Change first name

[madeforeachother 0]

Hope you all are enjoying the beautiful weather. I got approved for citizenship. I have indicated to change my first name on my N-400 application. My US passport will have my new name on it. My question is will I have any issues traveling to the country of birth(India)?will I need a visa to travel?I have a valid passport from India. Am I in good shape?

[Highyella72 11]

Once you have a US passport you will have to use that passport. Because if you use your other passport, I believe you would have to have your resident alien card along with it to enter into the US again. I traveled outside the US on two occasions and had to get a visa for that country, but when I returned each time, at customs and immigration I had to show both my passport and resident alien card to show proof of living in the US. So I suppose my suggestion would be travel with your US passport only.

[madeforeachother 0]

Once you have a US passport you will have to use that passport. Because if you use your other passport, I believe you would have to have your resident alien card along with it to enter into the US again. I traveled outside the US on two occasions and had to get a visa for that country, but when I returned each time, at customs and immigration I had to show both my passport and resident alien card to show proof of living in the US. So I suppose my suggestion would be travel with your US passport only.

sorry for the misunderstanding. If I only take US passport I will not be able to enter the country of my Birth(India) without a visa. Am I right?

[Highyella72 11]

sorry for the misunderstanding. If I only take US passport I will not be able to enter the country of my Birth(India) without a visa. Am I right?

You would have to contact your country's embassy to find that out. I wouldn't know the answer to that question.

[NickD 203]

Can't seem to get straight information about India from the DOS site;

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1139.html

For one thing, your US passport states your place of birth on it, and because of this, even my wife was not admitted into her home country because of her place of birth was in that country. That was a bad time to learn she has to maintain what they call dual nationality. But were able to get in so she could take care of that.

Can't seem to find out if India also has that dual nationality law, suggestions for the latest information is to contact an India consulate here to get that information.

We were under the impression that my wife was a US citizen just like she was born here, but this is from the USCIS. No longer dealing with them anymore, now the DOS. It's a whole new ballgame with them. But tend to disagree with them when they don't like dual citizenship, but dual nationality instead. You cannot maintain your home countries passport unless you are a valid citizen of that country. That indubitably is dual citizenship.

Son has a India visa, visits there frequently for his work, he is very welcomed because his company is putting money into India.

[Mariana2012 89]

I think you can use your Indian Passport to enter and exit India and US passport to enter and exit US. But if you only use US passport, US citizens need visas for India.

[madeforeachother 0]

Can't seem to get straight information about India from the DOS site;

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1139.html

For one thing, your US passport states your place of birth on it, and because of this, even my wife was not admitted into her home country because of her place of birth was in that country. That was a bad time to learn she has to maintain what they call dual nationality. But were able to get in so she could take care of that.

Can't seem to find out if India also has that dual nationality law, suggestions for the latest information is to contact an India consulate here to get that information.

We were under the impression that my wife was a US citizen just like she was born here, but this is from the USCIS. No longer dealing with them anymore, now the DOS. It's a whole new ballgame with them. But tend to disagree with them when they don't like dual citizenship, but dual nationality instead. You cannot maintain your home countries passport unless you are a valid citizen of that country. That indubitably is dual citizenship.

Son has a India visa, visits there frequently for his work, he is very welcomed because his company is putting money into India.

ok. I am changing my first name too. Is that going to make it more difficult for me. Thank You.

[NickD 203]

Did the DOS send us a brochure explaining the deals they made with her home country? You can bet your life they didn't we had to learn this the hard way. In dealing with the notaries of her home country, learned quickly for my wife to use her new married name in her home country, would cost us a small fortune to get our marriage registered. But did say it was okay for her to use her maiden name.

So she has her married name to buy round trip tickets with, uses her US passport to leave and enter this country, and just uses her home country passport to enter and leave her home country. When we got back, spent several hours on my computer to learn from our DOS what her home country said was true. You really have to dig hard to find this information. 200 different countries, and 200 different deals made with each one.

We spent over a half an hour with my wife's home country and it was finally decided, the only way she could renew her citizenship and get her home country's passport was to be admitted. But they did flag her, and had to show all that paper work it was done before they would let her leave. Then instead of spending days relaxing, was chasing all over the place to get these papers, and also cost us a small fortune to get them.

I only spent a few minutes trying to learn about India, but feel I gave you enough to get started. Started going around in circles like I did before trying to get information on my wife's home country. They don't make it easy. Wife also called her consulate in Chicago, talked to two different people there and received two different answers.

[madeforeachother 0]

Did the DOS send us a brochure explaining the deals they made with her home country? You can bet your life they didn't we had to learn this the hard way. In dealing with the notaries of her home country, learned quickly for my wife to use her new married name in her home country, would cost us a small fortune to get our marriage registered. But did say it was okay for her to use her maiden name.

So she has her married name to buy round trip tickets with, uses her US passport to leave and enter this country, and just uses her home country passport to enter and leave her home country. When we got back, spent several hours on my computer to learn from our DOS what her home country said was true. You really have to dig hard to find this information. 200 different countries, and 200 different deals made with each one.

We spent over a half an hour with my wife's home country and it was finally decided, the only way she could renew her citizenship and get her home country's passport was to be admitted. But they did flag her, and had to show all that paper work it was done before they would let her leave. Then instead of spending days relaxing, was chasing all over the place to get these papers, and also cost us a small fortune to get them.

I only spent a few minutes trying to learn about India, but feel I gave you enough to get started. Started going around in circles like I did before trying to get information on my wife's home country. They don't make it easy. Wife also called her consulate in Chicago, talked to two different people there and received two different answers.

Upon researching I found out that I need to apply for Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) or Person of Indian Origin(PIO) card to visit India.

[JC&Evelin 5]

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sorry for the misunderstanding. If I only take US passport I will not be able to enter the country of my Birth(India) without a visa. Am I right?

I dont think you will have that problem because your us passport will say you were born in India. My us passport list my country as place of birth. I removed one last name from my birth name.

[NickD 203]

Mother-in-law needs a notarized letter from an official government notary from her grandson to visit her great grandson in Venezuela. No standard letter is provided as a guide, and no standard form is available. Stepson visited that notary three times already, each time, the notary said his letter was incorrect. That letter has to be sent to the Venezuela consulate in Bogota, who knows, maybe they will find something wrong with it. She also needs to show a flight ticket before that can even be applied for. That we already paid for, ready to cancel that and take our losses.

There is no standardization for international travel, and I did look at India, changing their regulations every five minutes.

Are you saying you can travel to El Salvador with your US passport? I was at one of those notary places in Caracas, small overcrowded place, and have to wait in a long line even to get into the door. And the workers their are quite nasty.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

The moment you become an American, you seize to be a citizen of India. If you thereafter attempt to enter India with your Indian passport, they will throw you into a dark hole for false claim of citizenship and document fraud and throw the key away. You can then see what it's like to be a prisoner in India. It's not fun, trust me on that one. Afterward you'd be barred from India for life.

If you don't like the idea of never be able to set foot on Indian soil again, you'll surrender your Indian passport to the Indian embassy within 30 days. Thereafter you will apply for O.C.I. and receive a blue stamp into your US passport, identifying you as a person of Indian descent. With O.C.I. you can reside in India at your heart's desire, but you can't vote.

http://www.***removed***/nri/overseascitizenshipindia/