Name on forms, passport and police certs

[Linos 69]

Hi all,

 

Apologies if this has been answered previously but I am still slightly confused and hope someone could shed some light:

 

So our I-130 petition was approved last week and we are just starting the NVC process. On our I-130 I(the beneficiary) gave my maiden and married name together as that's what I intend to use moving forward. My passport and police certificates only state my maiden name.

Should I
A. Move forward filing the forms using only my maiden name, have my greencard matching my passport/police certs with my maiden name only and change the name on the GC at some point in the future.
OR
B. If it is ok to submit our documents to the NVC as they are now, renew my passport in the meantime, so that I can file with my married name, reupload a copy of the new passport and have both the new and old passport once it's time for the interview? (Seems messy?)

It seems like option A is the most straight forward tbh but would like to have my married name on my GC. If I move forward with my married name would I then need to get new police clearance certs also as they only state my maiden name? Curious to hear what other people in similar situations did.

[Mike E 11,739]

It’s a personal choice.  
 

In the COVID era, replacing documents is harder.  And slower.  
 

You can optimize for getting documents with the name you want (and maybe along the way losing a document, like maybe forgetting a passport  in the photo copier) or you can optimize for for immigrating more quickly.  
 

It just depends on what matters more to you.  

[AMac13 5]

On 1/31/2021 at 12:46 PM, Linos said:

Hi all,

 

Apologies if this has been answered previously but I am still slightly confused and hope someone could shed some light:

 

So our I-130 petition was approved last week and we are just starting the NVC process. On our I-130 I(the beneficiary) gave my maiden and married name together as that's what I intend to use moving forward. My passport and police certificates only state my maiden name.

Should I
A. Move forward filing the forms using only my maiden name, have my greencard matching my passport/police certs with my maiden name only and change the name on the GC at some point in the future.
OR
B. If it is ok to submit our documents to the NVC as they are now, renew my passport in the meantime, so that I can file with my married name, reupload a copy of the new passport and have both the new and old passport once it's time for the interview? (Seems messy?)

It seems like option A is the most straight forward tbh but would like to have my married name on my GC. If I move forward with my married name would I then need to get new police clearance certs also as they only state my maiden name? Curious to hear what other people in similar situations did.

I don’t know the answer to this question but I do know that you need your married name and maiden name on your police certificate or it will not be accepted at the embassy during your interview. They only put my wife’s maiden name on and we were told we needed a new one with both married and maiden.

[Linos 69]

On 2/8/2021 at 7:03 PM, AMac13 said:

I don’t know the answer to this question but I do know that you need your married name and maiden name on your police certificate or it will not be accepted at the embassy during your interview. They only put my wife’s maiden name on and we were told we needed a new one with both married and maiden.

Thanks for the insights 😍 did you complete NVC forms with her maiden and married name?