G325A - married name vs maiden name question

[Sweetmelissa 82]

Hello!

I am just starting to prepare all of my AOS paper work, following the guides here as closely as possible.

I noticed on the AOS G-325A example form, at the top the (fictitious) petitioner uses her married name as family name, with maiden under "other names used", and at the bottom signature portion uses her maiden name as the family name. http://www.visajourney.com/examples/INS-Form-G-325A-aos.pdf

I am changing my name (hyphenating), so is it safe to assume that I can just use my new last name for EVERYTHING (unless specifically stated) in the AOS?

Thanks!

M

[clairegie 265]

Yes, use your married name on everything unless specifically stated to do otherwise.

Do not over think it.

[Lainie B 465]

It's a mistake on the Visajourney example form. I noticed that when I went through AOS. Ignore it and use your new married name as the family name, and only put your maiden name where it asks for "other names" or "name as it appears on I-94"

[Sweetmelissa 82]

Thanks!

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

It's a mistake on the Visajourney example form. I noticed that when I went through AOS. Ignore it and use your new married name as the family name, and only put your maiden name where it asks for "other names" or "name as it appears on I-94"

Yes, and has been posted about and the admin asked to fix it more than once, but it goes on ignored and unchanged.