Filing AOS today ! Once last petitioner question.

[dcp19 7]

Finally at the end of these late nights and endless streams of paper and getting ready to mail my AOS packet today!

 

One last question thought popped into my head...

 

My wife (the petitioner) has used her maiden name on all the paperwork as she has yet to legally change it. We noted this in the cover letter saying we "were recently married, yadda yadda yadda..."

There is no problem in this as far as I can see, but the USCIS isn't going to be weird about this in anyway, are they? 

OR should she have used her married name throughout the filing ?

 

Small concern but thought I'd ask

 

THANK YOU VJ'ers! X

 

[TNJ17 1,329]

Welcome to modern times. Not everyone changes their names. Most women don’t. 

[dcp19 7]

3 minutes ago, TNJ17 said:

Welcome to modern times. Not everyone changes their names. Most women don’t. 

exaccccctly! 

[Etamkoos 100]

3 hours ago, dcp19 said:

Finally at the end of these late nights and endless streams of paper and getting ready to mail my AOS packet today!

 

One last question thought popped into my head...

 

My wife (the petitioner) has used her maiden name on all the paperwork as she has yet to legally change it. We noted this in the cover letter saying we "were recently married, yadda yadda yadda..."

There is no problem in this as far as I can see, but the USCIS isn't going to be weird about this in anyway, are they? 

OR should she have used her married name throughout the filing ?

 

Small concern but thought I'd ask

 

THANK YOU VJ'ers! X

 

I feel your pain, we are about to post our AOS packet too, however, every time I think we are almost done, I realise there is something else to add or check.  I am a bit of a perfectionist to an OCD degree.  We just want it in so we can finally relax!

 

I am a little confused by your post.  Did she keep her maiden name when you married?  By that I mean, is it her maiden name as her married last name on the marriage certificate?  If she changed her last name to yours, then, is that not considered a legal name change?

[dcp19 7]

25 minutes ago, Etamkoos said:

I feel your pain, we are about to post our AOS packet too, however, every time I think we are almost done, I realise there is something else to add or check.  I am a bit of a perfectionist to an OCD degree.  We just want it in so we can finally relax!

 

I am a little confused by your post.  Did she keep her maiden name when you married?  By that I mean, is it her maiden name as her married last name on the marriage certificate?  If she changed her last name to yours, then, is that not considered a legal name change?

She changed her name on the marriage certificate to mine but hasn't changed all any of her other legal docs. TBH I'm over going mental about it, I'm sure they'll understand. 

 

 

[dcp19 7]

42 minutes ago, Etamkoos said:

I feel your pain, we are about to post our AOS packet too, however, every time I think we are almost done, I realise there is something else to add or check.  I am a bit of a perfectionist to an OCD degree.  We just want it in so we can finally relax!

 

I am a little confused by your post.  Did she keep her maiden name when you married?  By that I mean, is it her maiden name as her married last name on the marriage certificate?  If she changed her last name to yours, then, is that not considered a legal name change?

GOOD LUCK WITH YOURS!

[Etamkoos 100]

2 minutes ago, dcp19 said:

She changed her name on the marriage certificate to mine but hasn't changed all any of her other legal docs. TBH I'm over going mental about it, I'm sure they'll understand. 

 

I completely understand when you say you are done with stressing about it.  Personally, I would have changed her surname in the documentation as it is legally yours now and underneath that she would list her maiden name.  I am not sure why you have left it as It is fairly easy to change to avoid a potential RFE.  USCIS understand that she will need to change her name in all other areas legally and that may not have been done yet.

[Megalopolis 1]

Hi, I (the petitioner) had the same question filling out our packet.

 

When does she plan to make the change?

 

The last piece I am waiting on for our packet is the marriage certificate copy. Once I have that, I will send off the AOS and all the paperwork for the name change at the same time.  So I have filled out all of the AOS forms with my married name. There is a part that asks for other previous names where I have entered my married name, so that should cover it.

[Etamkoos 100]

Just now, dcp19 said:

GOOD LUCK WITH YOURS!

 

Thank you, it has been a long and arduous task completing this package, we have been up the wall with it!  I can't imagine what others have been through.  Good luck with yours too x.

[dcp19 7]

2 minutes ago, Etamkoos said:

 

I completely understand when you say you are done with stressing about it.  Personally, I would have changed her surname in the documentation as it is legally yours now and underneath that she would list her maiden name.  I am not sure why you have left it as It is fairly easy to change to avoid a potential RFE.  USCIS understand that she will need to change her name in all other areas legally and that may not have been done yet.

Now you've got me stressing out.... :-/

 

The thing is EVERYTHING (checks, joint account, SSN driver's licence and all evidence submitted is in her maiden name) so surely they'll understand??

 

 

 

[dcp19 7]

4 minutes ago, Megalopolis said:

Hi, I (the petitioner) had the same question filling out our packet.

 

When does she plan to make the change?

 

The last piece I am waiting on for our packet is the marriage certificate copy. Once I have that, I will send off the AOS and all the paperwork for the name change at the same time.  So I have filled out all of the AOS forms with my married name. There is a part that asks for other previous names where I have entered my married name, so that should cover it.

She plans to make the changes ASAP. We got married in NOVEMBER so it's going through each thing step by step. 

[dcp19 7]

10 minutes ago, Etamkoos said:

 

I completely understand when you say you are done with stressing about it.  Personally, I would have changed her surname in the documentation as it is legally yours now and underneath that she would list her maiden name.  I am not sure why you have left it as It is fairly easy to change to avoid a potential RFE.  USCIS understand that she will need to change her name in all other areas legally and that may not have been done yet.

Digging deeper -through the threads it looks like I should change all the paperwork to her married name. OH FFFFFS!!

[Etamkoos 100]

Just now, dcp19 said:

Now you've got me stressing out.... :-/

 

The thing is EVERYTHING (checks, joint account, SSN driver's licence and all evidence submitted is in her maiden name) so surely they'll understand??

 

 

 

I didn't mean to stress you out, I am all about 'dotting the i's and crossing the t's'.  They are understanding in regards to the fact that all of her other information may still be listed in her maiden name currently until they have been changed to her legal name.  This is why they ask for all other names in the forms.

 

An example on the I-485: page 7, part 5, Marital History - it asks for your Current Spouse's Legal Name - did you put her married surname?

[dcp19 7]

4 minutes ago, Etamkoos said:

I didn't mean to stress you out, I am all about 'dotting the i's and crossing the t's'.  They are understanding in regards to the fact that all of her other information may still be listed in her maiden name currently until they have been changed to her legal name.  This is why they ask for all other names in the forms.

 

An example on the I-485: page 7, part 5, Marital History - it asks for your Current Spouse's Legal Name - did you put her married surname?

Yes - I put her married name on that page. (I-485)

 

ALSO just found this in another thread from an veteran member of the thread:

 

  On 12/9/2016 at 2:42 AM, KayDeeCee said:

Since you are the USC petitioner/sponsor, it does not really make a difference. If you have not yet changed your name, then you can use your name previous to current marriage on the AOS forms. If you change it sometime after the AOS process, then you can use your married name on the ROC documentation a couple years from now. I did it that way. No issues.

[Etamkoos 100]

1 minute ago, dcp19 said:

Yes - I put her married name on that page. (I-485)

 

ALSO just found this in another thread from an veteran member of the thread:

 

  On 12/9/2016 at 2:42 AM, KayDeeCee said:

Since you are the USC petitioner/sponsor, it does not really make a difference. If you have not yet changed your name, then you can use your name previous to current marriage on the AOS forms. If you change it sometime after the AOS process, then you can use your married name on the ROC documentation a couple years from now. I did it that way. No issues.

Happy days, panic over then :).  As long as you put her married name where it asks for her legal name, I don't see an issue :).