Birth certificate discrepancy

[MJS+CJB 20]

Hello all, 

Looking for a bit of advice here. 

My fiance's first name is Maria, but abbreviated as Ma on all of her documents aside from her birth certificate where it is listed as Ma. with a period. Do you this this minor change would warrant an AKA on her Nbi clearance? Really want to avoid getting a 221g and delaying things further. 

Any insight is greatly appreciated. 

Thank you! 

[Hank_ 9,174]

2 hours ago, MJS+CJB said:

Hello all, 

Looking for a bit of advice here. 

My fiance's first name is Maria, but abbreviated as Ma on all of her documents aside from her birth certificate where it is listed as Ma. with a period. Do you this this minor change would warrant an AKA on her Nbi clearance? Really want to avoid getting a 221g and delaying things further. 

Any insight is greatly appreciated. 

Thank you! 

So her first name is shown as Maria on her birth certificate and passport along with Ma. (with a period) ?    

 

She will want to get her NBI with an AKA for other names used and list the other variation of her name.

[MJS+CJB 20]

Just now, Hank_ said:

So her first name is shown as Maria on her birth certificate and passport along with Ma. (with a period) ?    

 

She will want to get her NBI with an AKA for other names used and list the other variation of her name.

No, sorry for not being more clear, her passport and other documents have her first name as Ma but on the birth cert they added the period after the a.  Just wondering if that is significant enough to warrant an AKA necessary. 

Thanks for your response

[Hank_ 9,174]

1 minute ago, MJS+CJB said:

No, sorry for not being more clear, her passport and other documents have her first name as Ma but on the birth cert they added the period after the a.  Just wondering if that is significant enough to warrant an AKA necessary. 

Thanks for your response

Oh ... I see, all documents have Ma .. but there is a period on the birth certificate.     I don't see that as being an issue at all.    I wouldn't do anything with that.

 

Has your fiancee used Maria on any official documents or is that just how she is called  by people?   If she has then that would need the AKA for the NBI ...  Otherwise you are all good in that area.

 

This guide may be helpful:   https://www.visaconnection-philippines.com/us-embassy-usem.html

[MJS+CJB 20]

Thanks for the reassurance. She has never used another name on any official documents so I think we should be okay.

Really appreciate your site as well, so helpful to have all that information aggregated together in one place.

Thanks again!

[dsherma5 3]

We had the same problem with Ma. An AKA on NBI worked with no problems from Embassy about it.

[MJS+CJB 20]

Just as an update to this, The NBI clearance center at the Robinson's near the embassy refused to issue an AKA for punctuation and said that the Embassy would not make an issue of it.  They were correct as the interview went without a hitch.

[Hank_ 9,174]

1 hour ago, MJS+CJB said:

Just as an update to this, The NBI clearance center at the Robinson's near the embassy refused to issue an AKA for punctuation and said that the Embassy would not make an issue of it.  They were correct as the interview went without a hitch.

Glad all went well with the interview!    

[MarryMe987654 244]

Yeah, this shouldn't be a problem. My name is the same but in my birth certificate, it doesn't have the space between Ma. and my secondary name. All my Philippine documents are with space between first and second name with Ma and a period.

 

When I got to the US, some online applications that I made won't allow a space or a punctuation mark on a text bar so I just try to get the closest possible match and remember how it's written for reference later. Just try to make a habit of writing the name properly in all documents and avoid using Maria in lieu to Ma or Ma. 

 

Hope this helps.