My wife filed for me

[Ayo14771 0]

My wife filed for me as........
Sam ayodeji Smith
And on my passport is
Ayodeji Sam Smith
I hope this will not be a problem during my interview please I need answers that will help

_{(Mod note: name edited- please do not post your full name, postal or email address, case or phone number for your own privacy and safety)}

Edited May 31, 2016 by Penguin_ie

[dwheels76 5,468]

My wife filed for me as........

Sam ayodeji Smith

And on my passport is

Ayodeji Sam Smith

I hope this will not be a problem during my interview please I need answers that will help

_{(Mod note: name edited- please do not post your full name, postal or email address, case or phone number for your own privacy and safety)}

When you get to NVC and fill out the DS-260 ypu will correctly fill out your first, middle and last name.

[NikLR 13,227]

How does your wife not know your legal name?

[Gretch 11]

In many countries in Africa, they don't have the strong distinction between first/middle/last names, and some situations put the last name first while others have it last. My husband often transposes my name, and is hazy on the whole concept anyway. The last letter he sent me was addressed to [first name, last name, middle name]. The one before that was to [last name, first name, middle name]. In the reciprocity information for Rwanda, the state department acknowledges that Rwandan names can be transposed without affecting the legality of the document. It even says (accurately) that Rwandans frequently substitute L and R even on official documents; so my Rwandan friend Alice wouldn't think anything was strange if her birth certificate or marriage document had her listed as Arice. Many people there just don't see the difference. It's like a native English speaker trying to understand the difference in Chinese tones, where the word "ma" can mean four different things depending on a difference in tone that most Americans can't even hear.

Anyway, that's Rwanda; is there any similar statement in the reciprocity information for Nigeria? In any case, it probably depends on the official who reviews your paperwork and interviews you.

[Ayo14771 0]

My wife knows my name completely but she knows am not good with paper works and all that and more so
AYODEJI SAM SMITH is the name I grow up know a called and have been filing during my primary school and secondary school days that's how it is in my native language
My wife also know me as AYODEJI Sam Smith
But when she came here and brought out the forms after we got married here in Lagos she asked me first thing first I should bring my birthday certificate so we don't have to make mistakes
And she say it there as SAM ayodeji Smith And she said ooh good you see that's why we have to check detail propal she like the same Sam too but she is used calling me ayodeji and now she is filing she has to follow the instructions so she is filing according to the birth certificate as
SAM ayodeji Smith But I gave got my passport before she arrive Nigeria which is Ayodeji Sam Smith
That why I am asking forum to look into my case and please advise me who to do a worried heart is here please I can't afford we start all over again the money the time and how we really Want to continue our life worries me

Edited June 1, 2016 by Penguin_ie

[Gretch 11]

I really think you might be okay. If your birth certificate and passport say two different things, she obviously had to choose one to follow for the paperwork. I wonder if it's possible to get a new passport with your name written as it is on your birth certificate. I would ask about that at the passport office. Otherwise, I think again it will depend on the individual who reviews your case. Again this is a common issue in Africa. The officials will be familiar with it, and even if they say your documents are not acceptable, I don't think they'll say it's fraud; they'll give a checklist or tell you to come back with a corrected passport. Take courage, this will probably not be the biggest problem you have.

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

****** DO NOT use your full name, postal or email address, case or phone number in public forums like this; this is for your own privacy and safety. *****

[Ayo14771 0]

Thank you God bless you so much thank thank you I am new to all this I don't know about it at all am grateful that you