K1 Fiance has both spanish and czech birth certificate, which should be used?

[mialzbeta 0]

Bit of a long one - apologies! But I’m hoping someone can help.

 

I was born in Spain in 2001, with a birth certificate with my original name on it, we will call this Name 1.

 

Shortly after I was born, my British dad and Czech mother split.

 

In 2003, my mother generated me a Czech birth certificate so I could get naturalisation, however had somehow changed my name without my dad’s knowledge. (also removed my father from said Czech birth certificate, so on there he is unknown.) So in 2003, and in Czech only, I was known by Name 2.

 

In 2005, my mother changed my name again (in Czech only), to Name 3.

 

And in 2010, my mother changed my name AGAIN, this is Name 4 and it is my current name. Name 4 is on all of my Czech documentation, as well as on my British documentation as I have recently been naturalised through my British father.

 

Question is - how on earth do I explain this do USCIS? I do not have any documentation with Name 2 or Name 3, because I had them when I was so young and obviously all my documentation has been updated with my current name.

 

Has anyone had a similar experience? I’m obviously freaking out as there doesn’t seem to be any information on this online.

 

Thank you 🫶

[apnzz 268]

Just disclose all names used as you're supposed to & then perhaps include a short paragraph like you have here. 

 

Name change disclosure is most likely just to ensure they can carry out the relevant background checks on you. Disclosing every name you've ever had or used or gone by is the only logical way to proceed. If you feel the need to explain to them why your name was changed or the nature then write a paragraph explaining it.

Edited November 27 by apnzz

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[milimelo 4,508]

Did you ask your mother how she did name changes?

[mialzbeta 0]

I haven’t asked my mother how she changed my names as we are estranged (she abused both my father and me). I may gain the courage to at some point, but for now it’s not an option.

[milimelo 4,508]

5 minutes ago, mialzbeta said:

I haven’t asked my mother how she changed my names as we are estranged (she abused both my father and me). I may gain the courage to at some point, but for now it’s not an option.

Ok, understood but then you should be able to go back to Czech authorities to get copies of what was submitted for passport(s), naturalization, birth certificate and similar - try the Czech embassy in London or give power of attorney to a lawyer in Czech Republic to do it on your behalf. 

[trvs 0]

My foreign fiance has a Spanish birth certificate (Palma de Mallorca) with an anglican middle and surname from 2001. Her most recent Czech BC was issued with a Czech transliteration of her middle name, and her stepfather's surname. However, we have no documents indicating that an official name change happened, and it seems like this is because in Czech, name changes are made as an update to the birth certificate. Supposedly two other names were used between her birth name and her current, passport name, but the names only existed during elementary school and likely were not used in any official documentation other than grade reports. Would it be wisest to list these names in "other names used," and then use an Affidavit of One and the Same Person to attest that these names refer to her? Surely we can't use a statutory declaration in her current country (UK) to declare the previous names as valid, right?

[OldUser 6,978]

1 hour ago, trvs said:

My foreign fiance has a Spanish birth certificate (Palma de Mallorca) with an anglican middle and surname from 2001. Her most recent Czech BC was issued with a Czech transliteration of her middle name, and her stepfather's surname. However, we have no documents indicating that an official name change happened, and it seems like this is because in Czech, name changes are made as an update to the birth certificate. Supposedly two other names were used between her birth name and her current, passport name, but the names only existed during elementary school and likely were not used in any official documentation other than grade reports. Would it be wisest to list these names in "other names used," and then use an Affidavit of One and the Same Person to attest that these names refer to her? Surely we can't use a statutory declaration in her current country (UK) to declare the previous names as valid, right?

If she was born in Spain why would she provide Czech Republic BC?

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