Name change

[trupnay5 1]

Hello everyone! My fiance (from the Philippines) and I are trying to get everything together for our K-1 petition. I've read through the guides and everything, but I just had a few questions.

1) My fiance had his first name on his birth certificate officially changed in 2009. However, he has always used this 2nd name since he was little...he never once used the name on his original birth certificate. The guide does not mention sending in a copy of the fiance's BC, but I'm wondering if I should since it's a name change. The guide states to show proof of legal name change if using a name other than what's shown on relevant documents. The only actual document with his original first name is his original BC.

2) On the G-325A, would he need to put his original BC name in the space for "All other names used" (even though he's never actually used that name)?

Also, on his BC, it now shows on the side something that says "Pursuant to the decision rendered by ___ dated ___, the child's first name is hereby changed from ___ to ___." If we do need to send a copy of his BC (either now or for interview later), will that statement do, or does he need an actual court order paper?

Thank you in advance for any advice you could give us!

[C-ma'am 684]

Hello everyone! My fiance (from the Philippines) and I are trying to get everything together for our K-1 petition. I've read through the guides and everything, but I just had a few questions.

1) My fiance had his first name on his birth certificate officially changed in 2009. However, he has always used this 2nd name since he was little...he never once used the name on his original birth certificate. The guide does not mention sending in a copy of the fiance's BC, but I'm wondering if I should since it's a name change. The guide states to show proof of legal name change if using a name other than what's shown on relevant documents. The only actual document with his original first name is his original BC.

2) On the G-325A, would he need to put his original BC name in the space for "All other names used" (even though he's never actually used that name)?

Also, on his BC, it now shows on the side something that says "Pursuant to the decision rendered by ___ dated ___, the child's first name is hereby changed from ___ to ___." If we do need to send a copy of his BC (either now or for interview later), will that statement do, or does he need an actual court order paper?

Thank you in advance for any advice you could give us!

1) The name that you need to use when filling out the forms, is the exact name as it shows on his legal documents (passport/BC)

2) Yes, you will have to put that other name even if he never went by it.

Yes, always add supporting evidence of what you are submitting; so sending a copy of the BC with the name change will be the way to go.

[EvilSquee 7]

Yeah you will need to include it. He will need to submit a birth cert when he goes for the K1 visa interview at the consulate and you don't want to get caught up in issues over the name differences then.

[pinay&kano 1]

Hi OP I have the same problem as your fiance...I also never used that name on my birth cert but i have also that annotation below that it is already corrected...I am on my 4th month waiting of my noa2..hope this would not be a problem in my interview...

[trupnay5 1]

1) The name that you need to use when filling out the forms, is the exact name as it shows on his legal documents (passport/BC)

2) Yes, you will have to put that other name even if he never went by it.

Yes, always add supporting evidence of what you are submitting; so sending a copy of the BC with the name change will be the way to go.

Thank you!

[trupnay5 1]

Yeah you will need to include it. He will need to submit a birth cert when he goes for the K1 visa interview at the consulate and you don't want to get caught up in issues over the name differences then.

Yeah, I had thought that we might run into that problem later on for the interview, so I was thinking about going ahead and sending it with my initial petition. Thank you!

[trupnay5 1]

Hi OP I have the same problem as your fiance...I also never used that name on my birth cert but i have also that annotation below that it is already corrected...I am on my 4th month waiting of my noa2..hope this would not be a problem in my interview...

Hello po! So I'm guessing your BC was not included in the original petition packet? I'm thinking of sending it in now to hopefully avoid problems later...I hope all goes well for you!

[pinay&kano 1]

Hello po! So I'm guessing your BC was not included in the original petition packet? I'm thinking of sending it in now to hopefully avoid problems later...I hope all goes well for you!

Hi, Yes you are right, my BC was not included on the I-129 packet...i hope nothing problem comes on my interview...but i have this copy of Certificate of Finality..to prove that my name is already corrected...