Can minor variations in transliteration cause any issues?

[SJinCA 25]

Hello all! I have a question as to what extent minor variations in transliteration from languages that don't use the Latin script are tolerated.

 

My wife's documents are mostly in Uzbek (written in Cyrillic script) and/or Russian. The problem is, there are inconsistencies in how Uzbek/Russian are transliterated from Cyrillic to Latin. Her given name is commonly transliterated two different ways, same for her patronymic (more or less her middle name), and her maiden name can be transliterated at least three different ways. 

 

I'm mainly concerned with how my wife's maiden name is given on our marriage certificate. She has always preferred to write her maiden name in Latin script a certain way, for example, as her e-mail address. However, her maiden name is given (in Latin script) with a different transliteration on our marriage certificate. The translation service we're using has transliterated it in my wife's preferred style in our certified translation. In short, her maiden name is given one way in Latin script on the document itself, and another way in our translation. It's only a difference of one letter, but that is the initial letter, if that makes a difference. The same issue applies to her patronymic, which is transliterated two different ways in both her passport and on our marriage certificate. Again, it's a difference of only one letter, that letter being the initial letter. In both cases, the variation is close enough that I think it would be intuitively understood by someone who doesn't understand the context (K vs. Q and U vs. O), but it sill worries me.

 

Is this likely to be an issue, or does USCIS generally tolerate this kind of variation? I want to stick to one standard, but it's difficult due to the fact that her name (at least her patronymic) is spelled differently in her passport and on our marriage certificate. Would it be prudent to list all possible transliterations in the "beneficiary's name" section of the I-130, or would that just add confusion to the mix? Very grateful for any guidance you might be able to provide, and feel free to ask for follow-up if I haven't been clear enough. 

[Boiler 45,753]

I doubt it, well I have seen similar situations not cause an issue.

 

I would always go for consistency

 

Made me think of terms in Latin Script that can be very different but mean the same:

 

US uses the term Seniors

English uses Old Age Pensioners

French translates as The Third Age

 

I am sure there are many more.

 

They all mean the same.

[OldUser 7,003]

5 hours ago, sjrobertson said:

Would it be prudent to list all possible transliterations in the "beneficiary's name" section of the I-130, or would that just add confusion to the mix? 

Yes, list all variations that appear on her documents. Don't list any possible variations, just the ones she used before.

 

This is not an issue.

[SJinCA 25]

Thank you both for the advice!