Roman letters.

[KarlLarsson 0]

In a couple of forms like the i-130 there is a question stating;
"If your relative's native alphabet is other than Roman letters, write his or her name and foreign address in the native alphabet".

Well this states a problem for a Swede, we have the Roman letters PLUS 3 additional ones (Å, Ä , Ö) , My NAME does NOT contain these additional letters, BUT my address in Sweden does!

So what should I do?

Just fill out the Address and leave the Name as (N/A)? Or should I fill out both just because I have Ö in my address? This looks weird as well since the name will be exactly the same on both the form and then this question.

Anyone know what they did? I understand it is easy if you have extra letters on BOTH name and address but now I only have extra letters on my address and that got me confused.

Sincerely.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Would mail get to your house if I misspelled it without the accents on top? I tend to think that since 1) it's not your name that is different and 2) I think it's easy to "match up" the tiny variations in letters that it's not necessary. But either way I don't think you'll have a problem.

Also, what question are you talking about? You don't have a foreign address because you are adjusting in the US. Questions about foreign address are for people who live abroad.

[rarasantiago 3]

I believe others Scandinavians have just used the letter conversion for those letters in their paperwork instead of the Swedish letters, here's one for Swedish.

ä = ae

å = aa

ö = oe

Ä = AE

Å = AA

Ö = OE

From http://docs.oracle.com/cd/F49540_01/DOC/inter.815/a67843/aspell.htm#2970

Edited May 16, 2013 by rarasantiago

[Alaska2012 462]

I just skipped the dots in my address.

[KarlLarsson 0]

Would mail get to your house if I misspelled it without the accents on top? I tend to think that since 1) it's not your name that is different and 2) I think it's easy to "match up" the tiny variations in letters that it's not necessary. But either way I don't think you'll have a problem.

Also, what question are you talking about? You don't have a foreign address because you are adjusting in the US. Questions about foreign address are for people who live abroad.

Ah, god! Really? Have to take a look at that when I get home then. If is it only for people living abroad this question is pointless.

And yes; I have ordered things to my house in Sweden from Abroad a lot of times and I always receive the mail even though they spell "Önnestad" as "Onnestad"

I believe others Scandinavians have just used the letter conversion for those letters in their paperwork instead of the Swedish letters, here's one for Swedish.

ä = ae

å = aa

ö = oe

Ä = AE

Å = AA

Ö = OE

From http://docs.oracle.com/cd/F49540_01/DOC/inter.815/a67843/aspell.htm#2970

Okok, thank you.

I just skipped the dots in my address.

Ok, I guess I do that as well then.

[USA_Vietnam 0]

I have a similar situation: My spouse is living in the US, doing AOS, but she does have (arguably) non-roman characters in her Vietnamese name. The question implies that she should answer it, b/c of the non-roman letters. But I don't see the point. I am seeking some assurance that we can either skip this whole question or put her name in Vietnamese characters and then put "N/A" for the foreign address part. 

 

What Karl, what did you do and how did it work out?