Changing Maiden Name to Married name

[vosman 0]

Greetings,

I'm currently finishing up at the NVC stage in this process, I called the NVC to ask them how to change my wife's maiden name ( since all the correspondence was coming in her old name) I was told to send an email attaching my marriage certificate and requesting to switched her "primary" name and her "alias", so i did that and received this email today:

The NVC is unable to change an applicant's name without a copy of the applicant's valid passport containing the applicant's current name. If you wish the name to be changed, please submit a copy of the biographical page of the applicant's passport to the address below.

National Visa Center

ATTN: WC

31 Rochester Avenue, Suite 200

Portsmouth, NH 03801-2915

My question, Has anyone done this sort of thing before? Is it better to wait to after the this whole process and request when we remove the conditions?and finally can I email them this biographical page instead of snail mail?

V/r,

Vosman

[NikLR 13,227]

Visa will be in passport name. She can change her passport up until the interview day and get the visa and then green card in her married name if that is her wish. But she MUST change her passport to do so, or else it's $450 to change the green card, OR you can wait until you ROC.

[Karebear 13]

I was thinking the same thing. My passport doesn't expire until 2017. I have changed all my IDs to my married name. Cheaper to change the passport now I guess.

[pushbrk 12,898]

Greetings,

I'm currently finishing up at the NVC stage in this process, I called the NVC to ask them how to change my wife's maiden name ( since all the correspondence was coming in her old name) I was told to send an email attaching my marriage certificate and requesting to switched her "primary" name and her "alias", so i did that and received this email today:

The NVC is unable to change an applicant's name without a copy of the applicant's valid passport containing the applicant's current name. If you wish the name to be changed, please submit a copy of the biographical page of the applicant's passport to the address below.

National Visa Center

ATTN: WC

31 Rochester Avenue, Suite 200

Portsmouth, NH 03801-2915

My question, Has anyone done this sort of thing before? Is it better to wait to after the this whole process and request when we remove the conditions?and finally can I email them this biographical page instead of snail mail?

V/r,

Vosman

If the passport is already in the married name, send a color copy by snail mail. That can be emailed to you, printed and just mailed from within the USA. That's far easier than waiting until some other time. Just do it.

If the passport is not already in the married name, get it changed. Yes, that will cause a delay but you've had months to deal with this and didn't do so.

[vosman 0]

If the passport is already in the married name, send a color copy by snail mail. That can be emailed to you, printed and just mailed from within the USA. That's far easier than waiting until some other time. Just do it.

If the passport is not already in the married name, get it changed. Yes, that will cause a delay but you've had months to deal with this and didn't do so.

Yea I'll do that, I'll get the passport changed, we ran into issues because she lives in Quebec. And "french Canadians" have this law where the woman is not allowed to take the married name. However since the pass port is issued by the government then I don't think that wont be an issue. I'll have to look it up.

[NikLR 13,227]

Ah Quebec... what a royal pain in the #######. I suggest she travel to Ontario to a passport office and have it expedited.

[MrsY 0]

How about if all the petition papers were in married name then filled up in ds260 in maiden name coz the passport still in maiden name. Is there possible that the embassy hold your visa long till u can produce ur passport in married name?

[pushbrk 12,898]

Yes, that's possible but when "holding" the visa AFTER interview, you lose control. Better to submit the correct passport and maintain control of the timing yourself.

[jolyn69 28]

Mine was in the NVC stage when i changed from maiden to married name because when submited our I-130 im not yet change my passport.So i email to nvc what can i do and nvc adviced me to email our marriage certificate and thats it.

[pushbrk 12,898]

Mine was in the NVC stage when i changed from maiden to married name because when submited our I-130 im not yet change my passport.So i email to nvc what can i do and nvc adviced me to email our marriage certificate and thats it.

That may well satisfy NVC, but you still have to change the passport so the visa can be issued in the passport name.

[jolyn69 28]

yeah i did.