Questions on filling out I-130 (merged topics)

[Pickle_slushy 4]

We are going to be getting married in the US soon and will be submitting an I-130 along with adjustment of status and all other necessary forms concurrently. I need some advice on filling out the forms.

 

-After we get married, she will be taking my last name. However all of her documents like passport, ID, and birth cert will be her original name obviously. Is this not an issue? When filling out all forms, should she put her family name or mine? 

 

On the I-864

-household size, part 5, number 3: If I add up all the boxes as stated, it would be a total of 3. Is that right? It's just us two in the residence and nobody else involved at all, so shouldn't it be 2?

 

 

[bradoony 54]

You have to put her new name on all of the forms. Do not mix the names because they might return your application to correct it.  If she is taking your name and It is on the marriage certificate, this is a legal change. My situation was the same. In the documents I have are in my maiden name but since she is getting a GC and  work authorization card she would want her new name to be on it. In some forms you will see that they ask for other name used,  then you have to put her original name so they can do the background check. 

 

for the household, It is just 2, I do not know why automatically calculates it 3 but you can manually change it to 2. Good luck!

[Pickle_slushy 4]

26 minutes ago, bradoony said:

You have to put her new name on all of the forms. Do not mix the names because they might return your application to correct it.  If she is taking your name and It is on the marriage certificate, this is a legal change. My situation was the same. In the documents I have are in my maiden name but since she is getting a GC and  work authorization card she would want her new name to be on it. In some forms you will see that they ask for other name used,  then you have to put her original name so they can do the background check. 

 

for the household, It is just 2, I do not know why automatically calculates it 3 but you can manually change it to 2. Good luck!

What about all her IDs having her old name? Will that matter? (birth cert, passport, etc.) 

[Troy B 224]

2 hours ago, Pickle_slushy said:

On the I-864

-household size, part 5, number 3: If I add up all the boxes as stated, it would be a total of 3. Is that right? It's just us two in the residence and nobody else involved at all, so shouldn't it be 2?

 

 

Make you have not countered her twice.   E.G. the 1st is for the application,  you should not have also marked her as a spouse.

[pushbrk 13,069]

When filing I-864 for spouse, she is already counted as the immigrant.  Leave the spouse space blank.  That you do not see and carefully follow the two clear instructions about that directly on that page of the form, tells me you probably haven't become an A-Student of ANY of the form instructions.  Doing so will critical to your ultimate success.

 

You can file in the married name and change her ID documents later.

[Kittens&Pickle 6]

3 hours ago, pushbrk said:

When filing I-864 for spouse, she is already counted as the immigrant.  Leave the spouse space blank.  That you do not see and carefully follow the two clear instructions about that directly on that page of the form, tells me you probably haven't become an A-Student of ANY of the form instructions.  Doing so will critical to your ultimate success.

 

You can file in the married name and change her ID documents later.

I think it is less complicated to change names after naturalization - for those who don’t mind keeping their real names for the next 5 years

[pushbrk 13,069]

1 hour ago, Kittens&Pickle said:

I think it is less complicated to change names after naturalization - for those who don’t mind keeping their real names for the next 5 years

For some, maybe.  Getting a passport in married name is usually pretty simple.  If you wait until Naturalization you have all driver license, work ID, credit cards, bank accounts and other things to change in the USA.  In most countries a marriage certificate is all that's needed to get a new passport in married name.  No need to worry about other existing ID.

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[bradoony 54]

17 hours ago, Pickle_slushy said:

What about all her IDs having her old name? Will that matter? (birth cert, passport, etc.) 

I do not think it matters because she does not have any documents here in US yet anyway. When she gets approved for GC, will be able to make ID, social etc with the new name. This is the way If she wants to take your name. Marriage certificate is a legal name change, so she can carry copy of it just in case. I registered a car and me and my husband opened joint bank account on my new name using the marriage certificate and my original passport. 

[Pickle_slushy 4]

We are both in the US. I (US citizen) am working currently. She (Canadian) is not (unemployed since March). She's been here since then living with me and getting married soon, then applying for I-485 and I-130 concurrently. 

 

For household income on the I-944, do I put just my income, or do I add the income she made in Canada. It says to list all income from w2s, which she does not receive being a Canadian (she gets T4s) 

 

She also has been getting EI payments the last couple months. Do I add this too? Probably not I assume? 

 

It's also worth noting that my income is way more than enough to be approved, so is it even worth putting hers on it too? 

[Ryan H 3,821]

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On ‎7‎/‎16‎/‎2020 at 1:18 PM, Pickle_slushy said:

We are both in the US. I (US citizen) am working currently. She (Canadian) is not (unemployed since March). She's been here since then living with me and getting married soon, then applying for I-485 and I-130 concurrently. 

 

For household income on the I-944, do I put just my income, or do I add the income she made in Canada. It says to list all income from w2s, which she does not receive being a Canadian (she gets T4s) 

 

She also has been getting EI payments the last couple months. Do I add this too? Probably not I assume? 

 

It's also worth noting that my income is way more than enough to be approved, so is it even worth putting hers on it too?