Should my wife use Married name or Maiden name on the forms?

[FrankSinatra 14]

My soon- to be wife (US citizen, petitioner) and I (beneficiary) are applying for adjustment of status after getting married while IM on the vwp and we were wondering when we are filling the forms, do we need to write her maiden name, or her married name? Her passport, birthcertificate etc have her maiden name. 

Edited July 15, 2017 by FrankSinatra

[Bzlibem 111]

You can use either but stick to it throughout the whole application. The name you choose is the one that will be on her GC

Edited July 15, 2017 by Bzlibem

[FrankSinatra 14]

Just now, Bzlibem said:

You can use either but stick to it throughout the whole application. The name you choose is the one that will be on her GC

She is the US citizen, I am the one applying for AOS 

[Bzlibem 111]

1 minute ago, FrankSinatra said:

She is the US citizen, I am the one applying for AOS 

Oh then she should use her maiden name if she hasn't changed it yet on her social security card and ID's

Edited July 15, 2017 by Bzlibem

[Bzlibem 111]

2 minutes ago, FrankSinatra said:

She is the US citizen, I am the one applying for AOS 

I think that it really depends if she wants to change her last name or keep it maiden. I think you should be fine both ways since the marriage certificate lists her maiden name and also lets her use married name 

[FrankSinatra 14]

2 minutes ago, Bzlibem said:

I think that it really depends if she wants to change her last name or keep it maiden. I think you should be fine both ways since the marriage certificate lists her maiden name and also lets her use married name 

Like on the i-130, they ask for her maiden name too, so I guess its not a big deal if we use her married name, but in the rest of the forms they dont ask about her maiden name, so we were kind of confused and didnt want to create confusion or get denied for using a different name from her birthcertificate and driving license, we are applying for the name change after getting married, but we have to send the package before we change her birth certificate and all that because I want to send the package before the 90 days

[Bzlibem 111]

Just now, FrankSinatra said:

Like on the i-130, they ask for her maiden name too, so I guess its not a big deal if we use her married name, but in the rest of the forms they dont ask about her maiden name, so we were kind of confused and didnt want to create confusion or get denied for using a different name from her birthcertificate and driving license, we are applying for the name change after getting married, but we have to send the package before we change her birth certificate and all that because I want to send the package before the 90 days

I know the confusion. Same if the issue is regarding a beneficiary.. some forms ask for a maiden name and some don't.. I was filling with G-325a forms and I think it was easier since they had all the biographical information about a particular person. I was a beneficiary with a changed name to married and I just put married name everywhere and maiden when asked to. 

Personally I wouldn't worry about it too much.if you want to use her married name then do it and then change it everywhere so SSN, passport, ID.. you should be fine  

 

I.e the biggest confusion I had was the medical form asking for a maiden name (has to match passport) and signature.. but it seemed odd to me to sign all the forms with married name and one form with maiden  but I got advised to sign with married name and everything was fine 

 

Also, I found this thread 

 

[FrankSinatra 14]

5 minutes ago, Bzlibem said:

I know the confusion. Same if the issue is regarding a beneficiary.. some forms ask for a maiden name and some don't.. I was filling with G-325a forms and I think it was easier since they had all the biographical information about a particular person. I was a beneficiary with a changed name to married and I just put married name everywhere and maiden when asked to. 

Personally I wouldn't worry about it too much.if you want to use her married name then do it and then change it everywhere so SSN, passport, ID.. you should be fine  

 

I.e the biggest confusion I had was the medical form asking for a maiden name (has to match passport) and signature.. but it seemed odd to me to sign all the forms with married name and one form with maiden  but I got advised to sign with married name and everything was fine 

 

Also, I found this thread 

 

So, if its fine, we will use her married name, and submit the marriage license with every copy needed of her birth certificate, and after we send the package we will get her social security number and all the rest of documents changed. This question might sound dumb, but, I got 2 last names, does she get one of them? or both? or does she get one, and I lose one, so we both only keep one of my last names? I always been kind of confused when it comes to that subject (damn spanish long names hah)

[Bzlibem 111]

6 minutes ago, FrankSinatra said:

So, if its fine, we will use her married name, and submit the marriage license with every copy needed of her birth certificate, and after we send the package we will get her social security number and all the rest of documents changed. This question might sound dumb, but, I got 2 last names, does she get one of them? or both? or does she get one, and I lose one, so we both only keep one of my last names? I always been kind of confused when it comes to that subject (damn spanish long names hah)

That sounds good!

and about the names I'm not sure if that's what you mean but maybe it's worth a read http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/latino-last-names-and-changing-name-after-the-wedding-question/  

[FrankSinatra 14]

Just now, Bzlibem said:

That sounds good!

and about the names I'm not sure if that's what you mean but maybe it's worth a read http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/latino-last-names-and-changing-name-after-the-wedding-question/  

Thank you so much! So she is probably taking my first last name and I will keep both of my last names (as much as I hate how long my name is I dont want to have to change my birth certificates passports ids and all kind of stuff) so we both will share my first last name, thank you so much! I dont have more questions about this subject!

[Bzlibem 111]

Just now, FrankSinatra said:

Thank you so much! So she is probably taking my first last name and I will keep both of my last names (as much as I hate how long my name is I dont want to have to change my birth certificates passports ids and all kind of stuff) so we both will share my first last name, thank you so much! I dont have more questions about this subject!

Sounds good  good luck and have a nice evening! 

[FrankSinatra 14]

1 minute ago, Bzlibem said:

Sounds good  good luck and have a nice evening! 

Thank you! You too! 

 

[MajaB 2]

She should use the name that appears in her documents at the moment she applies. Because the only confusion would arrive when and if they are trying to match her documents with the name provided in the application/s. 

So if she is planning to get married and change her name, she should first change her paperwork and then start the petition. The very few people I heard had an issue had changed their personal documents after they had started the petition. So while they were waiting on their case to be reviewed. 

 

Therefore you simply make sure you go with go with the name provided in the  personal documents, and don't start changing your name in the middle of all.

[ceeq 53]

Im in the same bubble, im the petitioner but I cant officially change my name yet because we are waiting on the marriage certificate which is taking forever  I only have our customer copy which doesnt count for a valid proof. Apparently.

[TheSkywalkers 143]

On 7/14/2017 at 8:41 PM, FrankSinatra said:

My soon- to be wife (US citizen, petitioner) and I (beneficiary) are applying for adjustment of status after getting married while IM on the vwp and we were wondering when we are filling the forms, do we need to write her maiden name, or her married name? Her passport, birthcertificate etc have her maiden name. 

Married name. You guys are already married so she should be able to use your last name now.

Good luck on the application!