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Cici   0

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I need help!

I received my visa and got married. I currently have a USA driver's license, but it has my maiden name on it. I would like to change my last name. I went to the DMV and they told me that I need to change my last name on my Visa. Is this possible? If so, how do you do this?

Thanks!

thai2luv Enthusiast

thai2luv   0

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What about your social security card? Does it have your maiden or married name?

Your marriage certificate is a legal name change document. Your marriage certificate, along with your SS card in your married name should be sufficient for obtaining a new drivers license in your married name.

K1 Timeline:

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12-27-05 USCIS receives I-129f

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03-14-06 NOA2 Case Approved

03-21-06 NVC sent case to BKK

03-27-06 BKK Embassy email "no record of my case"

03-27-06 NVC approval letter rcvd

03-30-06 BKK Embassy confirms case by email

03-31-06 Fiancee Medical passed

04-07-06 Packet 3 rcvd

04-20-06 Packet 4 rcvd

05-26-06 Interview 730am VISA APPROVED!!!

05-30-06 Pick up Visa 3pm

06-16-06 Arrived in USA POE LAX

07-05-06 Applied for SS Card

08-18-06 Married

AOS Timeline:

10-13-06 Mailed AOS packet

10-16-06 AOS rcvd CHI lockbox

10-25-06 AOS Touched

11-04-06 Biometrics Appt

01-09-07 AOS Interview APPROVED!!!

01-10-07 email Welcome letter sent

01-09-07 email AP approved

01-12-07 email EAD approved

01-16-07 Welcome letter rcvd in the mail

01-18-07 EAD card rcvd in the mail

01-23-07 AP approval rcvd in mail

02-05-07 GreenCard in mail

03-07-07 Vacation in Thailand

03-15-07 Traditional Thai wedding

Irisheyes Enthusiast

Irisheyes   0

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I need help!

I received my visa and got married. I currently have a USA driver's license, but it has my maiden name on it. I would like to change my last name. I went to the DMV and they told me that I need to change my last name on my Visa. Is this possible? If so, how do you do this?

Thanks!

By filing the I-90, shelling out $260 and doing biometrics all over again. Or you can wait til you remove conditions, if you haven't already. Then you can do it easily and pay nothing.

Hang on a sec.....didn't pay attention to your status...which visa we talking about, the K-1? If you haven't filed for AOS yet, then just do all that in your married name and wait for your EAD.

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AOS

05/26/05: Sent I-485/I-130 & I-765 to Chicago lockbox.

05/27/05: Paperwork received by Douglas!

06/17/05: Check hit bank account.

06/20/05: All 3 NOA's rec'vd! TG!

08/02/05: Biometrics , New Orleans. Pretty uneventful.

08/09/05: EAD Approved!

07/12/06: ......still.........waiting.........

09/26/06: Case Status says interview has been canceled............What interview????

10/23/06: Interview finally scheduled for 12/14/06.

12/14/06: AOS approval pending renewal of Biometrics....Waiting on appt. for ASC!

Will this ever end????

01/17/07: Biometrics scheduled.

02/03/07: Everything complete at our end! Apparently my case file is under somebodys wobbly table leg.

02/27/07: Approval notice finally received by e-mail.....only 641 days!! 1 yr 9 mths!

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Girona40 Community Regular

Girona40   0

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I need help!

I received my visa and got married. I currently have a USA driver's license, but it has my maiden name on it. I would like to change my last name. I went to the DMV and they told me that I need to change my last name on my Visa. Is this possible? If so, how do you do this?

Thanks!

Sounds like you got a right "ditz" at the counter. Firstly, your visa is of no consequence now. It was simply a document to allow you entry into the US to get married. What has it got to do with changing the name on your driver's license? Nothing!

You have a US license already, so all you need to show the DMV is a copy of your marriage certificate in order to change the name on it.

Go back and ask to speak with someone else.

Our journey started in 2001 and it's still not over. It's been a rollercoaster ride all the way! Let me off - I wanna be sick!

anya-D Proficient

anya-D   8

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I need help!

I received my visa and got married. I currently have a USA driver's license, but it has my maiden name on it. I would like to change my last name. I went to the DMV and they told me that I need to change my last name on my Visa. Is this possible? If so, how do you do this?

Thanks!

Sounds like you got a right "ditz" at the counter. Firstly, your visa is of no consequence now. It was simply a document to allow you entry into the US to get married. What has it got to do with changing the name on your driver's license? Nothing!

You have a US license already, so all you need to show the DMV is a copy of your marriage certificate in order to change the name on it.

Go back and ask to speak with someone else.

Some place also require SS card with married name on it to proved that she is already change to that name.. and if i'm not mistaken, the SS office also need a state issue photo ID (EAD or GC) as a prove of name change before they change to a new name.. I need to wait for my EAD to change my name on my SS card then go change my driver licence.

K-1 = 4 months

AOS = 5 months

I-751 = almost one year

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Girona40 Community Regular

Girona40   0

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I'm sorry, I take my last post back. It appears that in Florida things are a bit different to where I live and I found this:-

Name Change for Non-United States Citizens

• If you have legally changed your name by marriage or court order,

you must have your name changed on your Citizen and

Immigration Services (USCIS) documents. A receipt from USCIS

indicating form I-90 has been filed for a name change is

acceptable for a name change on your driver license or

identification card.

http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us//handbooks/Eng...sh_handbook.pdf

Seems like a bit of a performance!

Our journey started in 2001 and it's still not over. It's been a rollercoaster ride all the way! Let me off - I wanna be sick!

Yodrak Veteran

Yodrak   7

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Girona,

Your last post was fine - you were writing about the visa, and what you wrote was correct.

Yodrak

I'm sorry, I take my last post back. It appears that in Florida things are a bit different to where I live and I found this:-

Name Change for Non-United States Citizens

• If you have legally changed your name by marriage or court order,

you must have your name changed on your Citizen and

Immigration Services (USCIS) documents. A receipt from USCIS

indicating form I-90 has been filed for a name change is

acceptable for a name change on your driver license or

identification card.

http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us//handbooks/Eng...sh_handbook.pdf

Seems like a bit of a performance!

Cici,

The name on the visa cannot be changed. And the visa should not be the document of concern. Are you sure that you - and the DMV agent - really mean 'visa'?

Yodrak

I need help!

I received my visa and got married. I currently have a USA driver's license, but it has my maiden name on it. I would like to change my last name. I went to the DMV and they told me that I need to change my last name on my Visa. Is this possible? If so, how do you do this?

Thanks!

 
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