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SilverDragon72   3

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Greetings Visa Journey people!

 

My wife and I got married last July after she came to the US using the K1 Visa program. It took a while to finish the Adjustment of Status paperwork and receiving her Permanent Residency Green Card. All is well, she now has

a Social Security Card, a Wisconsin State ID Card, Employer ID Card and of course the Marriage License from Wisconsin. Everything is in order, and she has taken my last name for her life here in the US.

 

So, the situation we have is this: She is originally from Peru. Her passport still shows her Maiden last name, as does her National ID Card called a "DNI". We are going to begin the process of formally changing these as well, via the Peruvian Embassy located in Chicago, Ill. However, she wants to take a trip to Peru in about 5 weeks from now. From what I've been told, it can take 2+ months for an application to be processed for changing her passport. Is there something we can get, such as a document stating that her application to change is being processed? My concern is that she would have a problem when reentering the US upon return, since her passport last name is not the same as her documents here in the US. When we buy the tickets to travel, I would assume that we use her newly changed name from our marriage? Or should we use her maiden name on her passport? Should I call USCIS and see what they have to say? 

 

As I've said above, we have all of the proper documentation to prove that she can legally reenter the US. The only discrepancy that we have is her passport with her maiden name on it, which we will be changing. The Marriage License shows the date her last name was changed to mine. Would US Customs give her a hard time upon reentry? What does everyone think? Thanks!

 

 

Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   45,921

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Call USCIS?

 

ROFL

 

She has documentation regarding her change of name?

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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SilverDragon72   3

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Just now, Boiler said:

Call USCIS?

 

ROFL

 

She has documentation regarding her change of name?

Yes, we have documentation regarding her name change. Call USCIS....yes, it's funny I know.  

The Marriage license...

Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   45,921

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Take it with her.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   45,871

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Thread about traveling is moved from General Immigration Discussion to the Working & Traveling forum.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

Unlockable Mentor

Unlockable   7,315

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My wife traveled 2 times to her home country with her married name on her GC and her maiden name in her Passport.

 

Shouldn't be a problem. My only suggestion is to buy the tickets to match her name that is in the passport and bring all the evidence she has for the name change.

 

 

Safe travels.

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JFH Grand Master

JFH   12,191

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The ticket must match the name on the passport. Whether she likes/uses this name or not. What is on her drivers license/green card/library card/Costco card is irrelevant for the purposes of being accepted for travel by the airline. 

Timeline in brief:

Married: September 27, 2014

I-130 filed: February 5, 2016

NOA1: February 8, 2016 Nebraska

NOA2: July 21, 2016

Interview: December 6, 2016 London

POE: December 19, 2016 Las Vegas

N-400 filed: September 30, 2019

Interview: March 22, 2021 Seattle

Oath: March 22, 2021 COVID-style same-day oath

 

Now a US citizen!

Sunnyland Proficient

Sunnyland   639

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As for her passport being in her maiden name. That should not be a problem at all. I traveled to Argentina (while doing AOS) with my argentine passport under maiden name and my AP and at POE Miami the officer did not even ask me to show them the AP or Marriage certificate but they have all the info in their system so they will cross reference. She has to travel with her her passport, GC and marriage cert of course.

They know your wife will have her original passport in her maiden name. 

 

1 hour ago, JFH said:

The ticket must match the name on the passport. Whether she likes/uses this name or not. What is on her drivers license/green card/library card/Costco card is irrelevant for the purposes of being accepted for travel by the airline. 

Exactly.

mcdull Community Regular

mcdull   474

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Travelled many times with my passport in maiden name and green card in married name. Never experienced any problem entering the US. (I have global entry so I never had to show my passport anyway)   

 

I've always purchased tickets in my mainden name until I formally changed my name through deed poll. 

SilverDragon72 Explorer

SilverDragon72   3

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Thanks for all of the answers. I welcome more points of view! I was thinking that she would be able to travel without any problems, but I want to make sure that doesn't happen.

 

So I should purchase the tickets using her maiden name on her passport then? Should I forget about calling USCIS then? I figured that she can bring additional documents that prove her

residency in the US upon reentry in the country.

 
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