Name changes after the Interview but before the oath

[kevinpham 0]

hello everyone. i just had my interview couple days ago and i did ask to change my name at the interview. However, as i think about it now, i want to drop my middle name in my new name too. My question is can i still change my new name after the interview but before the oath ?

Thanks so much for taking your time to response my question

[NickD 203]

Good question, my guess would be to try to make an infopass appointment before your oath ceremony provided they haven't printed out your certificate yet.

Wife from her Latin American country used a first, middle, maiden name, married name format. Its my guess they did it that way because there is only a half a dozen or so last names in their country. But here its confusing and her married name is unique. She just dropped her maiden name at her interview with no problems. But if they won't drop it after your interview, would this really be a problem?

For other forms of identification, credit cards, driver's license, US passport, SS, they will typically drop the name. Or may even do it for you as there isn't simply enough space to print out four long names. If you apply for a US passport, checking with a DOS agent if that can be done, you can pretty much bury your certificate.

Even though she got all four names on her green card, DMV had no problems dropping that fourth name, no space for it, in this country, your driver's license is your main means of ID. Phone book put in all four of her names, but she was under the T's instead of the D's, that really caused confusion if somebody was trying to reach her. Now her name is before mine in the phone book.

SS number always remains the same. What gets complicated is her daughter still using her biological fathers name. Wife has to show her daughters birth certificate, old marriage certificate, divorce papers, and our marriage certificate to prove that is her daughter. Call that a paper trail.

[kevinpham 0]

thx for replying . I will come to my local office ( which isn't the one i got my interview ) this coming wednesday to ask for it. Because i did ask for my name changed at the interview so i have to take my oath ceremony at the court . Some1 for other forum said that i could ask them to change my name again right before the court time . I wonder if it is possible ?

[av8or 34]

i was told by my io during my n400 interview then that if i wanted to change my name, that would be my only chance ( i dropped my middle name).. i don't think it could be done right before court time as you have said since name change has to be approved by a judge.. more importantly, name wouldn't match your naturalization certificate..

[Kathryn41 3,205]

When you are changing your name at Naturalization, it is an actual legal name change that must be approved by a Judge first before the Naturalization ceremony can proceed. You would need to let USCIS know before they submitted the paperwork to the Judge for the official name change to have any chance of modifying the name you wish to have on your Naturalization certificate. If they have already submitted the paperwork for the name change, you won't be able to make that modification. If they haven't submitted the paperwork yet, you 'may' be able to make the modification. You would have to make an Infopass appointment and speak to an Immigration officer about it.

If you show up at the ceremony and say you would like to modify your name change then, it won't happen. They need time to print up the Naturalization certificates and while they allow some time for corrections to be made for errors, there won't be any time for the legal part of the name change that must be formalized by a Judge to happen.

You can certainly stop using your middle name in your general business affairs if you still have it after the Naturalization ceremony, except for the times when you are asked for your full legal name. Many people seldom use their full legal name and just use a variation of it, which is perfectly acceptable for most occasions.