When do you change name?

[crockies99 0]

Hello. My wife and I recently got married and she is here on a K1 Visa. We also have sent in our paperwork for AOS.

Our question is though, She wants to add my surname at the end of her name, so at what part of the process does she do this?

Thank you!

[bby zoey 1]

In our case, we had it after our marriage.. the last name of my husband appears in our marriage certificate. the marriage certiicate was also mailed when we applied for AOS.

best of luck !

[NikLR 13,227]

She can change it any time but she should have done it before you sent in the AOS paperwork because her green card will come in the name that is on her passport.

it's not cheap to change the green card, so if you can get her passport changed before such a time as the AOS is approved, I would do so!

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

~ Moved from K-1 Process to AOS from Family Based ~

To change her name you simply start using the married name. When you file for AOS, fill out all her paperwork in her new married name. .The copy of your certified marriage certificate acts as the legal name change document. That is the name her EAD/AP and green card will come in. You can go change her name on her SSN with the marriage certificate. If they give you grief about changing it, then you can get it changed with the EAD/AP or green card that will be in her married name

[Hank_ 9,174]

Hello. My wife and I recently got married and she is here on a K1 Visa. We also have sent in our paperwork for AOS.

Our question is though, She wants to add my surname at the end of her name, so at what part of the process does she do this?

Thank you!

Her name changes at the moment of marriage. All documents from that moment onward should be in the married name she has chosen.

If you didn't not complete the AOS documents in her married name, I believe you can get that changed through USCIS.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

If you already sent in he AOS paperwork with the maiden name then you'll either

1. Get an interview and beg to get the name changed.

2. Pay for a replacement GC with new name.

3. Wait until ROC to change the name.

You should have sent in your paperwork with the new name, but what's done is done.

[crockies99 0]

If you already sent in he AOS paperwork with the maiden name then you'll either

1. Get an interview and beg to get the name changed.

2. Pay for a replacement GC with new name.

3. Wait until ROC to change the name.

You should have sent in your paperwork with the new name, but what's done is done.

Okay so yes, we never knew when to get her name changed, so it has remained the same all the way so far.

So we will have to go for an interview for aos right? So is it this interview we ask for a name change?

What is ROC?

Thank you all for the help!

[Dave&Roza 748]

Okay so yes, we never knew when to get her name changed, so it has remained the same all the way so far.

So we will have to go for an interview for aos right? So is it this interview we ask for a name change?

What is ROC?

Thank you all for the help!

If you have an interview you can request to have the name changed, but the GC may already have been produced and the name cannot be changed. Your next window to change the name is during removal of conditions (ROC) which will need to be filed 90 days before her GC expires. After that you next window to change the name for free is at Naturalization when you file the N-400. This can be done at the 3 year anniversiary of being married and being a LPR. After that it will cost you to change the name.

Good luck,

Dave