Different name on birth certificate

[bruins 14]

Hey guys - I need help. My wife's birth certificate has a different name than all of her other paper works. I'm not sure which name we should use on these documents. It's not a huge change, for example, her birth certificate says Nguyen Thi Anh Thu, but all legal documents that she has done since she was little has been Nguyen Thi Thu. We have a signed and certified letter stating the name change, but I'm not sure how to proceed with this so not to delay or complicate our application.

Thanks.

[Chris & Trinh 15]

Hey guys - I need help. My wife's birth certificate has a different name than all of her other paper works. I'm not sure which name we should use on these documents. It's not a huge change, for example, her birth certificate says Nguyen Thi Anh Thu, but all legal documents that she has done since she was little has been Nguyen Thi Thu. We have a signed and certified letter stating the name change, but I'm not sure how to proceed with this so not to delay or complicate our application.

Thanks.

I can not say for sure but only tell you my opinion and what we did in our case. I think it is common in Vietnam for the 2 middle names. My wife has the same. However, on all the paper work, We just used 3 of the names she uses all the time and left off the 4th name even though it shows on her birth certificate. We did not have any problems at the USCIS stage.

However, with that said. The birth certificate is an official legal document and we/you should probably follow what is says exactly if you want no chance of a RFE. You said you have a certified letter for the name change, who issued the letter? I would definately send that letter explaining the difference in the names if you have it.

Like I said my wife has the same issue and we didn't have a letter at all explaining the difference. We did not have any trouble. However, that does not mean YOU wont have any trouble. Just keep that in mind.

[bruins 14]

Thanks Chris&Trinh. Has anyone else had this issue and how you proceeded?

[bruins 14]

I called the NVC directly today and they recommended to use the name on the passport. It was, however, a tier 1 rep so I'm not sure how accurate her recommendation is.