Last Name Typo. Panic attack

[memmy 3]

Dear friends,

I wrote before about my problem with a double last name and a hyphen missing inbetween them. Last week, I managed to call and ask for a correction. WEll, today I received a confirmation letter from USCIS saying that correction were made and a hyphen was insterted ... BUT..... my middle name is missing AND they made a new typo - wrote letter T instead of P in my last name. I called them immediately, but they said they cant file new typo-request, because it should be 30 days since the day I made my last request. I was told to wait till October, 13th.... Now. I got an e-mail notification today saying that my Work Permit and Travel Documents have been approved and I should receive them in 30 days. It looks like i will get my temporary Green Card totally messed up, without my middle name and with one letter misspelled. What should i do? Any ideas????

[TBoneTX 46,209]

Set an InfoPass appointment and see if the officer can straighten things out before your documents are printed.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Dear friends,

I wrote before about my problem with a double last name and a hyphen missing inbetween them. Last week, I managed to call and ask for a correction. WEll, today I received a confirmation letter from USCIS saying that correction were made and a hyphen was insterted ... BUT..... my middle name is missing AND they made a new typo - wrote letter T instead of P in my last name. I called them immediately, but they said they cant file new typo-request, because it should be 30 days since the day I made my last request. I was told to wait till October, 13th.... Now. I got an e-mail notification today saying that my Work Permit and Travel Documents have been approved and I should receive them in 30 days. It looks like i will get my temporary Green Card totally messed up, without my middle name and with one letter misspelled. What should i do? Any ideas????

The biggest problem I see here is that you think your green card is "temporary". It is not. Nothing else you mention is of any consequence to the world or life at large.

Your Green card is not going to have your middle name (patrynomic) anyway. Neither Alla's nor the boys did. That is not an issue

Your green card is "conditional" NOT temporary. It will be valid for 2 years. After the two year period you will file for Removal of Conditions and receive a green card valid for 10 years. A holder of a conditional green card has every right and privilege of any other green card holder for the period of validity

Stop panicking. You are going to get a document with your name mispelled. No one will die, it is not a big deal. It happens all the time, espeically when one is transliterating a name from a different alphabet. BOTH our sons had mispelled names on their documents. Stop making phone calls. When it arrives and it is convenient for you, make an info pass appointment at your local USCIS office and explain it to the officer who will help you get this corrected. In the meantime, if anyone asks, such as an employer, simply explain the situation and show some other ID. "Typos" usually have little effect on people's lives. This is a "typo" and nothing more.

I would not even concern myself with the Work/Travel permit and just wait for the Green Card to arrive. The work/travel permit IS temporary and is replaced by the Green Card.

Edited September 23, 2013 by Gary and Alla

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

FWIW

Sergey's name was spelled "Sertei" When he got his first job (before we got the name corrected) he showed his Vermont drivers license which had it spelled correctly (the DMV was able to understand the typo) but his employer still got his name officially listed as "Sertei" and printed him a name tag with that name.

Since he is a rocket scientist (really, a rocket scientist) he has this dry, droll sense of humor and decided he would just be "Sertei" at work at hi summer job. Of course his w-2 came in the name of "Sertei" also. No problem, he filed his taxes and nothing bad happened...the SSN number rules out.

Try to have fun with it. Immigration is thrilling every moment!

[memmy 3]

Got my Employment Authorization card yesteday, No typo!!!! But they wrote only initial of my middle/patronimic name, is it ok?

Like T instead of Tarasivna

FWIW

Sergey's name was spelled "Sertei" When he got his first job (before we got the name corrected) he showed his Vermont drivers license which had it spelled correctly (the DMV was able to understand the typo) but his employer still got his name officially listed as "Sertei" and printed him a name tag with that name.

Since he is a rocket scientist (really, a rocket scientist) he has this dry, droll sense of humor and decided he would just be "Sertei" at work at hi summer job. Of course his w-2 came in the name of "Sertei" also. No problem, he filed his taxes and nothing bad happened...the SSN number rules out.

Try to have fun with it. Immigration is thrilling every moment!

Thanks a lot for your reply! I did not get a green card yet, only an Employment Authorization card ( combo card, allows me to travel too), it is valid for 1 year. Still waiting for my Green Card that will be valid for 2 years. They say I am to wait for about 9 months...

The biggest problem I see here is that you think your green card is "temporary". It is not. Nothing else you mention is of any consequence to the world or life at large.

Your Green card is not going to have your middle name (patrynomic) anyway. Neither Alla's nor the boys did. That is not an issue

Your green card is "conditional" NOT temporary. It will be valid for 2 years. After the two year period you will file for Removal of Conditions and receive a green card valid for 10 years. A holder of a conditional green card has every right and privilege of any other green card holder for the period of validity

Stop panicking. You are going to get a document with your name mispelled. No one will die, it is not a big deal. It happens all the time, espeically when one is transliterating a name from a different alphabet. BOTH our sons had mispelled names on their documents. Stop making phone calls. When it arrives and it is convenient for you, make an info pass appointment at your local USCIS office and explain it to the officer who will help you get this corrected. In the meantime, if anyone asks, such as an employer, simply explain the situation and show some other ID. "Typos" usually have little effect on people's lives. This is a "typo" and nothing more.

I would not even concern myself with the Work/Travel permit and just wait for the Green Card to arrive. The work/travel permit IS temporary and is replaced by the Green Card.