All other names used: include same name but different spelling?

[Laleh 2]

Sorry if this is in the wrong place; I don't understand the forum categories well.

Right now I'm filling in the I-130 and g-325a for my husband. We live in Czech Republic, and some of his documents have his name written in the Czech spelling. They use the Latin alphabet, as in English, but have some different characters such as Š (instead of sh) and č (instead of ch). Some of these characters appear in his name on some of his Czech documents, including our marriage certificate and our daughter's birth certificate.

Should I include these alternate spellings in the "all other names used" space?

His native language is written in cyrillic characters, so of course his name in cyrillic will go in the "native alphabet" space.

[rutabaga 209]

I would think it depends on whether the alternatives to things like š and č are just plain s and c (in which case you can skip listing it) or something more complex like sh and ch, etc. (in which case I'd list the š and č versions as well). Specifically, I have a š in my name, but I transliterate it as a s in English (and it's just a s in the machine readable section of my passport) and I didn't put the š version in all other names used, but maybe someone with more Czech-specific experience will chime in as well.

P.S. In Serbia, I didn't even list my Cyrillic spelling, but we are truly more or less bi-alphabetical (that is we use both Cyrillic and an extended Latin alphabet to write Serbian) so it might be different for people from Uzbekistan/Tajikistan.

P.S. 2: If still in doubt at the end, just put it down, I can't imagine it can hurt your petition/application, but I'd make sure to do so consistently then (i.e., in I130, DS260...).

Edited March 27, 2016 by rutabaga

[Laleh 2]

Thanks! Yes, his name is written with a sh and a ch in English. I'll go ahead and write it on the form, no problem!

We would definitely have to write his name in cyrillic too, since they don't really use the Latin alphabet in Tajikistan and all his Tajik documents have his name in cyrillic characters.

[Ryan H 3,812]

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