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My wife is from Colombia and we are starting her AOS. She would like to drop her second last name and add my last name. Should we fill out all the paperwork with this name change so that it appears on her green card? This also brings up another question. If she has a green card with a last name different from her last name on her passport, how is this handled when she travels outside the US? Before she travels outside the US does her Colombian passport name have to match her green card name? Anyone from Colombia going through this process or completed the process?

Mike

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Hi Alcoy! First of all, good luck on your wife's AOS! :thumbs:

As far as the name change is concerned, just write down you wife's name on the AOS papers the way she wants it to be (I took my husband's last name too, and that's what I did), that way she'll receive her green card with the new name.

When she travels in the future, the flight tickets will have to MATCH the PASSPORT and not the green card, otherwise she might not be allowed on board. Your wife will simply have to take a copy of her marriage certificate to carry along her passport and green card to prove the name change upon arrival in the US, and that's it.

Or, she could try and have her passport amended with her new married name after she has the proper documentation.

I traveled out of the country twice since I got my green card and I always carried with me a copy of my marriage certificate to prove the name change. I was never asked to show it, but I always have it in case they want to see it. Good luck and best wishes! (F)

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Hi Alcoy! First of all, good luck on your wife's AOS! :thumbs:

As far as the name change is concerned, just write down you wife's name on the AOS papers the way she wants it to be (I took my husband's last name too, and that's what I did), that way she'll receive her green card with the new name.

When she travels in the future, the flight tickets will have to MATCH the PASSPORT and not the green card, otherwise she might not be allowed on board. Your wife will simply have to take a copy of her marriage certificate to carry along her passport and green card to prove the name change upon arrival in the US, and that's it.

Or, she could try and have her passport amended with her new married name after she has the proper documentation.

I traveled out of the country twice since I got my green card and I always carried with me a copy of my marriage certificate to prove the name change. I was never asked to show it, but I always have it in case they want to see it. Good luck and best wishes! (F)

So, does your passport have your maiden name and your green card have your married name? When you travel outside the US and return what does immigration look at so that you can reenter the US? We live in Fort Worth so my wife will be doing her AOS in the DORA program.

Mike

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