Middle name on Birth Certificate but not Passport / Marriage Certificate and the impact of this going forward

[throwaway129093 1]

Hi all,

I posted this on the UK forum but haven't received a response and as such, wanted to repost here.

Context:

My birth certificate shows my middle name but all other legal documentation does not.

DCF filing in UK. Just spoke to my SO (sponsor) and she said she had to take my passport + birth certificate when she filed DCF i130a in London and they raised no issues at the time.

So I guess the question I have is, should I include my middle name in police certificate and future forms now, or keep consistency with the i130 and just have my first and last name?

For example:

Birth certificate state:

FIRST NAME: JOHN
MIDDLE NAME: ADAM
FAMILY NAME: SMITH


i130, Passport & Marriage certificate state:

GIVEN (FIRST) NAME: JOHN
FAMILY (LAST) NAME: SMITH

Now I am worried that my i130 lacking my middle name will cause issues for the rest of the paperwork if I were to include it on everything else going forward.

How should I best proceed in this case? I'd have presumed that this would've been flagged at the time of submission when they saw the difference between passport and birth certificate?

Thanks

[Lemonslice 4,840]

I'm in a similar situation.  I have 5 first names, only one is listed in my passport (the passport I used to get my visa), and I can't see myself having used the other names on my marriage certificate (I never use the other names) - it was never even discussed at the interview.  If you want your middle name listed on your green card, you'll have to update your passport. If you do not mind using only the names in your passport, it's a non issue.  Just don't forget to disclose it in other names used, when requested.

[throwaway129093 1]

1 hour ago, Lemonslice said:

I'm in a similar situation.  I have 5 first names, only one is listed in my passport (the passport I used to get my visa), and I can't see myself having used the other names on my marriage certificate (I never use the other names) - it was never even discussed at the interview.  If you want your middle name listed on your green card, you'll have to update your passport. If you do not mind using only the names in your passport, it's a non issue.  Just don't forget to disclose it in other names used, when requested.

Thanks! How about for your police certificate? Are you requesting it under your passport name or your birth certificate with all 5?

I am unsure if I should request it as FIRST LAST

and have a section called "other names" with FIRST MIDDLE LAST


Or if I should just do FIRST MIDDLE LAST which is inconsistent with passport, i130a filing and marriage certificate.

[Lemonslice 4,840]

37 minutes ago, throwaway129093 said:

Thanks! How about for your police certificate? Are you requesting it under your passport name or your birth certificate with all 5?

I am unsure if I should request it as FIRST LAST

and have a section called "other names" with FIRST MIDDLE LAST


Or if I should just do FIRST MIDDLE LAST which is inconsistent with passport, i130a filing and marriage certificate.

I filled the forms with my usual name, and only listed the extra names in other names used.  Did that for USCIS forms and police certificate. 

[throwaway129093 1]

Just now, Lemonslice said:

I filled the forms with my usual name, and only listed the extra names in other names used.  Did that for USCIS forms and police certificate. 

Sorry for the specifics but just for clarity, if your middle names were XYZ, do you put just the XYZ in your other name or did you include your passport names too? I.E first name XYZ last name or just XYZ

 

Thanks

[Lemonslice 4,840]

Let's say my names as listed on my birth certificate are:

Anna Maria Josetta Christina José SMITH (real name is even longer...)

My passport is: Anna SMITH

 

I filled everything with Anna SMITH, and listed Anna Maria Josetta Christina José SMITH in other names used, on the USCIS Forms and to request my police certificate. 

 

Of note, I didn't want to end up with a green card listing names I'm not using (and severely over the characters limit)

[mam521 2,062]

1 hour ago, Lemonslice said:

Of note, I didn't want to end up with a green card listing names I'm not using (and severely over the characters limit)

I don't blame you.  Kid1 has issues with their names being truncated.  Their last name is hyphenated, too, but that hyphen isn't typically recognized.  Strange that there's not better standards for these things.  

[Chancy 6,241]

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On 4/26/2023 at 3:33 AM, throwaway129093 said:

How should I best proceed in this case? I'd have presumed that this would've been flagged at the time of submission when they saw the difference between passport and birth certificate?

 

It would not have been flagged as it's not considered a name change to not use your middle name on your documents.  Just make sure your DS-260 and ACRO police certificate lists your full name (with middle name) in the section for other names.  On the DS-260 field for Name, you must enter your name as it appears on your passport.  So "SMITH, JOHN" only.  Then enter "SMITH, JOHN ADAM" in Other Name(s).

 

Note that your visa (and green card and SSN card) will list whatever name is on your passport.  So unless you get a new passport with your middle name listed before the interview, your visa and US IDs will not list your middle name either.  This is ok in the US, as many Americans don't use their middle names on their IDs.

 

Edited April 27, 2023 by Chancy
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