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My wife had her name changed after we got married on a k1 visa in usa. of course she changed her name to take my last name.

Now she wants to visit her home country but her passport still bears her original /old name and not the new name.

Can she travel with the old passport or she needs to get a new passport?

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Yes, old passport is fine, just make sure she carries a copy of her marriage certificate to evidence the name discrepancy.

I'm not sure from your timeline, but will she be returning to the US with her green card? And her GC name is different from her passport name?

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(Helping aunt with cousin's petition)

01/02/2011: PD (Priority Date)
01/04/2011: I-130 NOA1

02/16/2011: I-130 NOA2

08/04/2016: Received DS-261/AOS Bill

08/06/2016: Completed DS-261/Paid AOS Bill

08/16/2016: Received IV Bill

10/11/2016: Submitted AOS/IV documentation

10/11/2016: Paid IV fee bill

10/14/2016: Submitted DS-260

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*** Thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the Working & Traveling forum -- topic is travel. ***

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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As is often discussed at this forum, book the plane ticket with her name on the old passport. She should also bring with her get new GC (with the new name on it), and a copy of her marriage certificate. Eventually, she will need to get a new passport, the regulations/instructions on accomplishing that should be available at her home country's embassy and/or website, and are likely country-specific.

Read some other recent similar/same-themed threads in this forum for more information.

Good luck on your immigration journey.

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Yes, old passport is fine, just make sure she carries a copy of her marriage certificate to evidence the name discrepancy.

I'm not sure from your timeline, but will she be returning to the US with her green card? And her GC name is different from her passport name?

Yes, her GC bears her new name and she's travelling with her 10yrs Green Card.

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If you don't want any delays.. Just get a new passport.

When you get married and change your name, passport is one of the documents recommended to be changed also.

As you may already be aware, the marriage certificate from Ghana is not the typical document common with westerners so, you get extra scrutiny.

Don't take that chance. Get a new one.

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Interview :  11/15/2016

Result: AP  (form 221 (g))

Correspondence with Embassy: Tons of emails, Facebook posts, tweets, Congressman inquiry

Complaint letter with OIG : 12/29/2016

Case dispatched to diplomatic pouch : 01/11/2017

Case dispatched from diplomatic mail service to NVC : 01/23/2017

Case arrived at NVC: 01/26/2017

NVC sent case to USCIS : 02/09/2017 (system update)

Case receive by USCIS (text & email notification): 03/07/2017

 

Reaffirm Petition Timeline for folks in GHANA.. Please update your information..Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k0NXnbJdyEIRR1_Dr4t3yXmsM0tBbq-tZsj0-o3cMV0/edit?usp=sharing

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If you don't want any delays.. Just get a new passport.

When you get married and change your name, passport is one of the documents recommended to be changed also.

As you may already be aware, the marriage certificate from Ghana is not the typical document common with westerners so, you get extra scrutiny.

Don't take that chance. Get a new one.

Her marriage certificate is not from Ghana. It's a marriage certificate from the US Court after she entered the usa on K1 Visa.

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My wife had her name changed after we got married on a k1 visa in usa. of course she changed her name to take my last name.

Now she wants to visit her home country but her passport still bears her original /old name and not the new name.

Can she travel with the old passport or she needs to get a new passport?

Simple, use the old passport when she goes to GH and have the GC with you, and when she is coming back use the GC because thats the only form of ID she has in the US. My wife and i recently visited GH and thats what we did and all went well...

Timeline for N-400   
Package Sent ----> 3/13/17

Package Received ---> Friday, March 17, 2017 @ 3:50 am

CC Charged ---->  3/20/2017
NOA ----> 3/23/17                                                                                
Finger Prints ---> 4/14/2017 --> Early FP 4/12/17!!
Inline for an Interview notice received ---> 4/14/17
Interview Scheduled ---> Waiting for letter in the mail to see the actual date.  8/30/17
letter in the mail arrived ---> 9/5/17
Interview Date ---> 10/05/17
Oath ---> 10/12/2017
 
 
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Yes, old passport is fine, just make sure she carries a copy of her marriage certificate to evidence the name discrepancy.

I'm not sure from your timeline, but will she be returning to the US with her green card? And her GC name is different from her passport name?

Yes, her GC name is different from her passport name?

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