Help? - Additional last name on fiancee's BC

[James and Ary 0]

While getting the necessary paperwork together to prepare for our October 29, 2013 interview in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, my fiancee discovered something interesting.

Her "father" - whom she did not know, and who was not originally listed on her birth certificate, seems to have "recognized" her as his daughter in 2010, while she was living in Europe.

She now has an additional last name - and a new listing under the paternal side of her certificate - two things that are NOT on our USCIS application (because we didn't know!)

All of her other documentation - including passport, national ID and the Birth Certificate she left the country with in 2008 (which does not include an entry in the paternal fields), are all under the name we used to file our application.

We've gone to a lawyer and gotten a document that was approved by the Corte Suprema which essentially states that "this person with these four names is the same as this person with these three."

However, is this enough? She is filing a petition to remove the additional last name, but that will take six months to process, and her interview is in three weeks.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

[Ana Garfais 0]

I cant make a real statement since Im not a US Embassy final authority. But I do have an experience with my younger sister. There was a "typo" with her name since Day 1. So eventually my parents decided to go back and fixed the "typo" . Soon after we realized her Visa did not matched her new passport. We asked the Embassy and we had to go to the Embassy and get a New Visa (although the previous one was still active), We had to show them all the proof of the name change, new passport and birth certificate. I know you all must be highly annoyed but just wait and see. Wish you all the Best and keep your hopes up, eventually It will come to you!

[James and Ary 0]

The trouble is, our interview is four days after yours. We don't have time to change the BC. We have to explain that her father was unknown to her, that she didn't know about or authorize the change, and hope for the best.

Fortunately, we haven't gotten the visa yet - so a reissue won't be necessary. However, I am worried about a delay in processing - or worse, an outright refusal.

[Ana Garfais 0]

I asked my mom, and she told me that your fiancé needs to go to "Registro Nacional de las Personas(RNP)" and ask for "Rectificacion de Nombre en Acta de Nacimiento" the RNP should have a lawyer available, and It took them 15 days to get my younger sisters name corrected. So your fiancé should ask them to "correct" her name and change it to what it was previously. I am not sure in which city in Honduras is your fiancé asking for her change of name, but at least in San Pedro Sula it took my parents 15 days to update her typo.

I would said try again in the RNP. I was told it took 7 days to get my police certificate, but I was able to get them in 2hrs. So just go back to the RNP, and stressed the fact that you need that name updated As soon as possible. It might take more 'tip" but It will be worth it. At least I have already reserved the place and some vendors, I cant imagine having to cancel all that.