Other Names Used

[eltigredo 0]

I accidentally posted this in the wrong area:

Hello everyone,

In all of our correspondence, my fiance calls me by the name I was raised with. It's not a legal name and I wouldn't even be asking about it if it weren't for the fact that she NEVER uses my formal name.

Is this what question seven is for????

Thanks in advance.

[Kath 0]

hi there

i do the same thing with my husband i call him by his middle name which he prefers..and my name is shortened also

but with anything official like applying for anything he always uses his birth name...because everything he has, is in his first namet eg. birth cert, drivers licence..

i would use your proper name on filling the forms .... if its not legally changed...

take care and good luck

kath

p.s. i would use your birth name

Edited November 9, 2006 by kath&rob

[eltigredo 0]

hi there

i do the same thing with my husband i call him by his middle name which he prefers..and my name is shortened also

but with anything official like applying for anything he always uses his birth name...because everything he has, is in his first namet eg. birth cert, drivers licence..

i would use your proper name on filling the forms .... if its not legally changed...

take care and good luck

kath

p.s. i would use your birth name

Thanks, but what I'm talking about are the examples of letters and stuff like that. When I make a copy of a letter from her to me, should I clarify that this name is mine???

[ausqueen 0]

Thanks, but what I'm talking about are the examples of letters and stuff like that. When I make a copy of a letter from her to me, should I clarify that this name is mine???

Eltigredo,

when filling in any form (official), you would want to use your "record name" i.e. the one on birth cert, passport etc.

I think you are asking for personal communication and nicknames/petnames you use for each other. If it is used right through your personal correspondence - I think it would be wise to include a note explaning that it is just a non- official name for family/friends.

Good luck with the process,

ausqueen

[Yodrak 7]

eltigredo,

You say that the name you were "raised with" is different from your "legal name" - as in different from the name on your birth certificate and your passport? Driver's license? Bank accounts and credit cards? Other types of documentation?

Does "raised with" mean that most people, not only your fiancee, call you by this name? Is it the name that you typically use to introduce yourself? Not a 'pet' name used only by your fiancee?

One of your names should be put on line 1, the other on line 7. Which name you chose to put on which line might depend on your answers to all of the questions I posed.

Yodrak

I accidentally posted this in the wrong area:

Hello everyone,

In all of our correspondence, my fiance calls me by the name I was raised with. It's not a legal name and I wouldn't even be asking about it if it weren't for the fact that she NEVER uses my formal name.

Is this what question seven is for????

Thanks in advance.

Edited November 9, 2006 by Yodrak

[Mags 112]

My son has a different surname on his birth certificate as to the one he uses at school. So for "other names used" I DID put it in there. Simply because IMO school documents are pretty official in their own way.

I don't think it applies to nicknames or names used in personal life only.

[BishopMnA 0]

I had the same situation. My wife-2-B had gone by a nickname all of her life (common in Thailand). Of course, in all of our 'evidence <emails etc> I never used her real name...only her nickname.

On the K-1 petition I used her real name. However, on that form it also asked to list all other names that she had gone by. I asked my attorney and he stated to put her nickname in there, even though there is nothing official/legal about her nickname. So, I did just that.

I never had any questions or RFE about her name since I listed her nickname in that field. We've had no bumps along the way...

Peace,

Mark-N-Aam

[GaryC 7]

You should put your "legal" name on the application and on the question where it asks "other names used" I don't know if you would put your nic name there. I don't think it really matters much as long as all the official record names match. If you used your nic name in an official way, like DL or loan apps then I think you should put it under the other names used line. When in doubt ask the USCIS or a lawyer.

[eltigredo 0]

eltigredo,

You say that the name you were "raised with" is different from your "legal name" - as in different from the name on your birth certificate and your passport? Driver's license? Bank accounts and credit cards? Other types of documentation?

Does "raised with" mean that most people, not only your fiancee, call you by this name? Is it the name that you typically use to introduce yourself? Not a 'pet' name used only by your fiancee?

One of your names should be put on line 1, the other on line 7. Which name you chose to put on which line might depend on your answers to all of the questions I posed.

Yodrak

That's right. I have a family name that is not on any official documents. It's the name I answer to at home, even to this day. All of my family and close family friends call me by this name and it's been this way all my life.

So, no, it's not just a pet name. In many ways, this name is more real than my formal name.

[featherB 1]

My fiance (the USC) has always, all his life, been known by a different first name to the one on his birth certificate. He uses the 'official' name for official things (it's on his credit cards, passport, anything legal), but most people wouldn't know he's called anything other than his 'nickname'.

He used his official name on the forms, but put the name he's known by in the 'other names' bit, and put '(nickname)' after it - as there's no formal/legal proof that he goes by this name. We're hoping that will be ok... there's not really any other way of explaining it, but I guess it must be a common enough situation.

[bora bora 1]

My fiance also has a nickname which he uses on his email account. So when I used emails as proof of relationship I made a note on everyone that that was his nickname being used.

However, I did not mention this nickname on the forms because it is not official and he only used it on his email account. Also, his email address contains his legal name so I believe that is proof that the email account is his.

I haven't received an RFE or my NOA2 and I'm hoping it won't make a difference.

*My fingers are crossed

Edited November 10, 2006 by Bora Bora

[Caladan 19]

Both my fiancé and I use different names in day-to-day life than our legal names. In his case, it's only used personally by family & friends. In my case, my legal name is on about half of my third-party paperwork (school, credit card, lease) and my usual name is on the other half (phone bill, bank, cell.) (Basically a few years ago I started filling out forms with the name I use rather than the legal name I don't.)

We put down both of our daily names as 'other names' as some of our evidence is likely in those. No problems thus far.