Getting Canadian Passport Changed to Married Name

[Danielle and Jake 24]

You are most welcome. Yes bring the NOA with you. This will show USCIS that you have a current AOS application which is being adjudicated. They shouldn't decline entry back into the US with the AP but if you have concerns about this then maybe just call that particular border crossing to get information or ask if they are familiar with the AP card and how to process someone coming back into the US with it. It can't hurt and this way you can also get an officer name so if you do have an issue coming back into the US, you can say "Well I spoke to officer so and so on the phone on such and such date and he/she informed me that....etc. etc. etc.

Hope that this helps. Yeah it sucks when the POE agents don't know what they are doing. I work in Canada and come home on Friday nights and always end up with the same tool CPB agent who asks a 1000 questions and always likes to go through my car as well as the cars in front and behind me. Hoping that this won't be an issue once I take my US Citizenship Oath in a month.

Thanks! That's a little more comforting, and I'll consider calling them. Is secondary open 24/7 at every POE? I am asking because that may impact when we come back just in terms of being busy, becuase yeah, when we crossed at roughly 1-2pm last time, it was somewhat busy.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Wow - I literally have never been held up at the border in the last 10 yrs - not when I entered on my K1 (1/2-3/4 hr tops)...mostly waiting. Not when I travelled using my AP and never with my GC. No harassment at the border whether we fly (Toronto) or drive (Buffalo) - I swear we get the same USBP guy every time we pull up though...we get through in under a minute every single time.

I travelled with my maiden name passport and my marriage cert several times without issue.

[Danielle and Jake 24]

Yeah so I guess it depends. We weren't really harassed, it's just nobody knew what to do, and that's just scary when it concerns someone's livelihood.