When filing for AOS, what should her last name be per form?

[Palmer 12]

When filing forms I-131, I-765,I-864, I-485, and G-325A how should my new wife's name read as? She has her social security card with her pre-married last name. We can't change her last name to my name at the SS office because we were married with less than 14 days left until her K1 expires, at least that is what they told us.

Either way, what form(s) should her pre-married last name be used and what form(s) should her new last name be used? By pre-married last name I mean her last name as it appears on her I-94 when she entered the US.

I am thinking we will not send in the I-131 until her last name is officially changed to my last name. Traveling out of the country with two last names would be an issue. Correct?

The I-765 application for employment has an entry for her new last name and other names used (maiden name) so I am thinking we can use her new last name and pre-married last name here.

The I-864 affidavit of support, use her pre-married name?

Form G-325A, use her pre-married last name?

Form I-485, use her new, my last name?

Sign each form accordingly to her name used on the form.

Thanks....again.

[van1234essa 11]

When filing forms I-131, I-765,I-864, I-485, and G-325A how should my new wife's name read as? She has her social security card with her pre-married last name. We can't change her last name to my name at the SS office because we were married with less than 14 days left until her K1 expires, at least that is what they told us.

Either way, what form(s) should her pre-married last name be used and what form(s) should her new last name be used? By pre-married last name I mean her last name as it appears on her I-94 when she entered the US.

I am thinking we will not send in the I-131 until her last name is officially changed to my last name. Traveling out of the country with two last names would be an issue. Correct?

The I-765 application for employment has an entry for her new last name and other names used (maiden name) so I am thinking we can use her new last name and pre-married last name here.

The I-864 affidavit of support, use her pre-married name?

Form G-325A, use her pre-married last name?

Form I-485, use her new, my last name?

Sign each form accordingly to her name used on the form.

Thanks....again.

If your wife wants to take your last name from now on fill out all forms with your last name and put her maiden name where asked for 'other names used' your marriage certificate entitles you to do so and your greencard and combo card will come with her new name on it. File for the advance parole as well since it's a combo card. Fees are waived if filed along AOS. If you wait you will have to pay later.

And once you get the EAD/AP combo card you can go to the SSN office and have her name changed. That's the route to go

Good luck

[Palmer 12]

Thanks very much!

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

SSN is not used for ID and does not control name change. File all the AOS paperwork in the name she will use from now on. If she travels with the EAD/AP combo card that is in her married name and her passport is in her maiden name, then you will make the plane ticket reservations in her maiden name to match her passport, and bring along a copy of your marriage certificate in case it is needed when re-entering with the AP or green card in her married name.

[Lainie B 465]

If your wife is taking your name then she can use her married name legally from the day she marries you. The only legal proof of name change she needs is the marriage certificate. As others have said, she should put her married name on ALL the forms (unless it asks for "other names used"). It doesn't matter if her maiden name still appears on her SS card. She can get it changed when she receives her EAD or green card.