Name Change for Wife on CR-1 Visa

[pcpro178 0]

My wife (Filipino) and I were married in the Philippines in 2016.  Last month, her CR-1 visa was granted and she immigrated to the United States.  At the time, we chose not to change her name, until after my wife arrived in the States, so to not slow down or complicate the immigration process.  Now that she's here, we'd like to proceed with getting her name changed, but we're lost on how to get started.  For example, whom should we contact first, USCIS, Philippine Embassy in USA, or someone else?

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

42 minutes ago, pcpro178 said:

My wife (Filipino) and I were married in the Philippines in 2016.  Last month, her CR-1 visa was granted and she immigrated to the United States.  At the time, we chose not to change her name, until after my wife arrived in the States, so to not slow down or complicate the immigration process.  Now that she's here, we'd like to proceed with getting her name changed, but we're lost on how to get started.  For example, whom should we contact first, USCIS, Philippine Embassy in USA, or someone else?

You contact us is first to get her name changed on the green card. The only time you contact the Philippine embassy is to get her passport changed to her married name

[milimelo 4,484]

I-90 with fees to change green card to her married name and then when you have that back SSN. 

 

 

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Purely from a financial point of view, that was a mistake. You'll have to submit an I-90, complete with a check for $540, to the USCIS, resulting in a new Green Card.

Or, if you don't drown in money, you wait with this 'til the Removal of Condition stage.

[pcpro178 0]

15 hours ago, Brother Hesekiel said:

Purely from a financial point of view, that was a mistake. You'll have to submit an I-90, complete with a check for $540, to the USCIS, resulting in a new Green Card.

Or, if you don't drown in money, you wait with this 'til the Removal of Condition stage.

Thanks, that's good advice.