DS-230 and name issues

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Hi everyone,

Here is my problem.

I entered DV2013 with my family of 4. In the e-form I put my wife's maiden name (ex. JOHN Isabella) as it is written in her short form birth certificate; the one we used for all administrative issues. We are married for about 10 years, her passport issued in 2009 has the following name JOHN EPSE JOE Isabella. In my country (francophone) EPSE stands for SPOUSE and it is common to fill married women's passport this way and JOE is my last name.

I already sent DS-230 forms to KCC using my wife's maiden name (JOHN Isabella) but I put JOE where it says Other names used or Aliase.

The worst thing is that we just discovered that in her long form birth certificate she was named after her mother (BAIRD Isabella) with a notice saying that she was recognised by her father JOHN Daniel James 4 months after her birth, hence her normal birth certificate (the short form one) has her father's name and her first name.

What shoud we do then?

1. Should we carry a new DS-230 for my wife with her name as it appears on the passport (JOHN EPSE JOE Isabella). Would that be an issue during the interview? Personally, I am not comfortable with the "EPSE"

2. The correct format wouldn't has been JOE Isabella and JOHN for other names used or aliases?

3. What should we do with the name BAIRD that she never used?

Please I need your advise badly as the interview is scheduled for next month.

Thank you,

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1. As you probably know we have 2 types of birth certificate: the short form and the long form (required for visa processing in US embassies)

2. My wife's short form birth certificate has JOHN Isabella (JOHN is her father's name).

3. But the long form birth certificate has BAIRD Isabella (BAIRD is her mother's name) but there is a notice on the certificate saying that her father (JOHN Daniel James) recognised my wife as his daughter 4 months after her birth. The reason is that he was not in the country when my wife was born. But my wife never used the name BAIRD. Her father's name was added when she was only 4 months. Her first passport when she was not married has JOHN Isabella (that is her maiden name which is normal).

4. Her passport when she got married has JOHN EPSE JOE (JOE is my family name and EPSE comes from EPOUSE, equivalence of SPOUSE in English and commonly used in some froncophone countries to refer to a woman married to X).

5. In the DV entry form and DS-230 I entered my wife's name as JOHN Isabella

My questions:

1. Is failing to write the name as it appears on the passport a ground for visa refusal during the interview?

2. Should carry the 2 types of birth certificate to the embassy for the interview as a proof that it is the same person?

3. Is it correct if I prepare a new DS-230 form with the name as it appears on the passport (family name: JOHN EPSE JOE; First name: Isabella)? What shoud I put on question 2 that says "Other names used or Aliases"? If I put BAIRD and JOHN is that correct?

4. Or should I write it this way (family name: JOE which is my family name; first name: ISABELLA and Other names used or aliases: BAIRD and JOHN)?

5. Should my wife prepare an affidavit to explain that JOHN Isabella and JOHN EPSE JOE Isabella refer to the same person?

I hope these details help to understand the issue. I really need your advice as the interview date is fast approaching.