Kids & Post Green Card Name Change

[MikeAndIryna 0]

We enrolled my step daughter in school 1.5 years ago with my last name. Her mother & I were married and wanted to keep everything the same (last name in school) and not have to change everything on the front end of the AOS process and doing it on the backend instead.

We filed and were approved for AOS, I have a Fed Tax ID # for her that I used the last 2 returns (she's 13). Tomorrow, we are going to file for a legal name change, which takes about a month and of course $$, then we will need to send in the document with what form to get her green card re-issued in her new name? Once we have those in place, can get a regular SS# and all should be good for a while. Thanks for the help.

[wannabe_texan 0]

Think you will need I-90 for name change on GC.

Hope this helps! Link to form/instructions for name change on USCIS site here

Edited February 26, 2007 by wannabe_texan

[eau_xplain 2]

We enrolled my step daughter in school 1.5 years ago with my last name. Her mother & I were married and wanted to keep everything the same (last name in school) and not have to change everything on the front end of the AOS process and doing it on the backend instead.

We filed and were approved for AOS, I have a Fed Tax ID # for her that I used the last 2 returns (she's 13). Tomorrow, we are going to file for a legal name change, which takes about a month and of course $$, then we will need to send in the document with what form to get her green card re-issued in her new name? Once we have those in place, can get a regular SS# and all should be good for a while. Thanks for the help.

Mike, did you have to officially adopt your stepdaughter in order to make her name change legal?

[rebelheart 0]

We enrolled my step daughter in school 1.5 years ago with my last name. Her mother & I were married and wanted to keep everything the same (last name in school) and not have to change everything on the front end of the AOS process and doing it on the backend instead.

We filed and were approved for AOS, I have a Fed Tax ID # for her that I used the last 2 returns (she's 13). Tomorrow, we are going to file for a legal name change, which takes about a month and of course $, then we will need to send in the document with what form to get her green card re-issued in her new name? Once we have those in place, can get a regular SS# and all should be good for a while. Thanks for the help.

Mike, did you have to officially adopt your stepdaughter in order to make her name change legal?

Hey Mike, my husband let my son used his last name already since the school year started, my son is 5 yrs old and a GC holder already this year. As per inquiries in court house, after 1 yr being with my son custody, he is allowed to adopt him thru courthouse legal name change.

Since my son is minor age, as soon he got the adoption decree, we could get him SSN in his new name and even could apply him thru waiver for citizenship because of adoption decree and get him a US passport.

This is per our inquiries, any additional comments on this or correction i will appreciately entertain.

Goodluck on this for us.

-rebelheart-

[MikeAndIryna 0]

We enrolled my step daughter in school 1.5 years ago with my last name. Her mother & I were married and wanted to keep everything the same (last name in school) and not have to change everything on the front end of the AOS process and doing it on the backend instead.

We filed and were approved for AOS, I have a Fed Tax ID # for her that I used the last 2 returns (she's 13). Tomorrow, we are going to file for a legal name change, which takes about a month and of course $$, then we will need to send in the document with what form to get her green card re-issued in her new name? Once we have those in place, can get a regular SS# and all should be good for a while. Thanks for the help.

Mike, did you have to officially adopt your stepdaughter in order to make her name change legal?

Howdy Eau & Rebelheart - it appears the process varies from State to State somewhat. We filled out the petition, paid them the $$, running an ad in the local paper for 3 weeks, then have a hearing where the Judge just stamps it and we ae good to go. However, one of the forms in the packet states "XXXX, a minor, has resided in the family of the Petioners, and has been recognized and known as an adopted child in the family of Petioners".

So it appears the by product, in IL, of having a minor renamed is considered adoption. I wonder if now she can go to the head of the line for her citizenship? While we did get a Green Card for her, we didn't do SS yet, because of the name change, so in the interim just using a Fed Tax ID #. Soon as the name change is done, then we get to do new green card (and if I time it before her 14th bday, wave the biometircs fee), then SS card then maybe citizenship?

Edited February 27, 2007 by MikeAndIryna