Help regarding middle name spelling for k1 visa

[sidv83 0]

Hi,

 

I need some advice.  My fiancee has the middle name of Александровна in Russian, and we applied for the k1 visa using the English spelling Alexandrovna (I assumed this was the accepted English spelling and when my fiancee checked through the i-129f with me she made no objection to this spelling of her name).  We got our NOA1 and NOA2 approved, and have scheduled her visa interview in Moscow on August 24 (I will be in Moscow to accompany her).

 

However, this past week she has looked through her older documents and it seems her English version of her diploma was spelled using the middle name spelled as Aleksandrovna.  She also found that a previous visa issued to her also had the spelling of Aleksandrovna, not Alexandrovna.

 

I am not kicking myself for not having checked an English copy of her diploma before filing the I-129f.  If I had, I would have spelled her middle name as Aleksandrovna on the I-129f.  My fiancee's passport (not the visas issued on it) have her full name in Russian, but just her first and last name in English, not her middle name.

 

In the interest of consistency with her diploma, we are now wondering if it is too late to have the middle name changed from Alexandrovna to Aleksandrovna for the k1 visa.  We have up till now in this process been using the Alexandrovna spelling.  Would it still be possible in the interview to ask the embassy in Moscow to use the spelling Aleksandrovna for the k1 visa?  What should I put on the I-134 Affidavit of Support to bring to the interview--Alexandrovna or Aleksandrovna?

Will any of this mix up affect her chances for social security, adjustment of status, etc in the future?  Please advise and help!  Thank you.

 

[Going through 5,671]

First of all, that's a beautiful name, no matter how it's spelled...

 

Use the correct English spelling of her name going forward on any other paperwork you fill out.  As for the interview just mention the mix up in the spelling and see what they say.

[sidv83 0]

To prevent others from making this mistake, shouldn't http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ru/Spelling_of_most_patronymics.pdf be stickied?  If I saw this before filing the I-129f, we wouldn't have made this error...

[sidv83 0]

The embassy was unreachable by phone (it kept disconnecting whenever the transfer from the recording to a person happened), so I emailed them at the contact email listed on the visa embassy website to alert them of the issue.  We will also bring a copy of this email to the interview.

Edited August 4, 2017 by sidv83