Change name after marriage, which name should I use?

[hollyvan 0]

Hi everyone, if I changed my family name to my husband's family name when I married in US, but the name on my Chinese passport is the old name, which name should I use when filling the forms?

Should I use the name after marriage and also submit a copy of the marriage certificate as the proof ?

[Mymbee411 0]

Hello.

Yes use your husband's last name. If that is going to be your name here. I applied with my new name even though my passport and visa has old name but I showed my marriage certificate and started changing last name in license and everything else little by little and showed them that

[darkangel1215 4]

Use ur husband's last name

[max+patricia 24]

You can use whatever name you want, but your visa will be issued with the name in your passport.

[hollyvan 0]

You can use whatever name you want, but your visa will be issued with the name in your passport.

Thanks for your reply.

How about the name in the Green Card? I am wondering whether I need to change my last name to my husband's on the Driver license and bank account , etc.

[max+patricia 24]

Thanks for your reply.

How about the name in the Green Card? I am wondering whether I need to change my last name to my husband's on the Driver license and bank account , etc.

The name on the GC will be the same name on the visa - so if your name on your passport is your maiden name - your visa and GC will have it too.

If it's easy to change your name in your passport and you have time before your interview, it's not a bad idea to get it done now. You can change info on a GC at a later time, but it costs upwards of $450, via Form I-90.

[hollyvan 0]

The name on the GC will be the same name on the visa - so if your name on your passport is your maiden name - your visa and GC will have it too.

If it's easy to change your name in your passport and you have time before your interview, it's not a bad idea to get it done now. You can change info on a GC at a later time, but it costs upwards of $450, via Form I-90.

Thanks for telling me that. It's very useful information.

Changing name looks like make things complicated. If I change name on the passport means I change my name in China. And name changing in China is far more complicate than $450 and submitting a form.

Maybe it's a better way to change the name when I naturalized ? But if I do this way I can't use the husband's family name before that right? Because it's not the name show on my Green Card.

[bigdog 377]

My wife never changed anything in China. Chines passport stayed the same, just GC, DL and social security reflect married name with her last as middle. You can easily change everything at the time of ROC without the in between fees between the cards. Example if at the ROC stage he puts her married name for the ROC green card 10 yr, when it comes back to you, then go change social and DL bank etc. easy then just takes time.

Now that I reread your post, file the forms as in the name you want on the GC and social if CR1, leave your passport as maiden (wife says has to do with China stuff?), You can list your maiden name as a AKA on the form. Or apply in maiden as suggested and have the IO change it at the interview (worked for us on our K-1). We wished we wold have done a CR1 easier in the long run. Maybe another China member had theirs issued in married name and has first hand info.

Edited October 10, 2012 by bigdog

[hollyvan 0]

My wife never changed anything in China. Chines passport stayed the same, just GC, DL and social security reflect married name with her last as middle. You can easily change everything at the time of ROC without the in between fees between the cards. Example if at the ROC stage he puts her married name for the ROC green card 10 yr, when it comes back to you, then go change social and DL bank etc. easy then just takes time.

Thanks. This way sounds easier. Good to know that