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Parents have their names spelled differently on their marriage certificate

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Hello Everyone - I was wondering if you guys have an opinion on this subject. 

As I'm filing the I 130 petition for my parents (two separate forms for each), I realized that for my father's petition, I need to submit their marriage certificate as well. I also realized that both their names are spelled slightly differently on their marriage certificate as both those names as pretty common and of course just like any other proper name, can be spelled in different ways.  In my dad's name, it's just a matter of one letter "a" vs "e" 

for example Amal vs Amel.  In my mother's name, it's two letter "ee" vs "i" for instance "Saleena" vs "Salina".  The names are spelled correctly on my birth certificate just not on their marriage certificate.  So here's my question - obviously there's not much I can do about how the certificate was written in the 70s and why they didn't notice their names weren't spelled right (can't blame them for that, I'm sure they had other stuff and a wedding to plan :)) but what I was thinking is this a scenario where I would put down OTHER NAMES USED (IN BENEFICIARY INFO SECTION). Typically you use that if a different name is actually used such as nickname or maidan name etc but not just the variation in the spelling of the name. I could be wrong, but I figured it's better to ask because if they (USCIS) notices two slightly different spelling of the names in their marriage certificate, they will at least see that I've already identified them under Other names used in Beneficiary info. 

 

Please advice If I should use other names or not? Appreciate your help in advance!

 

 

  

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