"Other names used", was told not to declare it

[strandedlost 0]

Hi there once again, a little more into my case

Years back, i used another name for about a year and a half, although i NEVER changed it legally by the court, deed poll, or any of the sort, just a name i used, i got my police record with my birth name on it and it came out clean (because i have never committed a crime) and i called the police and they had informed me that if there was a crime committed under my other name i used it would have shown up on my birth name.

Just before my interview i called a lawyer asking what do i put in there where it ses "other names used" (which appears on the I-130,G-325A forms etc,etc. and i was told to put "none" as it was never a legal name change or a name that was continuously used or kept continuing to use.

I've been in the U.S. now for 1 and a half years, and i got worried about it, so i called the consulate where i had my interview and the CO said "not to worry about it", but im now in the problem i am with my now ex, and she is trying to use that against me to that i have "committed visa fraud".

I called 2 lawyers, one said not to worry about it, the other one said to, so now i am confused, could i be put into deportation proceedings over this??? i am confused because calling the consulate, the CO said not to worry about it, another lawyer said not to worry about it, but one lawyer did say so.

Can i go an make an ammendment to my form?? or do i go in an "confess" it to someone at the district office??? im very confused, its not a name i legally changed, i've never ever committed a crime, its just a name that was used for about a year or so, then was never ever used again. Plus i took the advice of a lawyer before my interview.

what do i do???

[Yodrak 7]

strandedlost,

Ask the lawyer who said that it might be a problem what they think you should do. Make sure that you give the lawyer all of the facts - leaving things out could change the recommendation.

And maybe get a 3rd legal (not USCIS employee, not DoS employee) opinion to help you break the tie and decide whether or not to worry.

Yodrak

Hi there once again, a little more into my case

Years back, i used another name for about a year and a half, although i NEVER changed it legally by the court, deed poll, or any of the sort, just a name i used, i got my police record with my birth name on it and it came out clean (because i have never committed a crime) and i called the police and they had informed me that if there was a crime committed under my other name i used it would have shown up on my birth name.

Just before my interview i called a lawyer asking what do i put in there where it ses "other names used" (which appears on the I-130,G-325A forms etc,etc. and i was told to put "none" as it was never a legal name change or a name that was continuously used or kept continuing to use.

I've been in the U.S. now for 1 and a half years, and i got worried about it, so i called the consulate where i had my interview and the CO said "not to worry about it", but im now in the problem i am with my now ex, and she is trying to use that against me to that i have "committed visa fraud".

I called 2 lawyers, one said not to worry about it, the other one said to, so now i am confused, could i be put into deportation proceedings over this??? i am confused because calling the consulate, the CO said not to worry about it, another lawyer said not to worry about it, but one lawyer did say so.

Can i go an make an ammendment to my form?? or do i go in an "confess" it to someone at the district office??? im very confused, its not a name i legally changed, i've never ever committed a crime, its just a name that was used for about a year or so, then was never ever used again. Plus i took the advice of a lawyer before my interview.

what do i do???