Changing last name at N400 interview, filing for spouse afterwards

[monoxidelullaby 110]

Hi, I will be changing my last name during my naturalization interview, after that I will be filing i485 for my spouse. All of the supporting documents (lease, bank statements, travel records etc) will be under my previous last name, not the new one that I will be changing to.

 

Will this cause any issues? I will have the proof of last name change on my oath document, so I guess they can use that.

Eventually, I will change name on all of documents so I will submit dociments with both last names. 

 

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

[OldUser 6,455]

No problem, especially if your last name will match husband's or vice versa

[Timona 4,207]

No

[monoxidelullaby 110]

24 minutes ago, OldUser said:

No problem, especially if your last name will match husband's or vice versa

But we will have different last names, my spouse is keeping his and I will change mine to my maiden last name. 

Is this a problem or no?

 

thank you!!

[OldUser 6,455]

1 hour ago, monoxidelullaby said:

But we will have different last names, my spouse is keeping his and I will change mine to my maiden last name. 

Is this a problem or no?

 

thank you!!

No problem to change name. If you live separately, don't file taxes jointly or don't share finances - that name change could be linked to other things weakening the case.

[monoxidelullaby 110]

1 minute ago, OldUser said:

No problem to change name. If you live separately, don't file taxes jointly or don't share finances - that name change could be linked to other things weakening the case.

 

We live together, so we filed everything together and have most things under our names

[monoxidelullaby 110]

On 3/20/2024 at 3:06 PM, OldUser said:

No problem to change name. If you live separately, don't file taxes jointly or don't share finances - that name change could be linked to other things weakening the case.

 

I forgot to ask, what about my marriage certificate, that document shows only my current legal name, it doesn't show the name change (this is my second marriage, I changed my last name first time I got married, that's why the 2nd marriage certificate isn't showing a name change).