1-130 for Indian spouse with no surname

[mfriend12 1]

Hi there, I have tried to ask this elsewhere but not gotten any feedback.

We are applying via DCF in Seoul for my husband's visa since I work here, but my husband is from India. He has no legal surname, even though he uses a surname (Khan) in his name and on many documents. However this is not his legal "family name" and surname is blank on his passport.

I worry about applying for his CR-1 visa with no surname because I expect it would be difficult in the future for him to get any kind of documents in the future (bank account, license, SSN, etc) without a last name.

Has anyone else run into this problem? I would like to just file using his last name, making a note on our cover letter that his passport lists no surname but he has a last name on other documents (marriage certificate, bank account, other visas, etc) ... would that work? I'm just paranoid about getting everything done and then running into trouble later...

[Blueberry Pancake 311]

See here:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/343935-what-did-you-put-for-no-last-name/

And other google search results https://www.google.pl/search?q=%22immigrtion%22+%22no+family+name%22&oq=%22immigrtion%22+%22no+family+name%22&aqs=chrome..69i57.10098j0j4&sourceid=chrome&espvd=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#es_sm=122&psj=1&q=%22immigration%22+%22no+family+name%22&safe=off&spell=1

[Aya_P 17]

its country dependent, i had to change my name on birth cert to match those on my other docs as requested by the usemb here so i did an affidavit and requested for a new bcert.

so iim thinking an option would be for him to get an affidavit for change/append of name, then the name becomes legal ...and yes a new passport with new name so the "khan" can be used everywhere. ....just my opinion

T.

[mfriend12 1]

Thanks. Can I ask what country you applied from?

Unfortunately India is a complicated place to do any kind of bureaucratic formalities. It took about 9 months for my husband to even get a passport and several months for us to get a marriage certificate - I shudder to think about going through another process for a legal name change and new passport.

Thanks to Blueberry Pancake also, I have read that thread you linked to, and most of the advice is to simply write "None" or "No last name". I guess my main concern would be future difficulties for life in the US.

its country dependent, i had to change my name on birth cert to match those on my other docs as requested by the usemb here so i did an affidavit and requested for a new bcert.

so iim thinking an option would be for him to get an affidavit for change/append of name, then the name becomes legal ...and yes a new passport with new name so the "khan" can be used everywhere. ....just my opinion

T.

[Blueberry Pancake 311]

Thanks. Can I ask what country you applied from?

Unfortunately India is a complicated place to do any kind of bureaucratic formalities. It took about 9 months for my husband to even get a passport and several months for us to get a marriage certificate - I shudder to think about going through another process for a legal name change and new passport.

Thanks to Blueberry Pancake also, I have read that thread you linked to, and most of the advice is to simply write "None" or "No last name". I guess my main concern would be future difficulties for life in the US.

Couldn't he take your last name?

[Boggy1974 124]

Thanks. Can I ask what country you applied from?

Unfortunately India is a complicated place to do any kind of bureaucratic formalities. It took about 9 months for my husband to even get a passport and several months for us to get a marriage certificate - I shudder to think about going through another process for a legal name change and new passport.

Thanks to Blueberry Pancake also, I have read that thread you linked to, and most of the advice is to simply write "None" or "No last name". I guess my main concern would be future difficulties for life in the US.

Actually the majority advice or opinion in the thread BP provided you was to use (- ----- ) in the last name space. See the pushbrk's and others within that thread.