DS156 Question8: other surnames used

[Knobby_Wheezer 0]

I have a question about Question 8 of the DS-156. It asks for other names used and then lists possibilities in parentheses (maiden, religious, professional, aliases).

I have, initially while practicing filling this form out, put N/A in the box. But, when I got my Police Certificate back from the RCMP it says, in one of the boxes at the top "Other Names Used" and lists the surname that I used for a while when I was previously married.

On the DS-156 Question 9, where it asks for "Other First and Middle Names Used," I filled that in with my nickname (since no one uses my long legal name unless they don't know me).

I am confused about the verb tense: used. I still use my nickname, but don't use the adopted married surname anymore because I am no longer married to that person. So, do they mean used at any time in the past as well as now, or do they just mean now? Because it could be taken either way: used in the past and still using or only used in the past.

Sorry for the bother if this question is answered elsewhere. It's not in the samples because the samples just say NONE or N/A (can't remember which at the moment).

[YuAndDan 153]

Other surnames used means just that, "USED" if you were married at one time and "USED" your your former husband's name, you need to put that there, also should have been on the G-325A form that was filed with your visa petition to the USCIS in the beginning of the process.

[Knobby_Wheezer 0]

Thank you. I have done just that.

As for the G325a in quadruplicate, I don't have copies of them. My fiancé (the USC) has them. We didn't make umpteen copies of the I-129f: only 2---an extra for him and one that got sent to USCIS. He will bring the copy with him so that we don't have to reprint all the copies of the emails again---only add the newest ones since that time.