I passed! However a question...

[Messybrownhair 251]

Hi everyone,

I had my interview today at Philadelphia. It went pretty well but he was a little confused by my name because I followed the traditional custom of changing my maiden name to my middle name which I did back during AOS and never had any problems. All my documents and Ids have this name. He asked me if I did a court change for it. He then said I'll probably do a name change oath taking for procedural purposes which is why he didn't give me an oath date on the spot, he said I will get a letter in the mail and it will be at my local courthouse. Other than that, it was pretty straightforward and took about 20 minutes.

Oh and he did ask me about my speeding ticket because I disclosed it and asked me if I paid it and I had the receipt, I said yes and that was that.

My question is, surely I'm not the only one he's encountered who has changed their name after marriage this way? It's not really that uncommon. He gave me the letter saying I am approved. Do you think everything is ok?

Goodluck to the rest of the April filers and of course all other n400 filers

[Leatherneck 693]

Hi everyone,

I had my interview today at Philadelphia. It went pretty well but he was a little confused by my name because I followed the traditional custom of changing my maiden name to my middle name which I did back during AOS and never had any problems. All my documents and Ids have this name. He asked me if I did a court change for it. He then said I'll probably do a name change oath taking for procedural purposes which is why he didn't give me an oath date on the spot, he said I will get a letter in the mail and it will be at my local courthouse. Other than that, it was pretty straightforward and took about 20 minutes.

Oh and he did ask me about my speeding ticket because I disclosed it and asked me if I paid it and I had the receipt, I said yes and that was that.

My question is, surely I'm not the only one he's encountered who has changed their name after marriage this way? It's not really that uncommon. He gave me the letter saying I am approved. Do you think everything is ok?

Goodluck to the rest of the April filers and of course all other n400 filers

Yes.

Congratulations!

[poolbruce 22]

some Americans do not know Filipino customs. Here, in Youngstown Ohio, they knew that custom and we had no problems. A lot of civil servants aren't trained properly.....just given the job. Sorry for your problem

[Messybrownhair 251]

What if that man who interviewed me decides I need a name change oath? I just googled that my county only does oaths 2x a year and the next one won't be until November

[Birdo 16]

I would wait for a couple of weeks and then if nothing changes or you're not scheduled for Oath, send a letter to the Local Office, addressed to the Supervisor or Manager of that particular Office, and write down your concerns in the letter. People do get good responses addressing the actual peeps who oversee things in the Local Offices.

[Messybrownhair 251]

I would wait for a couple of weeks and then if nothing changes or you're not scheduled for Oath, send a letter to the Local Office, addressed to the Supervisor or Manager of that particular Office, and write down your concerns in the letter. People do get good responses addressing the actual peeps who oversee things in the Local Offices.

I didn't know you could do that.. Write a letter to Philly uscis? I hope it doesn't come to that and I'm just being paranoid

[Birdo 16]

I didn't know you could do that.. Write a letter to Philly uscis? I hope it doesn't come to that and I'm just being paranoid

Yes, you can certainly do that - on the November 2013 filers thread a person wrote a letter to the Local Office because his wife wasn't getting scheduled for Oath for a long time. He received a response pretty promptly (I believe he put in his email address in the letter as well) and his wife got her Oath ceremony scheduled soon after.

[Messybrownhair 251]

I will wait 45 days then start writing.. But I'm hopeful I'll hear from them before that