese passport where thier maiden name on the Vietnamese passport did not match thier married name on their green card?

What do we need to do/bring so there is no problem leaving the US and entering Viet Nam and on return - leaving Viet Nam and entering the US.

In what name should the ticket be purchased in, maiden or married?

Would appreciate any information people may share on this topic.

Thanks, Robert

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kcoyclay1 Proficient

kcoyclay1   98

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Take a copy of the marriage license to prove name change. Make sure you take GC and passport as well :). Enjoy your visit.

STANLEY & KAREN
01/15/2009 - Fedex I-130, I-485, I-693, I-864, I-765, G-325A
01/20/2009 - Received in mail-room and signed for by J CHYBA
01/28/2009 - Checks cashed by Homeland Security
02/02/2009 - Received in mail 3 pcs of NOA1 one each for I-485, I-130, I-765 dated 01/28/2009
02/03/2009 - Received email RFE. What did I not send now, whew!
02/09/2009 - Received mails for initial evidence and Biometric appointment (02/19/2009); mailed evidence
02/19/2009 - biometrics done - in a out in 45 minutes
03/14/2009 - Receive NOA2 dated 03/10/2009. AOS interview April 29, 2009
03/18/2009 - Touched. EAD Card production ordered
03/25/2009 - Touched. EAD approval sent
03/27/2009 - EAD card received in the mail; applied for SS# immediately (office is across the street from my home)
04/02/2009 - Received SS# in the mail
04/29/2009 - Interviewed. I- 130 approved, I-485 pending IO's review
05/05/2009 - Received NOA2. Welcome letter for Permanent Residency. I-130 and I-485 approved 04/30/2009
05/08/2009 - Touched. I-485 approval letter sent
05/11/2009 - GC received in the mail. Expires 2019
05/11/2009 - Applied to remove restrictions on my SS Card
05/18/2009 - Received unrestricted SS card
10/13/2009 - My darling husband of 2 yrs 5 months 3 weeks 3 days passed away :(

Naturalization Process (5 Yrs Later) :goofy:

Mar 28, 2014 - Mailed N-400
Apr 08, 2014 - Check cashed
Apr 09, 2014 - Receive Notice letter Priority date April 3, 2014
Apr 11, 2014 - Touched - Email - Biometrics letter mailed
May 08, 2014 - Biometrics done
May 12, 2014 - Touched - Email - In line for interview scheduling
July 12, 2014 - Pre-interview letter (Yellow letter) received in mail
Aug 20, 2014 - Touched - Email - Interview scheduled
Aug 25, 2014 - Interview scheduled for Sept. 24, 2014
Sept 24, 2014 - Passed interview
Oct 06, 2014 - Touched - Email - In oath scheduling que
Oct 08, 2014 - Touched - Text - Oath ceremony scheduled
Oct 14, 2014 - Received letter - Oath ceremony Oct 28, 2014
Oct 28, 2014 - I AM A US CITIZEN! :joy: :joy: :joy:
Nov 12, 2014 - Updated my status from permanent resident to citizen at Social Security
Nov 14, 2014 - Applied for US passport
Nov 29, 2014 - Received US passport book
Dec 01, 2014 - Received Passport card
Dec 04, 2014 - Received Naturalization Certificate

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KayCee

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kcoyclay1   98

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I purchased in my ticket in the name on my passport and used the marriage certificate to verify that name on GC diiffers because of marriage. They look at passport, GC and ticket at the airport when leaving. Passport allows you to travel out of the country. Passport and GC gets you back in.

STANLEY & KAREN
01/15/2009 - Fedex I-130, I-485, I-693, I-864, I-765, G-325A
01/20/2009 - Received in mail-room and signed for by J CHYBA
01/28/2009 - Checks cashed by Homeland Security
02/02/2009 - Received in mail 3 pcs of NOA1 one each for I-485, I-130, I-765 dated 01/28/2009
02/03/2009 - Received email RFE. What did I not send now, whew!
02/09/2009 - Received mails for initial evidence and Biometric appointment (02/19/2009); mailed evidence
02/19/2009 - biometrics done - in a out in 45 minutes
03/14/2009 - Receive NOA2 dated 03/10/2009. AOS interview April 29, 2009
03/18/2009 - Touched. EAD Card production ordered
03/25/2009 - Touched. EAD approval sent
03/27/2009 - EAD card received in the mail; applied for SS# immediately (office is across the street from my home)
04/02/2009 - Received SS# in the mail
04/29/2009 - Interviewed. I- 130 approved, I-485 pending IO's review
05/05/2009 - Received NOA2. Welcome letter for Permanent Residency. I-130 and I-485 approved 04/30/2009
05/08/2009 - Touched. I-485 approval letter sent
05/11/2009 - GC received in the mail. Expires 2019
05/11/2009 - Applied to remove restrictions on my SS Card
05/18/2009 - Received unrestricted SS card
10/13/2009 - My darling husband of 2 yrs 5 months 3 weeks 3 days passed away :(

Naturalization Process (5 Yrs Later) :goofy:

Mar 28, 2014 - Mailed N-400
Apr 08, 2014 - Check cashed
Apr 09, 2014 - Receive Notice letter Priority date April 3, 2014
Apr 11, 2014 - Touched - Email - Biometrics letter mailed
May 08, 2014 - Biometrics done
May 12, 2014 - Touched - Email - In line for interview scheduling
July 12, 2014 - Pre-interview letter (Yellow letter) received in mail
Aug 20, 2014 - Touched - Email - Interview scheduled
Aug 25, 2014 - Interview scheduled for Sept. 24, 2014
Sept 24, 2014 - Passed interview
Oct 06, 2014 - Touched - Email - In oath scheduling que
Oct 08, 2014 - Touched - Text - Oath ceremony scheduled
Oct 14, 2014 - Received letter - Oath ceremony Oct 28, 2014
Oct 28, 2014 - I AM A US CITIZEN! :joy: :joy: :joy:
Nov 12, 2014 - Updated my status from permanent resident to citizen at Social Security
Nov 14, 2014 - Applied for US passport
Nov 29, 2014 - Received US passport book
Dec 01, 2014 - Received Passport card
Dec 04, 2014 - Received Naturalization Certificate

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KayCee

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Penguin_ie   5,993

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*** Moving from AOS to TRavelling during US Immigration. *****

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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jac_chappin   24

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OP - I'm in a similar situation but we leave in October. In order to avoid issues, my wife will be applying for a new passport using her married name.

Technically there shouldn't be an issue with your case but just don't want any added stress.

Best wishes!

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ScottThuy Mentor

ScottThuy   140

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Buy the ticket in her maiden name... If you buy it in married name, then the green card along with marriage license will be needed. You can also get an amendment added to her passport showing the married name as an alias that wll allow either name be used internationally, but i would still carry the marriage license...

"Every one of us bears within himself the possibilty of all passions, all destinies of life in all its forms. Nothing human is foreign to us" - Edward G. Robinson.

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Since the trip is planned for Sept. 2012, your wife could get a new Vietnamese passport from the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, DC or at one of the Vietnamese consulates in the US with her married name.

The website for the Vietnamese Embassy in DC has links for passport services; unfortunately it is all in Vietnamese and there are no information in English. Your wife should be able to figure it out.

Vietnam has consulates in San Francisco, Houston, and New York. These consulates may also be able to help her get a Vietnamese passport with her married name.

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Crazy. This was posted today. The OP's wife went to the Vietnamese consulate in San Francisco to add her married name to her Vietnamese passport.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/359902-vietnamese-passport-question/page__pid__5254327#entry5254327

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You mean with the married name ammended as an alias in her VN passport. they wont change her name in the passport just an amendment.

"Every one of us bears within himself the possibilty of all passions, all destinies of life in all its forms. Nothing human is foreign to us" - Edward G. Robinson.

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Thanks everyone for your advise. We will have ticket purchased in using Mai’s maiden name so it will match her passport. We will bring green card and marriage certificate as well so we can get through customs in the US when we return.

Thanks again, Mai and Robert

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