Trying to figure out what to do with my Ukrainian paperwork before I start N-400

[True_South 10]

I'm LPR, Ukrainian citizen, and after getting married here in the US I've updated my last name - added my husband's last name, so it's hyphenated now. All my US paperwork is all good, has my new last name, that's all sorted (just need to update my DL to put the hyphen back in - it was accidentally dropped on my 2yr GC, which is now fixed on my 10yr GC).

 

Before making any N-400 moves, I think I want to bring my Ukrainian paperwork up to date, and register my permanent residency with the Ukrainian embassy - does doing that make sense? I actually don't even understand what registering my LPR status with the Ukrainian embassy does. If my N-400 gets approved I feel like I still want to keep my Ukrainian citizenship, so I'm trying to figure out what actions would result in the least amount of complications post N-400. Also, if I do save up enough money / have time off to go visit my family in Ukraine, is it better to arrive there with Ukrainian passport, and would it need to have my married last name? 😣 I still have 3 years before I would have to do the 45 y/o photo in my internal passport - but would I need to update my internal passport (which, honestly, no idea how long that would take... plus I don't have "registration" there anymore) before I'm able to update my name in the travel passport?

 

I'm all kinds of confused, and the web sites for the Ukrainian consulates, embassy, and foreign affairs ministry are confusing me even more.

[Lenchick 133]

9 minutes ago, True_South said:

it does nothing, I wouldn’t bother unless you are a man and need to go to the Ukrainian army or you plan to get rid of your Ukrainian citizenship later on. 

 

 I actually don't even understand what registering my LPR status with the Ukrainian embassy does. 
 

The rest is really your decisions what to do.

 

If my N-400 gets approved I feel like I still want to keep my Ukrainian citizenship, so I'm trying to figure out what actions would result in the least amount of complications post N-400. Also, if I do save up enough money / have time off to go visit my family in Ukraine, is it better to arrive there with Ukrainian passport, and would it need to have my married last name? 

 

not sure if you need registration to add your new photo or change your last name. Why did you take yourself off registration? 

😣

 

 

 

I'm all kinds of confused, and the web sites for the Ukrainian consulates, embassy, and foreign affairs ministry are confusing me even more.

 

Edited August 12, 2020 by Lenchick

[True_South 10]

31 minutes ago, Lenchick said:

not sure if you need registration to add your new photo or change your last name. Why did you take yourself off registration? 

Well, I just thought when we add new photo in the internal passport (at the time it's received originally, and having reached 25 and 45 years of age) it's done at the local  passport office. But I do see that "У разі, коли особа не має місця проживання, за адресою якої вона може бути зареєстрована, та з певних причин не може або не бажає отримувати статус бездомної особи, або знята з реєстрації місця проживання для вклеювання фотокартки по досягненню 25 чи 45-річного віку, слід звернутися до територіального підрозділу ДМС України або центру надання адміністративних послуг за останнім зареєстрованим місцем проживання або за фактичним місцем проживання". So I guess that's a way to do it. Too bad the embassy or consulate can't do it here 😕 

 

I was taken off the registration because my parents needed to update their subsidies for utilities, and having me and my brother registered in the apartment even though neither of us even lived in Ukraine at the time, was working against them. So I said "sure, I don't care, do what you gotta do, here's my consent"