Family Name (maiden name or married name?)

[mamosc 7]

Hi,

When asked to provide your Family (last) name, should my wife write down her maiden name or her married name (my last name)? She is a US Citizen who is submitting petitions on my behalf for adjustment of status.

Thanks!

[MeetTheBrowns 0]

Whatever her legal last name is I would submit that. If her visa and information is in her maiden name, keep with that. If it is in her married name, keep with that. Hope this helps.

[David & Diana R 1,005]

Fill in your timeline and we can be of assistance. Without that it is difficult to see where you are in the process to figure out which form you are referring to.

[Heather&Ramy 22]

Well, if you are adjusting status, then technically it is no longer your US citizen wife who is petitioning for you, but you are petitioning for yourself! So on the I-485 at the very begining, where it says "Information about You", it is asking about the non-citizen spouse. It asks elsewhere on the form about your current family members (spouse/children) and there you would put your US citizen wife's married name.

The only form where your US Citizen wife would be petitioning is the I-864 Affidavit of Support. List her married name everywhere unless is specifically says otherwise, or asks for a maiden/previous name separately. (That is, as long as you are currently married. )

[kc247 22]

If you are married & she took your last name, then she would put her married name. Family name is the same as surname.